CubeCart 3.0 Installation and Configuration
By Michael J. Ross2008-04-07
E-commerce applications come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from storefront solutions that generate Web pages, to bolt-on shopping carts that can be added to existing sites with product listings. There is also a wide range of costs, ranging from completely free to completely overpriced. For Web developers who wish to modify an e-commerce application for a client, there is also a range of code availability, ranging from entirely open source to entirely locked down (typically using some sort of PHP encoder).
In this tutorial, we will get an introduction to CubeCart, created and distributed by Devellion Limited. Their flagship product is one of the easiest low-cost e-commerce solutions available, and is growing in popularity. Note that CubeCart is not technically open source, since the code cannot be freely redistributed. On the other hand, most of the code is not protected using encoding, and can thus be read and understood.
CubeCart utilizes PHP, XHTML, and CSS — thankfully using divs for page layout, and not HTML tables, as still done by some major shopping carts. The pages are built using templates, making it easier for developers and third-party vendors to create custom themes for the pages (known as "skins"). Version 3.0 offers product listings, options, categories, and images, including an image gallery. It also offers customer shopping cart functionality, order history, e-mail and print invoicing, multiple currencies, popular shipping and payment options, e-mail marketing, support for digital products, tell-a-friend links, product search, prebuilt skins, site documents, and a straightforward administrative panel, which we will explore later in this tutorial.
In this tutorial, we will consider the different versions available, and their licensing options, as well as how to install and configure it.
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