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

Sat Apr 10 14:39:03 EDT 2010

Hi Ben,

Fantastic - I didn't realize you were already using it for your base code -
it's good to know that it will finally be utilized! 

I look forward to watching your progress.

- Marco

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hostellerie.org at gmail.com [mailto:hostellerie.org at gmail.com] On
Behalf
> Of cordiste
> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 1:47 AM
> To: marco at heavenlysanctuary.com; Geeklog Development
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] GSoC 2010 idea - E-Commerce/Shopping Cart
plugin
> 
> 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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