I have no ideas on how to convince your boss that you should go with CF over PHP, but I can put in a plug for CFWebstore. I've HEAVILY customized it, and while it was awkward to use at first, it was easy to figure out after hacking around a bit (it's written using FuseBox, and this was only my second foray into the FB arena). It comes "out of the box" configured to run as-is, so there is nothing to set up if you didn't want to. There is a great forum, and there are many sites you can show him if you visit the cfwebstore.com site. It has lots of features (again, out of the box, no "modules" to install).
I'd do a comparison of some sites using PHP carts and ones using CFWebstore, I bet that would be enough to convince him in itself. Anyways, my 2 cents, Ray Dawson, Michael wrote: > Well, it seems you are both at a stalemate: He knows PHP; You know CF. > > But, when the coding starts, who will do the work? You or him? > > Why throw out your CF skills and put you on a learning curve with PHP? > > Also, check out www.forta.com for some more resources. > > Another good reason to stick with CF is the excellent programmers on > this list. > > M!ke > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Nathanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:35 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Help me convince my boss to go with CF > > Hello All, > > I'm the web dude at a small clothing company in San Francisco. Although > my boss is now CEO of the company, he started out as a C programmer and > so is a PHP fan. Currently our storefront is Miva Merchant. > > I on the other hand am a CF devotee (intermediate level) with very > little background in PHP (having discovered CF before PHP). I would > like to transition our company's online store to a CF based app, so that > if we need to do any customization (pretty much inevitable), it's not a > problem for me. > However my boss would like me to learn PHP and use a php based system -- > he is very hesitant to go to CF because he has no CF background or > knowledge (and so doesn't know how cool it is.) > > So I am hoping the CF pros on this list could offer some compelling > reasons to use CF instead of PHP for our storefront, that might help me > convince my boss. Of course shortening development time is the obvious > one, but if anyone knows any actual figures on that (CF vs PHP) it would > be very helpful. Also I'd love to hear about any good storefront apps > in CF (willing to spend some dough if needed) that anyone has experience > with. > The only one I know about is CFWebstore. > > TIA, > Josh Nathanson > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227380 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
