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[Ben Sgro (ProjectSkyline)]

Thanks everyone for the feedback.

I'm not even sure if I'll get the project, since my bid was prolly a little 
high and we dont
have much experiance in e-commerce.

However, its good to get my mind thinking about this stuff, incase we do 
something
in the future.

thanks again!

- Ben

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cliff Hirsch" <cliff at pinestream.com>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] PHP/SQL ECommerce Solutions


>I need a "digital soft goods" feature. Lots of carts support software
> downloads, but I need the ability to issue unique "PIN #s" for things like
> phone cards, gift cards, etc. These aren't randomly generated (although 
> they
> could be), but are actually uniquely "picked" from inventory.
>
> The litecommerce egoods module implements this feature really well.
> Surprisingly Xcart doesn't, although the company will "develop" it for you
> for a fee. (they probably have it in stock!). I got quotes both ways, and 
> it
> was cheaper to take the stock litecommerce, although I'd rather have 100%
> open source code and Smarty templates, not Flexy. I may just have it
> developed and flip to X-cart in the future. Or a full custom cart for
> complete control.
>
> I'm sure some oscommerce module has this, along with other carts. I looked
> around and saw some half-baked versions, but couldn't find a good example
> anywhere else. And oscommerce scares me. Didn't find a Zencart equivalent
> either.
>
> Btw, "reskinning" litecommerce now. Major tedium -- feels like a complete
> waste of time, although I would guess its the same for most any
> off-the-shelf cart.
>
> On 2/15/07 2:07 PM, "CED" <Consult at CovenantEDesign.com> wrote:
>
>> Cliff,
>>
>> What feature is it that you only foun in lite?
>>
>> -Ed
>> Edward JS Prevost II
>>        -President-
>> www.CovenantEDesign.com
>> Consult at CovenantEDesign.com
>> 518.331.5061
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cliff Hirsch" <cliff at pinestream.com>
>> To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 1:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] PHP/SQL ECommerce Solutions
>>
>>
>>> I am also using litecommerce, only because it has one particular feaure 
>>> I
>>> could not find in any other cart. I'm going through the skinning process
>> now
>>> -- again, (2nd time, after having it done once outsourcing).
>>>
>>> Skinning does seem to be a royal pain. Not very stimulating...time
>>> consuming...redundant, etc.
>>>
>>> Issues to be aware of:
>>> 1. It is "97%" open-source. The core is encoded using ioncube.
>>> 2. Ioncube conflicts with Zend Debugger
>>> 3. It performs a license check.
>>>
>>> Cliff
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/15/07 11:44 AM, "Jose Villegas" <jv_nyphp at duikerbok.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Ben,
>>>>
>>>> I would also take a look at LiteCommerce, which is based on XCart:
>>>> http://www.litecommerce.com/
>>>>
>>>> I've installed it a couple of times and it was relatively easy to
>>>> customize. The most important feature over OsCommerce/Zencart is that
>>>> it can keep track of inventory on product options. Skinning it is
>>>> very time consuming, but I think this is normal for most ecommerce
>>>> systems. It uses FLEXY instead of Smarty and you have a choice of
>>>> what components to buy.
>>>>
>>>> Jose
>
>
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