Hi Rafael, Seems like it would be great to see as an add-on first. Perhaps like the Plone path...high quality and much-used add ons can be incorporated into the core as the community sees fit.
Good luck! Please keep us posted on the progress. -c On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:01 PM, rafael <rafaelcro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > I have talked to Pavel and he has written a great product for the use > case he described (selling customized furniture). It is not product > variation (mostly because it does not deal with stocks quantities), > and he decided to call it product configuration. It fits my usecase, > because, the tshirts my client sells are made upon demand.. > > I offered myself to help make a release distribution out of his code, > more specifically to try to convert it to something for general use. I > am though facing initial difficulties. > > 1) Some of the features depend on the theme used. This is because, to > create and show product variations, and also let the client choose > them in a nice interface, have much to do with the presentation. > Besides the eggs that constitute his work (altikon.atcts, > altikon.checkout, altikon.imagemap ,altikon.theme), there are some > needed dependencies: Products.ATVocabularyManager, > Products.ATExtensions, collective.carousel, Products.Carousel, and > webcouturier.dropdownmenu . I haven't read and understood the full > code to see how intricated those products are and how we can split > them to make this general product... Also we must see the status of > those products in plone 4 > > 2) Also the code seems to be tied to Plone 3... After running buildout > with the development eggs in plone 4, I can't add a Plone site, > googling the error, I see some people had it before when the Plone > version did not match CMF version. Also when i access the initial zmi > page :8080 (without /manage), i do not get the new Plone 4 welcome > page (with the big logo), but the old "Zope Quick Start Welcome to > Zope, a high-performance object-oriented platform for building > dynamic Web applications. Here are some quick pointers to get you > started: " . So somehow those eggs resurrected plone 3 inside Plone 4. > Also, accessing the zmi manage interface I get "The site configuration > is outdated and needs to be upgraded. " Although I have the newest > Plone 4 version... > > 3) The product itself (pabo showed me a running test site) looks > great. What I am not sure (according to previous list discussions) is > if this feature should be implemented in getpaid core or as an add on > product (pabo's case)... It is beside my capacity to merge pabo work > in getpaid.core, because I don't understand both well.. But I see this > is a decision we should make now, because changing getpaid.core is > diametrically opposite to creating an addon pŕoduct... > > 4) So this is a call for more people to ressurect this thread, and > from pabo starting point we could join forces to implement this most > needed feature (in my opinion) for Plone.getpaid... > > I will be in #getpaid and will continue to see how to run part of > pabo's code in plone 4... > > > On 22 Jul, 11:41, rafael <rafaelcro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Pavel, > > > > I will be in #getpaid so we can talk more. > > > > My usecase is similar to yours. T-shirts with different colours, sizes, > > etc, wich imply in extra cost. > > > > Is Mikko example gatpaid.atshop? He wrote this addon (but not finished) > > and this could be a starting point for us.. > > > > Two heads are always better then one and we could try to do this > > together. I am sure Mikko will help also.. > > > > I have one question on your approach. Why is the product id independent > > from the variation? Why not make getpaid generate a id for each > > combination product/variation? > > > > About the product view, as your furniture is not in stock you don't have > > a picture of every product/variation, right? How do you think you will > > show those variations? > > > > I was thinking about a set of images and a slideshow that could display > > the variations. Mikko mentioned xslt, that would be great to generate > > svg files that could merge (in my case) tshirts and the stamps... > > > > Anyway, I will be hanging in getpaid. Ping me there so we can talk more. > > > > I am sending this email also to the dev list so more people can be up to > > this issue and give suggestions... > > > > Thanks > > > > Rafael > > > > Em 21-07-2010 17:03, Pavel Bogdanovic escreveu: > > > > > Hi Rafael, > > > sorry for delay. I have not startetd yet to develop. But I can explain > > > shortly our usecase. > > > > > Our customer is selling furniture. These furniture can be delivered in > > > several variations. But they are not at stock in all veriations. They > > > will be produced according the choosen variation. But the price > > > depends on the variation. f. e. a chair could be 180 EUR in black > > > white and blue. But the other red variant costs 20 EUR surcharge. the > > > product id is independent from the variation. > > > When I start to code it I plan to start with the product view which is > > > very case specific and does hopefully not touch getpaid. Mikko > > > brainstormed that I should have any line item class which fits to my > > > wishes and fits to getpaid. He showed me some code which could be an > > > inspiration from his "variations". Sorry, I have to look into another > > > notebook to find his example. > > > Btw his usecase is different. He has a lot of products in different > > > variations in stock. Every variation has a unique product id. > > > I would really appreciate your help and would like to contribute to > > > getpaid. I ll try to catch you at the irc tomorrow. > > > > > greetings > > > Pavel > > > ________________________________________ > > > > >> Hi Pavel, > > > > >> We have talked before in #getpaid. Mikko gave me your email because > > >> we were discussing product variation implementation in getpaid. He > told > > >> me you are working on this. I would like to know the progress of this > > >> work and if is there anything I can help. > > >> I really think this should not be an add on product, but an out of > > >> the box funcionality, because it means modifying getpaid.core. I have > > >> not coded anything yet, because I was waiting some replys to the email > I > > >> sent to the getpaid-dev list. > > >> I will be in #getpaid so we can discuss this... > > > > >> Thanks, > > > > >> Rafael > > -- > GetPaid for Plone: http://www.plonegetpaid.com (overview info) | > http://code.google.com/p/getpaid (code and issue tracker) > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "getpaid-dev" group. > To post to this group, send email to getpaid-dev@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > getpaid-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<getpaid-dev%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/getpaid-dev?hl=en?hl=en > -- Cofounder and CEO ifPeople - Innovation for People www.ifpeople.net t: 678-608-3408 130 Boulevard NE, #6 Atlanta, GA 30312 -- GetPaid for Plone: http://www.plonegetpaid.com (overview info) | http://code.google.com/p/getpaid (code and issue tracker) You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "getpaid-dev" group. 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