RMBstore/Documentation
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[edit] Overview
RMBstore is a two-part e-commerce solution. First, there is RMBcart, which is a very smooth and user-friendly shopping cart with order processing, management built in. Unlike other shopping carts, RMBcart does not manage your products for you, and you do not need to enter product info in RMBcart. There is no "admin page" for products included in RMBcart. If you have an existing e-commerce website, and are just looking for a beter shopping cart solution, which adapts to your own product list, and maybe handles credit card orders for you, you might want to simply integrate RMBcart into your existing web page.
If you don't have an existing website, and would like to create one from scratch, you need RMBstore, which naturally comes with RMBcart already integrated into it. Installation instructions for both are below.
[edit] System Requirements
[edit] PHP 5.1
You must have a web server with PHP enabled. This is not negotiable.
- RMBstore and RMBcart have not been tested on PHP != 5.1, although they may work fine on other versions.
[edit] MySQL 5.1
A MySQL server is needed, or at least access to a MySQL database where you are able to create and modify tables.
- RMBstore and RMBcart have not been tested on MySQL != 5.1, although they may work fine on other versions.
[edit] SSL
In order to take credit card payments online, you will need to have your site secured via SSL. Without modification, many components of RMBstore will refuse to work unless you have SSL enabled
[edit] Installation
[edit] Integrating RMBcart only into your existing site
This option might be the best for you if you have a website already in place that you don't want to change much, and are really only looking for a shopping cart that can manage the products you already have, without overhauling your product database (or writing one). RMBcart can be easily integrated into such a site, because you teach it how to access the information about your products as a step in the integration. The rest of the integration is picking the spots in your website where you want the RMBcart interface to show through.
These instructions are available at the Integrating RMBcart page.
[edit] Making a fresh website with RMBstore
RMBstore comes naturally with RMBcart pre-integrated. RMBstore is a fully customizable online store solution that gives you everything you need to create and manage your products, as well as the look and feel of your web store.
These instructions are available as part of the User Manual page.
[edit] User Manual
Documentation on how to use the store once it's installed
[edit] API
How to use the store as a library to develop your own site or integrate the code into an existing site.
The RMBstore/RMBcart API can be found here.
