OCUK site

FRAGMAYO · 28 Jun 2013 at 09:54

Hey guys.

Ive been looking at the OCUK website, and would like to make something with a similar template for a project I have going.

I was wondering if you could tell me how OCUK was built, and if it uses a CMS.

any information on the site would be a great help.

Thanks

GravyMonster · 28 Jun 2013 at 10:08

The shop or the forum?

FRAGMAYO · 28 Jun 2013 at 10:13

Sorry should have specified, The shop is what i want details for.

Thanks

GravyMonster · 28 Jun 2013 at 10:15

Originally it was an Actinic installation, but it was redeveloped a couple of years ago and I'm pretty sure it's now a bespoke PHP CMS running on mySQL.

FRAGMAYO · 28 Jun 2013 at 10:19

right will look into acrinic, havnt got the time or resources to create a bespoke PHP CMS atm

thanks for that.

blade007 · 29 Jun 2013 at 22:59

Actinic is ancient, dude. Something more modern would be better

On Holiday · 29 Jun 2013 at 23:00

morguk · 5 Jul 2013 at 14:30

What about Magento?

a_5mith · 5 Jul 2013 at 21:59

morguk said:
What about Magento?

2nd this. Once you've got your head around how it works, it's one of the most intuitive eCommerce packages.

Longbow · 6 Jul 2013 at 12:31

a_5mith said:
2nd this. Once you've got your head around how it works, it's one of the most intuitive eCommerce packages.

Does it beat OpenCart?

a_5mith · 6 Jul 2013 at 19:00

Longbow said:
Does it beat OpenCart?

I've not used Opencart, so I couldn't really comment from a personal point of view. But comparing to something like Prestashop (which I've had the unfortunate experience of using) , it's miles ahead.

But then again, given enough time with something, it'll always make sense eventually.

dfarrall · 6 Jul 2013 at 21:25

Whats Magento's like to work with design aspects?

p_r_i_m_e · 7 Jul 2013 at 23:49

if it is going to be looked after long term by someone who is not tech savvy then I would say opencart is simpler than magento by a long shot, if the person who uses it every day is competant in this sort of stuff the power of magento is awesome, but I'm yet to meet someone who thought it was easy!

axer · 8 Jul 2013 at 00:01

From a hosting point of view Magento is a real resource hog if you have a big commerce website (i.e. shared hosting won't be suitable in many instances) - it's very popular though!