RE: [cobalt-users] Shopping carts - oscommerce [more OT]

["Rick Ewart" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxx>]

> >Looks nice Gerald. While possibly OT, I have been playing with the
> >OSCommerce for a while on other servers. The biggest issue I had run
> >across is with the PayPal payment module. If you are not using the
> >PayPal IPN system, but instead just the regular one, you may 
> encounter
> >problems..... Didn't run through your setup to see what you are doing
> >(or if you accept PayPal at all), but figured this was a good general
> >warning for those looking to play with it...
> 
> Which PayPal Mod did you download and install?  I've been 
> using OScommerce 
> for a while, and don't like the Default paypal interface, but 
> when i go to 
> the Contributions page, there's a bunch of them up there, but 
> i can't find 
> anyone who has tried and had good luck with one.  If you 
> remember the name 
> and where you got it i would love to check that one out.

Well, for starters, I began with the Ian's loaded snapshot 5, which I
got off the bottom of the following link:
http://chainreactionweb.com/info/hosting/oscommerce-hosting.php
It's a real nice setup, and it comes with PayPal IPN v.0.96, which works
but doesn't send ANY emails regarding orders (although it does record
them in the system).

So, I upgraded it to 0.971 as this added support for the emails. I
fought it for a while, but eventually got everything working ok. I
posted what I did to get it operational at:
http://forums.oscommerce.com/viewtopic.php?t=33432&postdays=0&postorder=
asc&start=140, under the username rewart01.

I had one issue left, with the format of the emails. Someone came behind
me and posted a fix for it. Just follow my posts and you should find
what you need - I link off to another thread.

Any questions, please feel free to contact me off-list.

Rick