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[Guest]

Hi! I need to create a site, based , if possible, on os Comm, but disable shopping cart and login. This means modifing oscomm so that it becomes a presentation site, only for information. Could this be done? I saw that there is a contrib disable buy now, but I'm not sure if this is all it takes. Could some one give me some advice on this?

 

Thank you very much!

[Guest]

If I'd combine disable buy now and purchase without account would that do?

[Guest]

needs more than that. I am doing something similar and have to modify all kinds of components and dbase tables.

[Guest]

Could I ask for your help, for guidance or something? At least some hints on what to do, some steps to follow...I'm sure you are very busy as many of the members here are, but maybe....Thank you in advance.

[Guest]

I am customizing it to provide services descriptions and private contacts. So I have to take out entirely the shopping cart module and modify the login to create accounts without passwords and then the admin side needs similar mods.

 

Once this is done I would start the specifics mods for the new site. Unless you want to leave a lot of unused code in your tree and simply hide it. But I dont have good experience doing this because it may cause all kinds of problems.

[Guest]

Thanks! Where would I begin taking out the shopping cart? I'm new at this, but I'm a quick learner. And login, can it be totally removed?

[Guest]

I dont know all details start searching your tree for the various components and associations like login is obviously login.php but other files like the header.php in this example calls it (language related files & definitions). So you have to find the associations for each component you need to take out.

[Guest]

I've tested a bit on my site...And I see that it would be ok to use disable buy now; doing it for all the prods gives me what I need. Also, I've just temporarily removed some boxes, like login or write reviews and it seems ok. And I guess later, if need I could easily activate those functions. Is there somehow that only doing that could interfere with the good functionality of the site if no one can actually buy something? And if yes, how and where? And is there a way, a mod that allows anyone, even without creating an account, to sign up for newsletters?

 

My "client", a friend actually, is only interested on what he sees, not what is in the code...So this is why I want to know if proceeding this way shows something wrong on the surface. Thank you!

[Guest]

you could try it just be careful of security holes because the shopping cart php files are present and so someone could post the products_id with your shopping cart address. And I have no idea what would happen.

 

For the notifications you could replicate the contact us page to send notifications to an email address.

[Guest]

Hmmmm...I'm not sure what that means, but thanks for telling me what could expect me. In any case, as I'll work on the site I'll se exactly what my options are and what errors I encounter when I do certain modifications. I hope I'll manage to finish this project, because I've became attached to oscomm and wouldn't want to change it for anything else.:)

 

Oh, and as far as the newsletter part is concerned, i found this contrib which I guess would o: Newsletter & Subscribers. It says that:

 

Newsletter & Subscribers

 

The purpose of this module is to bridge a gap in the current OSCommerce application.

 

At present only registered persons can choose to receive the newsletter. The goal of this module is to allow visitors who would not want to register or purchase at present to register to receive the store newsletter.

 

Process

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The process of the module is the following

 

catalog side

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The module provides the possibility for a visitor

 

-> to register to receive the newsletter. (all infos stored in a new table called subscribers)

-> to manage his registration throught a screen (modify info received and unsubscribe)

-> to have access (if registered) to the subscription center through the "my account" page.

 

admin side

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The module provides the possibility for the store admin

 

-> to view and edit the subscribers info. (blacklist some users in order for them not to receive newsletters even though they are registered)

-> to manage the newsletters to be sent.

-> to manage the dynamic headers, footers, and unsubscribe links to be added to the body of the newsletter.

-> to synchronise info between customers table and subscribers table (optional)

 

 

What do you think?

[Guest]

yes that should do the newsletters. And has all the sql requirements ready