Demo / Download
This page was last updated on: 20. December
2002
We have demo links, on both major platforms (Unix/MS), that use a sample
database. Most of the features implemented in the shop are present in
the demo. We will list a couple of them, and where to find them:
The user id and the password for the shop manager is "admin".
Please don't mess up the database too much, now that you have access :).
Before you start downloading, please note that:
Upselling products is set up currently as follows:
- Every category and subcategory upsells all its items (I might have
missed entering a couple though)
- The main page, the cart and the search result page upsell all the
items in the database
- The selection of the items to be upsold is made on the following principle:
- no item displayed in the actual page display, cart item, or search
result, will appear in the upsell list
- the number of upsell items shown at the same time can be set in the
upsell database
The user database(s) can be accessed under "My Account",
where the users can create/edit/delete their billing/shipping records,
as well as the credit card records on file. Currently the card numbers
are being saved unencrypted in the "usercreditcard.db",
so make sure your server security is tight enough. The user password is
saved in clear text, it could be encrypted on request.
The shop offers as well an overview over the orders placed, and the online
delivery contents.
The tax is being calculated either for the US/Canada states, or
for the other countries, using the "states.db" and the
"countries.db"
There is a table in the database that offers extensive support for tax
models.
Product options are supported throughout the shop. You can apply
discounts or markups for every value of the option, either as a fix amount,
or as a percent, how you feel like it.
The language content of the options is contained in the same file, although
it could be implemented separately, if need be. At this moment, only English
and German is implemented, you can add more languages as you need. The
procedure will be explained in the description of the shop views and templates.
The orders are saved in two different ways. For one, every order
is saved as a text file, with the name of the order number. These files
can be found in the folder: shops/city/Logs/orders.
Every order is then saved in the file "orders.db". With
the order, we save the billing and shipping addresses, the total, the
payment and shipment mode, as well as the list of the items and options
ordered.
Since we want to save the products with all the options as well as the
prices at the time of purchase, and the number of items and options is
variable, we choosed to save the order content in a separate table, "orderdata.db"
one item at a time.
Additionally, the orders can be mailed to both the user and the admin.
The payment options are multiple. Along with this shop,
we developed a common payment gateway, named "EPI"
(E-Payment Interface). We distribute the shop with plugins for a
host of gateways, please check here
for a complete list.
If somebody can provide documentation for other gateways, we could
develop plugins for those gateways as well.
We implemented a bare-bones advertising mechanism, which is represented
by the promotional links that we display on the main page. You can, if
you wish, define for every major shop area, a different set of links you
want to display. Later on, we will eventually build an ad manager for
the shop, as a plugin.
Shipping is being calculated only for the UPS shipping carrier, and
some simple mapper schemes. We did not invest any time yet to implement
shipping tables for USPS and/or FedEx, but we have that in our plan. From
certain sources we heard that the online gateway for FedEx is returning
erroneous rates, so we are not in a hurry to implement something that
could be broken from the get-go.
The search is performed against the main product database. We
did not implement (yet) a search for the html static content, as we do
not have static content in the first place. As soon we will come up with
the support for the static product pages, the search for those pages will
be as well available.
Also, the search is being performed against the active language content.
That means, if a visitor opts for the German content, only the fields
with German language content will be searched, along with the other generic
fields.
DOWNLOADS:
Please remember that the advertising
information should remain on the pages where it is, if you want to use
this shop for free. For pricing information for the unrestricted version,
please check the main page.
You can download the script at the following locations:
Please read the updated info on the last
updates page BEFORE you download!
Download the NT zipped
version here
Download the tar/gzip
version here
If you cannot find the tar/gzip file, that means that the zip file has
been updated, and no tar was made yet. You can use the zip file, and make
the changes to accommodate your system, as described in the "Install"
section.
Here is a download
link for the development release. Note that this zip is the latest
code in work, and might not be 100% functional.
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