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

[cordiste]

Hello Marco,

I'm working to port this plugin to geeklog, maybe a first release will
be ready for this summer.


::Ben


2010/4/10 Marco Belmonte <marco at heavenlysanctuary.com>:

> Have you guys looked at the glfusion SVN tree – there is a plugin that never

> got finished but is almost complete that you could reuse instead of starting

> from scratch. At least at the very minimum take a look. I’ll post the

> thread:

>

>

>

> http://www.glfusion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=14490

>

>

>

> If you follow the thread you’ll see it was almost ready for release and then

> we decided not to go with it and no one else picked it up for development –

> although many want it.

>

>

>

> I think you’ll be quite surprised at its maturity. Of course it’s all

> opensource.

>

>

>

> Anyways, just saw this come through and thought I’d comment.

>

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>

> Good luck!

>

>

>

> -          Marco

>

>

>

> From: geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net

> [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of Ramindu

> Deshapriya

> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 11:50 PM

> To: Vincent Furia

> Cc: Geeklog Development

> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] GSoC 2010 idea - E-Commerce/Shopping Cart

> plugin

>

>

>

> 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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