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

[H.E.Weenink | Aristo WebDesign]

Hello Ingo, 

good idea to split this up. I will do so. 

Eef  

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> Namens Ingo Schmitt
> Verzonden: donderdag 22 november 2007 14:33
> Aan: typo3-project-commerce at lists.netfielders.de
> Onderwerp: Re: [TYPO3-commerce] Sponsoring new features: 
> Cool-Menu and Related Products
> 
> 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 
> 
> 
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen
> -- 
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