OsCommerce
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| Original author(s) | Holbi Group |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Holbi Group |
| Stable release | 2.3.4.1
/ 18 August 2017[1] |
| Preview release | 2.4.2
/ 21 November 2016[1] |
| Repository | osCommerce Repository |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Webshop |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | oscommerce |
OsCommerce (styled "osCommerce" - "open source Commerce") is an e-commerce and online store-management software program. It can be used on any web server that has PHP and MySQL installed. It is available as free software under the GNU General Public License.
History[]
OsCommerce was started in March 2000 in Germany by Harald Ponce de Leon. The open source project was known as The Exchange Project. In its infancy, osCommerce was referred to by Ponce de Leon as "a side thing" and "an example research study". By late 2001, a team formed for its development and in the words of Harald Ponce de Leon, this was the point the team started taking the project seriously.[2][unreliable source?]
By 2005, over 2000 websites used osCommerce,[3] and in 2009 this amount grew to 13,000.[4] In 2021, BuiltWith[5] reports over 230,000 websites powered by osCommerce.
In 2021, the Holbi Group took over management of osCommerce from Ponce De Leon and have announced their intention to release 4.x,scheduled to be released in summer 2021 [6]
On the 16th of November, 2021, osCommerce v4 Beta 1 was released to the limited number of Beta testers [7]
Official Version[]
The current version is 2.3.4.1.
| Release date | Release name |
|---|---|
| 12 March 2000 | The Exchange Project Preview Release 1.0 |
| 14 May 2000 | The Exchange Project Preview Release 1.1 |
| 2 December 2000 | The Exchange Project Preview Release 2.0 |
| 13 December 2000 | The Exchange Project Preview Release 2.0a |
| 6 March 2001 | The Exchange Project Preview Release 2.1 |
| 17 February 2003 | osCommerce 2.2 Milestone 1 |
| 7 December 2003 | osCommerce 2.2 Milestone 2 |
| 12 November 2005 | osCommerce 2.2 Milestone 2 Update 051112 |
| 13 November 2005 | osCommerce 2.2 Milestone 2 Update 051113 |
| 17 August 2006 | osCommerce 2.2 Milestone 2 Update 060817 |
| 3 July 2007 | osCommerce Online Merchant 2.2 RC1 |
| 16 January 2008 | osCommerce Online Merchant 2.2 RC2 |
| 30 January 2008 | osCommerce Online Merchant 2.2 RC2a |
| 12 November 2010 | osCommerce Online Merchant 2.3 |
| 14 November 2010 | osCommerce Online Merchant 2.3.1 |
| 31 March 2011 | osCommerce Online Merchant 3.0 (development) |
| 6 August 2011 | oCommerce Online Merchant 3.0.2 (development) |
| 18 July 2012 | osCommerce Online Merchant 2.3.2 |
| 15 August 2012 | osCommerce Online Merchant 2.3.3 |
| 26 September 2013 | OoCommerce Online Merchant 2.3.3.4 |
| 5 June 2014 | osCommerce Online Merchant 2.3.4 |
| 18 August 2017 | OsCommerce Online Merchant 2.3.4.1 |
Branches[]
Distributed under the GNU General Public License, osCommerce is one of the earliest PHP based Open Source shopping cart software distributions.[8] It inspired the creation of many other online store platforms, such as Magento.[9] It has also spawned a number of forks, such as Zen Cart, xt:Commerce, oscMAX and Phoenix.[10]
Publicised vulnerabilities[]
In August 2011 three vulnerabilities in version 2.2 of the osCommerce system were exploited, allowing the addition of an iframe and JavaScript code to infect visitors to websites. Armorize reports this allowed infected web pages to hit 90,000 in a very short time until it was noticed and increasing further to 4.5 million pages within the space of a week.
OsCommerce 2.3 was made available in November 2011 and patched the exploited security holes.[11][12]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Releases · osCommerce/oscommerce2 · GitHub". Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "osCommerce – a brief history and a look at the features". Mays Digital. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ Rich, Jason R. (2005). Unofficial Guide to Starting a Business Online. Unofficial Guides. Vol. 155 (2 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471792277.
- ^ Kimball, Cheryl (2009). Design and Launch an Online Gift Business in a Week. ClickStart Series. Entrepreneur Press. p. 78. ISBN 9781613081129.
- ^ "Builtwith". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "New management and osCommerce v4". osCommerce. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "osCommerce v4 Beta 1". osCommerce Community Forum (in American English). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ osCommerce: Copyright Policy
- ^ "Magento eCommerce Review". dwacommerce.com. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "CE Phoenix Cart eCommerce Software". Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.h-online.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". www.stopthehacker.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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Further reading[]
- Watson, Kerry. The osCommerce Technical Manual. Victoria, BC Canada: On Demand Manuals. pp. 11–14 ISBN 1-4120-3733-6.
- Gurevych, Vadym . osCommerce Webmaster's Guide to Selling Online. Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing. p. 2 ISBN 1-84719-202-5.
External links[]
- Free e-commerce software
- Free software programmed in PHP
- Content management systems
- 2000 establishments in Germany
- 2000 software