RE: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website
I would (tentatively) suggest you investigate a CMS like DotNetNuke (.net) or Joomla (php) rather than spend your time reinventing the wheel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_source_content_management_systems Dylan. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Matt Siebert Sent: Monday, 31 May 2010 8:43 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website Hi folks, I'll start by saying that I'm not a web developer - I generally work on windows and database apps. I've recently accepted a new role with a small company where we will be developing some apps to be made available on our website. The problem is the website just has some general information and is not currently geared towards this kind of use. It seems to be PHP based and is maintained by an external contractor (and will continue to be for the time being). We need to modify the website to allow people to purchase and download our products. We'd also like to add some blogs and perhaps some kind of support mechanism like forums or something. We're trying to get a feel for what is (or ought to be) involved to implement these changes. I'm assuming there are some pre-built solutions that we might be able to leverage for these kinds of features. Can anyone recommend anything, or commend on what effort should be involved? I'm also thinking I might devote some of my spare time to learning ASP.NEThttp://ASP.NET and maybe have a go at this myself. Can anyone recommend any resources to help with that? Cheers, Matt. - To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local council office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you prefer, visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. maile 3_1_0
RE: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website
Oh, and if you want to learn some stuff yourself, I suggest finding a hobby project of some kind, and getting cheap hosting from somewhere like Studiocoast that gives you up-to-date technology platforms at low cost. Much better if your hobby site gets hacked and trashed rather than your new corporate site! (My hobby site has ended up getting more hits than any commercial sites I've worked on.) Dylan. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Dylan Tusler Sent: Monday, 31 May 2010 9:00 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website I would (tentatively) suggest you investigate a CMS like DotNetNuke (.net) or Joomla (php) rather than spend your time reinventing the wheel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_source_content_management_systems Dylan. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Matt Siebert Sent: Monday, 31 May 2010 8:43 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website Hi folks, I'll start by saying that I'm not a web developer - I generally work on windows and database apps. I've recently accepted a new role with a small company where we will be developing some apps to be made available on our website. The problem is the website just has some general information and is not currently geared towards this kind of use. It seems to be PHP based and is maintained by an external contractor (and will continue to be for the time being). We need to modify the website to allow people to purchase and download our products. We'd also like to add some blogs and perhaps some kind of support mechanism like forums or something. We're trying to get a feel for what is (or ought to be) involved to implement these changes. I'm assuming there are some pre-built solutions that we might be able to leverage for these kinds of features. Can anyone recommend anything, or commend on what effort should be involved? I'm also thinking I might devote some of my spare time to learning ASP.NEThttp://ASP.NET and maybe have a go at this myself. Can anyone recommend any resources to help with that? Cheers, Matt. - To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local council office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you prefer, visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.auhttp://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/ This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. maile 3_1_0 - To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local council office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you prefer, visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. maile 3_1_0
Re: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website
Thanks for the suggestions Dylan. I have no intention of reinventing the wheel. With my lack of web development experience I have no doubt the wheel would turn out square.. I was meaning that I would learn about web development and perhaps try building a new site incorporating the required features using whatever appropriate frameworks are available. On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Dylan Tusler dylan.tus...@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au wrote: Oh, and if you want to learn some stuff yourself, I suggest finding a hobby project of some kind, and getting cheap hosting from somewhere like Studiocoast that gives you up-to-date technology platforms at low cost. Much better if your hobby site gets hacked and trashed rather than your new corporate site! (My hobby site has ended up getting more hits than any commercial sites I've worked on.) Dylan. -- *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Dylan Tusler *Sent:* Monday, 31 May 2010 9:00 AM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website I would (tentatively) suggest you investigate a CMS like DotNetNuke (.net) or Joomla (php) rather than spend your time reinventing the wheel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_source_content_management_systems Dylan. -- *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Matt Siebert *Sent:* Monday, 31 May 2010 8:43 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Adding product purchases / downloads to a website Hi folks, I'll start by saying that I'm not a web developer - I generally work on windows and database apps. I've recently accepted a new role with a small company where we will be developing some apps to be made available on our website. The problem is the website just has some general information and is not currently geared towards this kind of use. It seems to be PHP based and is maintained by an external contractor (and will continue to be for the time being). We need to modify the website to allow people to purchase and download our products. We'd also like to add some blogs and perhaps some kind of support mechanism like forums or something. We're trying to get a feel for what is (or ought to be) involved to implement these changes. I'm assuming there are some pre-built solutions that we might be able to leverage for these kinds of features. Can anyone recommend anything, or commend on what effort should be involved? I'm also thinking I might devote some of my spare time to learning ASP.NETand maybe have a go at this myself. Can anyone recommend any resources to help with that? Cheers, Matt. - To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local council office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you prefer, visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. maile 3_1_0
Re: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website
As a play site you can also look at suteki shop from mike hadlowhttp://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2010/03/upgrading-suteki-shop-to-aspnet-mvc-2.html. He tends to keep this up to date with the latest technologies from MS. On 31 May 2010 11:23, Matt Siebert mlsieb...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the suggestions Dylan. I have no intention of reinventing the wheel. With my lack of web development experience I have no doubt the wheel would turn out square.. I was meaning that I would learn about web development and perhaps try building a new site incorporating the required features using whatever appropriate frameworks are available. On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Dylan Tusler dylan.tus...@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au wrote: Oh, and if you want to learn some stuff yourself, I suggest finding a hobby project of some kind, and getting cheap hosting from somewhere like Studiocoast that gives you up-to-date technology platforms at low cost. Much better if your hobby site gets hacked and trashed rather than your new corporate site! (My hobby site has ended up getting more hits than any commercial sites I've worked on.) Dylan. -- *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Dylan Tusler *Sent:* Monday, 31 May 2010 9:00 AM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website I would (tentatively) suggest you investigate a CMS like DotNetNuke (.net) or Joomla (php) rather than spend your time reinventing the wheel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_source_content_management_systems Dylan. -- *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Matt Siebert *Sent:* Monday, 31 May 2010 8:43 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Adding product purchases / downloads to a website Hi folks, I'll start by saying that I'm not a web developer - I generally work on windows and database apps. I've recently accepted a new role with a small company where we will be developing some apps to be made available on our website. The problem is the website just has some general information and is not currently geared towards this kind of use. It seems to be PHP based and is maintained by an external contractor (and will continue to be for the time being). We need to modify the website to allow people to purchase and download our products. We'd also like to add some blogs and perhaps some kind of support mechanism like forums or something. We're trying to get a feel for what is (or ought to be) involved to implement these changes. I'm assuming there are some pre-built solutions that we might be able to leverage for these kinds of features. Can anyone recommend anything, or commend on what effort should be involved? I'm also thinking I might devote some of my spare time to learning ASP.NET and maybe have a go at this myself. Can anyone recommend any resources to help with that? Cheers, Matt. - To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local council office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you prefer, visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. maile 3_1_0 -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
Re: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website
HI Matt, nopcommmerce supports downloadable purchases as part of its commerce side. Has an inbuilt blog and forum engine. Is currently open source (may have a pay feature in future). If you check their forums they have developers available to customize or setup a solution for you. The codebase is asp.net webforms/c# Out of the box it is a functional store+blog+forum and from there you'd be able to slowly impement any changes you need On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Matt Siebert mlsieb...@gmail.com wrote: I'm also thinking I might devote some of my spare time to learning ASP.NETand maybe have a go at this myself. Can anyone recommend any resources to help with that?
