[geeklog-devel] GSoC 2010 idea - E-Commerce/Shopping Cart plugin

Fri Apr 9 02:49:50 EDT 2010

Sorry about that last silly sentence, I wasn't paying proper attention to
what I was writing. :(
Of course new user groups can be added, right?
Would this require new access rights to be added as well? I was thinking
maybe a function to add new access rights could come with the plugin.

Thanks!

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Ramindu Deshapriya <rasade88 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ok. From what I understand, you recommend that I add specific user groups
> that will have access to different parts of the store. E.g. 'PC sellers'
> group will have access to add products to the 'PC' section of the store.
> The store owner should have the ability to create new usergroups based on
> whatever sections he or she has included in the store.
> Wouldn't this require changing the core libraries? Specifically, addition
> of new values to usergroups arrays?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Vincent Furia <vfuria at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ramindu,
>>
>> I'd definitely include that with your proposal. I know time is short, but
>> you may want to consider the use of Geeklog's permission system for store
>> "sections" (I'm not sure of the terminology, perhaps categories?) or even
>> individual products. Though the implications of doing so need to be thought
>> out, it may prove beneficial to allow certain users (sellers) to modify
>> and/or submit items to be sold. Also, you could use the permission system to
>> limit what categories/items are viewable by which groups of users.
>>
>> Just some out there ideas to consider.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vinny
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Ramindu Deshapriya <rasade88 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello and thank you very much for your comments.
>>> I did a whole lot of thinking about how to handle permissions a while
>>> back, then completely forgot about it. :O
>>> What I thought was, I would create a separate admin group known as 'Store
>>> Admin' which, along with Super Admin (Root) would have complete rights to
>>> edit the store, add products, manage sales,view overall statistics etc. This
>>> 'Store Admin' group will be added only if the plugin is installed.
>>> Normal users would be able to purchase goods and manage their shopping
>>> carts, of course.
>>> What do you think? I will add the outcome of this discussion to the
>>> proposal.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Vincent Furia <vfuria at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ramindu,
>>>>
>>>> Dirk and I have left comments attached to your proposal in the GSoC web
>>>> app. Let us know if you have any questions.
>>>>
>>>> -Vinny
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Ramindu Deshapriya <rasade88 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I have submitted the proposal to the GSoC site.
>>>>> If there are any last minute adjustments that you would like to see
>>>>> made to it, I would greatly appreciate your feedback about it.
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Vincent Furia <vfuria at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ramindu,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is a great outline. I'd suggest (likely under the banner of
>>>>>> security measures) considering how the e-commerce system can integrate with
>>>>>> Geeklog's security model (e.g. groups, access rights, ownership, etc).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ideally, I'd like to see a plugable payment system. That way users can
>>>>>> choose from several options or implement their own. Whether that is
>>>>>> supported by VirtueMart, incorporated through another open source project,
>>>>>> or coded by you should probably be included in your proposal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Vinny
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Ramindu Deshapriya <
>>>>>> rasade88 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>> VirtueMart contains separate modules for payment and shipping. It
>>>>>>> also contains a host of features which make it more like a CMS within
>>>>>>> itself. :| I was wondering what exactly should be the features that I should
>>>>>>> port over to Geeklog? I was thinking on the lines of,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    - Creation of sales item lists with descriptions, images etc
>>>>>>>    - Online payment via payment gateways such as Paypal
>>>>>>>    - Shopping cart functionality, adding items to the cart,
>>>>>>>    removing, maintaining cart over a session
>>>>>>>    - Database tables containing details of previous purchases
>>>>>>>    - UI implementations such as AJAX-based pop-up item descriptions
>>>>>>>    - Security measures - encryption etc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anything else that should be added?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am in the process of writing the proposal, and need to include
>>>>>>> which features I will be carrying over to the Geeklog plugin.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Dirk Haun <dirk at haun-online.de>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Vincent Furia wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >You can find what we're looking for in your application/proposal on
>>>>>>>> >the Geeklog GSOC homepage here:
>>>>>>>> >http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_org/google/gsoc2010/
>>>>>>>> >geeklog/geeklog
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Which is the same page that you end up on when going via the list of
>>>>>>>> accepted orgs:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/org/home/google/gsoc2010/geeklog
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But the URL is shorter :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> bye, Dirk
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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> Yours Truly,
> Ramindu Deshapriya.
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Yours Truly,
Ramindu Deshapriya.
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