phpShop Features

The developers have been tempted to cram just about every feature ever thought of into phpShop. However, a final decision was made to adopt the KISS principal. Thus, the developers have limited themselves to maintaining a stable set of features in the code base.

The list of features as of phpShop 2.0 follow below. You can also see a list of NonFeatures.

General

Store

Simple store with standard functionality that is easily branded.

Administration

Easy to administer using standard web browser.

Administrative Features

Settings

Settings

Easily configure global settings for the admin or store area.

Countries

Manage the list of countries available in your store. These are the countries that you allow customers to purchase from. Each country can have a tax rate associated with it. Each country can have one or more shipping methods associated with it.

Zones

Define zones within a country. These are the zones that you allow customers to purchase from. Zones can have a tax rate associated with it.

Shipping Rates

Defines a rate for a country based on a weight range.

Orders

Orders

Manage the orders that are placed on your store. Allows you to update orders, order items, etc. and of course change their status. All order status changes are logged.

Order Status

Define the order status types you want to assign to orders.

Products

Brands

Manage the list of brands your products are related to.

Categories

Manage a list of categories that your products can be related to. Products can be assigned to one or more categories.

Products

Manage your product catalog.

Store Features

Interface

Layout

Simplistic and easy to brand.

SEO

Links are Search Engine Friendly. Requires Apache mod-rewrite.

Navigation

Customers can navigate using one of two methods: browsing categories or using search.

Shopper Features

Order Status

Customers have the ability to view previous orders by entering key order information.