[TYPO3-UG US] Freeway

[Gabriel Anast]

I've had a bunch of work done by the guys at Zac-Ware... the developers 
of openFreeway, and have had a very good experience (both osCommerce 
work and TYPO3 development). According to Damian (at Zac-Ware) the next 
connector on the slate is Drupal and they are already started on it... 
but they (Zac-Ware & openFreeway) use TYPO3 for their sites, and they 
already have a proof of concept connector for TYPO3... but making a 
public release is not as important for them as making a public release 
for Joomla and Drupal.

So... I am willing to bet that $$$ would get them moving and I am 
guessing that between $1200 and $2000 would cover the initial 
development costs.

I am willing to put up $500 if I can get a couple matching donors? Maybe 
we can sponsor in the name of the T3 association... or as T3US?

--gabe

PS: the Magento system looks awesome as well... I'll have to admit. But, 
the next version of openFreeway promises to have a new templating system 
that will hopefully automate a lot of the manual editing that is 
required now, an extension system based on TER ideas, and all the other 
stuff that openFreeway already has... events, ticket sales, subscription 
sales, and appointment type scheduling.

Not sure when 1.5 will release, but 1.3 released on February 2, and 1.4 
released on May 15... so, hopefully 1.5 will release in mid summer.

> Freeway 1.5
> 
> We have already started working hard on a range of new extensions for Freeway 1.5 including:
> 
>     * Localisation process. After discussions with Andrew Eddie from the Joomla Core Team, we have planned to adopt the Joomla localisation processes. (Don't you love the power of the GPL license) The Joomla system is really fast with the use of .ini files.
>     * Removal of register_globals. We're completing plans before starting later this week.
>     * Template update. We are going for standards compliance and a fancy template management tool. Not sure which but will propose plans in three weeks. 1.5 might possibly not see the full impact of the new templating system.
>     * A plugin process for new extensions.
>     * A One Page Checkout process.
>     * Improvements to the Admin Tool interface
>     * Complex price breaks co-operation
>     * A modified upgrade process
>     * Tiny MCE as the Default HTML editor



Ron Hall wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> You all may be aware of this (I have been too swamped lately to follow 
> the conversations on this list) but in case you are not it is encouraging.
> 
>  I believe the date goals are all for 2008
> 
> http://www.typo3-jack.net/typo3-english-lists-netfielders-de/10577-typo3-announcing-freeway-ecommerce-typo3.html 
> 
> 
> http://www.openfreeway.org/home/blogs/damian-hickey/blog-post/browse/1/article/2008-a-big-year-for-freeway.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=601&cHash=07b42183f8 
> 
> 
> Notice that the main Freeway site runs on TYPO3
> 
> http://www.openfreeway.org/
> 
> Thanks,
> Ron