One source of problems can be a user having multiple windows open and adding items to the shopping cart from those various windows and then going to checkout from an "older" window.
It seems like there was a shopping cart thread somewhere and the GT staff mentioned they had looked at it but there were problems as most of their clients used shared hosting and the shared accounts didn't really have a physically separate secure server. I think GT would have to make a physically separate secure server a system requirement for any Links SQL shopping cart plugin. Just that would be difficult to ensure and difficult to make sure someone didn't tweak the script to get around that
I think it is a lot harder to write a secure cart system than it appears. It is also an area where a lot of people have the motivation ($$$) to hack a cart system and create liabilities for a lot of people that don't exist in a plain links installation.
The languages and templates are something that I didn't even consider. MOF seems to be really adaptable because it is simple, but that simplicity can be a disadvantage when working with a database driven site using various templates.
A cart plug for GT Community/Links in would put GT in competition with Miva, TheExchangeProject (TEP), eZpublish, etc. Most of these require root access and cron jobs.
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Rob
SW Montana's Online Community
Modular Model Railroading
It seems like there was a shopping cart thread somewhere and the GT staff mentioned they had looked at it but there were problems as most of their clients used shared hosting and the shared accounts didn't really have a physically separate secure server. I think GT would have to make a physically separate secure server a system requirement for any Links SQL shopping cart plugin. Just that would be difficult to ensure and difficult to make sure someone didn't tweak the script to get around that
I think it is a lot harder to write a secure cart system than it appears. It is also an area where a lot of people have the motivation ($$$) to hack a cart system and create liabilities for a lot of people that don't exist in a plain links installation.
The languages and templates are something that I didn't even consider. MOF seems to be really adaptable because it is simple, but that simplicity can be a disadvantage when working with a database driven site using various templates.
A cart plug for GT Community/Links in would put GT in competition with Miva, TheExchangeProject (TEP), eZpublish, etc. Most of these require root access and cron jobs.
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Rob
SW Montana's Online Community
Modular Model Railroading
