There's no question that this should be a seperate entity. The FreeTrade code is meant to be a framework for others to work on and should not be a catch all for every possible shopping scenario. However, it might be nice to start this project, in conjuction with FreeTrade, on the site. I think there would be value in keeping a record and set of instructions on how to make FreeTrade work with multiple vendors. However, I also think that the project, in order to be done right, would be very, very large and complex. There are probably very simple ways to do it, none of which are really right but some which might be good enough. If we can come up with some sort of instruction base, then I'm sure Leon would add it either in a README in the distribution, a file on the website or at the very least we could answer the question in the FAQ. Mike
Leon Atkinson wrote: >>I agree with you Mike. I have a situation where a customer could >>potentially order from several vendors and a way is needed to invoice or >>bill them (credit card) as well keep up with when these items were sent >>by the vendor(s) before the customer was billed. I also think that my >>needs may me so specific that they would not necessarily fit into the >>generic project of FreeTrade either but any features closer surely give >>more flexibility overall. Leon can you tell me if a "pull sheet" is a >>part of the current project. By this I mean, if one is trying to fill >>order(s) from inhouse stock and need to know how many of product x was >>ordered from a day or date range, is anything like this currently >>provided? >> > >No, I'm not planning on writing anything like this. I think you do have a >fairly unique situation. I'm pretty sure you can accomplish this by >creating an attribute for vendor and then making sure you mark every SKU as >to which vendor they belong. Then you just to have write a report on the >admin side to generate fulfillment orders, I guess. > >Leon > > >_______________________________________________ >FreeTrade-dev mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://share.whichever.com/mailman/listinfo/freetrade-dev > _______________________________________________ FreeTrade-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://share.whichever.com/mailman/listinfo/freetrade-dev
