ScreenGuardz

aboswell · 2005-04-25 20:06:19

Well, just launched <a href=“http://www.screenguardz.com/”>http://www.screenguardz.com/</a>.

Take a look and let me know what you think. Everything except the shopping cart is TXP RC3. I tried to make everything valid, but in the end erred on the side of getting it done and paid.

Plugins used:

jab_section_title: Takes the ID out. Needs sgb_url_handler
This plugin was written by me after reading up on how to get it done.

mdm_if_category
Matthew D Moss

mdn_if_custom
Mark Norton

mdn_if_section
Mark Norton

rei_show_custom
Reinier Ladan

sgb_url_handler
sgb

zem_contact
Zem

wilshire · 2005-04-26 02:01:30

Looks very good. I really like the top navigation but the text over the icons is a little hard to read for me. I’m also getting a weird effect where the bottom nav bar is appearing in the middle of the page and then jumping to the bottom as the page loading completes.

I’d be intersted to know more about the cart integration.

flashlight · 2005-04-26 02:05:40

Very nice. Clean code too!

MattH · 2005-04-26 20:27:37

I’d love to learn about the cart integration too.

I’ve tried doing TXP eCommerce site, but it would require the client copying and pasting all cart code individually onto each page, which would be very awkward.

aboswell · 2005-04-27 04:01:35

Thanks for the input.

The footer thing is actually a javascript designed to push the footer div to the bottom after the page loads. It resolves in a few second, but everyone (including the client, my business partner) is annoyed by it. I may just use it on the front page, as the sub pages don’t need it. Or get rid of it entirely.

Thanks for the clean code compliment. I am a graphic designer by trade, and have picked everything up myself. That really makes me feel good.

Also, I did the illustrations for the devices myself (to toot my own horn :D)

The shopping cart used is Yahoo. They have a really great merchant account and the new stores support PHP. We are using one of the older packages, but it still works well. IE has a bit of a problem as Yahoo doesn’t allow you to declare DOCTYPE, but it doesn’t break.

The merchant accounts over there protect you from certain kinds of fraud because you are using their merchant account, not your own. The only drawback to yahoo it the standard templates SUCK. I have figured out a really easy way of getting everything done, so if anyone wants me to post a simple tutorial, let me know.

MattH- The cart integration wasn’t too difficult. You have to create an item first in the Yahoo store, use that ID number, but then the code is pretty simple.

Here is my stuff (hope image linking works):

Article:

Code:

I am using A LOT of mdn_if_section and mdn_if_custom so I only have one template.

Anyway, thanks for your kind words and let me know if anyone wants more info on the shopping cart.

aboswell · 2005-04-27 04:01:40

Thanks for the input.

The footer thing is actually a javascript designed to push the footer div to the bottom after the page loads. It resolves in a few second, but everyone (including the client, my business partner) is annoyed by it. I may just use it on the front page, as the sub pages don’t need it. Or get rid of it entirely.

Thanks for the clean code compliment. I am a graphic designer by trade, and have picked everything up myself. That really makes me feel good.

Also, I did the illustrations for the devices myself (to toot my own horn :D)

The shopping cart used is Yahoo. They have a really great merchant account and the new stores support PHP. We are using one of the older packages, but it still works well. IE has a bit of a problem as Yahoo doesn’t allow you to declare DOCTYPE, but it doesn’t break.

The merchant accounts over there protect you from certain kinds of fraud because you are using their merchant account, not your own. The only drawback to yahoo it the standard templates SUCK. I have figured out a really easy way of getting everything done, so if anyone wants me to post a simple tutorial, let me know.

MattH- The cart integration wasn’t too difficult. You have to create an item first in the Yahoo store, use that ID number, but then the code is pretty simple.

Here is my stuff (hope image linking works):

Article:

Code:

I am using A LOT of mdn_if_section and mdn_if_custom so I only have one template.

Anyway, thanks for your kind words and let me know if anyone wants more info on the shopping cart.

aboswell · 2005-04-27 04:04:14

Btw, I am really hating the forum problems right now….

hrm…

Love everything else about txp. Love the content on the forum. Love the people who keep the forum. Don’t love the forum. Or at least the backend issues.

My $.02

bluearc21 · 2005-04-27 04:23:18

Did you know about the new <txp:if_custom_field name=“field_name”> … </txp:if_custom_field> tags? Quite useful. BTW, nice integration of Yahoo! merchant account. Speaking of $.02, how much do they charge?

aboswell · 2005-04-27 04:31:42

blue- which tags are you refering to? If ther is a better way to do it, I am all for it.

Also, here is the merchant solutions page http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/merchant/

They start at $40 US and go from there, but I think it is well worth the cost.

aboswell · 2005-04-27 04:36:01

Pretty decent specs. They have upgraded recently and have some applealing options.

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/merchant/compare.php

bluearc21 · 2005-04-27 05:37:01

Thanks for that. I was just sharing the < txp : if_custom_field name=”“ > tags. couldn’t edit my post…

bluearc21 · 2005-04-27 05:43:03

40$ / month really isn’t that bad. And the checkout process design isn’t as bad as some others I’ve seen like (the old) 2checkout.

I’m not sure the direction eCommerce is headed for the TextPattern inclined. Might be any number of new Ruby on Rails shops being developed, or maybe a fork of TextPattern will happen. (TextCommerce?) Anyway, good job on the solution for this site. It does work (except for the JS for the footer — I feel your pain though, vertical alignment is a bear).

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