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What kind of site is this?

Can someone tell me what kind of site this is:

https://ecardsystems.com/

When I attempt to pop the hood to look at the Page Source, I see this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<!-- Google Tag Manager -->
  <script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
  new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
  j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
  'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
  })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-P3LVBK9');</script>
  <!-- End Google Tag Manager -->
  <title>eCard Systems | Gift Card Company</title>  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript" />
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" />
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" />
<meta name="description" content="eCard Systems the leading provider of custom gift card printing, gift card packaging and complete gift card software and program services."><meta name="keywords" content="gift card companies, gift card system, gift card solutions, gift card company, gift card systems, gift card solution, gift card software, gift card program, gift card services, gift card processing, gift card printing, gift card app">

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What is this?

The layout looks very similar to a ZenCart thing that I built years ago.

I'm talking with them this coming Monday and I want to have done my due diligence, as far as getting an idea of the kind of technology they're using.

What ARE they using?
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builtwith.com is detecting it as using Atlassian Cloud as a CMS, if I understand it correctly. See https://builtwith.com/?https%3a%2f%2fecardsystems.com%2f
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Haha - when you view source, they've actually added in a load of whitespace, so you only initially see what you've posted. Scroll down a bit and you'll see the rest of the source code :)

Not sure if that's a sneaky attempt to hide info,

David's right that it's X-Cart - don't think it's version 5 though. The code base is 10 years old !!
Yes, this lokks like old-style code. I would probably move most of the javascript to the end of the file and use more HTML5-ish codes
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Man...

Why there's so much white space in source code, I don't know, but I guess that what scroll bars are for.

How can you tell it's X-Cart?

I did a search for "cart" and "XCart" and I found nothing. However, I did find https://www.x-cart.com/, so I'll go out there and take a closer look at their approach. But where did you find that in the source code?
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Chris!

First of all, thank you! I've got an interview with these guys on Monday and I want to be able to make a good impression. What you and the others on this thread have contributed will make a for a great "pitch" when I have the chance to talk with them.

In other news...

Could you please take a look at https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29174416/How-can-I-ensure-a-current-password-field-matches-what's-in-the-database.html?anchorAnswerId=43042899#a43042899

I am so stinkin' close, I'm just one hurdle away from immortality...!
Thank you, gentlemen! I was explaining to Chris that I have an interview with these guys and I didn't recognize the code. The fact that I can speak to it with some knowledge as well as an appreciation for the fact that it's as outdated as it is will make for a strong pitch.

Thanks!