Then I suppose you will just have to sit and wait for all those PHP developers to die off from starvation :)
Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE (402) 408-3733 ext 105 www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -----Original Message----- From: Phillip Vector [mailto:vec...@mostdeadlygame.com] Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:27 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: ecommerce emergency hehehe.. To move, I need money.. To make money, I need to move. :) On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Mark Kruger<mkru...@cfwebtools.com> wrote: > > You are definitley working with the wrong clients... And it sounds > like you need to move as well :) > > > > > Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE > (402) 408-3733 ext 105 > www.cfwebtools.com > www.coldfusionmuse.com > www.necfug.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phillip Vector [mailto:vec...@mostdeadlygame.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:30 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: ecommerce emergency > > > I'll keep my eye out for it. Thanks. :) > > The client I'm doing this for is only willing to part with $450. > That's total. For my setup time, configuration, etc. I'm not sure how > it is around the country, but where I am (NW USA), it's dog eat dog > with PHP developers who are charging $9/hr. for websites. I managed to > convince the client that I'm able to code allot faster with ColdFusion > and that PHP is open source, therefore not as secure (I used the "Google 'PHPbb virus' > response). So I have this guy set to dump his hosting prepaid for 2 > years to get some hosting on hostingatoz (which I'm hesitant to do > since they still have yet to fix my cffile issue) or pay for some cf > hosting someplace else, but that's another issue. > > I am glad you guys could tell your clients "You need this and this and this" > and you guys get it. Us contractors in this area tend to tell our > clients this and they go, "Well, I'll go with someone else then who > does PHP and take my chances because I don't have the money". > > I'd enjoy getting a $400 product that I can customize for clients. But > if I were to ask a client out here for that up front (instead of at > the end), then I wouldn't have the client. It's tough enough to get > the client to pay 50% down nowadays. > > BTW, if anyone DOES have a client they are too busy to handle who is > willing to drop $400 at the start and needs an ecommerce solution, > I'll be glad to take them off your hands. :) Thank you for the advice, > but I still have to go with CFShopKart at the moment. > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Gerald Guido<gerald.gu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>Phillip, you might need to double check but last I looked cfshopkart >>>>it >> was >> storing credit card details in its database (an MS Access database). >> >> Last time I looked at it, a couple of weeks ago, it had queries that >> did not use use cfqueryparam. Double plus ungood. You can always use >> that tool (the name escapes me) to cfqueryparam-tize the queries. I >> have used it before and it worked well enough, It did not add the >> cfsqltype attribute. I had to do that by hand, but it did 90% of the >> grunt > work. >> >> My advice, free and worth every penny, is to get something battle >> tested. I have 5-6 carts under my belt and they can be rather >> involved and hence there is a lot that can, and if that Murphy fellow >> has anything say about it, will go wrong. >> >> G! >> >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Kevan Stannard > <ke...@stannard.net.au>wrote: >> >>> >>> Phillip, you might need to double check but last I looked cfshopkart >>> it was storing credit card details in its database (an MS Access >>> database). And if you're on shared hosting this this db is likely to >>> be web accessible. If this is still the case then avoid this cart. >>> Mike, cfshopkart was one of the authors first cf applications so is >>> not a good example of a well designed or coded app. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Gerald Guido >> http://www.myinternetisbroken.com >> http://www.cfsimple.org/ >> >> "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." >> -- Thomas A. Edison >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:324864 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
