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I cheated and used Paypal's cart.

vaughnt wrote: I cheated and used Paypal's cart.

Maybe you can show us how you've implemented this shop  .

ShopMadeSimple is actively being developed by myself and i intend releasing the code as soon as i figure out how cmsms displays the content->pages section as i intend using that for the category view. The rest is basically done, this is the last thing stopping me from releasing beta. Once SMS is done, CMS (CartMadeSimple) will follow shortly ...

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looking forward to seeing that module released!

I wrote a tutorial about how to use the Cataloger module + Paypal to make a simple ecommerce site here:

http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... 020.0.html

Two sites that use this methodology are:
http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com
http://www.althaea.biz

It works pretty well, but I'd like to someday replace Paypal's cart with an integrated CMSMS cart.

Developing my own - none of the current shop modules are integrated or deep enough for my client's needs. Not sure how far away a realse will be, as I would want to having it running in the wild for a while before I package it up.

Features:

• Product managment with many fields and proper image management (scaling, thumbnails and whatnot)
• Manaufacturer database linked to products with images, links, contact info etc
• Products can be given an unlimited number of user defined tags, making it easy to categorise the products
• fully integrated with the FEU module, allowing member to rate and review products, as well as running the members area and members details (such as delivery etc). members can also save their carts for later
• Integration with a payment gateway (not sure which one yet - I hope to use events for this)
• Redeemable promo codes, with time/use limits etc. can be % or $-off values
• Gift cards
• Other stuff I can't remember

Anyway, it's going to be big, and the deadline is in 3 weeks. I'd better get back to work
Do you guys reckon there would be much demand for a module like this? I will be abstracting it as soon as possible so I can reuse it for other sites, but it may not be ready for public consumption for a while.

FantomCircuit wrote: Developing my own

Would be nice if we could see this module in CMSms Forge .

I would like to see an solution that can be integrated into CMS MS as well but I know these things can take some time. I have thought about setting up the main site normally with CMSMS and then have it linked to a separate sub-directory which would host a different shopping cart CMS, like osCommerce.

What do you guys think about it? I know it's not ideal but might be helpful for some small sites.

Have you made a look at this?

http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/esshop/

FantomCircuit wrote: Do you guys reckon there would be much demand for a module like this? I will be abstracting it as soon as possible so I can reuse it for other sites, but it may not be ready for public consumption for a while.

Hi FantomCircuit, I'd say this would definitely be useful. I for one would try it straight away. I've tried the eSShop one mentioned below and it's not quite right for me. I want to use the existing structure of my cms site, and include tags for {show_product id=x} {list_all_products} {show_cart} {add_to_cart_button id=x} etc precisely where I want them. But I do need a simple back-end  so editors can add products etc.

I was tempted to hack the eSShop so I could use its admin area but write my own tags to display products etc. But it seems a shame to put effort into something that is not reusable, and I can't really make much of the code at first glance anyway. Is there any way I can help you? I'm a php newby (preferring python really) but perhaps I could help test etc.

Let me know!

Any further developments with this??

Looks like SMS/Cart Made Simple is still not available? Any information would be appreciated...

Shop is mostly finished - currently in use at http://www.champagnegallery.com.au .
However, because of time constraints I had to take a few shortcuts, and the module is not abstracted enough for even an alpha release.

I will be moving it to a seperate site possibly by the end of the year, and at that point I will have to clean it all up, so it would probably be ready for an alpha release.

At the moment it relies heavily on ajax, and is specifically built to handle champagne-type products.

secoif wrote: Yes do show!

Well there is code in the svn. Currently it's only the admin section and i just finished categories. So you can now create/edit/delete categories. Image upload is not implemented as i'm awaiting an answer from a post on the forum.

In about 8 hours i'll be uploading the a major update that will be the start of the product type section. Should have that wrapped up in a day or so. Testers and designers is what i need now, any body up for either ?

Gary