Looking for a (simple) E-commerce solution: what will fit my specification?

Hi Everbody,

I client asked me for a simple Web-Shop, which I havent done before. I just found out that there are (needlessly to say ) some solutions for a Modx.

The shop will be about:

• photographs (maximum 500), in categories
• unique items,
• and there is no need for complicate payment-features. Actually payment will be by "advanced payment"
• we need a shopping cart, (needlessly to say i know)

What do You think which solution could be fitting this topics? Pro /Contra?

I already read about TreasureChest and KiweeCommerce, and I will go on with it, but some advice would be nice.

Thanks again to the amazing people of Modx

Nudibranch


PS: By the way, dear Dr. Scotty Delicious: is it possible to test TreasureChest before purchasing? And is paypal a must-be?

I don’t think Kiwee ever made it to a stable release. You might also check out Foxycart.

Actually, if they don’t require a payment gateway it would be pretty easy to just use MODx documents and a simple cart setup. That’s originally what ShopX was supposed to be, just a way to use MODx for a catalog and keep track of what was being added to the cart.

I would imagine this could also be done with gCart and a little love from eForm.

Thanks to everybody,

I will look into it and then I promise to come back with more questions.
Im starting with Jesse

@Jesse: Two short questions.

a) What is it you use for the zoom of your pictures,
b) Whats the best way to get several items on one page? (Probably not a question related to gCart but to TVs, Chunks etc, but right now I dont know how, and i like your presentation on www.blueskyvineyard.com.

Good night, good luck (to me )

Nudibranch

Quote from: Nudibranch at Jan 21, 2008, 09:03 PM

a) What is it you use for the zoom of your pictures,

It is using highslide, and the pictures automatically have it applied utilizing the DirectResize plugin.
http://modxcms.com/DirectResize-1802.html

Whats the best way to get several items on one page?

I utilize Ditto for listing multiple items/documents. Each item has a set of TVs for price, weight, discount code, etc. Then I create a chunk with placeholders for these and an add to cart button to pass as a template to Ditto.

Hi Jesse,

I ’ve been through all the stuff here about gCart, and now I ’m trying it on my local machine.

Since Im not a code-girl I still have to ask you a few things.

As I already said, I dont need the Google Checkout, is it possible to remove it ?
Im trying and searching for hour now, only with the "price-option" I get move products to the cart.
With the quantity

its not working for me.

Hmmm, what is my mistake?

Quote from: Nudibranch at Jan 22, 2008, 04:19 PM

Hi Jesse,

I ’ve been through all the stuff here about gCart, and now I ’m trying it on my local machine.

Since Im not a code-girl I still have to ask you a few things.

As I already said, I dont need the Google Checkout, is it possible to remove it ?
Im trying and searching for hour now, only with the "price-option" I get move products to the cart.
With the quantity

<input type="text" maxlength="3" name="gQuantity" id="gQuantity" class="field" value="1">

its not working for me.

Hmmm, what is my mistake?

To remove the google checkout, you would just not use the [+gButton+] placeholder in the template on the checkout page. I don’t know if I exactly understand your other question, care to ellaborate and provide me a link either here or by PM?

Hi Jesse,

Quote from: Jesse at Jan 22, 2008, 05:18 PM

I don’t know if I exactly understand your other question, care to ellaborate and provide me a link either here or by PM?

Wow Wow Wow, it took me half an our to understand what that means "care to elaborate" I guess its something like "try to understand and work it out carefully and systematically"?
(So I improve my english here as well )

Anyway, I did much progress in understanding, but still I’m not getting products in my Cart if I chose the "AddRegularItem" for the product.
Unfortunatly, my testModx is installed local, so I cant send you an url-adress right now.

I go for a short holiday now- without internet - and when I come back with a free brain, I will try again. And if you are still here I will asked you more questions.

Untill then, thank you very much for input and nice work.

The Nudibranch, with big red tomatoes on her eyes (german slang, means: I cant see anything right now)

Make sure you check this out if you have not:

http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/GCart

Also, if you have trouble along the way following that, let me know and I will try to make the documentation better.