I have tested three shopping carts so far on my quest to find the holy grail of eCommerce solutions. I was after a preferably free highly configurable (design) solution and I have to say at this point in time, I find OSCommerce the winning solution.

I know many people have slated its inhability to change the layout and design of it but to be honest it is fairly easy. One thing is for certain though - when the boys at OSCommerce were developing and coding it they didnt really have user modification in mind - however u can make layout maintenance in the long run easier by simply adding CSS elements to the existing table layout OSCommerce uses - use table.classes , td.classes etc and you should be on your way to a winner!

Hope this helps anyone considering using it

James

'Just change css' - this is why every OSCommerce site looks pretty much identical, except for different colours, because all you can change are the colours in the CSS file. Changing fundamental layout is a complete pig, I can't see how anyone could say otherwise. It's not like OScommerce has been written using pure CSS layouts, is it?

Anyone like to suggest an alternative? I'm looking at OSCommerce at the moment too and it seems to be a bit of a mess. I need a solution with CSS layouts. Anyone know of any? Cheers.

yes - Quick.Cart from OpenSolution.org

What about using Simple Templating Systerm? http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1524

I have not used it yet, but I heard it makes templating super easy! Anybody tried it out?

I agree with Tyssen.

CubeCart for a free yet fully compliant CSS and XHTML shopping cart.

Thanks guys. Cubecart looks great.