[ic] Agora Shopping Cart is a lot better!
Chris Jesseman
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Mon, 02 Oct 2000 18:20:27 GMT
Rocky,
Some providers thrive on this sort of service and some don't advertise it
but don't care if you bind ports as long as it is justifiable...
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On 10/2/00, 2:09:14 PM, Rocky Marquiss <rmarquiss@discovercreation.org>
wrote regarding Re: [ic] Agora Shopping Cart is a lot better!:
> John,
> You asked "As to a single store using MV/IC, why not?" Maybe I missed
> something. If somebody like myself is being hosted by an outside company
> and has standard cgi-bin abilities - can interchange be used? The way
mine
> installed required a program to run on the server at all times for it to
> work - and most host providers I know kinda frown on that sorta thing.
> I'd be happy to be proven wrong however... :-)
> Rocky
> At 11:53 AM 10/2/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> >G'Day Again Steve,
> >
> >I too have used MiniVend and now Interchange as a front end to an SQL
> >database
> >and not to seel anything. It is PERFECT for this application.
> >
> >Personally I treat MiniVend as a tool for a dynamic content based site.
Any
> >site can be braught to life with MV/IC.
> >
> >As to who should and shouldn't use it. Well if you are not a programmer
you
> >shouldn't use it or you should hire one. Minivend is not for new users.
If
> >you
> >don't know or can't learn Perl, and have no idea what a shell account
it,
> >don't
> >bother me hacks about an excelent product. I actually wrote that guy an
> >e-mail
> >he pissed me off so much.
> >
> >There are three types of people in this world smart, stupid, and
ignorant.
> >Ignorant people are just people with a lack of knoweldge. After you
teach
> >them
> >they are fine. Stupid people however are just stupid, and I can't deal
with
> >stupid people. He is stupid.
> >
> >As to a single store using MV/IC, why not! I have setup two of these.
Most of
> >the time you just replace the graphics, and do minor mods to the
template and
> >away you go!
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >Quoting Steve & Patti Getzinger <steveandpatti@wubs.org>:
> >
> > > John,
> > > There are so many pointers on this person but I liked that post also.
> > > I
> > > actually looked at agora.com listed in his post and it doesn't look all
> > > that bad.
> > > There are many more features available with MV/IC but MV/IC as I
> > > interpret it
> > > (feel free to jump in and cut me off at the knees here Mike :) ) was not
> > > designed
> > > for single site people first. It was designed with server admins in mind
> > > who
> > > distribute it's abilities to end users running one site. I think many
> > > people jump
> > > in thinking it's a script to help them sell on the Net.
> > >
> > > It is extremely powerful without using it for selling a product. Let's
> > > examine
> > > running a site with something like one of my present projects. We are
> > > putting the
> > > Bible up online. Look at all involved to put 31,100 seperate verses that
> > > must be
> > > sorted and stacked and all that good stuff. Now add in the ability to
> > > pull from
> > > that file with simple [if] tags and then use simple [include] tags and
> > > we have a
> > > site with a ton of cool features without 100 little scripts to do it
> > > all. No SSI
> > > to deal with and so on. With MV/IC I have built in search that I can
> > > tweak to my
> > > desires easily. I don't have to build 31,100 pages nor anything even
> > > close.
> > >
> > > Yes I recommend MV/IC to people who need many of it's features that
> > > are not
> > > selling a thing. GREAT site tool. By the way I plan on adding multiple
> > > versions
> > > of the Bible as time goes on. 31,100 seperate entries per version. I
> > > should have
> > > well over 100,000 "products" before to long. :)
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > > John Beima wrote:
> > >
> > > > G'Day Steve,
> > > >
> > > > Actually I liked his prior e-mail about running the config script
> > > through his
> > > > web browser... That shows his skill level right there... Let them have
> > > him!
> > > >
> > > > John Beima
> > > > jbeima@palb.com
> > > >
> > > > P.A.L.B. Systems - Phone: (780)451-1086 - Fax: (780)447-4760
> > > > 11639-122 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5M 0B6
> > > >
> > > > Quoting Steve & Patti Getzinger <steveandpatti@wubs.org>:
> > > >
> > > > > Well I think about sums it all up :) Everyone ready? Run :) What do
> > > you
> > > > > expect from someone who sends HTML email :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Steve
> > > > >
> > > > > Twm Enterprises wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Agora is a lot better. Better Docs, Faster and it works on all
> > > servers
> > > > > > that except CGI. I got this and it plain stinks!!!! throw it in
> > > > > > garbage!!!! go to www.agoracgi.com
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > =========================================================
> > > > > WDI Steve & Patti Getzinger
> > > > > 702 Lincolnway West steveandpatti@wubs.org
> > > > > South Bend, IN 46616 http://www.wubs.org/
> > > > > 219-287-4700 (Main Office) 317-535-0239 (Direct Line)
> > > > > =========================================================
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > --
> > > =========================================================
> > > WDI Steve & Patti Getzinger
> > > 702 Lincolnway West steveandpatti@wubs.org
> > > South Bend, IN 46616 http://www.wubs.org/
> > > 219-287-4700 (Main Office) 317-535-0239 (Direct Line)
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> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >John Beima
> >jbeima@palb.com
> >
> >P.A.L.B. Systems - Phone: (780)451-1086 - Fax: (780)447-4760
> >11639-122 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5M 0B6
> >
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