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

Mon Mar 22 23:11:10 EDT 2010

I don't know much about VirtueMart. If you think its a good choice to be
ported from Joomla to Geeklog, you can definitely write a proposal around
that. I would suggest that your proposal include a comprehensive review as
to why the application you've chosen is the best. A comparison to other
available applications (to show how you made your choice) would show your
thorough research.

-Vinny

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Ramindu Deshapriya <rasade88 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I see.
> Thanks for your ideas.
> So I will have to include which specific application I'll be integrating
> into Geeklog in the proposal, right?
> I was thinking VirtueMart, as it has been built in a more detached fashion
> so that it can be used in any PHP/MySQL environment.
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Ramindu
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 2:52 AM, Vincent Furia <vfuria at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -randy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Vinny!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As per the discussion with Dirk on the IRC channel:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Any ideas regarding this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Vincent Furia <vfuria at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  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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