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Re: eCommerce
I hope one day TXP will become so powerful (well, it is so powerful right now) so TXP users could set-up an e-commerce/shopping cart site just using… TXP.
But now, I think there are other better e-commerce solutions that can be “integrated” (at least, the layout, the design) in your site, rather than .
Not all your site must be “powered by TXP”.
Your site can become more powerful if you choose to use more than one powerful solution.
I mean: as you choose TXP for content management, you can try other scripts for your business/e-commerce/shopping cart section.
You can check out this powerful scripts:
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<li><a href=“http://www.oscommerce.org”>osCommerce</a>: it isnt standard-compliant yet, but the rumors are that next releases will be standards-compliant.<br />
osCommerce is a great script with a great community support and lot of contributions to set-up your shopping cart as you wish.
BTW: there are some contributions that can change osCommerce to be standard-compliant from a clean and fresh instalation. So, keep in mind to try this contributions if you want osCommerce to be standards-compliant.<br />
It “doesnt matter” that it’s not standard-compliant yet. You can easily change the look and feel without too much effort.</li>
<li><a href=“http://zencart.com/”>ZenCart</a>: this script is made over the core of osCommerce but claims to be standard-compliant.
Their community is growing.</li>
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- TXP
- osCommerce.
I have done a deep customization of osCommerce, so it seems to be just another section of my website.
Want to see?
http://www.midi-midi.com.ar/ (powered by TXP)
http://www.midi-midi.com.ar/catalogo/ (powered by osCommerce)
Enjoy.
PS: excuse my poor english
Last edited by maniqui (2005-01-31 15:33:10)
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Nice site / solution Maniqui!
I’m working long hours creating a pay-per-download based site.
I’ve been trying quite a few e-commerce scripts, incl. osCommerce (which is horrible as it has no override / templating system, so updating will be a major pain) and Zen Cart (which was ok) but I ended up using Mambo and Mambo phpShop…
The latter solution rocks, although I’ve had some trouble setting it up with PayPal etc…
Worth trying for TXP users who need a small / medium-sized commerce solution…
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Hi everyone,
Slightly off topic (feel free to remove this as you see fit), but I too am working on a kind of commerce site.
My client is looking to have a secure area of her site that only her paying clients can log into. So there are no products being traded; a user pays for “membership” if you like, and gets issued with a username and password that will enable them to access the private area.
Does anyone know of any solutions that would do this? So far all the solutions I’ve looked at have been designed for online stores that sell physical products.
Thanks in advance
www.cheezepie.com
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I’d bet Zen Cart would do that – their forums are pretty helpful as well, and there are many good add-on’s available, so there is light at the end of the tunnel;-)
http://zencart.com/
And:
If you are REALLY geeky, a great choice would be eZ publish. It can be made into anything, but don’t expect it to be easy. You have to be a programmer.
http://ez.no/ez_publish/info/e_commerce_functionality
Last edited by raveoli (2005-02-09 17:46:17)
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Hi Raveoli,
Thanks for the advice. I’ve had a quick look at zencart, and I’ve added it to my list of solutions to evaluate in detail.
I’m afraid, I’m probably not geeky enough to get on with eZ publish, programming is not my strong point.
Cheers,
James
www.cheezepie.com
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Other choices that came to my mind:
http://www.membershipclientpro.com/
And maybe (though I’m not 100% sure they can do it):
http://www.clickbank.com/
PS: I gotta withdraw that recommendation on Zen Cart – it may not be the right tool for selling content;-(
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#19 2005-02-09 23:31:00
- zem
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Re: eCommerce
> My client is looking to have a secure area of her site that only her paying clients can log into. So there are no products being traded; a user pays for “membership” if you like, and gets issued with a username and password that will enable them to access the private area.
> Does anyone know of any solutions that would do this?
I’ve done some custom work along these lines. Email me.
Alex
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#20 2005-06-12 08:30:14
- FireFusion
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> ubernostrum wrote:
> I’m working on a commerical site right now which will probably use TXP; they’ve elected to go with Paypal’s shopping cart, which really makes this into a simple job.
My technique is to have products posted as articles, and use custom fields to store information about each product (price, weight, etc.) which can then be easilly passed to Paypal.
Let me know how you do that as I’m wanting to do something simalar.
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#21 2005-06-12 20:00:13
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#22 2006-12-05 17:30:40
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Re: eCommerce
Bumping this ancient thread as the 29digital site is gone and it seems to have been the decisive source for integrating paypal with TXP.
I dont mind getting my hands dirty with PHP if anyone would like to point me in the right direction.
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Ace,
It’s not php, it’s just TXP. I don’t have a copy of the article but the basic idea was this:
article = product
comments = reviews
category and section = product divisions
You use custom fields to populate the articles with paypal buttons [so that each button has each item’s id#, for example]. It’s actually really easy when you get into it.
I’m not sure how much help that was, but it’s a start.
- Ben
UPDATE: Here’s an example form. This form is called “paypal_addtocart” and wherever you place <txp:output_form form=“paypal_addtocart” /> in your article form, this will place a button that has all the specific information about the item:
<form action=“https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr” method=“post”>
<input type=“image” src=“https://www.paypal.com//en_US/i/btn/x-click-but22.gif” border=“0” name=“submit” alt=“Make payments with PayPal – it’s fast, free and secure!”>
<img alt=”“ border=“0” src=“https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif” width=“1” height=“1”>
<input type=“hidden” name=“add” value=“1”>
<input type=“hidden” name=“cmd” value=”_cart”>
<input type=“hidden” name=“business” value=“email@aceofdubs.com”>
<input type=“hidden” name=“item_name” value=”<txp:title />”>
<input type=“hidden” name=“item_number” value=”<txp:custom_field name=“id”/>”>
<input type=“hidden” name=“amount” value=”<txp:custom_field name=“price”/>”>
<input type=“hidden” name=“no_shipping” value=“2”>
<input type=“hidden” name=“currency_code” value=“USD”>
<input type=“hidden” name=“lc” value=“US”>
<input type=“hidden” name=“bn” value=“PP-ShopCartBF”>
</form>
Last edited by benbruce (2006-12-05 17:45:43)
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The info on the where you use Textpattern’s Custom Fields for price, manufacturer, etc, and then simply fill those custom fields into the PayPal shopping cart code, chich you’ve conveniently placed in a Textpattern Form. Well, it works for tangible goods, but not downloads I believe…
Other options > Joomla + VirtueMart – I used it 2 years ago, and it’s very impressive, looks good, and packs a lot of power.
But you know Joomla has a terrible templating system, lots of hardcoded stuff, making it difficult to design a site that does not look Joomla-ish.
Another option is Drupal, some like it some don’t – I myself go hot and cold on it temporarily. I love the sexy clean code of Drupal, and the module-based model, which I find very logic. But the more my project evolves, the more confused I become. Where do I change this, where do I change that…
Anyway, Drupal has a very cool ecommerce module which can do good work.
Hmm… And ZenCart – which is not very Zen. Not even sane. It’s insane. Unless you’re Amazon or WalMart;-)
ie. too big for anything less.
What would you sell Ace?
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