by jerrygarciuh
I am 9/10 complete on my first osCommerce store. My biggest complaint is that the core store install is incomplete and requires users to trust modules (they call them contributions) which are ambiguously described and have no user ratings.
Even UPS needs to be installed and there is NO default UPS module. So if you are confused you can spend 8 hours reading the forums and begging folks to tell you which UPS module to use and then guess
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by yacin
Nobody runs an oscommerce site without installing at least a contribution. Contributions are features contributed by the community. Key functionalities in Oscommerce are implemented as contributions (Paypal WPP, UPS, coupons etc ...)
The problem with contributions is the way you install them. You have to hack several core files, but there is no cross-dependency mechanism to help determine if a contribution is compatible with the ones you've