The article was written back in January 2011–at the time I wrote it, all of the links worked properly, and the addons I listed were all free. It seems as though some of the addons have been made premium, but they were free at the time I first linked to them. As a result, some of the links go to the general PrestaShop addons page, rather than to the individual addons. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

All the best,
Cat

You say that Magic Zoom Plus is FREE. Where did you get it for free from? I went to Prestashop and searched the Internet for it and I can’t find a free version of it ANYWHERE. Please sent me the info where I can get a Free copy of it. Also, you Article links keep sending your visitors to Prestashop web site’s products pricing catalog when your are referring to FREE products in your Articles. Why?

Thanks,

If you’re trying to decide between Magento and OpenCart, I would definitely choose OpenCart. While Magento offers lots of features, the majority of people will never use them, so their sites end up getting weighted down by unnecessary options and code. Plus, there are tons of OpenCart extensions you can get to add additional functionality to your store, and there are lots of attractive free and premium OpenCart templates available. Also, your Magento site will need to be tweaked before you even start using it (for better speed), whereas OpenCart will work on shared hosting right away.

However, if you have your heart set on using Magento, this knowledgebase article outlines the tweaks you can make to get it to run faster, as well as an extension you can use to minify the code: https://www.evohosting.co.uk/clients/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&id=3

As far as which hosting plan would work, your store will only have 20 products, so it’s not huge. With so few products and all of the tweaks, it might run fairly well on shared hosting. If you wanted to host with us, I would recommend starting with the Starter plan. It’s the smallest plan we offer, but you can upgrade at any time. If you decide to add more products in the future, or your traffic increases, then you can upgrade to a larger plan. Basically, there’s no point in paying for resources you don’t need, so it’s best to start out small and then upgrade as needed. Here’s a link to all of our hosting plans: https://www.evohosting.co.uk/hosting

If you have any questions, you can ask me here or open a ticket with our sales/technical staff: https://www.evohosting.co.uk/contact

All the best, and good luck with your store!
Cat

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