fusebox is bad, its not, I don't particularly like it though. It was
actually suggested we use fusebox in our redesign I vehemently augured
against it, mainly b/c I wanted to use a more OO approach. Just b/c
something is written in a particular widely accepted framework does
not mean it is easier to modify. Though I would love to see a
shoppping cart solution in Mach II.
Adam H
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:52:03 -0400, Greg Luce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "I agree fusebox will ease customization but you are limiting your audience
> by forcing that framework on your clients. At that point and I for one would
> refuse to purchase it simply based on the fact it uses fusebox."
>
> Adam,
> That doesn't make much sense. If you're concerned about the
> cost/complexity of modifying a pre-built package, why in the world would you
> be opposed to using fusebox code which would make it much easier to modify?
> If you don't want to use a widely accepted framework when coding your own
> stuff for some reason that's one thing, but the issue here was saving
> money/man-hours by purchasing code that you can modify to meet your exact
> needs.
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 3:40 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: My First Shopping Cart
>
> My problem with add ons is that add-ons only work with the original package,
> once again my experience. We bought foresite design's coupon program, which
> we knew would never work with our modded version, to get ideas. When I
> looked at how much recode would be needed, just for fun, to use foresite's
> package I nearly passed out. I agree fusebox will ease customization but you
> are limiting your audience by forcing that framework on your clients. At
> that point and I for one would refuse to purchase it simply based on the
> fact it uses fusebox. *Puts
> on flame retardant suite* I also think it looks unprofessional, but
> hey thats just me :)
>
> Don't get me wrong premade packages have their usefulness. Companies just
> starting out that don't know what they want like our company was.
> Without the premade package my company probably would have never made it
> onto the web and I would never have been hired. For $300 its worth it,
> simply use a storefront out of the box to get something out there.
> I mean lets face it even at minimum wage I doubt I would get a complete
> shopping cart coded in $300 worth of labor hours.
>
> Adam H
>
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:50:47 -0400, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > >That being said I have never worked with cfwebstore so I can only
> > >speak from my personal experience with Able Commerce.
> >
> > Well, obviously I'm a bit biased. ;-) But you'll find the coding in
> CFWebstore much much easier to extend than AbleCommerce. It was written in
> Fusebox for that very reason, to make it relatively easy to customize. There
> are already a bunch of 3rd party add-ons available as well that you can
> basically just drop into it. That doesn't necessarily mean it's the right
> choice for everyone, there certainly are still cases where the needs of a
> specific site might work best with a custom solution. But so far the
> response I've got from users has been very positive, particularly those that
> have had to work with other products in the past.
> >
> >
>
>
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