In need of an on-line catalog
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In need of an on-line catalog
Now, I am fairly new to php but after playing arround with a php forum an a php portal I realy like it.
I searched the web and I found some php catalogs but none of them seem to work without some little errors.
Maybe it is my configuration of the server, i don't know for sure ( MS 2003 server with IIS 6, PHP 5.1.2 , Mysql 5.018 ) but all the small errors are taking out the fun of working with php.
But now I need to make an on-line catalog for a website. I don't need a complete shop because there will be no selling on the website but I need to show pictures en detailed information for about 200 items. Does anyone know a good piece of code or complete software to do this task?
Thanks in advance!
I searched the web and I found some php catalogs but none of them seem to work without some little errors.
Maybe it is my configuration of the server, i don't know for sure ( MS 2003 server with IIS 6, PHP 5.1.2 , Mysql 5.018 ) but all the small errors are taking out the fun of working with php.
But now I need to make an on-line catalog for a website. I don't need a complete shop because there will be no selling on the website but I need to show pictures en detailed information for about 200 items. Does anyone know a good piece of code or complete software to do this task?
Thanks in advance!
You may find something on http://hotscripts.com
I tried several scripts but all of them seem to have a little flaw in the end or they have way to much functions.agtlewis wrote:You may find something on http://hotscripts.com
But thanks for the tip!
Yep.. thats what i thought.. that advice is often given but most of the scripts that are offered should be multi platform they promise..phpdevuk wrote:you might have more luck running your scripts on a linux box, as many are designed to run on a linux/apache/mysql setup. Try digging around for a free host online if you don't fancy setting one up yourself.
windows php setups do work, its just that most of the scripts are developed on linux so the paths are setup for that, theres a few other issues with windows that can cause problems as well. Having looked at a few online shop scripts before alot of them do suffer from bugs that occur just simply because of different php setups. Have a look at something like osCommerce, thats a pretty well supported php online shop thats free and has a good community, I'd imagine you'd be able to get help setting it up from the forums there.
That is often the problem. the windows setup mostly do work but later on you run into some minor problems.phpdevuk wrote:windows php setups do work, its just that most of the scripts are developed on linux so the paths are setup for that, theres a few other issues with windows that can cause problems as well. Having looked at a few online shop scripts before alot of them do suffer from bugs that occur just simply because of different php setups. Have a look at something like osCommerce, thats a pretty well supported php online shop thats free and has a good community, I'd imagine you'd be able to get help setting it up from the forums there.
And because I don't know enough of PHP I can't find the problem. Most scripts have little or no support at all.
But I am gonna try OScommerce now, it looks good and has a good community as far as I can see.
Thanks verry much for the tip and I will let you know...
After some problems ( again related to the IIS an MS2003 ) I managed to setup OScmmerce.
It is a verry nice piece of work and when in need of a complete web shop it is the thing to go for I gues!
But.. it does to much.
I think it is impossible to set it up as a catalog only.
So if anyone has a suggestion...
It is a verry nice piece of work and when in need of a complete web shop it is the thing to go for I gues!
But.. it does to much.
I think it is impossible to set it up as a catalog only.
So if anyone has a suggestion...
so your only after a catalog with like a CMS to go with, no shop or anything, sorry I misunderstood. I'll have a nose around hotscripts.com and sourceforge.net and see if there is anything I can spot that looks good. It is quite easy to write your own sort of thing like this though, maybe you should have a go at that?
I agree that for only a catalog/showcase a complete webshop setup is too much. Should keep things simple. Writing such a thing wouldn't be too difficult (certainly with some help here).
You could also try to use a basic cms/weblog script and us that. I have seen so many creative uses for wordpress for example, it's incredible.
Maybe if you could describe a bit more specifically what you want (what pages, what views, etc) we can think along.
You could also try to use a basic cms/weblog script and us that. I have seen so many creative uses for wordpress for example, it's incredible.
Maybe if you could describe a bit more specifically what you want (what pages, what views, etc) we can think along.
Yes that is exactly what I am looking for. Maybe I didn't explain that wellphpdevuk wrote:so your only after a catalog with like a CMS to go with, no shop or anything, sorry I misunderstood. I'll have a nose around hotscripts.com and sourceforge.net and see if there is anything I can spot that looks good. It is quite easy to write your own sort of thing like this though, maybe you should have a go at that?
Write it my self is not an option I think, I know some verry basis functions of php and Mysql and editing the templates but write something from scratch is not my field. I would like to learn but time is not on my side right now.
If you can spot anything that fit my needs .. that would be great.
I looked arround and tried several scripts but all of them had little errors witch I couldn't solve and there was not a good community to support my questions.
Basicly the functions of a webshop without the shopping cart.matthijs wrote:I agree that for only a catalog/showcase a complete webshop setup is too much. Should keep things simple. Writing such a thing wouldn't be too difficult (certainly with some help here).
You could also try to use a basic cms/weblog script and us that. I have seen so many creative uses for wordpress for example, it's incredible.
Maybe if you could describe a bit more specifically what you want (what pages, what views, etc) we can think along.
So I need a CMS with a product catalog with pictures ( about 10 cattegories ), descriptions and pricing. Functions to control a mailing list and if possible some site management for lay out, banners, mail to function and news.
The pages I need are basicly one page for each product cattegorie, pages for every product and detailed pages for each product with pictures.
Ofcourse there shoud be one main page with basic information about the catalog and a menu with the cattegories.
So let's see:
- 10 categories
- each category holds many products
- each product has a picture and some text (description)
- site management: be able to add/edit items and categories
- news
- mailing list: think this could/should be a seperate thing. There are many open source mailing list apps ot there. I can point you to some if you want
- mail to function: what do you mean by this?
I think wordpress can be used very well for this. Certainly when you already know some php. The documentation and support is very good.
Check out how 9rules used wp to build their site http://9rules.com/blog/2006/01/building ... -episode1/ and http://9rules.com/blog/2006/01/building ... episode-2/.
With the default install you'll have a front page where you can add newsitems.
Then, for the categories there are 2 options.
First, you can choose to use "pages" for the categories and build subpages below those. Pages in wp are a bit like "static" pages in a normal site, but in fact they are just entries in the database. In the latest wp there's an option to upload a picture with each article/post, so that takes care of the images. It's very easy to add, edit and arrange the pages.
The other possibility is to start by making the categories, and posting the items in those categories. That would be a better option if you would like the categories to be more time-sensitive (the newest items appear on top).
The flexibility and possibilities are huge. You could build seperate templates for each section or categorie, etc.
(as you can guess I don't have experience with typo..sorry)
- 10 categories
- each category holds many products
- each product has a picture and some text (description)
- site management: be able to add/edit items and categories
- news
- mailing list: think this could/should be a seperate thing. There are many open source mailing list apps ot there. I can point you to some if you want
- mail to function: what do you mean by this?
I think wordpress can be used very well for this. Certainly when you already know some php. The documentation and support is very good.
Check out how 9rules used wp to build their site http://9rules.com/blog/2006/01/building ... -episode1/ and http://9rules.com/blog/2006/01/building ... episode-2/.
With the default install you'll have a front page where you can add newsitems.
Then, for the categories there are 2 options.
First, you can choose to use "pages" for the categories and build subpages below those. Pages in wp are a bit like "static" pages in a normal site, but in fact they are just entries in the database. In the latest wp there's an option to upload a picture with each article/post, so that takes care of the images. It's very easy to add, edit and arrange the pages.
The other possibility is to start by making the categories, and posting the items in those categories. That would be a better option if you would like the categories to be more time-sensitive (the newest items appear on top).
The flexibility and possibilities are huge. You could build seperate templates for each section or categorie, etc.
(as you can guess I don't have experience with typo..sorry)