[FX.php List] shopping cart solutions and filemaker

[Bob Patin]

You guys are too kind!

I still love to play, and jam sessions are always fun; I plan to pack  
a small keyboard rig with me, so I'll be armed and ready to rock!


On Feb 6, 2007, at 8:55 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:

> 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:
>>       AIM or iChat: longterm1954
>>       Yahoo: longterm_solutions
>>       MSN: tech at longtermsolutions.com
>>       ICQ: 159333060
>>
>>
>> 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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