Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Joomla Chronoforms
Recently I needed to create custom forms for a client's website, in Joomla. I found Chronoforms to be very useful. It is more than 4 years old. It comes with a huge list of features with a very easy to use drag and drop interface to help you build any type of form you may need. I was able to integrate my forms with Virtuemart tables using PHP code. I was also able to submit the form data via email as well as post it to a database. This came in handy because I was not able to create custom forms within virtuemart easily. So I simply used virtuemart to display the products and their options in the front end of the website. Then I simply used Chronoforms together with Virtuemart tables to gather information from the visitors and send them to Paypal to pay! My client gets an email with all the selections a visitor has made and the amount they have paid. After that my client goes to paypal to verify if he actually recieved the amount. He can also see this transaction information in the joomla admin panel.
Labels: chronoforms, Joomla
Friday, December 11, 2009
Different E-commerce Solutions
You can pick and choose based on your requirements...
1) Custom shopping cart integration with Paypal, Authorize.net, Google Checkout or USA Epay. In a custom shopping cart you can define all the features you want and
the programmer will be able to create the shopping cart to suit your needs. You can have your own look and feel throughout the website. You will also be given an administration panel to manage your website content and products, accessories, inventory, shipping and handling, discounts, coupons, ads, transaction processing, recurring billing. You name it, I can do it!
2) Joomla has the features of a content management system with a shopping cart. This solution is better if you have a lower budget. In this you will have to work with the features that Joomla provides and the design can be customised keeping in mind the Joomla framework.
3) Simple website with shopping cart integrated with Mal's Ecommerce solution. Here when you add a product to your cart, you will be taken to Mal's e-commerce website.
This also I recommend only if you have a few products and also if you don't mind the look and feel of your website to change once you are taken to Mal's website.
4) Simple website with shopping cart integrated with X-cart. X-Cart is a e-commerce solution. So you can have a static website and when your customer clicks a tab like Products, they will be taken to the x-cart portion of your site. The designer can customise the look of x-cart to match your website however it won't be a perfect match. Again this solution is better if you have a lower budget. In this you will have to w0ork with the features that At the end of the day, in customising X-cart you may end up paying a programmer more because it costs time and money to customise a software that has been written by somebody else.
5) Simple website with Paypal's shopping cart. Paypal's shopping cart is feasible if you just have 5-10 products.Again here your look and feel will be compromised. You just need to think of the products you are going to be selling online and what kind of visitors you will be catering to.
6) Magento is an open source e-commerce platform with an impressive feature set out of the box. It is becoming very popular for people who want a store with a low budget.
Some of the available features include:
support for multiple currencies / stores
support for multiple payment providers
related products
discount codes
In addition if you find a feature you need that is not in the box there are a large amount of both free and commercial extensions that can be installed to bolt on new functionality to your store. Magento may not be suitable for all projects however. As with all off the shelf software it relies upon the user changing their working patterns to match the software, rather than the software working the way you want to work. However for start ups or businesses on a budget it’s a cost effective way of getting your shop up and running as quickly as possible.
What I can do for you?
Depending on your budget I can create a custom e-commerce website in PHP or Classic ASP. I can also provide anything from a simple installation to a full custom design for your store using Joomla, X-Cart or Magento. Whatever your imagination can think of I can provide it. Each new store needs skinning to make your store stand out from everyone else. Think of Magento, Joomla or X-cart as a basic structure which needs adding to and modifying…
1) Custom shopping cart integration with Paypal, Authorize.net, Google Checkout or USA Epay. In a custom shopping cart you can define all the features you want and
the programmer will be able to create the shopping cart to suit your needs. You can have your own look and feel throughout the website. You will also be given an administration panel to manage your website content and products, accessories, inventory, shipping and handling, discounts, coupons, ads, transaction processing, recurring billing. You name it, I can do it!
2) Joomla has the features of a content management system with a shopping cart. This solution is better if you have a lower budget. In this you will have to work with the features that Joomla provides and the design can be customised keeping in mind the Joomla framework.
3) Simple website with shopping cart integrated with Mal's Ecommerce solution. Here when you add a product to your cart, you will be taken to Mal's e-commerce website.
This also I recommend only if you have a few products and also if you don't mind the look and feel of your website to change once you are taken to Mal's website.
4) Simple website with shopping cart integrated with X-cart. X-Cart is a e-commerce solution. So you can have a static website and when your customer clicks a tab like Products, they will be taken to the x-cart portion of your site. The designer can customise the look of x-cart to match your website however it won't be a perfect match. Again this solution is better if you have a lower budget. In this you will have to w0ork with the features that At the end of the day, in customising X-cart you may end up paying a programmer more because it costs time and money to customise a software that has been written by somebody else.
5) Simple website with Paypal's shopping cart. Paypal's shopping cart is feasible if you just have 5-10 products.Again here your look and feel will be compromised. You just need to think of the products you are going to be selling online and what kind of visitors you will be catering to.
6) Magento is an open source e-commerce platform with an impressive feature set out of the box. It is becoming very popular for people who want a store with a low budget.
Some of the available features include:
support for multiple currencies / stores
support for multiple payment providers
related products
discount codes
In addition if you find a feature you need that is not in the box there are a large amount of both free and commercial extensions that can be installed to bolt on new functionality to your store. Magento may not be suitable for all projects however. As with all off the shelf software it relies upon the user changing their working patterns to match the software, rather than the software working the way you want to work. However for start ups or businesses on a budget it’s a cost effective way of getting your shop up and running as quickly as possible.
What I can do for you?
Depending on your budget I can create a custom e-commerce website in PHP or Classic ASP. I can also provide anything from a simple installation to a full custom design for your store using Joomla, X-Cart or Magento. Whatever your imagination can think of I can provide it. Each new store needs skinning to make your store stand out from everyone else. Think of Magento, Joomla or X-cart as a basic structure which needs adding to and modifying…
Labels: ASP, authorize.net, cms, google checkout, Joomla, magento, paypal, PHP, shopping cart, usaepay, x-cart
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Affordable Website Solutions
APSWebSolutions provides affordable custom website solutions for small to medium sized business. If you are doing all of your paperwork and data handling manually, I can make your life easier.
My mission is to provide quality website solutions for people who have the vision but limited finances.
I provide website design and website development to suit your needs. I develop content management systems that allow you to manage your website data from anywhere, so that you don’t need to depend on us. I am an expert in E-Commerce websites and proficient in project design.
Technical Highlights: HTML, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Flex, Javascript, Classic ASP, VB Script, ASP.NET, PHP, Ajax, Joomla, OS-Commerce, Drupal, WordPress, Cake PHP, MS-Access, MS-SQL Server, MySQL & Search Engine Optimization.
The reason I have a success story is because I answer the phone, emails, and communicate with you every step of the way. I am sincere in my work, and take every client seriously. Plus I have knowledge in cross-platform technologies (Microsoft or Open Source).
So whether you need maintenance or fixes on your existing website, or if you need a web application built from scratch, I have the expertise to get the job done. I have the creative talent to make a visually appealing website and the training and knowledge of current web technologies to turn your ideas into a reality! With my experience you can be sure that whatever your project demands are, I can deliver! If I cannot, I will be honest with you upfront.
Aparna Subramanian
Owner of APSWebSolutions
Contact : http://www.apswebsolutions.com/
702-516-2006
My mission is to provide quality website solutions for people who have the vision but limited finances.
I provide website design and website development to suit your needs. I develop content management systems that allow you to manage your website data from anywhere, so that you don’t need to depend on us. I am an expert in E-Commerce websites and proficient in project design.
Technical Highlights: HTML, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Flex, Javascript, Classic ASP, VB Script, ASP.NET, PHP, Ajax, Joomla, OS-Commerce, Drupal, WordPress, Cake PHP, MS-Access, MS-SQL Server, MySQL & Search Engine Optimization.
The reason I have a success story is because I answer the phone, emails, and communicate with you every step of the way. I am sincere in my work, and take every client seriously. Plus I have knowledge in cross-platform technologies (Microsoft or Open Source).
So whether you need maintenance or fixes on your existing website, or if you need a web application built from scratch, I have the expertise to get the job done. I have the creative talent to make a visually appealing website and the training and knowledge of current web technologies to turn your ideas into a reality! With my experience you can be sure that whatever your project demands are, I can deliver! If I cannot, I will be honest with you upfront.
Aparna Subramanian
Owner of APSWebSolutions
Contact : http://www.apswebsolutions.com/
702-516-2006
Labels: Ajax, ASP.NET, Cake PHP, Classic ASP, Drupal, Flash, Illustrator, Javascript, Joomla, MS-Access, MS-SQL Server, MySQL, OS-Commerce, Photoshop, PHP, Search Engine Optimization, VB Script, WordPress
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