Custom Coding & Contributions

What would my blog be without mentioning Chris's website? This is the site for Chris Larocque who is one of the fastest rising stars of the osCommerce coder community. There are not many that have the talent and potential as Chris does. We have worked on several projects collaboratively such as the JS Infobox contribution for osCommerce. If anyone needs subcontract programming done I highly recommend Chris for their needs. Chris is the only person in the world that has ever received FTP and admin credentials to my osCommerce development server.

John Colascione on Website Marketing

This is one of the most informational articles on beginning website marketing and should be required reading for all new store owners. It has a thorough presentation of search engine and algo basics as well as some more advanced theories. Highly recommended reading!

Chemo's Corner

Chemo's Corner Of course the second entry in this blog will have to cover my osCommerce development server! This is the domain that I use for development of contributions, client custom coding, or just to try new stuff out. Here are some quick links to important parts of the site:

• osCommerce Contribution List This page has a list of my publicly released osCommerce contributions. Also, each entry has a short description.
• osCommerce Programming Portfolio This page has a quick list of sites that I have modified code for. I have plastered everywhere the fact that I'm NOT a designer yet some people still don't grasp the facts. The sites listed on the portfolio page are NOT my design but have been modified, optimized, or otherwise "fixed" by my hand.
• Chemo's Search Engine Simulator - Beta This tool is currently under development as a future replacement for the stock osCommerce search function. As the number of contributions installed by a store owner increases the less relevant the search becomes. Currently, it can be used to check a stores meta and page content. In addition, it has a selectable user agent (Googlebot, Chemo's Spider, and Firefox) and is a highly effective test for osCsid settings.
• Chemo's PHP Code Pastebin This tool allows developers to exchange code easily. Simply paste the code into the bin and allow someone to submit revisions.

osCommerce Profile - Chemo

osCommerce Profile - Chemo This is a link to my osCommerce support forum profile. The list of contributions and contact information should be current no matter when you read this blog.

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions The first post of the blog has to be a quick note to the osCommerce development team: reorganize the team.