I have been working with PHP MySQL and osCommerce 2 specifically for over 3 years now. So don't think this post has anything to do with my inability to make something work...
But 3a5 was supposed to be production-stable and supported.
I've had an OUT OF THE BOX problem with the PayPal IPN module that I posted on about WEEKS ago...
A) If this was a production-stable release it would have worked fine.
I have undefined index errors all over the place, the admin panel craps out all over the place dealing with products.
Images won't even upload and convert....
If this was proeduction-stable that would not be the case...
The USPS Shipping module is throwing undefined index errors at me...
If this was production-stable this would not be the case...
The last update to v3 was in MAY of this year.... Its now DECEMBER...
I don't mean to sound like an ungrateful prick, I know osCommerce is free and all.
But
1) Ponce doesn't allow people to help him.
2) I've offered to pay to get things fixed and implemented multiple times.
3) Typically projects on the scale of osCommerce are run by a group of people, not just one person who does things as he finds the time.
osCommerce 3 is a great leap forward from osCommerce 2, but it is no where near "production-stable" and I'd say claiming that it was "supported" is laughable at best...
If there is someone that has manged to wrap their head around osCommerce 3 and will help me get these stores up and running in an ACTUAL "production-stable" manner, I will be happy to pay a reasonable rate.
This is just lunacy though. The most likely to be used payment module has something wrong with is.... production-stable my arse.
If I can't get both of these stores up within the week, I'm going to end up having to just install something else, and never visit osCommerce again, and I don't want to see that happen.
Again, I -will- pay someone a reasonable rate to get these two stores up and running.















