First ecommerce attempt - any advice?

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wmdvanzyl
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First ecommerce attempt - any advice?

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Hi All.

So i'm going to try and set up an ecommerce site using CMSMS - a first for me. I have used Magento to do ecommerce in the past, but i dont like the product and the community is very disappointing. I think it might be that ultimately the creators want to sell you support... so you always seem to be moving closer to the center of that whirpool. Anyway...

I was wondering if this guide is still relevant?

http://calguy1000.com/Blogs/8/60/cmsms- ... ow-to.html

EDIT: So i followed the guide i linked to and with the exception of Cart that i replaced with Cart2, it seems like it worked in much the same way.

I only have one issue: I don't see the option to actually add the item to my cart, but that could be a configuration thing.
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Re: First ecommerce attempt - any advice?

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Check out the cart template help because I think there is a smarty tag to place there that will show the add to cart action.
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Re: First ecommerce attempt - any advice?

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If you are using Products there is a Cart call at the bottom that is smarty commented out, uncomment it to see Add to cart...
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Re: First ecommerce attempt - any advice?

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JohnnyB wrote:Check out the cart template help because I think there is a smarty tag to place there that will show the add to cart action.
Dr.CSS wrote:If you are using Products there is a Cart call at the bottom that is smarty commented out, uncomment it to see Add to cart...
I have tried both your suggestions. I found the commented out lines. I uncommented them. Didn't work. Searched for any commented out line in every possible template that seemed related - still no luck.

EDIT: Give your product a SKU. :) I noticed that the SKU was used in those lines you guys had me uncomment and that gave me this idea. Added SKU - button showed up. :)
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