Exactly that's what I found as well. Moreover I've worked on the code enough to modularize it, so its not difficult to upgrade or transfer the codebase to another project.
larry At 02:33 PM 8/6/2003 -0500, Chris Alvarado wrote: >I did something similar here. > >We did cost comparisons for different packages and finally decide that >developing our own would be most cost effective. > >So I built the codebase for > >http://www.coleandashcroft.com > >Then the same code was used for 2 other sites I did: > >http://www.texmexgourmet.com > >And > >http://www.newbart.com > >Building all of the cart logic is simple. > >Sufficient engineering is key. > >Each project was a bit different (for instance the Texmex site has >integrated FedEx functionality), but with the codebase being flexible it >was not a very large undertaking. Now I can whip out a fairly custom >E-Commerce site (base functionality) much more quickly than if we built >from scratch each time. > >Sometimes, building is better than buying believe it or not. > >Good luck! > >-chris.alvarado >[ application developer ] >4 Guys Interactive, Inc. >http://www.4guys.com >phone: 281.807.4344 x1716 >fax: 281.807.4384 > >"We create websites that make you a hero." > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:31 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: feedbak on Able Commerce > > > > > > Thanks Larry, > > > > Your sites look good, am looking up the other specs now. > > > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:55 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: feedbak on Able Commerce > > > > > > Steve, > > > > We have several related projects that use a database of > > 50,000+ items. I > > seriously looked at AbleCommerce initially and decided that > > it wasn't worth > > the money or time and effort to adapt it for the project's > > requirements. We > > ended up rolling our own (see http://www.accinfo.com or > > http://www.totalsport.us for examples). Developing the shopping > > cart/ecommerce part is not all that difficult. The critical thing is > > planning and designing the entire thing before any code is produced. > > > > Ben Forta (see his CFWACK for details), WebMonkey > > (http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/49/index4a.html?tw=pro >gramming) and >others have very good examples of carts and other ecomm apps that are >relatively easy to implement. > >regards, > >larry > >At 01:45 PM 8/6/2003 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I have an project of 1000+ inventory items and would like to get some > >feedback on using AbleCommerce. > > > >Was it easy to use? Did you use any of the third-party modules or >plugins: > >coupons, affiliates, quickbooks, multilanguage etc. Would you recommend >Able > >or another ecom/cart instead. > > > >Your feedback is be greatly appreciated. > > > >Thanks > >Steve > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
