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The Free Edition Includes:

  • The application as a war or zip file, immediately downloadable.
  • All the features described in our Feature List. Every feature available is included.
  • Free minor upgrades.
  • The SoftSlate Commerce Administrator interface.
  • The SoftSlate Commerce Installer interface.
  • License to use one copy of SoftSlate Commerce on one production server and one copy on one staging server. (Additional Store Licenses are just $95.)
  • License to use SoftSlate Commerce on an unlimited number of local development servers.
  • Eclipse project files. (With the zip file, use File -> Import ... -> General -> Existing Project into Workspace, and you're off and running.)
  • The ability to customize and extend the application according to our Simple Rules.
  • Access to the API documentation and the User Guide, which are publically available from our documentation page.
  • All of the application's Struts configuration files.
  • All of the application's Tiles configuration files.
  • All of the application's JSP templates, with the ability to customize them according to our Guide for Designers.
  • All of the application's CSS stylesheets.
  • All of the application's message properties files, allowing you to customize the labels and messages that appear on the site.
  • All of the application's SQL scripts for initializing the database, for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle.
  • A set of test product data allowing you experiment with the same set of products and categories used in our demo store.
  • All of the application's Hibernate HQL queries.

The Free Edition is exactly the same as the Standard Edition with the following two exceptions:

  • It does not include the source code (.java files), but rather only compiled Java classes.
  • It restricts stores to 100 active products at any one time.

Notes about upgrading to another Edition:

  • When you purchase the Starter or Standard Edition you can simply apply the upgrade from the newly purchased Edition to drop in the source code to your existing project and/or remove the 100 product restriction. (Be sure to remove softslate-free.jar as you upgrade to clear it out.)
  • Likewise if you choose to go with a Hosted Edition, contact us and we'll set up your store with your existing project and remove the product restriction (and add source code if you've purchased it with the Hosted Edition).