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  • 08-07-2009 4:54pm
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    Hydromonkey
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    I have a client who I'm installing an AV system into their new showrooms, they have asked me to advise on developing a sort of shopping cart based application to run internally for them. They want to be able to run through various categories and allow their customers to visually pick a list of products and print the results at the end. They need some sort of a CMS back-end to allow them add/remove products/categories themselves.

    I've not kept up with developments in web design for many years but my initial thoughts were some kind of an offline, database driven, e-commerce site could do the trick, without having to develop something from scratch.

    All I want to do is bring the right people to deal directly with the client. Any advice on what skills I should be looking for these people to have, or where best to find them, would be greatly appreciated.


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    Webmonkey
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    Is this some sort of touch screen catalog system, where they just select what products they potentially want to purchase and arrive at a cost? Are they just displaying a web page?

    A CMS backend to add/remove products including categories would not be much effort, so a custom solution wouldn't be a bad idea in my opinion.


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    Hydromonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 615 ✭✭✭Hydromonkey


    Hi Donal, long time no speak.

    I think ideally they'd like to do some sort of a touchscreen system but my feelings are that a web page on a big screen with a mouse is all they really need. As always it comes down to budget, which they have asked me to give an indication of. They're not a big business but this idea is core to their business model.


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    daymobrew
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    What about an open source e-commerce system like osCommerce or Zen Cart or Magneto?


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    Webmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    Hydromonkey wrote: »
    Hi Donal, long time no speak.

    I think ideally they'd like to do some sort of a touchscreen system but my feelings are that a web page on a big screen with a mouse is all they really need. As always it comes down to budget, which they have asked me to give an indication of. They're not a big business but this idea is core to their business model.
    Hi Daniel,

    It has been a while alright :)

    Well having a mouse or touch screen - they wouldn't be that different.
    Obviously you just want to show the web page full screen or something.

    I'm guessing this is just a catalogue and a basket option just to see what totals come to then they purchase else where.
    If I can be of any help let me know.


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