osCommerce needs a better File Manager - Brisbane Web Design - Jellygnite - osCommerce File Browser, Javascript, PHP, Web Development

While osCommerce is not my favorite e-commerce package, it does work and is relatively easy to get up and running. And of course, being open source, is free. I have implemented it for a number of clients. One problem I did have with it was with the process of adding an image to a product. The default way of adding or changing an image was very awkward. Also, every image was placed into the single folder “/images”. There was no obvious method for organising images into sub-folders.

What the system needed was a file manager utility to let the administrator insert some organisation into the images folder. There wasn’t a contribution at the time that suited my needs so I decided to create one myself.

Based on the simple File Browser from by Steve Blinch [code.blitzaffe.com] and using his excellent DirecTemplate system I have created an easy to use File Browser for osCommerce.

The current version is a complete rewrite of version 1. Version 1 was a bit quick and dirty. Version 2+ of the File Manager has addressed any CSS problems and now runs on both Windows and *NIX based servers. It also has some new features including thumbnail view and a more intuitive preview mode.

Version 1 is available from the contributions section at the osCommerce web site and I will post Version 2 very soon. (Version 2 of the File Manager is now posted.)

The osCommerce File Browser v2 contribution is available for download now.

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