Guest Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 Hello, I'm new to OSCommerce. I'm a small-time hosting reseller... and I just learned that OSCommerce has recently been installed on my server. I installed a copy of it on a test-site this morning and I see that there's a Payment option of just plain "Credit Card", and there's some info there that suggests that this is a way that one could accept credit card payments WITHOUT using one of the other processing gateways. This made me wonder: If one uses this option, is the customer's credit card information stored in the database? (If so, I assume the actual number is encrypted?) Is it NOT stored, then, if you use one of the other major payment gateways? Also, on a different topic, I'm strongly considering "pushing" OSCommerce to my customers/users, since its going to be easy enough to install via their control panels. But I need to get up-to-date on the capabilities of this software and how to support it / customize it as quickly as possible. Is there some central set of docs on it? Or will I have to put in a lot of hours digging through the forum archives and play with my own copy in order to prepare myself? <sigh> As much as I like OSCommerce, I'm not looking forward to handling supporting it for a bunch of non-techies. Thanks! -= Dave =- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seCret steVe Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 this will be simple thanks to: OSCdox Project just go and download there easy to use manual: http://www.oscdox.com/modules.php?op=modlo...req=getit&lid=1 or go to http://www.oscdox.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 Thank you very much!!! -= Dave =- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan0815 Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 <sigh> As much as I like OSCommerce, I'm not looking forward to handling supporting it for a bunch of non-techies. <ironic> <sigh> so you think you can send them to us and we do your job? </ironic> Well - guess what - it actually works. This community takes care of osCommerce users. Maybe you can think of something you can give back to the community and we all will be happy ;-) You can't have everything. That's why trains have difficulty crossing oceans, and hippos did not adapt to fly. -- from the OpenBSD mailinglist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seCret steVe Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 very true jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 OK, My questions have been answered about modification documentation, thank you! But what about what I was asking regarding how OSCommerce handles credit card transactions? Does it store the numbers in the database? Also, is there a Store Administator's document out there, to help get a new store owner familiar with some "how to" information? Thanks! -= Dave = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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