Hopefully, at this stage, you have practiced using the osCommerce community, registered on the site, and learned a bit about the forums. Being able to use this resource efficiently will be a great help in the time to come. Consequently, this chapter focused predominantly on what is available from the osCommerce community and how you can make use of it to find news, learn about new developments, or share and discuss ideas and problems.

It is a well known fact that many new users run into a couple of problems and end up becoming disillusioned with their e-commerce software (this applies to all e-commerce software and not just osCommerce), dismissing it as difficult to use. The unfortunate thing here is that often their problems are readily solved and it is their lack of ability to use the significant osCommerce resources to do so that is their undoing.

It’s not all doom and gloom! At least 70,000 people are happily chugging along with their online osCommerce stores, and with a little help you will be joining them shortly. So, for better or for worse, you have decided to join the fray and from here on, you will find new things to learn and put to work for you and your business. Let’s get cracking...