Unfortunately we are stuck with what we have *grrr* <tone type="sarcasm">I am having so much fun customizing this</tone>*grrrrrr*
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 24 July 2006 12:30 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Able Commerce I'll back this up again. You could got with CFWebstore right now and save money, EVEN INCLUDING what you've already wasted on AC, after accounting for man-hours and what not. Make your argument to the powers that be. ***************** Ken Ferguson 214.636.6126 ***************** Josh Nathanson wrote: > Able Commerce CFMX version is basically a java app with some cfscript > tags wrapped around it. I think that was probably the easiest way for > them to push out a CF version of their "product". I took a look at it > (luckily they had a trial version) and dumped it immediately. It > sounds like you may be stuck with it, but let the powers that be know > you could probably have CFWebstore up and customized (it's $300) in > less time that you will be able to untangle the mess you're in with Able Commerce. > > -- Josh > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Snake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 7:15 AM > Subject: RE: Able Commerce > > > >> I tend to agree. My brief look at it didn't give me a very good >> opinion either. I decided to steer well clear. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 24 July 2006 15:02 >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: Able Commerce >> >> My only advice for working with AC is to run away, terribly fast. It >> is a total piece. I know you're looking for advice, so I will give you some. >> Chalk up what you've spent on it as a loss and ditch it immediately. >> If you really want a CF-based off-the-shelf packaged cart >> application, look into Cartweaver or CFWebstore... Getting out of bed >> with AC now is going to save you more money and frustration in the >> long run than it's going to cost you to write it off and go with >> something worth using. >> >> This is that one product that was SO BAD that I promised not only >> never to work with it again, but to make sure that every time I heard >> someone talk about it I would make absolutely sure that they knew how >> low my opinions of the software and the company actually are. The >> single year-long project I was on working with AC was a complete >> nightmare filled with hours of talking to the least helpful and least >> professional support personnel with whom I've ever had the bad >> fortune to speak. >> >> Of course, that's just my opinion... >> >> ***************** >> Ken Ferguson >> 214.636.6126 >> ***************** >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Eric Roberts wrote: >> >>> Anyone here ever customize an Able Commerce shopping cart? I am >>> installing this so that it can be inserted within the context of the >>> existing site (using the headers and left side navigation features >>> already present on the site, with that cart being the body of the >>> store section of the site) This site uses another package as a >>> content manager(not a very good one at that), but, unfortunately, we >>> need to work with what we have as they are not allowing us to do a >>> complete redo on the site. Any help on this would be >>> appreciated...or at >>> >> least if someone could point me to a good resource. >> >>> Able Commerce's tech support system sucks. Once you have it >>> installed (regardless if you have installed in the context of you >>> site or not), you are on your own, unless you want to pay 150/hr for >>> customization >>> >> support. >> >>> Needless to say, we won't be purchasing this ever again. When I >>> complained about this to their customer service, all I got was >>> attitude and how that is how their model is and that they are not >>> changing it. I have also had this same question on their forums for >>> the past 2-3 days and have not received a response from anyone. >>> Thanks in >>> >> advance! >> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247720 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
