[FX.php List] shopping cart solutions and filemaker

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Bob,

Does the cart solution talk directly to the cc gateway, or does FMP 
do that using a script?

J

>Stephen,
>
>I started with FXCart and modified it for use with my clients. To be 
>honest, it required a lot of work before it met my clients' needs. 
>However, it does have the basic structure that a cart needs, so if 
>someone wanted to use it as a starting point, that would be a good 
>thing.
>
>You can see the results of my mods to FXCart in several sites:
>
>http://www.crystalgayle.com/cart/index.php
>http://www.margem.com/cart.index.php
>
>I added a lot things, like related items so that when a customer 
>pulls up an item, they can see similar items (a la Amazon, etc.). I 
>also made it possible for one of my clients to put up special items 
>on the cart's home page (on margem.com), so that they can feature 
>items; it's all done using the database. Plus I wrote an entire 
>backend for the cart so he could manage it without having to own 
>FileMaker. The backend allows image uploading, complete setup of new 
>items, etc.; it was probably more work than the cart was, as it 
>turned out.
>
>However, for a starting point, i think FXCart is useful; it saved me 
>from having to write the basic cart structure, which was good.
>
>And to think, I didn't know any PHP until I went to your 8-hour PHP 
>workshop... I owe it all to Allyson! :)
>
>Best regards,
>
>Bob Patin
>Longterm Solutions
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>On Feb 6, 2007, at 3:05 PM, Stephen Knight wrote:
>
>>Hi Alex,
>>
>>There are actually quite a few people using FXCart, Jerry Robin site
>>http://www.cdtrainingstore.com/  and also there are some examples at
>>http://www.fmwebschool.com/fmstudio_contest.php  Matter of fact our
>>FMWebschool website has run on FXCart for the past 2 years and autofills all
>>of our orders.
>>
>>Now, yes - many times extra work is needed as it is difficult to provide a
>>solution that is cookie cutter and fits everyones needs.  So, honestly,
>>FXCart will most likely require some modification :)
>>
>>Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>In Kindness
>>Stephen K Knight
>>http://www.fmwebschool.com
>>800.353.7950 / 386.453.5843
>>FMWebschool, we bring the web to life
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>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
>>[mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Alex Gates
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 3:56 PM
>>To: 'FX.php Discussion List'
>>Subject: [FX.php List] shopping cart solutions and filemaker
>>
>>Hi everyone-
>>
>>I was wondering if any of you have any experience with some shopping cart
>>solutions that work with FileMaker.
>>Have any of you used FXcart?
>>
>>Does anyone have any recommendations?
>>I'm not so sure that one of these "boxed" solutions is necessary.  
>>There are
>>many php shopping cart tutorials online - I suppose it's just a matter of
>>determining what I need to store in FileMaker.
>>
>>We use authorize.net and are somewhat anxious to replace our broken
>>ColdFusion solution... We'd really like to use FileMaker, of course.
>>
>>Any advice is certainly appreciated!
>>
>>Alex P. Gates
>>
>>
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