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  Mike Finko 28 Jul 21 13:06 GMT-0000

  "So please add any features or questions there if you have any." - Jonny (from email on Dev list.)

  Shopping Cart was one of the 'main' features that attracted me to Tiki in 2012, unfortunately, no matter how many times I tried (last time in mid 2020) I could never get it fully working.

  • issues with the inventory, I believe it was a separate tracker to set up, without this, any 'shopping cart' would not be usable (I gave it a good try, been using Trackers for a while now)
  • issues setting the front-end of the 'shopping cart up as PluginList (vs. just 'tiles')
    • got the list set up, and even pics, but could not get the calculations to work - as it was connected to a module that I had no control over as a non-programmer
  • no control/flexibility over the payment system (uses something called 'minify'?)

  
  I would recommend the Chinese strategy (to reduce time to production and have a clear goals) - at first, just copy 99% of OpenCart, PrestaShop or ZenCart (all seem to be successful) then, some 'window dressing' can be done to diverge once a good 'working' version is created. There is no shame is 'reverse-engineering'.

  br,
  Mike

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    Jonny Bradley 01 Aug 21 14:02 GMT-0000

    Hi @Mike Finko
    In a way i'm glad you're not using the existing cart features in Tiki because they're impossible to get working (i found the same) so it's another vote for what we're doing now to replace the current setup, rather than have to (optionally) add to it. I hope you'll be able to test when it's ready and i'll try and accommodate any additional features needed if possible.

    Zen Cart was once added to Tiki, but it was very fragile and the "integration" broke after a couple of releases on each side.
    A shopping site is basically just a few database tables (which Tiki can do very well with Trackers), along with user registration and management (which we have) and a payment gateway, which is the main part we need to fix i think, so trying to "blend in" and existing stand-alone shopping solution would not be a good fit in my opinion, and i think we have 80% of what we need already in place. So fixing the "Advanced Shopping Cart" feature should give us the quickest and best win, hopefully!

    Thanks for your interest, will try to keep you up to date on progress!

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      Mike Finko 06 Aug 21 06:59 GMT-0000

      Looking forward to testing!