suggestions

Hi, a couple of suggestions that will make your cart even better!

1. SSL for admin login
2. SSL for login/registration ets for the customer
3. support for shared SSL
3. blog show only so many comments per page (admin control)
4. add to cart button in wish list
5. thumbnails of products in cart

Thankyou

zen i agree,

i would also add the following which would make it even better :

Storefront :

1 - support changing themes and layouts on the fly from admin pages. this would require moving master pages and templates under app_themes folder.
2 - the capability of building a dynamic menu and adding custom pages (even html) would a be a HUGE PLUS. if you already support editing and publishing html content in news and blogs, why not making them components to add on custom pages  along with a simple ,  why not convert it into a full page rather then a list of news and blogs which would make it a mini cms.
2 - show featured products on home page. may be scrolling ...
3 - disable buy button still shows price . if it is meant to be like that, maybe adding a hide price option or replace it with call for pricing would be a plus.
4 - display icons for product specifications (such as bluetooth , wifi, RAM)...


Admin Area

1 - Better menu (easy to change)
2 - Dashboard with some stats : appears as you login.
3 - Usage of master details or ajaxified popups for editing.
4 - add buttons to cancel editing operation
5 - redirect to previous pae after delete, add, update and save (now it seems like it is doing nothing although it did complete) and refress the previous page. ie: a delete executes correctly but the page remains the same. pressing a back button to return to previous still shows the deleted record until you refresh the page...
6 - Role based access to functionalities and admin functions (such as addinng and removing payments methods, languages, pages ...)
7 - send whish list content to customers and or other emails
8 - e-Gift : sending a dollar value to an email address for purchase. in otherwords, it is a paid coupon.
9 - applying custom rules to create opportunities like : buy x get y free or get z% off.
10 - sending and or downloading invoice in pdf or other format on transaction completion from admin area or from customer space.


the list can grow.... of course it would require time but some features are really needed to make nopcommerce a top noch system.

Thank you.

Thanks a lot. Some of your suggestions are already implemented. Some of them are in our Roadmap. Some of them will be implemented later. You can also look at list of changes for upcoming version

hello again.

a couple of more things i forgot to mention in my post that can be GREAT to have :

1 - the product image files are now store in database. i think it would be much better to have them stored in local directories as follows :

--Catalog
--------Original
--------Large
--------Medium
--------Small or thumb

with an image resize on the fly. you can create as many sizes as you need based on your design ... sizes can be stored in the settings.  there is a great library that des already that.

look at : http://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/ImageResizingManager.aspx


2 - Languages are very hard to maintain . as they are now. why not display a grid with the KEY on the far left column and the translations by language in the next columns. this way, adding a key allows you to add all language texts in the same row.


3 - do you have an estimate on when will the next release be available ? (i know you said several days about a week ago.) an indication would be very helpful.

thanks again.

Thanks for your suggestions!

New release will be available in three days.

Also, no webpart customizations were been taken, can provide if possible, like what www.google.com/ig or www.bbc.co.uk does, with ajax effects.
refer : www.dropthings.com or http://www.codeplex.com/dropthings for code

hello vkc

it would be great. did you already implement this? if yes, i'm very interested in trying it out. if not, can we cooperate on it ?

On our website we use a dynamic resize .net script. Just upload a large image and based on setting it will dynamically resize the image to given size on the fly:

<img src="/modules/thumbview.aspx?img=/store/images/acer_veriton.jpg&h=100&w=120" />

This way you only have to use one product image and don't need to upload different sizes or need image converter image option in the backend it also saves in storage of all the different image sizes. You can also add watermarks to the image on the fly.


Suggestion:
One of the most needed things in the store are invoices to send to customers. On the invoice the product list would be without taxes and on the bottom of the invoice the total price including taxes etc. It also has to deal with high and low tax rates.

And the possibility (for Europe) to show product prices in the store including taxes.


Maybe this is already there, but did not find a setting to show products in store inc. tax. or a email invoice other than notify person that order is being processed.

I would happily provide some examples for the code and invoice suggestions

hello USR,

thanks for the ideas. i also thought about a script for dynamic image resize but could not find a good one.
I also agree with you on invoices and would be very interested in seeing how you handled both points (the scipt and the invoices examples).

thank you in advance.

sch09 wrote:

Thanx!

But I am just getting used the how the sourcecode is working and related to each other part of the code, I allready started to change some layout/presentation issues. See I am more a layout/gui and user interaction designer then a .net developer. (i can dream HTML, Javscript/Jquery and ASP Classic tho)

For example the CheckoutBillingAddress.aspx page. I found it more useful to place the billing address and new billing address alongside each other, making more room below for the order summery. I also made some changes the way the postal address is shown. I know its hard to standardize  this because every country has their own way of addressing: In the Netherlands its common to do it like this:

Company
Person name
Address
City  Postcode
Country


Also I am trying to figure out how the tax is included with a item price. I can see in the backend that there is option for a tax provider and tax categorie. but how do I set it to include 19% taxes. Do i have to write my own tax provider for this. For a normal user this is a no go.

Just make a option for the shopowner to add different tax categories and give a decimal tax percentage field to the category for the product pricing. User then can choose the tax setting from a dropdown list when adding/editing a product. In some country's there are high and low tax for some products. So making one global tax provider for all products is not a good idea. (maybe make one tax option a default for all products)Seems like this is only available in the product variant info template.

Secondly; add a global option for the shop to show product with or without tax or with both like:

ITEM: Apple ipod sock
Price:  €9,99  
incl 19%: € 11,81

for most European stores its common to show prices including tax.


Another thing is, that when a person has registered by filling in their information and then has shopped for some items and is going into the checkout path. They have to type their Postal information. Its much more convenient to just copy the address information from their registration and copy it to the postal information automatically because 9 out of 10 times the postal address is the same as the billing address.

Like i said, i first need to get my way into the source before i make any 'big' changes. And maybe some of the above are already there but I have not found it yet ;)