Hi, I'm trying to create a small site selling eBooks in PDF format, I'd like to use Merchello because it looks like an interesting project that I'd like to learn more about. I have a few questions before I start though;
For a site selling less that 100 products is Merchello overkill?
Is there anything already written to deal with digital distribution rather than physical shipping?
I'm happy to roll up my sleeves and dive into the code if necessary so I'm just looking for an initial steer on if I'm using the right package and if I would be repeating someone else's work if I start writing code (I've looked and couldn't find anything but the Our search can be a bit unpredictable some times).
Merchello works very well with a small number of products.
There are actually some active pull requests dealing with digital distribution. I've had time to review and merge it in as of yet - planned for version 2.5.0 but would love your help and input as to how to get things integrated, with respect to back office adds, to make it a nice and succinct feature.
Apologies in the delay getting back to you, I'd love to get involved at whatever level is appropriate/possible.
I'll need a few days to get my head into the code as so far all I have done is install the fast track and have a snoop around the store it generates.
My customer requirement was to allow a buyer 5 downloads per purchase but I think the main criteria was to simply limit the availability of the download post purchase in some manner so I doubt the timed mechanism already written would be hard to sell as the solution.
With regards to back office adds I think another listing under 'Sales' which shows invoice#, date, customer, media info, date first accessed and either a reset button to allow customers a further chance at downloading or some kind of attempt count so the site owner can see any download with a lot of attempts against a key to indicate a possible problem.
That's all just off the top of my head, should this stuff be discussed somewhere other than the forum?
I know the DigitalMedia object has properties intended to set optional max number of downloads and an expiration date which should fit into your spec.
With regards to the resetting things in the back office, it'll probably be best to simply do an new directive that can be added to the sales overview page. They're actually pretty straight forward to write ...
I'm going to dive into the code/documentation over the weekend and have a play so I can familiarize myself before posting again, will be in touch when I know more =]
Digital Distribution(eBooks)
Hi, I'm trying to create a small site selling eBooks in PDF format, I'd like to use Merchello because it looks like an interesting project that I'd like to learn more about. I have a few questions before I start though;
I'm happy to roll up my sleeves and dive into the code if necessary so I'm just looking for an initial steer on if I'm using the right package and if I would be repeating someone else's work if I start writing code (I've looked and couldn't find anything but the Our search can be a bit unpredictable some times).
https://github.com/joelbhansen has been doing a bit with this - it'd be great to get him in on this discussion =)
Apologies in the delay getting back to you, I'd love to get involved at whatever level is appropriate/possible.
I'll need a few days to get my head into the code as so far all I have done is install the fast track and have a snoop around the store it generates.
My customer requirement was to allow a buyer 5 downloads per purchase but I think the main criteria was to simply limit the availability of the download post purchase in some manner so I doubt the timed mechanism already written would be hard to sell as the solution.
With regards to back office adds I think another listing under 'Sales' which shows invoice#, date, customer, media info, date first accessed and either a reset button to allow customers a further chance at downloading or some kind of attempt count so the site owner can see any download with a lot of attempts against a key to indicate a possible problem.
That's all just off the top of my head, should this stuff be discussed somewhere other than the forum?
Hey Simon,
I know the
DigitalMediaobject has properties intended to set optional max number of downloads and an expiration date which should fit into your spec.With regards to the resetting things in the back office, it'll probably be best to simply do an new directive that can be added to the sales overview page. They're actually pretty straight forward to write ...
Thanks Rusty,
I'm going to dive into the code/documentation over the weekend and have a play so I can familiarize myself before posting again, will be in touch when I know more =]
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