Thanks for the info. I didn't mean to cause offence or suggest packaged ecommerce packages are all poor, apologies if this was the case.
I've found the flexibility of a CMS married to a separate cart to be a great solution for our needs offering more flexibility than other systems I've laboured over but I accept it's each to his own. Joomla/Virtuemart is obviously a great SEOable ecom solution, many many others are a nightmare IMHO.
Hope this clarifies my position on this
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