Your purchase history/library
Posted: 28 Feb 2020, 09:25
This is by way of a warning. At some point in the future, when my hosting company does away with php 5, the B2B Store in its present form will stop working, unless a developer at OpenCart creates a patch to make it compatible with php 7. I am not going to hold my breath. When that day finally comes, this store will simply stop working. By then, an alternative, probably using Prestashop, will be fully in operation and business will continue there.
The thing I need you to realize is that when this store closes, your entire purchase history will vanish. I have warned everyone from time to time not to use this as a library, but I know that some of you do. I recommend that you download everything in your purchase history, if you have not already done so, and then back it up on at least two drives for safety. Drives are very inexpensive, so there is no excuse for not doing this.
Don't put off doing the above thinking you can come back to me later and ask me to manually replace all your missing files, because I won't. It's very time consuming for me and completely unnecessary. Looking after your files is your responsibility. Please take this action soon - php 5 may continue for months to come, or even another year, or the hosting company may decide to ditch it next week. I have no control over this, so better to get ready now.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Dave.
The thing I need you to realize is that when this store closes, your entire purchase history will vanish. I have warned everyone from time to time not to use this as a library, but I know that some of you do. I recommend that you download everything in your purchase history, if you have not already done so, and then back it up on at least two drives for safety. Drives are very inexpensive, so there is no excuse for not doing this.
Don't put off doing the above thinking you can come back to me later and ask me to manually replace all your missing files, because I won't. It's very time consuming for me and completely unnecessary. Looking after your files is your responsibility. Please take this action soon - php 5 may continue for months to come, or even another year, or the hosting company may decide to ditch it next week. I have no control over this, so better to get ready now.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Dave.