subject: Tomatocart - Open Source Shopping Cart Software Simplifies Your Business [print this page] TomatoCart is an innovative open source shopping cart software written in PHP and requires the MySQL database environment for data storage.Branched from the popular osCommerce to provide better user experience and improved e-commerece features with search engine friendly and semantic code, TomatoCart is an open source PHP ecommerce solution backed with Ext JS based rich administration.
TomatoCart is complete with a full list of features. Maybe some of them is scarcely heard. Here some hightlighted features are listed below:
RIA Based Admin Panle
You may be surprised at the admin panel design as it looks like the desktop of a computer. The sidebar is not only applied to decorate your admin panel but also to show you the latest information of your online shop.
Similar to the desktop setting of a computer, you are allowed to do autorun,quickstart, shortcut and context menu setting and wallpaper setting as well as theme setting.
Search Engine Optimization
TomatoCart implements the Rich Keyword URL for products, categories, reviews, articles, etc. Rich Keyword URL includes the name of content instead of the ID.
Web Analytics
TomatoCart has integrated the open source web analytics program Piwik to generate various statistics about the visitors to the online store.
Lightweight Framework
TomatoCart turns to the simplified MVC which is based on osCommerce, rather than PHP framework to be much easier to download, install and update.
Content Management System
No technical knowledge of HTML is required while articles are written. And the permission restriction ensures the saftey and efficiency of the admin panel. Last but not least, ImageMenu, Slideshow, Banner Manager and File Manager all make the frontend distinctive.
Email System
TomatoCart makes emails with POP3 and IMAP protocol on Email System. And other email boxes can also be moved here! Just feel free to receive,compose, and reply emails in TomatoCart.
Rich Marketing Tools
TomatoCart's promotional tools include coupons, gift certificates, wishlists, tax based on region or country, discounts based on quantity and customer groups, cross-selling, store credits,rating and reviews, tell a friend, best sellers, RSS feeds, water mark tools.
User Experience Focused
The site search precisely shows your target product. The popular search terms is shown in different size due to different search frequency. Customers are allowed to print the invoice. Last but not least, the product comparison assists customers during the purchase.
As a free shopping cart prgram, TomatoCart is released on a regular basis. The developer team always collects user ideas and then draft for the next version, which should be a factor to push this program forward all the time.
