[FX.php List] shopping cart solutions and filemaker

[Dale Bengston]

Yes, getting to hear Bob play would be worth a trip to Orlando in  
August!

On Feb 6, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Stephen Knight wrote:

> Bob,
>
> Wonderful!  I look forward to seeing you again!  This will be my  
> 5th Devcon
> and I've had a blast each time!  You should have lots of fun, and  
> they have
> a terrific Jam session every year.  In case you guys didn't know,  
> Bob is an
> amazing musician.  If you ever get a chance to hear one of his  
> cd's, you
> will be in for a real treat.  (I've got two)
>
> I will pass your email on to Allyson, your words were indeed very  
> kind, and
> I am sure it will make her evening.  Thanks again!
>
>
> In Kindness
> Stephen K Knight
> http://www.fmwebschool.com
> 800.353.7950 / 386.453.5843
> FMWebschool, we bring the web to life
> FX.PHP PHP XML MySQL CDML ASP
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:15 PM
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] shopping cart solutions and filemaker
>
> Stephen,
>
> I'm hereby PROMISING I'll be at DevCon this year. I went to  
> MacWorld Expo
> and had a ball, and it made me realize that I need to make the  
> effort and go
> to Devcon as well, where I know I'll have an even better time. It's  
> already
> on my calendar...
>
> As an unsolicited testimonial, if I hadn't taken the course down in  
> Orlando
> with you guys, I probably would have put off learning PHP for  
> another year
> or more. Sure, I could've learned it on my own, but I probably  
> would've
> procrastinated forever... Allyson does a great job of presenting  
> the core
> fundamentals, and got me started in a big way.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bob Patin
> Longterm Solutions
> bob at longtermsolutions.com
> 615-333-6858
> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
>
>    CONTACT US VIA INSTANT MESSAGING:
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>
> On Feb 6, 2007, at 6:04 PM, Stephen Knight wrote:
>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> Very nice work on the sites.  Ally says thank you!  See you at Devcon
>> this year?
>>
>>
>> In Kindness
>> Stephen K Knight
>> http://www.fmwebschool.com
>> 800.353.7950 / 386.453.5843
>> FMWebschool, we bring the web to life
>> FX.PHP PHP XML MySQL CDML ASP
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
>> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 6:06 PM
>> To: FX.php Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] shopping cart solutions and filemaker
>>
>> 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
>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>> 615-333-6858
>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
>>
>>    CONTACT US VIA INSTANT MESSAGING:
>>       AIM or iChat: longterm1954
>>       Yahoo: longterm_solutions
>>       MSN: tech at longtermsolutions.com
>>       ICQ: 159333060
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 FX.PHP PHP XML MySQL CDML ASP
>>>
>>> -----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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