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opencart install on bluehost getting 5.2+ required

I am getting 5.2+ php required when installing opencart on Bluehost. I see that bluehost runs PHP 5.2.9, but on searching the forums I see others are running open cart sucessfully on this version. where do I start to try and get opencart up and running. ...

.htaccess 301 redirect problem

Hi I have an application which uses opencart. I would like to make a 301 reditect in case the user types http://mysite.com. To be redirected in http://www.mysite.com (301 status code) Here is my .htaccess content: #Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine On #OPENCART REWRITES START RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{...

E-commerce Development

I hope to open the doors to discussion with this question. I am a CodeIgniter developer looking for an E-commerce solution that follows a similar MVC structure like CI. I have narrowed it down to two solutions, but maybe someone knows of something better. Magento - really well done, but slow Opencart - takes advantage of MVC, similar to...

OpenCart Routing

How do you write clean URL's in OpenCart using their built in Router class? Here is my .htaccess file: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^(system) - [F,L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT,L] Thanks in advance. ...

Opencart Installation and Display Errors

Hello, I need a bit of help installing a copy of Opencart onto my Godaddy hosting. I have had one major problem and that was, after during and after the install, none of the styles or images where appearing. I was able to completely fix the admin panel, but I am now running into problems with the frontend. I was able to fix the styles by...

Per product, per zone shipping module for OpenCart...

I am looking for a per product, per zone shipping module for OpenCart... I need to directly associate shipping costs directly with products. Eg. Product 1 costs X, Y and Z in Zones 1, 2 and 3 respectfully and Product 2 costs Q, P and R in Zones 1, 2 and 3 respectfully... ...

shopping cart software mysql ajax

Hi, I am working on a shopping cart(open cart) software and have this question. I am not familiar with mvc framework. What i want to know how to show content(mysql) inside a div when you click on a link. There will be 8-10 links and clicking on each should fetch its corresponding products. So for example category 1 | category 2 | categ...

OpenCart vs. PrestaShop vs. OXID eShop

Hi all, I'm currently looking for a new e-commerce solution for a small to medium-sized webshops. By now I've narrowed it down to 3 competitors: OpenCart (http://www.opencart.com/), PrestaShop (http://www.prestashop.com/) and OXID eShop Community edition (http://www.oxid-esales.com/). I'm interested in pros and cons of the different sol...

OpenCart Service Scheduling

I am looking to develop an extension to OpenCart which will allow me to both sell products and sell scheduled services. For the scheduled services, I would like to have the storefront interface change so the customer sees a calendar. It would be Nirvana for the calendar to show only available dates/times, but at the very least they sho...

opencart mp3 preview

hello, stackoverflowers. my client has an opencart e-commerce site. i am tasked with responsibility of creating an audio preview. it allows users to listen to a small portion of a mp3 file, like 2-3 minutes, before paying and downloading the whole file. kinda like itune thingy. i am thinking when a file is uploaded, i extract the first...