prestashop

Magento or Prestashop, which is better?

I want to find an ecommerce solution for my little shop. My friend tells me that Prestashop is very easy to use and develop modules for, but some say Magento is better. Can anybody tell me which is better for developing modules and why? Thank you. ...

Where can I find docs for PrestaShop?

I have downloaded and am using PrestaShop - but can not seem to find any docs. The official ones are apparently 'coming soon'. I imagine there should be some 3rd party ones elsewhere.. but can not find with Google myself. Does anyone know of any? thanks ...

prestashop and OSL 3.0: license for modules?

I'm currently looking at Prestashop, that uses an OSL 3.0 open source license. That license requires you to share the code even with users (so it plugs the famous "asp hole"). My question regards to it's plugin architecture for modules. Would the OSL 3.0 license apply also to modules, or it wouldn't be considered part of the distributio...

Prestashop compared to Zen-Cart and osCommerce

I'm considering Prestashop for a new project. It seems to be younger than Zen-Cart and osCommerce. Since I just found it by Google, I'd like to gather comments and experience and comparison of Prestashop to established "brands" like Zen-Cart and osCommerce ...

PHP Mail() Contact-us form works fine if entering a Gmail sending address, but problem with Yahoo!

I've setup an ecommerce site using Prestashop and when testing their contact form, I found that I was not receiving any messages if user enters Yahoo email address as the senders address. I have no problems, however, if the user enters a Gmail address. Prestashop is set up currently to use the PHP Mail() function for the contact form...

Reconfiguring PHP Mail() Smarty Contact Form

Hi, I'm using Prestashop as my ecommerce shopping cart and CMS solution and was having problems receiving emails sent via the contact form. I asked around and found the problem to be due to the fact that I need to assign the 'from' address as something from my domain (e.g. [email protected]) and the email entered by user to be a...

Open source eCommerce solution for multiple vendors (a la Amazon Marketplace)

I'm looking for an open source ecommerce solution that supports multiple vendor selling, in a similar fashion to Amazon Marketplace. I'm not sure this solution exists, but I'd be interested in some feedback. I've looked at Open Cart, Magento and Prestashop, but none of these appear to offer these features. ...

E-commerce platform for custom application integration

We are building an online subscription-based website and I'm looking for recommendations on which e-commerce platform to use for the checkout process. Requirements include: Only four products. The sign-up process of the site is heavily customized, and after checkout the user should automatically get logged into the subscriber area. ...

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...

Prestashop Newsletter Module

Hi, I'm looking for the best prestashop newsletter module, that allows me to manage custom newsletter layout and newsletter sending. Has anyone ever used one? Wich one would you recomend? Thanks! ...

Internal Server Error in prestashop

Internal Server Error in prestashop this is the error message The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have cause...

products per page

Hi, whats wrong with my code(don't get values from $nArray) ? {$nArray = array(25, 35, 55)} {foreach from=$nArray item=nValue} <option value="{$nValue|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if $n == $nValue}selected="selected"{/if}>{$nValue|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</option> {/foreach} ...

PrestaShop modules

Hi, maybe you can offer information on how to write PrestaShop modules. Thanks ...

PrestaShop Payment Module Problem

I tried to edit paypal module of PrestaShop, but I think I tangled in a philosophical problem on the code. :( As I understand when customer redirected to the paypal website, there is no appropriate order inserted in the orders table yet. As soon as customer come back from paypal site, at the end of modules/paypal/validation.php file, va...

Changing the module that updates the currency rates in Prestashop

I am currently working on a Prestashop site. I included a new currency and then clicked on Update Currency Rate only for the system to set my new rate equal to the default currency rate. Is it possible to change the default currency converter that Prestashop is using to something that could accommodate my own currency ...

show categories id

Hi, how get product categories id(in Prestashop)? For example: MacBook is in "Computer" and "Apple" categories. When i print MacBook how show categories (id)? Thanks ...

PrestaShop: Different types of users/clients

My scenario happens when registering a new user, or when doing an Express Checkout (w/o registration): How can I have two radio inputs - individual or person (legal entity) - and depending on this selection to show different fields to be checked out? ...

Prestashop Code Blocks

I've been thrown in at the Prestashop deep end, have a couple of questions and wondered if anyone could help. I need to add fields to a form. This form was marked-up by me, then somehow integrated into the shop. I've found the CMS page with the form on it, and the following tag is inserted to display the form: {brochure_request_form}. ...

Prestashop no errors / blank page

I'm developing a module in PHP for Prestashop and I'm having a tough time trying to debug code. Whenever something falls over it doesn't display errors, just a blank page - either on the front end where the module is hooked, or on the back end module page. I'm trying to write in another class, or another function but it doesn't like it...

are we doomed yet?

Hi, so my boss asked me to import a joomla database of about 250 users into a Prestashop database (of users). After some analysis, i've found out that prestashop and joomla use different password salting techniques. So my qestion is: "Are we doomed yet?" ...