@package_name@ implements all the IT needs for a standard business-to-consumer web service. Most importantly, it is tightly integrated with the rest of the Open Architecture Community System (OpenACS). This enables the site administrator to run a single query to "find users who have participated in the discussion forum on at least ten separate occasions but who have not bought anything yet", then spam those folks with gift certificates.
In addition to the standard shopping cart and real-time credit card billing that you'd expect in any ecommerce system, @package_name@ provides a customer service submodule (call center support), security, user tracking, gift certificates, mailing lists, an auditing system, order fulfillment, order tracking, special offers, and online reporting, among other features detailed in the overview below.
Notes from the transition from ACS 3.x to 4.x.
@package_name@ is part of the Open Architecture Community System (OpenACS) originally developed by Eve Andersson then ported from the ArsDigita Community System to OpenACS by Jerry Asher, Walter McGinnis, and furfly.net followed by a major overhaul by Bart Teeuwisse. Several nice features added by Torben Brosten and additional upgrades and bug squashing by Alfred Werner.
@package_name@ is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
@package_name@ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
A copy of the GNU General Public License is included. If not write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA