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7/22/2008 3:08 AM
 
I have found Catalook to be a feature rich cart, but the structure and code is a hairball and its performance is super sloooow with no PayPal Express.
 
I use ASPDNSF ML non-DNN it is a great product with a wsi that’s extremely useful. It uses xml transform for the front end, this can be a little difficult to work with and is limiting in comparison to using ascx controls
 
I am also using AliCommerce at www.webmazing.net and have found it to be a first class product.  It’s well structured with a consistent naming standard, skinning uses divs and css nicely. And most importantly it is fast with excellent SEO support.  It’s a little light on payment providers at this point, but it supports PayPal Express and Pro with support for refunds.
 
I highly recommend AliCommerce if you plan on running a busy site.

Robert Harriman
WEBMAZING.NET
AutoWebSuite / BrokerWebSuite

DNN Modules for Auto Dealers and Real Estate Professionals.

 
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7/22/2008 9:43 AM
 

Robert Harriman wrote
...found it to be a first class product.  It’s well structured with a consistent naming standard ...

According to the Alicommerce forums, there is no option to get the source code - so how are you able to determine the 'consistent naming standard'?  I'm thinking that you are meaning the namespaces and objects?

Without source code, it's a bit of a limited product, IMHO.  But if you don't need to modify any of the functionality, it seems easy to install and configure.

 
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7/23/2008 7:47 PM
 

Michael Gerholdt wrote

Catalook could certainly use a documentation make-over. And it is a little daunting at first with a UI that requires you to dig in and think.

But it is a strong product once you slow down, take a breath and figure it out. It really does it all.

No offence, Michael, but it's not about whether you can "figure it out", it's about if your clients can run a professional online business on solution you provided. If they can't, they will leave you and find one they can. Take "a fantastic looking DNN site with a big budget" as an example.

Actually if you browsed dnn ecommerce sites published on net a few months ago and revisit them today, you will be surprised by the number of the sites replaced by alternatives, mostly php-based solutions. This is where our Friends program comes from - we want to change the situation and build community confidence that DNN is a mature e-commerce platform. They just need to find a right solution.


Frank Wang
 
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7/23/2008 8:58 PM
 

Here's sort of a twisted response but I hope it isn't utterly out of place

 

Well, I meant my comment more to be read like "don't judge a book by its cover" ... the "cover" here being the CataLook documentation.

I'm not an ecommerce expert, but I have read comments by folks with years of ecommerce experience which are very impressive in terms of crediting CataLook as one of the best, if not the best, they've used in any platform. And I was able to get it working with no experience - because it really does what it is supposed to. Even though I scratched my head a few times and said, "Huh?"

I do that a lot. It's more about me and the fact that I'm a bit slow on the uptake once in a while than about the software.

There are lots of "new kids" on the block in terms of DNN modules and hopefully that's going to be a good thing.

But there are some more mature and long-standing modules which don't perhaps engage the community on these forums in a way that makes them seem accessible. And that's a shame, because there is some real power there. CataLook is an example. Enterprise forms is another. With Enterprise forms, I can populate a dropdownlist by binding to values retrieved from an Oracle database. And at each work flow step, I can execute SQL stored procedures - in the DNN database, in a different SQL database, in an Oracle database, in MS Access. When wanting to use DNN for a population that has lots of business data stored in Oracle - all of a sudden, you can do impressive things without having to do lots of integration and on-going synchronization.

I know, this isn't about Enteprise forms, it's about ecommerce ... but there are some modules out there that aren't discussed often or known as well as they should be, yet are incredible resources for a DNN portal. CataLook deserves some respect and acclaim, and not to be defined only by the competition.

All that said - welcome, AliCommerce, to the growing number of DNN modules that are here to be better and become the best and best-known.


pmgerholdt
 
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7/24/2008 7:34 AM
 

I've built a stand alone catalogue application that is easy to IFrame into DNN.  http://inventorylive.ca is the online demo.

Example of pulling this into DNN:
http://spplns.ca/Catalogue/tabid/81/Default.aspx 

Software is $500 for one user license, $30/mo hosting.


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