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PrestaShop 257
PrestaShop
Stable release 1.3.1 / June 3, 2010
Written in PHP
Operating
system
Cross-platform
Type Webshop
License OSL Ver. 3
Website
www.prestashop.com
[1]
PrestaShop is an e-commerce solution which is both free and open source. It is available under the Open Software
License and officially launched in August 2007 for small to medium-sized businesses. The software, which is based
on the Smarty template engine, has approximately 24,000 active stores as of August 2009.
The software PrestaShop was founded in Paris, France by Igor Schlumberger and Bruno Lévêque. Over 40
languages are available to varying degrees, with only English and French having full support in all release versions.
While official support is not provided, many answered questions are available on the official forum. The software
makes extensive use of AJAX in the admin panel, while module blocks can be easily added to the store to provide
extra functionality; these are normally provided free of charge by independent developers. The makers of PrestaShop
have an official marketplace for priced modules and themes entitled PrestaStore. [2]
Minimum requirements
PrestaShop is available to download as a ZIP file, approximately 6MB in size. Additionally, the merchant must have
a domain name and an Apache web server or IIS web server already configured which features:
• Web server (Apache web server 1.3 or later, IIS 6 or later)
• PHP 5.0(*) or later
• MySQL 5(**) or later
• Linux, Unix or Windows installed operating system
(*) Some PHP 5 versions are bugged and prevent PrestaShop from working correctly:
• PHP 5.2.1 (authentication is impossible)
• PHP 5.2.6 (authentication is impossible under 64bits servers)
• PHP 5.2.9 (image management/upload broken)
• PHP < 5.2 (invalid date timezone)
(**) PrestaShop is working from MySQL 4.1.14 to 5.0 too but some features are not working (e.g., product
duplication) or have strange behaviors