Our site is close to launch, but here's a sneak peak. It uses Catalook and I strongly back them. Even core changes to the store have been implemented through my suggestions. Their support is just an e-mail away and they are nothing short of awesome!! The store
is a bit confusing a first, due to the many many many things it can do. I've been running it for a few months now and am still finding new features. My site link is here:
A Protocall I think you will like what we are about!!
Hi guys, just noticed this thread. Id like to chime in.. The Chameleon Store is able to be skinned pretty completely (i call them layouts to differentiate from dnn skins), you would upload the layout into the store module, using a zip file structure similar
to dnn skins. There are 9 "pages" to each layout. These are html files with a certain name of each, ie ProductPane.htm, ShopperMenu.htm. etc they also have [TAGS] to define the different controls.. these files are then matched to the xml file, and the controls
get their attributes defined there, and the [Tags] in the xml file define what the control becomes... then we save it as ascx files, and load it for the storefront... so, very similar to skinning dnn .. and very flexible. I am going to be adding many new features
for the 3.0 release during december. One thing my store does is manages licensing for downloads, and has many options for product media. If you want a trial, just ask me using the website "Request Trial" link at www.kodhedz.net I have been working on this
version of the store for many months, and completely rewrote the older version of XpdIT store, it uses dataprovider model, and i doubt there will be much problems in updating to run in the 3.0 environment, seeing as i have been careful to stick to the rules.
My biggest thing is I don't want the store to be limiting. So i made sure you can hook into many of the processes so that you can just create Add ons that do what you want, by extending the feature set of the core store module. Examples: you want a datagrid
view for the product listing, not a datalist with paging as it is now.. so simple would be to make a ascx module in vs , import the dynst.storefront dll, and then you can create the functionality you want, and it will be fine. There is also another use: the
way i set up the admin sections for the store are wasy to modify if you want to add features, rearrange the buttons and what they point to. So if you want to make an addon for reporting, then you can also easily add it to the menu, and you can easily make
it available for a layout control... I have a premiere solution of dnn that i have been working on for a year now and its almost done. what it does is extends the administration interface for dnn. but i need to load up the separate parts of the store, and
assign permissions to any users who can add products, edit products, edit categories.. etc, separating the responsibility. so i made sure that you can do as much as possible with the existing framework, and allow it to extend in most way you can imagine. I
am going to be adding many webservices to the store some time... yes things are quite hectic this month already. But i have finished a PortalDuplication addon for the store as well, so now you can use the Duper module, and the store together, to create pre-stocked
stores with products, categories etc. I know .. excel import / export is coming as well.. thanks. mark. www.dnn2go.com
Intuition without concept is blind; Concept without intuition is empty -- I. Kant : Critique of Pure Reason
In the olden days, books were burned. Now the website is shut down.
Hey folks: It's great to hear Nina's thoughts...she's always been outspoken and honest with what she feels. I also looked at all the stores, including the prices of things...and I just couldn't see the point of .netShip's and companies pricing and license politicies.
I didn't want to have 20 modules that do a 'call home' on every site I create. So I ended up downloading catalook's product as well as one other (I don't remember wihich one, sorry). CataLook has been promising a new version, so I'm waiting for that before
I attempt my first installation (though I've purchased it for a client). They've been very upfront with what's going on, and though they're a bit late with the latest version, I'd rather it was late and right, than late and messed stuff up! Also, the ease
of skinning CataLOOK was important to me because it shows (at least to me) a good DNN implementation. I'm not taking anything away from any of the other modules that are being sold. Obviously CataLOOK is being outsold right now by Portal Store, but in these
cases, sometimes a 'reverse demand curve' applies unfortunately...by that I mean that if a product sells for 300 dollars more, then it *must* be better, right??? No. Not right. In fact, when I looked at the features from cataLOOK against the features of the
other products, the friendliness, honesty and quick responses from cataLOOK, well, I decided that less expensive, could truly just be a merchant selling a good product at a fair price. Now, I have to be fair here, and state that I've yet to even *install*
the product I've purchased for my client...but as soon as the next version comes out I'll let everyone know. I hope I'll be as happy as Nina...and am confident I will be. Sometimes people overprice themselves out of the market, and sometimes they are so much
better that they feel they can charge one dollar less than the market can bear. They have this right of course. And as consumers, the words, 'caveat emptor' still apply thousands of years later... ;-)
@aava I have used and installed pretty much every module ever brought out for one or more clients. Right now im working on testing out the catalook store and so far so good. I can even read the german on htere site :) But Ive learned on thing in my years of
dealing with dnn, If nina tells me a module is good I buy it , simple as that ;)
Armand Datema
5 Skins, 4 SkinObject, 38 Containers, 2 Modules and more Euro 50 a year. SchwingNuke Offshore DNN and ASP.net development Container Creator
Hello. I am looking at the Catalook store w/ full source but have some questions ... 1) Can I use the store front on two separate "parent" portals as long as they are all using the same Dnn installation? The two sites are on different domain names but using
the same Dnn installation. 2) Is there any documentation included in English to explain the details of store configuration, etc? Thanks, Joseph
Yes. You can have another instance of Catalook running on other subportals Documentation could be better, but yes there is a lot of documentation in ach section of the admin area. The support you get is nothing short of awesome. Trust me when I say that. I
will never switch away from Catalook. -Dave
codegalaxy
Contributor
6910 Points
1475 Posts
Re: Stores
Oct 13, 2004 04:18 PM|LINK
read my stupid blog http://codemypantsoff.com
aprotocall
Member
515 Points
103 Posts
Re: Stores
Oct 14, 2004 09:43 PM|LINK
mathisjay
Contributor
6887 Points
1376 Posts
Re: Stores
Oct 14, 2004 10:10 PM|LINK
xpdit
Contributor
5421 Points
1086 Posts
Re: Stores
Oct 14, 2004 10:30 PM|LINK
In the olden days, books were burned. Now the website is shut down.
KodHedZ Software Development
dbottjer
Contributor
2410 Points
466 Posts
Re: Stores
Oct 15, 2004 01:25 AM|LINK
ThriveFast | Blog | Follow Me @dbottjer
Please "Mark As Answer" if helped
aaava
Contributor
5654 Points
1170 Posts
Re: Stores
Oct 15, 2004 06:15 AM|LINK
nokiko
Star
10740 Points
2146 Posts
Re: Stores
Oct 16, 2004 08:14 PM|LINK
5 Skins, 4 SkinObject, 38 Containers, 2 Modules and more Euro 50 a year.
SchwingNuke
Offshore DNN and ASP.net development
Container Creator
davisjl
Member
110 Points
22 Posts
Re: Stores
Oct 27, 2004 02:11 AM|LINK
aprotocall
Member
515 Points
103 Posts
Re: Stores
Oct 27, 2004 03:18 AM|LINK
ann_cerio
Member
200 Points
40 Posts
Re: Stores
Oct 31, 2004 11:19 PM|LINK