Hi Rhys, On 05/04/2010, at 6:21 AM, rhysnown wrote:
> Is this project dead? > > This is precisely what I'm looking for. I love the idea of Shine by Tyler > Hall, but I'm at the point where I don't even have a homepage up. I need to > create my entire site along with the store/sparkle/aquatic integration. > > If MacSite and MacSiteAdmin is now defunct, are there alternatives? What do > other people use? What's a good CMS for Mac Software sales? Or should I brush > up on my Ruby and roll my own? I've been thinking about doing this for a little while, and I'm not convinced you'd end up with something that's better than the combination of fantastic tools we already have (but we wouldn't be developers if we let that stop us!). Currently, I use: PotionStore: http://www.potionfactory.com/potionstore - This handles my sales including a custom licensekey.rb for generating my serials. Shimmer: http://shimmerapp.com/ - This handles my Sparkle updates and update distribution. Symphony CMS: http://symphony-cms.com/ - I use Symphony for my main promotional site - it's great for pulling data from other systems and redisplaying it on your own site, which you can see on my release notes page for Hyperspaces: http://thecocoabots.com/hyperspaces/release-notes/. It's not a beginner's tool though - XML/XSL are fantastic, but there's a bit of a learning curve. Oh, and Tender App for my ticketed support. I've seen people using a PayPal extension with Symphony (PayPal Payments), and I created an extension a little while back for generating DSA signatures for uploaded files (Signed File Upload Field), so you could potentially build a very functional mac software site using Symphony. My guess is that if you're asking whether you should be rolling your own, you've already started and you're looking for validation. So here it is - go on, do it :) Chances are you'll come up with something new and unique. I'm happy to share more details of my setup, disparate as it is - and I'm keen to hear what other people have setup. thanks, Tony ---------- Tony Arnold http://thecocoabots.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
