I've done a number of Drupal installs using Ubercart. You mention multi-currency and I wonder what your expectations are. I recently set up a site to enable the currency to be user specific throughout their entire shopping experience, from add to cart, right through the checkout and onto invoices. I succeeded but I wouldn't recommend it: http://drupal.org/node/770948 . The multi-currency module in its current form is not a good solution at all. I had to substantially rewrite it.
Regarding Ubercart, I understand that there have been some political ructions and the lead developer is branching out on his own for the next version (http://drupal.org/project/commerce) and in fact does not have right of use to the Ubercart name which is continuing on: http://www.ubercart.org/news/apr-17-2010/ubercart_30_alpha_1_released which is, as stated on the can, just a D7 port and nothing more. On the other hand Ryan at drupalcommerce is doing a complete rewrite. There are probably several episodes of soap drama behind this split but if anyone has worked with Ubercart they will know how much Ryan has had to do with its development. Having worked with Ubercart for 2 years myself, I can tell you that it has become quite entangled. Just something to bear in mind. I figure that it will be 6-12 months before D7 and this module will be ready. Meanwhile D6 and Ubercart are good solutions. +1 On Jun 16, 9:24 am, Paul Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dan, > > I need multi currency support (seems to be a no-go for wp e-commerce / > getshopped?) as well as some good flexibility for freight on a per- > country and / or per item basis. > > Given past experience, I'd rather configure this using the shopping > cart software than build this myself, so Magento is looking like a > possibility, as well as Drupal + Ubercart (I'd be more convinced if > the ubercart demo wasn't so crap). > > The default Drupal admin isn't the most user-friendly, but in my > experience if your content types are set up correctly and your > taxonomy is sane then it isn't too bad. > > Paul > > On 16/06/2010, at 9:05 AM, Dan Milward wrote: > > > WordPress + GetShopped.org > > > New Zealand solution. > > Kick ass. > > > Never have to scare your customer by showing them a drupal admin > > interface. > > > Magento is hard to get your head around and hard to custom theme. At > > least that's what people tell me. > > > Go getshopped.org > > > Ciao, > > Dan > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 16/06/2010, at 8:54 AM, S.Mohammed Alsharaf > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Magento is a great shopping cart system. It might be hard to work > >> with if you are not familiar with Zend Framework or OOP, but not > >> impossible. > > >> With Magento you will never need to hack the core files. If > >> anything in the core files that you don't like its easy to extend it. > > >> Files structure > > >> app/ > >> core/ ----> core classes you don't touch > >> local/ ----> your custom classes that overrides or > >> extends core classes > >> community/ ----> custom code from Magento community > > >> design/ > >> default/ ----> default design and you can add more > >> folders for your custom templates > > >> With the templates you are not limited with one template contains > >> everything a page will have, but its based on blocks. Everything is > >> a block even the main layout. For example you would have > > >> /design/default/checkout/cart/summary.phtml > > >> If you want to just customize the look of the cart summary then you > >> can create > > >> /design/my_custom_design/checkout/cart/summary.phtml > > >> and in a config xml file you define the new template. Also you can > >> choose to show the custom design in all pages or some. > > >> Thats just some of the features > > >> Hope I helped :) > > >> Mohammed > > >> Blog:http://jamandcheese-on-phptoast.com/ > >> Email: [email protected] > >> Mobile: 012 139 5924 > > >> > From: [email protected] > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > Subject: [phpug] Shopping Cart recommendations > >> > Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:26:59 +1200 > > >> > Hi all, > > >> > Any recommendations on PHP shopping cart software that integrates > >> with > >> > a variety of gateways (DPS, Paypal etc)? > > >> > I've used SilverStripe's ecommerce and payment modules in the past, > >> > but am looking for something a bit more full featured and that I > >> can > >> > extend and customise without needing to hack core files (yes, I > >> know I > >> > can probably do this with the SS modules, but it wasn't immediately > >> > obvious) > > >> > Bonuses: > >> > * real, up to date, usable documentation > >> > * flexible templating > >> > * active developer / user community > > >> > Will consider paid as well as FOSS. > > >> > I've heard good things about Magento - any opinions? > > >> > Thanks for any pointers. > > >> > Paul Bennett > >> > MoveForward - Web Development for Design Companies > >> >http://www.moveforward.co.nz > >> > Ph. 06 308 9722 > >> > Mob. 027 255 8495 > > >> > -- > >> > NZ PHP Users Group:http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > >> > To post, send email to [email protected] > >> > To unsubscribe, send email to > >> > [email protected] > > >> MSN NZ Travel Find a way to cure that travel bug > > >> -- > >> NZ PHP Users Group:http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > >> To post, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, send email to > >> [email protected] > > > -- > > NZ PHP Users Group:http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > > To post, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to > > [email protected] -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
