Oscommerce Templates

Diceicle · 13-01-2008 01:09PM #1

I'm thinking of purchasing a decent looking template for Oscommerce through one of the template retailers. Question is, would I be wasting my money ($150 or possibly $65)? I've seen some free one's but they look kinda basic. I can mod whatever I get slightly but the area of ecommerce is still a grey one to me at the moment, so really I'm not looking for a template thats ready to go per se but one that has potential and that I can make my own without getting bogged down in programming.

If you know of any good Oscommerce template sites that dont charge I'd appreciate a link. Thanks.

mneylon · 13-01-2008 06:44PM

The downside to free templates is that they'll have been used by hundreds of other sites ....

Diceicle · 14-01-2008 07:54AM

Very true. I have seen some nice templates for sale, but I just dont wanna buy one and then see it for free a couple of days later. They dont cost a fortune I know, its the principal I guess. I'm kinda new to CSS and e-commerce in general so any good sites for reference would also be a great help.

daymobrew · 14-01-2008 08:49AM

Diceicle wrote: »

so really I'm not looking for a template thats ready to go per se but one that has potential and that I can make my own without getting bogged down in programming.

If you know of any good Oscommerce template sites that dont charge I'd appreciate a link. Thanks.

I think that a $150 template will be a good starting point as osCommerce is a bit of a pain when it comes to changing the look. The next version of osCommerce will use CSS for layout but it's only at alpha stage at the moment.

Templates:
http://www.modxhost.com/templates/search.html?category=84

tomED · 14-01-2008 03:12PM

Personally I'd recommend Zen Cart over osCommerce when purchasing the templates.
If you are any good at photoshop or the like, it's worth buying a layout you like and then jazzing it up with a more unique look.

Diceicle · 14-01-2008 05:48PM

Thanks for all the help so far. I've got Zen-cart and OScommerce, why is zen-cart better than oscommerce? And is Joomla a similar program?

daymobrew · 15-01-2008 08:09AM

Diceicle wrote: »

And is Joomla a similar program?

No, Joomla is a CMS (Content Management System) useful for managing a website.

tomED · 15-01-2008 08:54AM

I wouldn't neccessarily say ZenCart is better than osCommerce. As a personal preference, I find ZenCart much easier to template and add on new modules.

The last update from osCommerce was a long time ago too, so maybe their next release will be much better!

EKRIUQ · 15-01-2008 10:09AM

Another option, which I'm swaying too but haven't yet being convinced is to install Joomla and then get the component Virtuemart and use that as a shopping cart.

But I like the Zencart structure and the add on's but its the template design that's letting them down, maybe if they ever get around to a Zen Cart 2.0 eventually they will make up for this.

di11on · 15-01-2008 11:31AM

You can get a shopping cart module for Wordpress too... if that's of any interest. I've no experience with it myself, however.

GoneShootin · 15-01-2008 05:51PM

Id vote VirtueMart over osCommerce just because of the way it sits into Joomla nicely.

I'd love to see osCommerce CSS their design cusomization abilities!

More osCommerce templates:

http://www.templatemonster.com/oscommerce-templates.php

I think the templates at modx are being resold from templatemonster.....

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