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###What does LiteCommerce cost? If it is free, how do you make a profit? LiteCommerce v3 is free and doesn't cost a penny (it is distributed under the Open Software License 3.0). When it is out of beta, we are planning to release a paid version of it with extra features (we haven't decided, which features are going to be there yet). However, the free version will remain available anyway. ###Is LiteCommerce just a module for Drupal? Which version of Drupal is LC suitable for? No, LiteCommerce 3 is a stand-alone web application. However, it can run in conjunction with Drupal and display its blocks and pages (catalog pages, cart page, checkout, orders) inside a Drupal-based website. LiteCommerce was developed to work with Drupal 7. ###Which PHP version does LiteCommerce work with? What are the server requirements to run LC? To run LiteCommerce on your server, you need:

  • PHP ver. 5.3.0 or higher

  • MySQL ver. 5.0.3 or higher

  • GDlib ver.2.0 or higher

  • SSL certificate (not neccessary, but recommended)

###Is it possible to launch LiteCommerce on PHP ver. 5.2.x somehow? No it isn't. LiteCommerce has specific PHP-features which is available only on PHP v. 5.3.x. Moreover it uses Doctrine 2.0 as ORM framework, which works only on PHP v. 5.3.x. ###I have some troubles with installation. Any advice? Check the server requirements first. If your environment meets them, please contact our team. ###Something hapenned with my LC; it just shows a blank screen (or fatal errors, or other terrible things) and doesn’t work. We have a special Bugtracking system for solving such issues and fixing the bugs. Post your problem there; we will surely help you. Please also provide us with LOG-files, they are located in {drupal}/modules/lc_connector/litecommerce/var/log/. ###I need some functionality which your software doesn’t have. Is there a way I can get it? Since LiteCommerce has a customizable modular architecture, it can be easily extended with modules and add-ons. There are several ways you can get a module with the desired functionality:

  1. In a couple of months we will launch a module marketplace listing paid and free LC modules developed by our and third-party companies.

  2. It's a good practice for third-party developers to upload a free module to a GitHub repository. So, you may find the module you want among GitHub repositories having something like "lc-module" in their names.

  3. LC is an open-source solution. So, you can develop the module yourself. Moreover, you can share the module with the LC community, or even sell it to LC users at the module marketplace.

  4. You can suggest and vote for the desired functionality at Ideas tracker. If a feature gets a lot of votes, more likely it will be implemented either by our team, or by a third-party developer.

  5. When LC v3.0 is released we will offer customization services.

###What about contributions? We accept any contributions useful for the community:

  1. Modules translating LiteCommerce to other languages (right now LC has an English language pack only)

  2. Bug-fixes and improvements to the LiteCommerce core

  3. Drupal themes supporting LiteCommerce widgets

  4. Free and paid modules extending the LiteCommerce functionality (check our Ideas tracker to see the features that are required by the LC community)

###How do I know my LC store version? You can find it in the store admin back-end, in the top left corner. It usually reads for example "Core version: 1.0.14".

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