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

Sat Apr 10 04:47:15 EDT 2010

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.
>
>
>
> 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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