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#13 2005-02-24 21:37:38
- Smaavie
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Re: TxP + E-commerce
raveoli
Many thanks for your post. Although I don’t have much practical experience with any of the e-commerce scripts you list I have read very positive things about phpshop elsewhere. I think I’ll probably check it out properly very soon.
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Couple quick notes before I head to bed:
The site I’m working on is by no means large; they’ll have less then 100 different products for sale.
We looked at shopping cart solutions, and they decided they wanted Paypal. As it turns out, Paypal integrates nicely with Textpattern since all they really want from you is some metadata about the product. TXP is good at that.
As a result, the biggest trick to it is storing product info and pulling it back out again to generate cart forms. For this, custom fields and rei_show_custom are the easiest and most efficient way to go, as I think I’ve said a couple times in other threads on ecommerce.
If I were building a larger commerce-oriented site I might well go with Textpattern again, despite what some people in this thread are saying. The configuration would be a bit trickier perhaps, but it’s worth it to get the TXP interface.
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#15 2005-02-25 06:44:29
- davidm
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Smaavie, I didn’t mean to say TXP wasn’t cut for the job… most certainly a plugin would be nice :)
Interresting input from you all… Thanks raveoli for all the tips !
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Well.
I just got back from a meeting with the client, and the launch has now been pushed back until at least Monday (grumble).
So I’m going to try to sit down and write up what I’m doing and post it to my weblog tonight or tomorrow… I’ll link it from here when it’s up. Then when the site actually launches I’ll post in the “Let’s See Yours, Then” forum so you all can go gaze at it in its beauty.
And Destry: I’ll also work on adding my notes to Textbook so people can go there to read up on it, too.
Last edited by ubernostrum (2005-02-25 22:26:57)
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> ubernostrum
I’d really like to sell tangible goods through txp.. if ever possible. Ideas are welcome.
Textpattern is BY FAR a GENIUS expandable, yet VERY compact system, I like the simplicity of things and would LOVE (yes… love) to manage my shop in Textpattern.
As stated above, I’ve tried almost ANY (10+) open source ecommerce solutions. And I conclude that NONE comes even close to the brilliancy of Textpattern …
As an anecdote, I’ve done commercial identity websites with Textpattern 1.19 Gamma, and it FUCKIN ROCKS – nothing comes close to the brilliance I’ve experienced with Textpattern…
I have friends deeply involved in the development of Typo3, yet I’ve never quite felt comfortable with the majorius, superior, monstrous, Typo3 – But Textpattern, is like mini Typo3;-)
The Textpattern community made me get into XHTML + CCS PURE tableless design, and I can only say it’s been addictive. Haven’t used a table since Textpattern v. 1.14.
I would be the first to pay a donation for a Textpattern based shop add on … as much as I could afford …
A comapct shop solution, yet offering various payment options, and the possibility to sell tangible goods… For now it’s only a dream, but … I pray.
Textpattern… A mere feew kb of upload, and you’re with the best cms (yes: cms – not just blog) on earth…
A shop for Textpattern would seriously make me come in my pants.
Period.
.. And I KNOW many people agree…
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#18 2005-02-26 02:43:24
- zem
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Re: TxP + E-commerce
I’ve built a couple of stores using txp and osCommerce, and done some experiments with integrating the two (and later with Zen-cart).
Conclusion: it’s possible, and would make an excellent solution. It’s also a lot of work, and not likely to happen without funding.
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Hmm …
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#20 2005-02-26 03:56:45
- Ray
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Ray: I’ve got ‘em through zem_rewrite (site I’m building is not on RC3)… /section/category/product/ is the format I’m using.
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Zem >
To what extent have you integrated txp with zen cart?
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ubernostrum – Did you get to go live yesterday? I’m interested to see how you set things up and how they went.
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zem: where are these osCom/txp combos at then? I have built a couple sites with osCom but I wouldn’t use it if I could find anything better – I certainly wouldn’t integrate it into txp as the accessibility is [checking] yup, still crap – MS3 is miles off by the look of it.
Isn’t it easier to just shove the product data into txp’s db? (For smaller stores) WHERE’S THE BEEF ubernostrum?! :)
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