osc to oscmax noob question

[dustybin]

hi everyone,

i currently have this shop near completion running standard osc

http://shop.haveyourcakeandeatit.org

i am however considering converting over to oscmax after some good advice off a friend. saying it has better security, options etc.

however, i have near 2000 individual products in stock - i need to know that as a noob with minimal html, php experience (i bumbled my way to where i am right now) how easy is it for me to convert all my products over to oscmax?

just so you know, i havent opened the shop yet, so no customers are set up - just the products

any help/advice is greatly appreciated!

Gary

[jpf]

Export to excel (ie: Comma Separated Values) and import into the new DB....if you don't have and or just a few attribs. If you do use alot of attribs then install easypopulate for MS2 in the OLD store to export then use the easypopulate already in MAX to import it.

[jon@iluminada]

OSCMax definitely has some great features, security and otherwise over original default osc packages. However, OSCMax does have some bloated code, dated mods and other stuff. I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a couple of weeks to put into getting familiar with and restyling the entire site. OSCmax includes a template system which, once understood, dominates. You will have to restyle the entire site via the templates, and make a few corrections to correctly add items to orders as mentioned (PRETTY IMPORTANT) in a recent post (see "order details missing products") (which apparently no one has responded to... am I dumb or is the interest here just dead?). If you have the time it is definitely worth it.