{"id":148,"date":"2011-08-24T12:45:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T16:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/08\/24\/getting-started-guide-oscommerce\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T15:15:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:15:40","slug":"getting-started-guide-oscommerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/oscommerce\/getting-started-guide-oscommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started Guide OsCommerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About OsCommerce<\/h2>\n<div><em><strong>From oscommerce.com:<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>osCommerce Online Merchant is an Open Source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free with a feature rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, fees, or limitations involved.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Installing OsCommerce<\/h2>\n<div>The first step in getting started with OsCommerce is to install the software. You can easily install OsCommerce using Softaculous. Please see the following like for more help with Softaculous based installations:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/install-software-softaculous\/\">How to install programs using Softaculous<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Using OsCommerce<\/h2>\n<div>After you&#8217;ve installed OsCommerce, you&#8217;re now ready to begin using it. While there are many sources online that can introduce you to using OsCommerce, you may want to start out by reading the following content on oscommerce.com:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.oscommerce.com\/\">OsCommerce Community Support Forums<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>New to E-commerce?<\/h2>\n<div>If you&#8217;re new to E-commerce, we recommend that you start off by reviewing our <a href=\"\/support\/website\/ecommerce\/ecommerce-choose-shopping-cart\/\">E-Commerce Getting Started Guide<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About OsCommerce From oscommerce.com: osCommerce Online Merchant is an Open Source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free with a feature rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, fees, or limitations involved. 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