[TYPO3-commerce] Sponsoring new features: Cool-Menu and Related Products

[Ingo Schmitt]

Hi Eef ,
> Hello Commerce list and developers, 
>  
> Since a few weeks we, Aristo WebDesign, decided to switch to Commerce. This
> means we want to use commerce for several projects in next weeks/months. 
> We have read the forum discussions and understood that not all features are
> developed yet. Some of these features are really needed by us. This is why
> we want to help speeding up the process, by sponsoring these features. 
> We really hope that others join us in this, so we get some new features
> shortly to be used by everyone (if we have to pay for this all by us selves,
> then we will choose the use them exclusivly), so here is a chance to get
> some progress (and awards for developers who have invested lots of time
> allready. Thank you guys!).
>  

first of all, thanks for sharing your thoughts and thanks for your 
willing on sponsoring.

> New features we want to see (and to sponsor): 
>  
> 1.    Cool menu
> Advanced category-products menu, so we may use it in two approaches:
> a.     Have something like entrylevel, so we may cut menu into more smaller
> menus, to be spread over the screen (top, left, bottom). This should give us
> freedom in design. 

I had a chat with ricardo about this, and, to be honest, currently I 
don't understand why this is nessessary. You could have more than one 
menue on the page with different entry points. Maybe you could provide a 
  example, of what you want to archive.

> b.    Categories may have several levels. That is why products may be found
> on different levels. Correct? So what we need is a kind of bottom-up menu.
> This should show lowest category (with or without products) and 1,2 etc
> categories up. (so this is just otherway then normal menu, what allways
> starts counting from rootlevel). 
> What to use this for: Well such a menu might be very usefull to create pages
> with 1 long list with more categories and underlying products. As used for a
> menuchart of a restaurant (appetizers, primo, secondo,etc) or simular
> things. And I guess if you start thinking about this , you probably come up
> with new variations. 
> Ricardo Mieres started this one for us allready, but we will be happy to
> share sponsor costs and have more advanced menu-feautures. 

We should separate between menues and contents, since these are handled 
different. So, you want to use it for a menue?

>  
> 2.    Related products. 
> Some one allready asked on this list, but we need plugin variant to show
> related products, so we may introduce: "People who have bought this product
> also bought products listed below"   and simulare use. 

Juts for showing a list? How do you get the relations in the database. 
Where do you want to display them? Products page? Basket?

>  
> 3.    Simple checkout 
> Most checkouts are used to buy and pay. We also use commerce for productbook
> or portfolio, and then we need an alternative to just check 1 or more items
> and send a mail with text:  PLease send me more information about these
> products. 
> Yes, I know this can be done, by changing template myself, but why not make
> a nice multi-useable for this?  


>  
> I am looking forward for interested sponsors (and also developers who want
> to make these features)

If there is interest in these additions, I would suggest to split the 
discussion of what should be implemented in different threads and if 
know what we want, we should add these as features for sponsoring into 
the bugtracker. Ok for you?

ingo

>  
> Regards, Eef 
>  
> H.E. Weenink MBA
> Aristo WebDesign 


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