I am only about 4 months into Cold Fusion. Able is the first CF store package for me
to use. I have
been very frustrated with it's "Wizards" mostly due to a lack or non-integration of
help files.
Figuring out how to customize something is mostly a 'try and see what happens'
process. Their
documentation is not easily accessible as far as trying to find specifically what you
want to do. I
started with the standard version and was too limited, so I had to upgrade to the open
source. I'm
not saying they do this, but it almost seems that they limit what you can do just so
you'll have to
pay another $1500 for open source. I'm just starting to get comfortable with it and
would probably
use it again since I would be much more familiar with it the next time around. The
backend is very
solid and with my limited experience with CF I wouldn't even want to try to build
everything the
program does.
If I were able to give Able some advice, it would be to add a help button to every
page of the admin
section. Hitting the button would load a pop up window with help that is specific to
where you are
in the program. This would have saved me hours in learning it... and having to call
support to
figure it out.
Chris Giminez
Owner - Cyber Scriber Web Site Design
831-728-4469
ICQ# 2628000
> I have tried to get Able Commerce which is built on Cold Fusion templates
> up and running as an e-commerce solution. Problem is the program seems so
> utterly rigid in deployment that there's no way to get into the pages to
> customize the look.
>
> The basic look made by Able Commerce is so ugly that the resulting pages
> make one desire to throw up. Hence changing the look is critical, yet
> apparently impossible when you go to the editing web pages section.
>
> Is Able Commerce truly an impossible program to work with and could anyone
> for the love of God please recommend something more user friendly and
> actually usable. We've lost a good two weeks messing around with Able
> Commerce, it has all in all been a highly frustrating experience.
>
> Would appreciate a reference to any other shopping cart e-commerce solution.
>
>
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