I know it has been quite sometime since we have updated. There are some questions out there like - Is freeCSScart dead? What happened to freeCSScart? Well, let me be the first to ensure you that freeCSScart is not dead. It is alive and well! We have a small development team that works on this project, so the daunting task of a freeCSScart able to compete with the other great ecommerce carts out there is a daunting task. Because of that, ...

Once again we have arrived at a crossroads and we need your input. Here is the scenario: FreeCSScart allows for the ability to sell digital goods, like photos, software, subscriptions, etc. But the problem lies in how we allow the purchaser of the product to activate it. Herein lies our problem; universal yet unique encryption algorithms. Every store needs the ability to customize the order and the uniqueness of their product encryption. Example: A store sells an amazing "flash menu". It is a digital ...

A while ago, we asked the freeCSScart community a question... the question was, which language would you prefer freeCSScart to be programmed in? You can see all the answers here. Fact: freeCSScart is community oriented. Fact: We are creating this product for a niche market. Fact: We desire to create this product around the communities desires. Because of those simple facts, we have decided the following. The freeCSScart client-side, will be created in Php! Right now, the admin panel is in solely Ruby on Rails, that ...

It seems the polls have spoken - but the decision is up to us, and belive us, it was a tough decision. First of all let us say what a wonderful competition this has been! We have seen some amazing skills and submissions represented and we want to thank everyone who submitted a design. We could not make up our mind 100%, so we decided to give a first and second place. First place will still receive the full prize money ...

It seems we had a major problem with multiple votes in our freeCSScart logo competition. So we had to get rid of the old polling system and put in this new one which does not allow for multiple votes. So please, re vote for your favorite logo! The voting period will be extended till Wednesday. Vote Here! See the Top 5 Logo's Here!Â

Well, the competition has ended and we must say there were a lot of amazing submissions! Great job to everyone who submitted! We had 117 replies and over 5000 views! But the time has come to choose a winner! So without further ado, here are your options. How to determine a winner: please look at all 5 logo's before voting some submissions may have more than one design, just pick your favorite and vote for that number the voting will last until September 19th please ...

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We have been seduced, and her name is Ruby. The initial version of freeCSScart had been developed in php, but as we continued to play more and more with Ruby on Rails, we were dragged away and enticed by her simple, power. So after months of developing in php, we have officially decided to swith development into 100%, pure, simple, Ruby on Rails. This is great news for you! Becuase it means faster page load times, quicker database querys, and most ...

A competition of gargantuan proportions! We want to offer anyone the chance of creating a logo for freeCSScart. So if you are interested, read on. Overview: Very simple. We love our existing logo! We love it a lot! But we realized it is missing an image to go with it. So, we want to give anyone who is interested, a chance to design a logo for a grand prize of $300! But, we want to keep our existing freeCSScart text part of ...

We have been hard at work! You might be sick of reading that, but it is true... this shopping cart is going to be great! We get more and more excited by the day! Either way, we have some more updates on the way, but we want to release "mini alphas" which are some of the conceptual ideas that we will use for the cart broken off the cart and then tried by you. So we will delay our August ...