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Well, im totally new to CubeCart, I've setup a small store with paypal api as the gateway. The only problem is I dont want my customers to have to signup with paypal to pay for my products. I know there's the Website Payments pro thing but becuase I live the UK I can't use that.
Is there another payment gateway that would do a similar thing?
Andy
Hi Andy,
Your customers will not have to sign-up with PayPal to purchase items on your store.
Customers that have not signed up with PayPal (or have deleted cookies) will see a screen that shows a credit card option and a PayPal account option. This is pretty clear for them to understand.
PayPal also allow some customisation of the payment screens (colour schemes and your logo).
NoChex now have a "merchant" account, which looks pretty good - but they appear to be aiming it at merchants with £2500+ turnover/month. This has lower commision (2.9%+20p), and looks like you can customise the payment page. I don't know if CC will work with this account though.
There are other systems, but most will require an IMA, so unless you are very certain of your trading levels, I'd recommend PayPal.
Jason
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I'm still uploading merchandise into the server, and I'm sure I'll be doing some more tweaking, but I wanted to post my work here:
http://www.shoehustler.com/merch
The main reason I'm so happy to post it is that I only started working on this on MONDAY, and out of all the things I've worked with (forums, photo galleries, etc). This has been THE EASIEST SETUP to work with! I've actually learned to understand PHP more using this, and when this deal is over with, I think if time permits I'm going to start working on creating some skins and possibly selling them through my design site!
Hi,
it looks really, really good - but there are a few problems with the left hand menu headers in Firefox 1.5.0.1
See attachment for info.
Otherwise, very nice!
Jason
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Is it possible to add a whois search / purchase to the beginning of the shopping process and then, if the whois search is successful have the customer be able to continue on in the shopping cart to purchase my domain product(s)? Or, is this the wrong shopping cart app?
Thanks
Hi, its possible - but not an off-the-shelf mod, and you'd be better off asking in the mod request section of www.cubecart.org
I imagine it will mean an additional text field (not user editable) for the product, and a whois script.
This will mean you'll still have to register the domain manually.
If you're looking at selling domains & hosting, have you checked out ClientExec which plugs into Cpanel/WHM and does all the client management for you? It also plugs into enom, so you get auto domain search/registration.
However, its not a true shopping cart, being specifically designed for hosting.
Jason
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Hi There
I am trying to get the guys over in the Turbocash forums to take notice of CubeCart and modify their sql interface to work work with it.
To give you a little bit of its background, Turbocash is an open source accounts package, designed for EEC use by Dutch developers, it has epos, invoicing facilities and stock control,. Does Vat returns and profit and loss accounts, a real free contender to Sage.
It interfaces from its menu to oscommerce website mysql database directly.
Perhaps if a few of our European users visit their forum found here
and request they look at interfacing with CubeCart they will take us more seriously.
How about it lads, this facility will made Cubecart with Turbocash a really got package for you and your clients.
Hi,
I'll look at it tonight.
Do you know if they talking directly to the mySQL OSC database (via TCP/IP), or via a php based interface (post/get etc)
If they are using a php based interface, it may be a fairly quick job (ie no change to their software)
In anycase, I'll poke around their forum :-)
Jason
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How do I change the paths in the configuration of my CC? I would like to move my cart to a new domain.
thanks in advance.
NyVa
Basically, edit "/includes/global.ini.php" to reflect the new url and server path of the store:
<?php $glob['dbhost' ] = 'localhost' ; $glob['dbdatabase'] = 'database name' ; $glob['dbusername'] = 'database user name' ; $glob['dbpassword'] = 'database password' ; $glob['dbprefix' ] = '' ; $glob['installed' ] = '1' ; $glob['rootDir' ] = 'Server path to the root of the store' ; $glob['rootRel' ] = '/'; $glob['storeURL' ] = 'URL of the store ie - http://www.mystore.com'; ?>
However, it may be easier to do a clean install, and dump your old database into the new one and copy the images directory across.
Jason
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Hi everyone,
Just want to see if anyone sucessfully dealing with Paypal? or using other way instead (e.g. paymate,ccnow)?
I've got PayPal IPN working fine here. The shipping value is displayed correctly (separate from the product value), which I *think* was a PayPal "bug" a month or so ago.
I also show my store logo on the payment screen (Paypal customer payment screen), which helps customer confidence (some people get confused when a store suddenly jumps to a different site).
I've taken quite a few real orders and things are currently running smoothly...
Jason
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How do i add my logo to the header of my store http://www.ilovemysunglasses.com
i`m using classic skin
Hi,
I recommend visiting;
http://www.cubecart.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=59
MarksCarts has a good tutorial on adding your logo.
The cubecart.org is a good resource of 3rd party add-ons - some free/some commercial.
Hope this helps,
Jason
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As many of you know I have a little mod store that I sell various CC3 mods at. I was just wondering when deciding whether to purchase a mod or not how important is price? How much are you willing to pay for a mod, and if the price is too high will you be put off that mod?
For other mod sellers out there, do you find you make more $$$ through turning over more sales, or setting a good price and getting well earned money for your mods?
Looking forward to your comments.
Hi,
I've purchased quite a few mods for my store, and providing the mod is good (ie I want/need it), then the price isn't a big problem.
I usually prefer to see the mod running as a demo, or for the vendor to provide a free trial (ie SEO mod).
For me, the "stop and think" price is about £10 (~$20) - but I don't have a problem paying more. I'm also a programmer (not PHP yet...), so do appreciate the work that goes into some of these mods.
Jason
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Hello all,
I'm very new to all this and unfortunately am working with a very basic knowledge of the background workings of a website. I've maintained our main page for a few years but not actually started something like this myself.
Anyway, I've also run into this problem with needing to change CHMOD to 777, and it not being remembered by my FTP client.
I started out using Absolute FTP, and after I have changed the setting, the "Apply" button is still greyed out, so I figured I should just hit ok & then check if I could get past Step 2 of installation. Nope... so I went back in to see if it had saved it & I found it hadn't. I've tried closing it down/reconnecting and still it doesn't save the new settings. It seems to be going through all the processes of connecting etc so there are no errors in that respect.
I figured "if all else fails try a new program" - so I downloaded FileZilla as per this thread... and it still does the same thing.
Is there something wrong at the end of my server/settings on my server? I'm sorry to be a pain but please keep all responses simple/easy to follow as I'm gradually understanding everything better, but am still a novice at the whole thing.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions....
Kristan.
Hi,
just a quick thought - are you on a Windows(IIS) server?
If this is the case, you'll probably have to ask your host to change the permissions :-(
Filezilla should just work! Can you post the message log from the top window in Filezilla?
Here is my message log:
Command: SITE CHMOD 777 /www/includes/global.inc.php
Response: 200 Permissions changed on /www/includes/global.inc.php
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Command: TYPE A
Response: 200 TYPE is now ASCII
Jason
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I currently have CC version 3.0.7-pl1 installed and running just fine. My register globals is ON ... I dont know how or where to look to turn it off.
My question is ... can I go ahead and use this version of the cart, or am I still wide open to some sort of attack?? I'm not all that clear on how to "back-up" the changes I have made to the cart, or more importantly, my database. I dont want to set it all up, and have to re-install later and loose everything.
Obviously I am new to this, so any help would be very greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Mike
PS ... I think the cart is awsome. Hats off to everyone who has worked on it. You have amazing talent to be able to put something like this together. Keep up the great work!!
Hi,
I can't comment on turning register globals off - from what I read, there is little point in trying to do this locally, it needs to be done on the whole server (speak to your host)
CPanel also has a facility to automatically back-up a mySQL database, and a complete account, this is found under the "Back up" icon.
If you want to do it manually, or you don't have access to the Back-up function...
To backup the CC files, simply FTP them back to your PC. Ask here again if you need help doing this, or PM me.
However, this will not back-up your database files.
I will assume you're using Apache+CPanel (as opposed to Windows/IIS hosting)
You will probably have access to CPanel, which allows pretty good control over your account:
1. Log into this (usally, www.yourdomain.co.uk/cpanel)
2. Click on the "MySQL Databases" icon
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the "phpMyAdmin" link
4. phpMyAdmin will open in another window -ensure you don't block this pop-up!
5. Using the Database drop-down box, select your CC database (probably ending in cc1)
6. Click the EXPORT tab
7. Under the EXPORT area, click the Select All link, tick the Save as File box, and press the GO button.
8. A Save-File dialog box will appear, save the file somewhere safe :-)
9. When the file has been downloaded, you should be able to open the file in notepad/word etc. It will contain the SQL statements needed to re-create the database (its worth checking it contains this info)
I hope thats clear enough :-)
The attached screenshot should show you what is needed:
If you need any further help, yell here, or PM me.
Regards,
Jason
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I want to have 3 different catagory sections like this below:
Company
-One
-Two
-Three
Theme
-Holidays
-Sports
-Kids
Type
-Stickers
-Rubons
-Embellisments
But I would like one product, lets say "hockey", to be listed in Company: "one" AND Theme: "sports" AND Type: "Stickers". Is there a way I can do this? I thought about adding in 3 of the same product just in different catagories, but then the inventory wouldn't be managable.
How do I go about doing this?
Thank you.
Hi - I also had this question a while ago... :-)
Visit Store Admin->View Products
You'll then see a list of your products, one link for each product will be "Manage Categorys", click on this and the rest should be easy (see the attached pic)
I recommend adding pictures to each Cat - as it looks much better on the page.
I've used this to create "£0-£10"/"£10-£20"etc items.
I hope this helps,
Jason
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Hi
CC3
When upload froogle datafeed everytime getting:
The connection to the server was reset while the page was
* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.
* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.
* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
=====================================================================
I was trying 2 days...
Recently tryied to upload feed by FTP- got not approved because format problem..
Could anyone suggest how to submit files to froogle step by step.
Thank you
I've had a similar problem but wimped out and used IE
Basicalyl, I'll browse to the local file, click the UPLOAD button, then Firefox displays the "Site too busy" error.
IE appeared to work fine..
If you're using FTP, make sure the transfer format is correct (ascii not binary)
Firefox works sometimes - but not sure why! I'm also finding it takes a day or more for the feed to become live. On my other (non CC) store, it only used to take a few hours (that was last year though)
Jason
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Do I Need a ssl If using paypal payment gateway?
No,
the user will be transfered to their secure server, and if you've got it set-up correctly, they will be returned to your store once payment is complete.
If you've got a PayPal account, I suggest creating a very small value item, offering free shipping, and testing the payment system out without emptying your bank account.
Jason
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Anybody? This is an issue that, if it doesn't get solved, will ultimately mean we don't use purchase a license for CubeCart and ultimately switch to a different cart software.
Hi,
There are many shipping options- by weight/price/per item etc.
If you wanted to send an item to me in the UK, you would need to know the overseas price/kg (or lb) which your carrier can provide.
I suggest using shipping by weight, add a small fee for the actual shipping and name it "International Shipping". The "Ship by weight" plug-in allows different rates for different countries and zones.
I hope this is of some help,
Jason
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After trying for hours to add the options to my products i am starting to seriously consider smashing my server/pc/dog up.
I think it's a terrible system anyway, & after getting up to 300 pages, the damn file won't load, it hangs & i get a "page can not be displayed" error in ie, & firefox treats options.php as a downloadable file.
I've repaired & optimized the options table to no avail.
So have i found out the options limit or have i broken it?
Micky,
Don't you have a local cat to smash up??
If firefox is treating options.php as a downloadable file, it sounds like a server problem.. Apart from the options.php file, can you navigate the store/admin area? If you're using Fasterfox, have you reset the cache?
Also, what version of are you running - the current is 3.0.8 Have you changed anything on your store (installed mods/edited any files by hand)
Doe you mean you've got 300 products, or 300 different options?
I'm sorry I can't help much, but it will be easier to help with more info.
Jason
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Hi,
Running CC3.0.8
I've been adding products to my store, and are currently on 80 items - not exactly a lot.
I'm finding it very frustrating to locate each product image listings (I know you can upload when you create a product, but associating additional images is also hard work).
Ideally it would be good to have some directory support built in - but I can't see it!
I also have a project for someone that has about 1000 products, and this would be a nightmare to manage at the moment.
Does anyone else have a reasonable amount of items? How do you associate images with your products?
Thanks,
Jason
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HSBC are the only bank I've found to really be negociable with rates, we're paying under 2% on CC Transactions now (compared with quotes of 4%-5% from other banks).
Setup is about £250, which is probably the most expensive of the UK Banks; but it does come with both an API and a CPI interface.
Otherwise any IMA (~£150 from most banks) in tandem with Protx (£20/mo) is always a good solution.
Hi,
I was quoted £250 for my bus. bank - Bank of Scotland, and they wanted 6% without even asking what I was selling! However, I could not provide a turnover fiqure at the time.
I've been banking with HSBC (Midland) for 18 years, so have some track record. Do they allow a seamless process, or does the customer have to visit their site (ala Paypal IPN) to pay?
Thanks,
Jason
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A quick search revealed this thread.....link
Agh!
Thanks! I did search, but not hard enough....
Jason
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Hi,
I'd like to know on how I can back-up the entire website running in CubeCart alone.
Without using the back-up facility of my hosting company (e.g. like the backup thing on cpanel).
What I want is a manual procedure using my FTP but without loosing any single file including the database.
Thank's
Hi,
My cpanel allows full backup of all my sites/specific sites (web pages etc only)/and mysql databases.
Obviously, you could ftp the site back down - but this will only give you the store and not the database.
To backup the database manually, you'll need to run "phpmyadmin" which is a nice frontend to the mySQL database system.
Inside "phpmyadmin", you'll see a drop down which allows you to select the database (mine is called _ccrt1)
You'll then see an export tab appear on the main window - click this, then click "select all", leave SQL ticked.
Now, tick "zipped" or "gzipped" to compress the data (databases will compress very well).
Now, click the GO button.
You should get a file download box appear, save this somewhere safe, as its your CC database.
If it all goes very wrong, you will be able to import it back into the server using "phpmyadmin".
See the attachment for more info.
I hope this helps,
Jason
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Hi,
using 3.07-pl1 on the store.
What would be involved with renaming/moving the /admin folder? It would be good to have the chance to change it to Myadmin123 ie- something that would be hard to find for the casual hacker.
Cheers,
Jason
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Hi!
I found a company named spacecoin (www.spacecoin.com) that offers payment in Swedish kronor without any setup fees.
But they don’t have a module for cubecart. I asked them if they could build one for me, but they didn’t have access to the right documentation.
But they said that they would do some more research.
Is there any one in here that would be able to build this for me?
Is it hard and takes a lot of time?
Maybe someone already uses them in there cubecart store?
I have the external API information and can send them you if you think you can help me.
BUT the thing is that I don’t have any money to pay you (I’m a university student doing this on my free time), so I totally understand if you don’t want to help!!
Would really appreciate any help or tips on how to do this!!
I note they have an OSCommerce module for download. You could always compare the OSC module to a fairly standard CC module, and see how you go.
I did sign up, as it did say customers can stay on your site when making payment, and I wanted to see how they where doing it.
Unfortunatly, they use IFrames to put their content on your page. Kinda ok for some stuff, but not for a payment system.
I can also see that for their free account they have pretty high commision charges - unless you're making high profit, take care!
Sorry I can't help anymore, but perhaps someone with OSC knowledge will find the module easy to hack into CC?
Jason
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My own philosophy is to let a third party handle the credit card transactions. That way, in case of a problem, the responsibility is in the realm of PayPal (or other party). If you've been following the threads in this forum on the recent hacking of CC, having customers' credit card info on your site (even in a supposedly secure database) should send shivers up your spine!
It is my understanding that if you process the cards yourself, then you must pay a fee to the credit card companies directly. This also cuts into the bottom line.
Unless your margins are so low that the PayPal (or other) fee makes profit impossible, I personally wouldn't consider it. I'm personally selling downloads of mp3s for a low price and have a narrow margin myself. PayPal did announce a 'micropayment system' on their website about 4 months ago, but as of yet, they haven't followed up with anything concrete.
My 2 rubles,
groovejuice
I spoke to my buisiness bank (Bank of Scotland), and they wanted £200 setup and 6% commision per transaction.
This still wouldn't give me automatic processing - simply an Internet Merchant Agreement. On top of that, I'd need to either store credit card details on the site (pretty 'iffy) or get a 3rd party to process them for me (worldpay etc - but this would also hit my profits!)
Needless to say, PayPals fairly low rate will do for now....
I'm also interested in PayPal Pro - from what I can see, this would hide the PayPal system, keeping the customer on your site at all times.
Jason
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Did this ever get fixed ? I've had to stick to CC2 as basically all versions of '3' that i've tried, don't pass shipping to Paypal correctly.
I have just installed and am setting up cube cart 3.0.7-pl1 and am having the exact same problem, so I am guessing the answer is no.
Anybody have a fix for this? Pleeeeeeeese
Well, after a bit of hacking, it looks like PayPal is the problem :-(
Consider this bit of paypal form code:
<html>
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="upload" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="add" value="1">
<input type='hidden' name='no_shipping' value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="[email protected]">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name_1" value="Item Name1">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="1.00">
<input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="123.00">
<input type='hidden' name='currency_code' value="GBP">
<input type="submit"" value="Upload Cart">
</form>
</html>
This *should* work with shipping... but it doesn't!
Change the currency_code variable to "USD", save the code and try again....
At this point, I'm not sure why, does the older CC still work? It would be interesting to see the page source just before PayPal takes over.
It is possible to stop the browser just before it redirects to PalPal, and if you can manage this, you will see that CC is correctly loading the shipping variable.
I've also checked my ASP Based store (using PD Shop Pro) and that has the same problem ie. the amount is product prices+shipping, but paypal shows shipping as Zero.
Sorry I can't help more, but I strongly think its a PalPal problem. I don't have the time to change my CC currency to USD and test - but this would also confirm the above....
Jason
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Glad I could help, I could see a bunch of posts regarding paypal, and as I've used it successfully on my other store, it wasn't too much to get to the bottom of my problems - but as I'm still a CC newbie, I didn't know if there was a problem with the latest release.
Have you tried the custom payment pages? I found a fairly cheap service that allows upload of logos for customising the checkout page on paypal.
https://securelogohosting.com/ (no connection, but appears to work very well) $5USD for 2 logos for 2 years.
Coupled with suitable background colour, this does help with some of the "what the ..." reaction some people get when the store suddenly sends them to another site for payment.
My other annoyance is PalPal asking for the county (even though CC knows this) on the payment page - I may be able to look into this later.
Unfortunately, I'm still working on ASP based projects so won't have much time to get to grips with the PHP stuff for a while yet....
I've not looked at the NoChex APC, I do have an account somewhere, but have never used it due to their strange limits and UK Only sales. (not that I do much overseas stuff)
Paypal has been fine for my other store for the last year, and with PalPal Pro functionality in CC, it should be a good cheap system.
Right, time for bed
Jason
Who's got the highest Google Page Rank with CubeCart?
in General Discussion
Posted
My site homepage has a pr5, but a future pr3
I don't have too many inbound links - apart from links from this bb, and a few shopping directories. I'm also listed on comparestoreprices.co.uk and froogle.
Jason