OsCommerce

OsCommerce was started in March 2000 in Germany by Harald Ponce de Leon. The open source project was known as The Exchange Project. In its infancy, osCommerce was referred to by Ponce de Leon as "a side thing" and "an example research study". By late 2001, a team formed for its development and in the words of Harald Ponce de Leon, this was the point the team started taking the project seriously.{{cite web|title=osCommerce – a brief history and a look at the features|url=https://www.maysdigital.co.uk/what-is-oscommerce/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906063854/https://www.maysdigital.co.uk/what-is-oscommerce/|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2015|publisher=Mays Digital|access-date=23 July 2015}}{{unreliable source?|date=December 2016}} By 2005, over 2000 websites used osCommerce,{{Cite book|title=Unofficial Guide to Starting a Business Online|last=Rich|first=Jason R.|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2005|isbn=9780471792277|edition=2|series=Unofficial Guides|volume=155}} and in 2009 this amount grew to 13,000.{{Cite book|title=Design and Launch an Online Gift Business in a Week|url=https://archive.org/details/designlaunchonli0000kimb|url-access=registration|last=Kimball|first=Cheryl|publisher=Entrepreneur Press|year=2009|isbn=9781613081129|series=ClickStart Series|page=[https://archive.org/details/designlaunchonli0000kimb/page/78 78]}} As of January 2024, BuiltWith{{cite web|title=Builtwith|url=https://trends.builtwith.com/shop/osCommerce|access-date=6 January 2024}} reported 39,734 currently live sites using osCommerce.

In 2021, the Holbi Group purchased osCommerce from Ponce De Leon and announced their intention to create 4.x. Its release was eventually scheduled for March 2022, however it was delayed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On 16 November 2021, osCommerce v4 Beta 1 was released to the limited number of Beta testers {{Cite web|title=osCommerce v4 Beta 1|url=https://forums.oscommerce.com/topic/497185-oscommerce-v4-beta-1/|access-date=2021-11-16|website=osCommerce Community Forum|language=en-US}}

osCommerce v4 Beta 2 was released on 26 January 2022 to multiple Beta testers {{Cite web|title=osCommerce v4 Beta 2|url=https://forums.oscommerce.com/topic/497259-oscommerce-v4-beta-2/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=osCommerce Community Forum|language=en-US}}

osCommerce v4 Public demo was released on 1 June 2022 {{Cite web |title=osCommerce v4 Public Demo; release coming soon! |url=https://www.oscommerce.com/blog/oscommerce-v4-public-demo-release-coming-soon |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=www.oscommerce.com |language=en-GB}}

osCommerce v4 was released as a free shopping cart and open source Ecommerce platform on 25 July 2022{{Cite web |title=osCommerce v4 release |url=https://www.oscommerce.com/blog/oscommerce-v4-release |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.oscommerce.com |language=en-GB}} Major differences from the old versions was the use of the latest server software, separation of code and design, osCommerce App Shop and Apps (free and paid), introduction of multiple sale channels, multiple design templates, built in WYSIWYG editor.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

The current version is 4.0.

Previous versions and Add Ons for them were removed from osCommerce.com as they were made obsolete.

Distributed under the GNU General Public License, osCommerce is one of the earliest PHP based Open Source shopping cart software distributions.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscommerce.com/about/copyright |title=osCommerce: Copyright Policy |access-date=30 August 2008 |archive-date=3 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003005235/http://www.oscommerce.com/about/copyright |url-status=dead }} It inspired the creation of many other online store platforms, such as Magento.{{cite web |date=2018-04-19|url= https://www.dwacommerce.com/post/magento-ecommerce-review-1 |title=Magento eCommerce Review |website=dwacommerce.com |access-date=2020-05-26}} It has also spawned a number of forks, such as Zen Cart, xt:Commerce, oscMAX and Phoenix.{{cite web |url= https://phoenixcart.org/ |title=CE Phoenix Cart eCommerce Software |access-date=2021-03-09}}

In August 2011 three vulnerabilities in version 2.2 of the osCommerce system were exploited, allowing the addition of an iframe and JavaScript code to infect visitors to websites. Armorize reports this allowed infected web pages to hit 90,000 in a very short time until it was noticed and increasing further to 4.5 million pages within the space of a week.

OsCommerce 2.3 was made available in November 2011 and patched the exploited security holes.{{cite web |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Millions-of-osCommerce-stores-hacked-1317410.html |title=Millions of osCommerce stores hacked - the H Open: News and Features |website=www.h-online.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213091459/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Millions-of-osCommerce-stores-hacked-1317410.html |archive-date=13 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stopthehacker.com/2011/11/07/oscommerce-hacks/ |title=StopTheHacker | osCommerce Attacks |website=www.stopthehacker.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804035620/http://www.stopthehacker.com/2011/11/07/oscommerce-hacks/ |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}

When the demand for a responsive version of osCommerce 2.3 increased, community members took it upon themselves to develop one. Often referred to as osCommerce 2.3 (BS), it later evolved into a fork called Phoenix Cart.

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• Watson, Kerry. The osCommerce Technical Manual. Victoria, BC Canada: On Demand Manuals. pp. 11–14 {{ISBN|1-4120-3733-6}}.
• Gurevych, Vadym . osCommerce Webmaster's Guide to Selling Online. Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing. p. 2 {{ISBN|1-84719-202-5}}.

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• [http://www.oscommerce.com/ OsCommerce]

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