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

[Vincent Furia]

I'm on the same page as Randy. There are already some really good shopping
cart/e-commerce (PHP) applications out there. Implementing one from scratch
is a bit much to take on over a Summer.

A good application for an e-commerce plugin would include research into the
different available applications and chosen one based on features and
ability (and ease) to integrate with Geeklog. I envision this project to be
a "port" of an application, where only a subset of the code would have to be
kept up to date by the maintainer and new releases from the chosen
application could be integrated fairly easily.

-Vinny

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Randy Kolenko <Randy.Kolenko at nextide.ca>wrote:

>  Keep in mind, cart extensions such as ubercart have  many, many, many,
> many (did I say Many yet) users and thus people willing to support it.
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> Your best bet may be to do some sort of integration of an existing and well
> established cart so that you’re not blindsided with security issues that are
> bound to arise from this.  Just my $0.02.
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> -randy
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> *From:* Ramindu Deshapriya [mailto:rasade88 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, March 22, 2010 10:50 AM
> *To:* Geeklog Development
> *Subject:* Re: [geeklog-devel] GSoC 2010 idea - E-Commerce/Shopping Cart
> plugin
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> Thanks Vinny!
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> I was thinking of looking at a few shopping cart extensions written for
> other CMS's, e.g. Ubercart for Drupal and VirtueMart for Joomla, and getting
> an idea of how they are integrated into the individual CMSs. Of course, when
> building something similar for Geeklog, the security considerations that are
> needed for any form of Geeklog development will have to be paid extra
> attention to.
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> As per the discussion with Dirk on the IRC channel:
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> Dirk was worried about how an extension such as a Shopping Cart Plugin
> could be patched and updated along with new updates of Geeklog and to secure
> the channels of communication opened by the plugin whenever a new security
> threat develops. In my view, the only sure-fire way to ensure the
> continuation of any opensource project needing a long-term commitment is to
> get the help of the community. For this plugin, I plan to build up a
> community of a predefined number of developers (I was thinking at least 3
> lead developers), of which I will also be a member,  who will be on-call to
> provide any patches/bug fixes/updates. That way we can ensure the
> continuation of the project after GSoC. I will include this within the scope
> of my project, and clearly define how I plan to build up this community
> within the project proposal.
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> Any ideas regarding this?
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> Thanks!
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> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Vincent Furia <vfuria at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  Ramindu,
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> 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.
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> I'd suggest spending some time exploring Geeklog, with emphasis on how the
> security/permissions model works.
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> 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.
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> Let me know if you have any further questions.
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> -Vinny
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> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Ramindu Deshapriya <rasade88 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thank You!
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> --
> Yours Truly,
> Ramindu Deshapriya.
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