by forcing that framework on your clients. At that point and I for one would
refuse to purchase it simply based on the fact it uses fusebox."
Adam,
That doesn't make much sense. If you're concerned about the
cost/complexity of modifying a pre-built package, why in the world would you
be opposed to using fusebox code which would make it much easier to modify?
If you don't want to use a widely accepted framework when coding your own
stuff for some reason that's one thing, but the issue here was saving
money/man-hours by purchasing code that you can modify to meet your exact
needs.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 3:40 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: My First Shopping Cart
My problem with add ons is that add-ons only work with the original package,
once again my experience. We bought foresite design's coupon program, which
we knew would never work with our modded version, to get ideas. When I
looked at how much recode would be needed, just for fun, to use foresite's
package I nearly passed out. I agree fusebox will ease customization but you
are limiting your audience by forcing that framework on your clients. At
that point and I for one would refuse to purchase it simply based on the
fact it uses fusebox. *Puts
on flame retardant suite* I also think it looks unprofessional, but
hey thats just me :)
Don't get me wrong premade packages have their usefulness. Companies just
starting out that don't know what they want like our company was.
Without the premade package my company probably would have never made it
onto the web and I would never have been hired. For $300 its worth it,
simply use a storefront out of the box to get something out there.
I mean lets face it even at minimum wage I doubt I would get a complete
shopping cart coded in $300 worth of labor hours.
Adam H
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:50:47 -0400, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >That being said I have never worked with cfwebstore so I can only
> >speak from my personal experience with Able Commerce.
>
> Well, obviously I'm a bit biased. ;-) But you'll find the coding in
CFWebstore much much easier to extend than AbleCommerce. It was written in
Fusebox for that very reason, to make it relatively easy to customize. There
are already a bunch of 3rd party add-ons available as well that you can
basically just drop into it. That doesn't necessarily mean it's the right
choice for everyone, there certainly are still cases where the needs of a
specific site might work best with a custom solution. But so far the
response I've got from users has been very positive, particularly those that
have had to work with other products in the past.
>
>
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