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

[Vincent Furia]

 Ramindu,

I'm glad you've taken an interest in the e-commerce project. We have not
defined the requirements very clearly, but our thought was that an existing
(GPL) e-commerce or shopping cart program could be incorporated into a
Geeklog plugin. Of course you'd have to overlay Geeklog's security model and
implement the plugin API. That would allow products/services to available
based on user/group permissions and allow the entire thing to be integrated
into a Geeklog site.

I'd suggest spending some time exploring Geeklog, with emphasis on how the
security/permissions model works.

As for specific requirements, they haven't been well defined for any of the
ideas on the brain storming page. That places a bit more of a burden (and
added flexibility) on you to define the project's goals in your application.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

-Vinny

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Ramindu Deshapriya <rasade88 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
> I am an undergraduate of Information Technology at the University of
> Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and I have 2 years' experience working with PHP. I have
> worked on Content Management Systems such as Joomla as well, developing
> extensions according to PEAR standards. I was interested in working on an
> opensource CMS as a GSoC 2010 project, and Geeklog caught my eye. As I have
> some knowledge developing e-commerce applications using PHP, I think I will
> be able to develop a suitable plugin for Geeklog that will allow e-commerce
> functions such as online funds transfer and online purchases possible. I am
> currently studying the development tutorials for Geeklog and hope to
> contribute to the bug tracker soon.
> Any feedback you could provide on the feasibility/usefulness of this
> project and on any specific requirements that you would like to see included
> within the plugin would be appreciated.
>
> Thank You!
>
> --
> Yours Truly,
> Ramindu Deshapriya.
>
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