In the spirit of keeping my response on the list... Jeff, you can contact me privately if you want a link to the site in question. It was done under another company I worked with, so I don't want to take open credit for it :)
-- Ian Bezanson Bezanson IT Solutions [email protected] +1.902.442.8392 On 2010-10-20, at 9:56 AM, Ian Bezanson wrote: > I'm trying to remember, exactly :) The one we'd done was actually the latter > case you describe. It was for a Jewelry company, based out of Halifax, NS, > Canada with an online presence in Canada, US, Australia and a few other > countries. We built the system, off of a single install so that each product > could display in a single country, or all countries. I believe that the SKU > was shared as well. I don't think we'd used the Ubercart Domain Access > module, but it sounds like just the ticket, as it will label a purchase of > any SKU with the appropriate domain it was purchased under. So.. I'm > guessing the only custom-ish thing you may need to do is build an admin view > to show reports per country, if that isn't a part of said module. > > So, long and short - if Widget was set as SKU 001 and was configured to be > shown in US, Canada but NOT Mexico (let's say), it will appear on the > Canadian and US domains, but would not show up as part of the Mexican > storefront. If you purchased from either US/Can, it will come through with > the single SKU, marked somewhere in the system with that country. > > Not sure if that clarifies or helps :/ > > -- > Ian Bezanson > Bezanson IT Solutions > [email protected] > +1.902.442.8392 > > On 2010-10-20, at 9:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Ian, >> >> I'm thinking that what you did results in being able to sell Widget in >> several languages and currencies, all sales coming from one inventory. And >> that uc_domain would modify the invoices, etc. based on what country the >> items were ordered from. Is that correct? >> >> In this case, Widget would be item 001 in the U.S., item 002 in Canada, etc. >> so that an order for it from the U.S. would not come from the same inventory >> as an order for it from Canada, and all the downhill books (sales >> accounting, distribution) would follow. >> >> In other words, what you did would seem to be for one company and source of >> goods sold to many places, where what I would need is the company >> headquarters (with the admin panel) having a distribution company in each >> country, each with their own inventory and accounting. >> >> Jeff >> >> On 10/20/2010 05:31 AM, Ian Bezanson wrote: >>> >>> Jeff: >>> >>> You'd be better off, and likely have less headache to utilize the Domain >>> Access module (http://drupal.org/project/domain) to achieve the latter bit, >>> rather than separate installs, sharing a database. I've built a >>> multinational, multilingual storefront with Drupal and Ubercart earlier >>> this year and that was definitely the way to go - you can manage content >>> per domain, or make it available for all domains, use different themes per >>> domain, etc. If nothing else, come upgrade time you will thank yourself >>> for doing it this way as you'll only have one site to maintain and upgrade >>> - plus then your admin section IS in one spot, rather than having to fake >>> it together. >>> >>> As for general store/reporting separation, take a look at Ubercart Domain >>> Access (http://drupal.org/project/uc_domain) which claims to allow "...an >>> Ubercart store to span multiple domains, storing the originating domain >>> when an order is made and displaying the correct store information on >>> invoices." >>> >>> I'm sure you'll have to do a little bit of exploration to make it all work >>> together happily, but venture to guess it will be less time than the other >>> approach. >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> >>> -- >>> Ian Bezanson >>> Bezanson IT Solutions >>> [email protected] >>> +1.902.442.8392 >>> >>> On 2010-10-20, at 2:38 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Btw, what I'm considering is separate sites, a shared db with different >>>> prefixes, one login to access any panel from that point on, and al sites >>>> having menu links between admin panels, so it appears as one panel. >>>> Ayen Designs - quality software the first time, every time! >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> Sender: [email protected] >>>> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:18:40 >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [development] Creative ideas? >>>> >>>> >>>> I have a client, who has a client, with a D6 site and Ubercart store. >>>> >>>> >>>> They now want to take their store international (since their business >>>> has become so), and want to be able to have separate store financials >>>> (fulfilment, checkout, reports, inventory, etc.) for each country, as >>>> well as separate site functionality for things like blocks, etc. ---- >>>> all from one admin panel. >>>> >>>> >>>> I know there's a module to specify content availability by domain. There >>>> is also a module to allow one store to stretch over several domains, but >>>> it doesn't segregate the 'inners' of each store. >>>> >>>> >>>> I thought I'd ask whether anyone knows if this has been done. Second >>>> reactions, I guess, since the first are likely to be either 'hahaha' or >>>> 'sure...a team and several months' :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >
