OpenCart - Revision history

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External links: Removed standalone SF links so as to not encourage downloading from that site.

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	* [https://github.com/opencart/opencart OpenCart on GitHub]		* [https://github.com/opencart/opencart OpenCart on GitHub]
	* [http://code.google.com/p/opencart/ OpenCart on Google Code]		* [http://code.google.com/p/opencart/ OpenCart on Google Code]
	* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencart/ OpenCart on SourceForge] (deprecated)
	* [http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=feature/blog OpenCart blog]		* [http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=feature/blog OpenCart blog]

Shawndouglas: Grammar

2013-10-03T17:06:33Z

Grammar

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	OpenCart originally began as software developed by Christopher G. Mann, the technical manager and web administrator for online vendors Walnut Creek CDROM and The FreeBSD Mall.<ref name="OCArchive99" /><ref name="freeBSDEmList">{{cite web \|url=http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-emulation&id=534454 \|title=Suggestion, Linux ldconfig /etc/defaults/rc.conf \|author=Mann, Christopher G. \|publisher=MavEtJu.org \|date=19 March 1999 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> The software was originally developed in 1998 for Walnut Creek CDROM, with a private release of version 1.0.0 arriving on January 28, 1999.<ref name="OCArchiveCL">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/Changes \|title=OpenCart - Revision Notes \|author=Mann, Christopher G. \|publisher=Christopher G. Mann \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824114244/http://www.opencart.com/Changes \|archivedate=22 October 1999 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Mann eventually made the software — which was then developed in Perl — open-source and publicly available, with the first public release arriving on May 11, 1999.<ref name="OCArchive99" /><ref name="OCArchiveCL" /> A SourceForge project was started for the software on November 07, 1999, though the project saw little activity there.<ref name="OCSF">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencart/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=SourceForge \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Progress on the software stalled by 2000, with Mann posting a message on April 11 stating "other commitments are keeping me from OpenCart development."<ref name="OCArchive00Stall">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=Christopher G. Mann \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000520104704/http://www.opencart.com/ \|archivedate=20 May 2000 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref>		OpenCart originally began as software developed by Christopher G. Mann, the technical manager and web administrator for online vendors Walnut Creek CDROM and The FreeBSD Mall.<ref name="OCArchive99" /><ref name="freeBSDEmList">{{cite web \|url=http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-emulation&id=534454 \|title=Suggestion, Linux ldconfig /etc/defaults/rc.conf \|author=Mann, Christopher G. \|publisher=MavEtJu.org \|date=19 March 1999 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> The software was originally developed in 1998 for Walnut Creek CDROM, with a private release of version 1.0.0 arriving on January 28, 1999.<ref name="OCArchiveCL">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/Changes \|title=OpenCart - Revision Notes \|author=Mann, Christopher G. \|publisher=Christopher G. Mann \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824114244/http://www.opencart.com/Changes \|archivedate=22 October 1999 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Mann eventually made the software — which was then developed in Perl — open-source and publicly available, with the first public release arriving on May 11, 1999.<ref name="OCArchive99" /><ref name="OCArchiveCL" /> A SourceForge project was started for the software on November 07, 1999, though the project saw little activity there.<ref name="OCSF">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencart/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=SourceForge \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Progress on the software stalled by 2000, with Mann posting a message on April 11 stating "other commitments are keeping me from OpenCart development."<ref name="OCArchive00Stall">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=Christopher G. Mann \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000520104704/http://www.opencart.com/ \|archivedate=20 May 2000 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref>

	No real news was released regarding the software for several years, with the domain for the website eventually expiring on February 2, 2005.<ref name="OCArchive05Exp">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=Network Solutions \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050305070428/http://www.opencart.com/ \|archivedate=05 March 2005 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Around sometime in 2005 the project landed in the hands of then Britain-based software developer Daniel Kerr<ref name="OCArchive05DK">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/Team-Members/ \|title=OpenCart - Team Members \|publisher=Daniel Kerr \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20051130022626/http://www.opencart.com/Team-Members/ \|archivedate=30 November 2005 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref>, though it's not clear how. Open-source development quietly began on the software again, though the software was reworked from the ground up (including reversioning from the 0.x level), this time using PHP.<ref name="OCArchive06v03">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=Daniel Kerr \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060615041558/http://opencart.com/ \|archivedate=15 June 2006 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> A related open-source project was eventually started on Google Code in late-2006 or early-2007.<ref name="OCArchiveGoogCo">{{cite web \|url=http://code.google.com/p/open-cart/ \|title=open-cart \|publisher=Google \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070105232305/http://code.google.com/p/open-cart/ \|archivedate=05 January 2007 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Beta development continued on the software until the first stable release of the new PHP version arrived on Google Code as version 1.1.1 on February 10, 2009.<ref name="OCGC111">{{cite web \|url=http://code.google.com/p/opencart/downloads/detail?name=opencart_v1.1.1.zip&can=1&q= \|title= OpenCart v1.1.1 \|publisher=Google \|date=10 February 2009 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Development has continued steadily since, primarily headed up by Kerr.		No real news was released regarding the software for several years, with the domain for the website eventually expiring on February 2, 2005.<ref name="OCArchive05Exp">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=Network Solutions \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050305070428/http://www.opencart.com/ \|archivedate=05 March 2005 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Around sometime in 2005 the project landed in the hands of then Britain-based software developer Daniel Kerr<ref name="OCArchive05DK">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/Team-Members/ \|title=OpenCart - Team Members \|publisher=Daniel Kerr \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20051130022626/http://www.opencart.com/Team-Members/ \|archivedate=30 November 2005 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref>, though it's not clear how. Open-source development quietly began on the software again, though the software was reworked from the ground up (including reversioning from the 0.x level), this time using PHP.<ref name="OCArchive06v03">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=Daniel Kerr \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060615041558/http://opencart.com/ \|archivedate=15 June 2006 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> A related open-source project was eventually started on Google Code in late 2006 or early 2007.<ref name="OCArchiveGoogCo">{{cite web \|url=http://code.google.com/p/open-cart/ \|title=open-cart \|publisher=Google \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070105232305/http://code.google.com/p/open-cart/ \|archivedate=05 January 2007 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Beta development continued on the software until the first stable release of the new PHP version arrived on Google Code as version 1.1.1 on February 10, 2009.<ref name="OCGC111">{{cite web \|url=http://code.google.com/p/opencart/downloads/detail?name=opencart_v1.1.1.zip&can=1&q= \|title= OpenCart v1.1.1 \|publisher=Google \|date=10 February 2009 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Development has continued steadily since, primarily headed up by Kerr.

	==Features==		==Features==

Shawndouglas: Caps.

2013-01-02T23:54:21Z

Caps.

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	\| size =		\| size =
	\| language = ~~multi~~-lingual		\| language = Multi-lingual
	\| status =		\| status =
	\| genre = eCommerce software		\| genre = eCommerce software

Shawndouglas: Added history.

2013-01-02T23:51:27Z

Added history.

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	OpenCart originally began as software developed by Christopher G. Mann, the technical manager and web administrator for online vendors Walnut Creek CDROM and The FreeBSD Mall.<ref name="OCArchive99" /><ref name="freeBSDEmList">{{cite web \|url=http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-emulation&id=534454 \|title=Suggestion, Linux ldconfig /etc/defaults/rc.conf \|author=Mann, Christopher G. \|publisher=MavEtJu.org \|date=19 March 1999 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> The software was originally developed in 1998 for Walnut Creek CDROM, with a private release of version 1.0.0 arriving on January 28, 1999.<ref name="OCArchiveCL">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/Changes \|title=OpenCart - Revision Notes \|author=Mann, Christopher G. \|publisher=Christopher G. Mann \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824114244/http://www.opencart.com/Changes \|archivedate=22 October 1999 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Mann eventually made the software — which was then developed in Perl — open-source and publicly available, with the first public release arriving on May 11, 1999.<ref name="OCArchive99" /><ref name="OCArchiveCL" /> A SourceForge project was started for the software on November 07, 1999, though the project saw little activity there.<ref name="OCSF">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencart/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=SourceForge \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Progress on the software stalled by 2000, with Mann posting a message on April 11 stating "other commitments are keeping me from OpenCart development."<ref name="OCArchive00Stall">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=Christopher G. Mann \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000520104704/http://www.opencart.com/ \|archivedate=20 May 2000 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref>		OpenCart originally began as software developed by Christopher G. Mann, the technical manager and web administrator for online vendors Walnut Creek CDROM and The FreeBSD Mall.<ref name="OCArchive99" /><ref name="freeBSDEmList">{{cite web \|url=http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-emulation&id=534454 \|title=Suggestion, Linux ldconfig /etc/defaults/rc.conf \|author=Mann, Christopher G. \|publisher=MavEtJu.org \|date=19 March 1999 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> The software was originally developed in 1998 for Walnut Creek CDROM, with a private release of version 1.0.0 arriving on January 28, 1999.<ref name="OCArchiveCL">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/Changes \|title=OpenCart - Revision Notes \|author=Mann, Christopher G. \|publisher=Christopher G. Mann \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824114244/http://www.opencart.com/Changes \|archivedate=22 October 1999 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Mann eventually made the software — which was then developed in Perl — open-source and publicly available, with the first public release arriving on May 11, 1999.<ref name="OCArchive99" /><ref name="OCArchiveCL" /> A SourceForge project was started for the software on November 07, 1999, though the project saw little activity there.<ref name="OCSF">{{cite web \|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencart/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=SourceForge \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Progress on the software stalled by 2000, with Mann posting a message on April 11 stating "other commitments are keeping me from OpenCart development."<ref name="OCArchive00Stall">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=Christopher G. Mann \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000520104704/http://www.opencart.com/ \|archivedate=20 May 2000 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref>

			No real news was released regarding the software for several years, with the domain for the website eventually expiring on February 2, 2005.<ref name="OCArchive05Exp">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=Network Solutions \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050305070428/http://www.opencart.com/ \|archivedate=05 March 2005 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Around sometime in 2005 the project landed in the hands of then Britain-based software developer Daniel Kerr<ref name="OCArchive05DK">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/Team-Members/ \|title=OpenCart - Team Members \|publisher=Daniel Kerr \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20051130022626/http://www.opencart.com/Team-Members/ \|archivedate=30 November 2005 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref>, though it's not clear how. Open-source development quietly began on the software again, though the software was reworked from the ground up (including reversioning from the 0.x level), this time using PHP.<ref name="OCArchive06v03">{{cite web \|url=http://www.opencart.com/ \|title=OpenCart \|publisher=Daniel Kerr \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060615041558/http://opencart.com/ \|archivedate=15 June 2006 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> A related open-source project was eventually started on Google Code in late-2006 or early-2007.<ref name="OCArchiveGoogCo">{{cite web \|url=http://code.google.com/p/open-cart/ \|title=open-cart \|publisher=Google \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070105232305/http://code.google.com/p/open-cart/ \|archivedate=05 January 2007 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Beta development continued on the software until the first stable release of the new PHP version arrived on Google Code as version 1.1.1 on February 10, 2009.<ref name="OCGC111">{{cite web \|url=http://code.google.com/p/opencart/downloads/detail?name=opencart_v1.1.1.zip&can=1&q= \|title= OpenCart v1.1.1 \|publisher=Google \|date=10 February 2009 \|accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Development has continued steadily since, primarily headed up by Kerr.

	==Features==		==Features==

Shawndouglas: Created article. Still adding a little more history.

2013-01-02T23:16:38Z

Created article. Still adding a little more history.

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{{Infobox software
| name = OpenCart
| title = '''OpenCart'''
| logo = [[Image:OpenCart_logo.png|170px]]
| screenshot = 
| caption =
| collapsible =
| author = Christopher G. Mann
| developer = OpenCart Limited
| released = {{Start date|1999|05|11}} (1.2.5)<ref name="OCArchive99">{{cite web |url=http://www.opencart.com/ |title=OpenCart |publisher=Christopher G. Mann |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19991022054418/http://www.opencart.com/ |archivedate=22 October 1999 |accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref>
| discontinued =
| frequently updated = yes
| programming language = PHP
| operating system = Cross-platform
| platform =
| size =
| language = multi-lingual
| status =
| genre = eCommerce software
| license = GNU General Public License v3
| website = [http://www.opencart.com/ OpenCart.com]
}}

'''OpenCart''' is a free open-source eCommerce application most often used to create and manage online storefronts.

==Product history==

OpenCart originally began as software developed by Christopher G. Mann, the technical manager and web administrator for online vendors Walnut Creek CDROM and The FreeBSD Mall.<ref name="OCArchive99" /><ref name="freeBSDEmList">{{cite web |url=http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-emulation&id=534454 |title=Suggestion, Linux ldconfig /etc/defaults/rc.conf |author=Mann, Christopher G. |publisher=MavEtJu.org |date=19 March 1999 |accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> The software was originally developed in 1998 for Walnut Creek CDROM, with a private release of version 1.0.0 arriving on January 28, 1999.<ref name="OCArchiveCL">{{cite web |url=http://www.opencart.com/Changes |title=OpenCart - Revision Notes |author=Mann, Christopher G. |publisher=Christopher G. Mann |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000824114244/http://www.opencart.com/Changes |archivedate=22 October 1999 |accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Mann eventually made the software — which was then developed in Perl — open-source and publicly available, with the first public release arriving on May 11, 1999.<ref name="OCArchive99" /><ref name="OCArchiveCL" /> A SourceForge project was started for the software on November 07, 1999, though the project saw little activity there.<ref name="OCSF">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencart/ |title=OpenCart |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref> Progress on the software stalled by 2000, with Mann posting a message on April 11 stating "other commitments are keeping me from OpenCart development."<ref name="OCArchive00Stall">{{cite web |url=http://www.opencart.com/ |title=OpenCart |publisher=Christopher G. Mann |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20000520104704/http://www.opencart.com/ |archivedate=20 May 2000 |accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref>

==Features==

The main features of OpenCart include<ref name="OCFeats">{{cite web |url=http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=feature/feature |title=OpenCart Features - Introduction |publisher=OpenCart Limited |accessdate=02 January 2013}}</ref>:

* unlimited category, product, and manufacturer entries
* template support
* image management
* multiple currency and tax rate support
* coupon support
* product review and ratings
* related products
* downloadables support
* PCI compliant
* search engine optimization (SEO) tools
* back up and restore tools
* invoicing and reporting
* error logging

==Hardware/software requirements==

Installation requirements for OpenCart include an online host which features:

* a web server (preferably Apache)
* PHP 5.2 or greater
* [[MySQL]]
* Curl

For full installation requirements and procedures, see the [http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=documentation/documentation&path=1 documentation].

==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

* Videos for OpenCart can be found on [http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=documentation/screencast the site].
* Screenshots for OpenCart can be found on [http://webscripts.softpedia.com/scriptScreenshots/OpenCart-Screenshots-63778.html Softpedia].
* A couple demos of the software can also be found via [http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=demonstration/demonstration the OpenCart website].

==Entities using OpenCart==

==Further reading==

* {{cite book |url=http://www.packtpub.com/opencart-14-beginners-guide/book |title=OpenCart 1.4: Beginner's Guide |author=Yilmaz, Murat |publisher=Packt Publishing |pages=240 |year=August 2010 |isbn=9781849513029}}
* {{cite book |url=http://www.packtpub.com/opencart-14-template-design-cookbook/book |title=OpenCart 1.4 Template Design Cookbook |author=Hasan, Tahsin |publisher=Packt Publishing |pages=328 |year=March 2011 |isbn=9781849514309}}

==External links==

* [https://github.com/opencart/opencart OpenCart on GitHub]
* [http://code.google.com/p/opencart/ OpenCart on Google Code]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencart/ OpenCart on SourceForge] (deprecated)
* [http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=feature/blog OpenCart blog]

==References==
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