November 28, 2004. I am nearly done with all of the features I was hoping to include in my conversion & enhancement of the IBuySpy portal store, which is available for download to all registered users from the DotNetNuke > DNN Cart tab. I started Izaak Kelly's IBuySpy StarterKit Conversion for DotNetNuke 1.0, and converted it to use the DotNetNuke 2.x Data Access Layer. This was a relatively straightforward process as the DNN 2.x DAL is actually a lot simpler than the old school brute force data access. Then I integrated some of the ideas from the OZMCart IBuySpy Store/Commerce Starter Kit Mod ... Read More »
I started Izaak Kelly's IBuySpy StarterKit Conversion for DotNetNuke 1.0, and converted it to use the DotNetNuke 2.x Data Access Layer. This was a relatively straightforward process as the DNN 2.x DAL is actually a lot simpler than the old school brute force data access. Then I integrated some of the ideas from the OZMCart IBuySpy Store/Commerce Starter Kit Mod ...
Progress continues on the IBuySpy Store DotNetNuke Module. Over the last several days, I have completed the basic structure for three container controls: a Main control to host all of the various controls for the basic shopping cart; An Account control to host all of the controls responsible for Account Administration; and an Admin control to host administrative controls.I originally planned on having a separate module host the admin functionality, but after toying with loading controls into placeholders, I discovered it was a lot easier just to load a container control into another container control. The main control only uses a single control type in it's argument, the sub Admin & Account controls have a secondary control type to determine which control to load. Pretty slick, but not nearly as slick as what dnnElearn does for the Class Room module (which I hope to help on soon).The module is currently glamourware: I am just wanting to drive some traffic to this site. I am guessi ... Read More »
Progress continues on the IBuySpy Store DotNetNuke Module. Over the last several days, I have completed the basic structure for three container controls: a Main control to host all of the various controls for the basic shopping cart; An Account control to host all of the controls responsible for Account Administration; and an Admin control to host administrative controls.
I originally planned on having a separate module host the admin functionality, but after toying with loading controls into placeholders, I discovered it was a lot easier just to load a container control into another container control. The main control only uses a single control type in it's argument, the sub Admin & Account controls have a secondary control type to determine which control to load. Pretty slick, but not nearly as slick as what dnnElearn does for the Class Room module (which I hope to help on soon).
The module is currently glamourware: I am just wanting to drive some traffic to this site. I am guessi ...
I have finished the main control for the admin section and created user controls to manage each of the various Commerce functions: Products, Categories, Orders, Reports, Customers and Store Configuration. I have got the Products administrative control functioning essentially just like the pattern provided in the OZM Cart admin interface, which I actually kind of like which uses an Add, Edit, and Browse panel instead of a separate Add & Browse page. ASP.NET Panel control makes this a snap. OZM Cart has a rudimentary product Image & Thumbnail upload which I modified to upload a single image file to the portal upload directory\DNNKart\ProductImages\{Filename}. I then took the Picture.aspx file I modified heavily for Ideacca Photo album and modified it to accept just the image & width as arguments, which will then scale the image accordingly and display where appropriate. One thing that has annoyed me about working with shopping carts in the past is how much of a pain ... Read More »
I have finished the main control for the admin section and created user controls to manage each of the various Commerce functions: Products, Categories, Orders, Reports, Customers and Store Configuration.
I have got the Products administrative control functioning essentially just like the pattern provided in the OZM Cart admin interface, which I actually kind of like which uses an Add, Edit, and Browse panel instead of a separate Add & Browse page. ASP.NET Panel control makes this a snap.
OZM Cart has a rudimentary product Image & Thumbnail upload which I modified to upload a single image file to the portal upload directory\DNNKart\ProductImages\{Filename}. I then took the Picture.aspx file I modified heavily for Ideacca Photo album and modified it to accept just the image & width as arguments, which will then scale the image accordingly and display where appropriate.
One thing that has annoyed me about working with shopping carts in the past is how much of a pain ...
I had to restore my DotNetNuke database from backup on Friday because of a bad install related to the DotNetWiki module for DotNetNuke. I should have backed up the database before I did it. I just finished converting Izaak Kelly's IBuySpy ASP.NET StarterKit Conversion for DotNetNuke to use the DotNetNuke DAL, as well as fix a few other issues I had with it. As time permits, I will work on integrating basic Admin capabilities into the cart, including of course Image Upload; basic Inventory Management and finally UPS & Paypal integration. Read More »
I had to restore my DotNetNuke database from backup on Friday because of a bad install related to the DotNetWiki module for DotNetNuke. I should have backed up the database before I did it.
As time permits, I will work on integrating basic Admin capabilities into the cart, including of course Image Upload; basic Inventory Management and finally UPS & Paypal integration. Read More »