Hi Chris, How would the simpler product creation work? Are you thinking of making a single form where a user could enter the basic required fields Eg: name,sku,price and the custom view would save it. So the user does not get overwhelmed with all the inlines? Just looking for some pointers:)
Thank you lzantal On Jul 16, 2010, at 7:00, Chris Moffitt <[email protected]> wrote: > For a while, I've been thinking about Satchmo and what we need to do next to > improve it. I think from a feature perspective it matches up quite well with > many offerings. Yes, there are plenty of areas for improvement still but the > one thing that I really think we need to address is improving the ability to > manage the store. > > Right now, we just use the basic django admin with a few customizations. We > also have a few helpers like edit_inventory, export_products, > variation_manager, etc. The problem with these is that they are just not > sufficient for having a "normal" user manage the store. I also think that if > we can improve some of these things, we can hide some of the complexity of > Satchmo and gradually reveal it as people need it. It would also allow us to > customize it for our unique needs where it makes sense. > > So, what I'm proposing is to create a Satchmo management interface that is > separate from the django admin. This is sort of how LFS does it and I think > it's a good approach. > > Basically, I would create a series of views that allow things like: > - Simpler product creation > - Streamlined order processing > - Inventory management > - Basic reporting > - Customer Management > > The idea with all of these is that we would make it useful and functional out > of the gate but would make it easy for you to customize for your unique store > needs. I envision this all being views and templates without any tables so we > can rapidly iterate and improve it. As we get a couple of functions out > there, we'll get ideas to add more and improve it. The admin interface will > still be there for some things - but it will truly be for store > administration not store management. > > My questions for the group are: > 1. Does this make sense? > 2. Has anyone done past work here that might be useful for us as a starting > point? > 3. Is there anyone that's strong with UI work that would like to help with > the layout/design etc. > > The truth is, I think this could be fairly simple to get off the ground and > working and that it would go a long way towards making Satchmo more > approachable and useable. I'm excited about this idea and hope this could be > a way to get others involved in Satchmo's development. > > Thanks, > Chris > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en.
