osCommerce has a built-in status system that allows customers who have ordered from an osCommerce site to log in and check the current status of their order, much like the Stone Edge Order Status System. The Order Manager can update osCommerce’s status system as well as the Stone Edge Order Status System, if you wish.
On the Order Status tab of the Store Setup Wizard, statuses should be assigned to at least one status event. If you need more information on setting up status events, please see the Status Events article.
For each status event you wish to be sent to osCommerce, you MUST ensure the following:
- The text of the status assigned under Order Status matches EXACTLY the corresponding status in osCommerce.
- "Notify Cart" is checked.
When the status of an order changes and the above are true, the Order Manager contacts your shopping cart and updates the status of the web order. The logic for looking up the status event name and receiving / updating status updates can be found in the osCommerce import script (osc-import.php). You can modify the script to suit your needs if additional functionality is desirable or required. For more information on installing the import script, see the knowledge base article entitled "Setting Up an osCommerce Shopping Cart".
Updated 8/24/09
Modified 1/12/11