eCommerce

jbrew · 2004-04-27 06:36:08

I know TXP is being used mostly for blogs and small sites. I have a project that needs a combo of the grace and ease of TXP and a standards-compliant shopping cart/eCommerce system.

Just thought I’d see if anyone else out there could use something like this. The PHP involved is over my head at this point. I am thinking about doing it in Flash – cos I can make it go with AS – unless I come up with something else.

Any recomendations???

Anyone else lookin’ for something like this?

Last edited by jbrew (2004-04-27 06:36:41)

Dean · 2004-04-27 09:17:22

I’m working on a commercial service site right now, done entirely in Txp. Every form for sending data through the site is stored as a ‘form’, and every bit of text from the front page blurb to the help files to the navigation in columns is stored as an article (which means the client can edit whatever they want, whenever they want). New sections = very clean urls.

All the PHP that talks and listens to Paypal is in one file auto-prepended with htaccess, but could just as easily be whapped in as plugins.

Txp, if I do say so myself, is one powerful site building machine.

nryberg · 2004-04-27 11:06:02

Very cool – but, Dean, you are too, too modest.

TXP’s the Top! TXP’s the colosseum,
TXP’s the Top! TXP’s the Louvre museum,
TXP’s a melody from a symphony, by Strauss,
TXP’s a Bandle bonnet, a Shakspeare sonnet,
TXP’s Mickey mouse.
TXP’s the Nile,TXP’s the Tow’r of Pisa,
TXP’s the smile on the Mona Lisa;
I’m a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop,
But if Baby, I’m the bottom,
TXP’s the top!

(abused from Cole Porter’s “You’re the Top!”)

Last edited by nryberg (2004-04-27 11:06:25)

jbrew · 2004-04-27 14:45:12

Dean, you really are the man! I seriously can’t imagine not having TXP around – totally changed the way I am approaching site design… anyhow, to quote you:

>All the PHP that talks and listens to Paypal is in one file auto-prepended with htaccess, but could just as easily be whapped in as plugins.

What is the chance of getting that as a plug-in – I would most certainly pay for that little piece of magic!

apsk121 · 2004-11-16 08:32:35

Could we have an update on this ?

jsparks · 2004-12-06 23:41:59

I’d be interested in hearing more about this Shopping Cart feature.

tmacwrig · 2004-12-07 02:55:23

if you’re looking for a accessable, cool shopping cart, I’ve seen a lot of endorsements of Karova

jsparks · 2004-12-07 03:02:21

> tmacwrig wrote:

> if you’re looking for a accessable, cool shopping cart, I’ve seen a lot of endorsements of Karova

From what I see it’s .NET, do they have a php implementation?

mgrice · 2005-01-31 05:32:47

I see this thread originated about 9 months ago. Has anyone ever come upon an eCommerce solution for integration with TP? I have been looking at TP and Mambo. I wanted to go with TP but it looks like Mambo may be what I end up with. Thanks for any ideas.

ubernostrum · 2005-01-31 05:47:18

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.

maniqui · 2005-01-31 15:30:19

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:

<ul>
<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>
</ul>

I have chosen to use two scripts for my small business site:

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)

raveoli · 2005-02-09 15:55:05

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…

cheezepie · 2005-02-09 16:34:23

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

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