Thanks everyone for the feedback.
I'm not even sure if I'll get the project, since my bid was prolly a little
high and we dont
have much experiance in e-commerce.
However, its good to get my mind thinking about this stuff, incase we do
something
in the future.
thanks again!
- Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff Hirsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk@lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] PHP/SQL ECommerce Solutions
I need a "digital soft goods" feature. Lots of carts support software
downloads, but I need the ability to issue unique "PIN #s" for things like
phone cards, gift cards, etc. These aren't randomly generated (although
they
could be), but are actually uniquely "picked" from inventory.
The litecommerce egoods module implements this feature really well.
Surprisingly Xcart doesn't, although the company will "develop" it for you
for a fee. (they probably have it in stock!). I got quotes both ways, and
it
was cheaper to take the stock litecommerce, although I'd rather have 100%
open source code and Smarty templates, not Flexy. I may just have it
developed and flip to X-cart in the future. Or a full custom cart for
complete control.
I'm sure some oscommerce module has this, along with other carts. I looked
around and saw some half-baked versions, but couldn't find a good example
anywhere else. And oscommerce scares me. Didn't find a Zencart equivalent
either.
Btw, "reskinning" litecommerce now. Major tedium -- feels like a complete
waste of time, although I would guess its the same for most any
off-the-shelf cart.
On 2/15/07 2:07 PM, "CED" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Cliff,
What feature is it that you only foun in lite?
-Ed
Edward JS Prevost II
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www.CovenantEDesign.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff Hirsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk@lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] PHP/SQL ECommerce Solutions
I am also using litecommerce, only because it has one particular feaure
I
could not find in any other cart. I'm going through the skinning process
now
-- again, (2nd time, after having it done once outsourcing).
Skinning does seem to be a royal pain. Not very stimulating...time
consuming...redundant, etc.
Issues to be aware of:
1. It is "97%" open-source. The core is encoded using ioncube.
2. Ioncube conflicts with Zend Debugger
3. It performs a license check.
Cliff
On 2/15/07 11:44 AM, "Jose Villegas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey Ben,
I would also take a look at LiteCommerce, which is based on XCart:
http://www.litecommerce.com/
I've installed it a couple of times and it was relatively easy to
customize. The most important feature over OsCommerce/Zencart is that
it can keep track of inventory on product options. Skinning it is
very time consuming, but I think this is normal for most ecommerce
systems. It uses FLEXY instead of Smarty and you have a choice of
what components to buy.
Jose
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