meljaxx Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I hope you'll forgive my OSC ignorance but I'd never heard of it before yesterday and I have installed it today. I see talk in these forums about Edge and Frozen. I downloaded the latest version and installed it from the OSCommerce site of course. How do I know which one I downloaded? I have downloaded Ajax-AttributeManager and QTPro and would like to install them but they both have folders that are intended for one or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtcoInc Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 @meljaxx I'm sorry to have to tell you that the 'official' v2.3.4 (and v2.3.4.1 hot-patch) is very much out of date! The osCommerce project was lead by one person that has been absent for quite some time. In his absence, the "community" has continued with the development of osC. Unfortunately, that one missing person is the only one that can make this continued development an 'official' release. The 'Community Edition' (also called osC-CE (for Community Edition), osC-BS (for Bootstrap, the platform it is based on), osC-Edge, and/or osC-Frozen.) is a big improvement over the last 'official' v2.3.4 release in a number of ways: 1) It is responsive. This means that it will adjust the screen layout depending on the size of the screen of your customer's device. This is very important in this day of mobile devices. The 'official' version is not responsive. 2) It will work with the newer version of PHP, the scripting language used in osC. As more and more hosts upgrade their servers to PHP 7.x, older versions of osC (including the 'official' version) will crash. 3) It is much more modular. This means that you can turn features on or off, change the layout, or even add new features, all without touching the core code. As I said, the community is still working on osC. Every so often, a version is released as a 'fixed' release. 'Frozen' was the last 'fixed' release, while 'Edge' is still ongoing. Since the developers are constantly testing new things in 'Edge', 'Frozen' is the better choice for a live store. As will all software, there will be bugs in any release, and some have been identified in 'Frozen'. There is an entire thread identifying these, as well as their fixes. Unfortunately, there are no version numbers associated with any of these releases, and they will all say that they are osC v2.3.4.1. The only way to know which release you have is the date on the full package. You can find a link to the latest 'Frozen' version of the Community Edition in my signature below. As for the two add-ons you have identified, each should have a support thread in this forum. You can ask there about the compatibility of each add-on with 'Frozen' and/or 'Edge'. HTH Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPhil Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 In other words, trash your "official" installation and start over with "Frozen". If you're adventurous, you could try "Edge", but it's somewhat unstable (i.e., still in development). "Frozen" would be best for you. Sorry to have to do that, but as Malcolm said, the only guy who can make "Frozen" official (download from this site) has been AWOL for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexiscruz007 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 what is better frozen or phoneix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Gyakutsuki Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Phoenix is better but not the panace. It's better now because all the others are not maintained. Regards ----------------------------------------- Loïc Contact me by skype for business Contact me @gyakutsuki for an answer on the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥peterpil19 Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 5 hours ago, alexiscruz007 said: what is better frozen or phoneix Definitely Phoenix. Lots of improvements. Have a look at what 1.3.0 has to offer. Optionally if you join Phoenix Club and become a supporter you get access to lots of cool add ons like GDPR compliance modules and a superior products layout system. CE PHOENIX SUPPORTER Support the Project, go PRO and get access to certified add ons Full-time I am a C-suite executive of a large retail company in Australia. In my spare time, I enjoying learning about web-design. Download the latest version of CE Phoenix from gitHub here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonbec Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 8 hours ago, alexiscruz007 said: what is better frozen or phoneix Frozen is now in Sunset Status with EOL slated for 31/12/2019. Phoenix is very innovative and goes far beyond all the different versions of OsCommerce and its forks. New features and optimizations are regularly available unlike Frozen which is at the end of life. with OsC 2.2 since 2006 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
René H4 Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I am currently running a Frozen shop, but if Í'd have to start over I'd definetely install Phoenix. One more reason to add is that is supports PHP 7.3, which for Frozen this is unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristodulo Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 thanks for help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexiscruz007 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejsolutions Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Phoenix is the new Edge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥ecartz Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, ejsolutions said: Phoenix is the new Edge? Yes. Or to be more precise, Phoenix is the new Community Edition and Edge was an older Community Edition. Always back up before making changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burt Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 As Matt states, more or less the answer is Yes. Edge was nothing more than a construct - it was never released or tagged (ie it wasn't a "thing") - it was simply the latest code at a given moment in the timeline of the Project. There was far too many complaints about "Edge" from people who could not understand that Edge was simply a construct; Phoenix was born to solve that, which has versioning (1.x.y.z) so users (should) know where they are and what they are doing. For example, if you go to Github now (or to the downloads page at the osCommerce site) you can download quite easily version 1.0.7.7 - it is tagged and released. If you were to go hunting at Github (and it wouldn't take much to find it), you could find the latest changes which will be in v1.0.7.8 - you could download that now (and consider it "edge"). Make sense ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejsolutions Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Starting to hang together. Don't take this the wrong way: an observation, not a criticism.. It's currently an awkward situation for users with relatively new stores, or wishing to begin one. There doesn't seem to be a recent 'stable' osCommerce. I haven't had time yet, to look at a roadmap but a 'milestone' release might be useful. Just today I spotted a comment on v1.0.7.7 that looked to delete DIR_FS_CATALOG and nearly had a coronary. (Since rescinded, I believe.) I understand core changes are required to meet new demands but that one would have had a lot of implications. Thanks for all the effort, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onipaa Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Sorry to ask such basic question. I am running the official 2.3.4.1. How to change to CE Phoenix? Do all the parameters and structures of database need to be changed? All the modules have to be changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgtee Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 @onipaa you will find more discussion about shifting previous Osc to CE Phoenix here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onipaa Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Thank you for your quick response and the reference, kgtee. I will study on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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