Just a quick post to celebrate the fact I finally got my install functioning, unforunatley I am not totally sure how to get products to display. Anyone fancy giving me a checklist to get started populating the store with dummy data?

We’ve now more or less given up on Protx VSP Direct - even offered to pay Varien to create it for us but they haven’t responded (I’m assuming too busy).

As a backup i thought we’d use the Protx Form extension, unfortunately the downloader just doesn’t work on our site, I’ve even tried installing via ssh/pear but that doesn’t work either. Anyone on Heart Internet have it working?

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has Protx Form installed and working? If so would somebody be willing to help us get it working?

Thanks.

Just wanted to introduce myself to the Gateway UK group and hope to be able to positively contribute to the group’s activities over the coming months as we all get a handle on what Magento can and cannot offer.

With regards,

Ivor Conway
Neuchi Internet Marketing

Just a note to say my developers are nearly finished with secpay full uk integration for both versions of the secpay system.

Hi all,

This was originally posted on the Protx blog, but I thought it would get more traffic here…

Just an idea-maybe a way we could start things off is for everybody that is interested in UK specific extensions/integrations to donate some money to a developer fund which is managed by somebody on the board (just using Paypal perhaps?) (maybe the official moderator?).

Then to propose the development/extensions needed on a programmer/developers site such as http://www.scriptlance.com/ to see what the response is like.

If the extension/integration is developed then subsequent Magento users could download the extension for a small donation to further the development fund for other extensions.

What do you all think?

I do understand that this is Open Source and maybe the above suggestion is not in keeping with the ethos of Open Source. It may even be against the Magento Licensing?

I’m thinking of it as a co-operative, non-profit development fund.

Maybe a way for some hosting company to feature well on Magento based keywords if they organised it?  Or any other developers?

This is just a concept I haven’t thought beyond the initial idea, so please “don’t shoot the messenger!”

All constructive feedback welcome?  Pros/cons, non-starter, problems etc.

Cheers

Nick

Hi,

We (http://www.nublue.co.uk) just installed our first demo shop with the commercial release and it works brilliantly. Looking to use this product a lot in the future so I thought I’d introduce myslef early as I well be needing your help in the not too distant future

We’re a UK hosting and web development agency. We’re currently offering UK reseller hosting for Magento if anyone in the UK is struggling to find a platform for this!

We’re also looking to make an Expression Engine integration for this product for one of our clients so I’ll come back and share any useful stuff we manage to develop.

Cheers all
Michael

I discovered how to use table rates to set up UK postal rates. From system->configuration->shipping methods, make sure you have selected a store then create a spreadsheet and save as a csv file containing ‘GBR’ as the country and ‘*’ for the regions and postcodes eg.
(you’ll have to imaging that the entries are lined up in columns under the appropriate headings):

Country Region/State Zip/Postal Code Weight (and above) Shipping Price
GBR * * 0 1.14
GBR * * 0.1 1.45
etc.

Hello everyone,

Trying out Magento, and loving it! Planning on an e-commerce Mac parts site in the UK to go alongside current business ventures (Mac support, web design).

*waves*

James

I believe it would be great if we could use a system where the client fill in the post code and house number and the rest of the address is filled in for him

Magento is fast closing in on its production release, and with all the improvments made recently, it is fast becoming a viable option for us to use. So it is high time, that this group started to spring into action and start fighting for the British cause. I would like to start a debate on what needs to be done, to localise Magento to the British market, off the top of my head, we don’t have states but we do have counties. Our tax system etc etc, and everything else that was stated in the group description. Together we can make lighter work of this.

Hi,

Ive posted this on the general msg board so apologies for the duplication if you have already seen the orginal post.

I’ve contacted my hosting company today 1&1;UK hosting about the ‘systems requirements’ and they meet all the critera except they only support PHP 5.0.

They advised me to use a version of Magento that only uses PHP 5.0.

Firstly, is there a release that uses PHP 5.0?

Second, what are the problems I am likely to face if i try to run the current release given that it doesn’t meet the reqs… i.e. will it NOT WORK?!

Thanks

Matthew

Just posted this in Magento Connect but thought it may be relevant here too…

I’m looking for someone to integrate Protx for us asap, the site’s not going live till it’s in stable release but we’d like to get going asap. Once that ones done we’ll potentially need Secure Trading too. I’m happy to pay for some time; then you can share it with every one else.

Let me know if you’re interested.

Tom

From discussions in this post - http://www.magentocommerce.com/group/blog/action/viewpost/264/group/132/ - I have enabled access to the demo server we are playing with if anyone wants to see how it performs.

you can visit the front end at http://auth1.wirelessmedway.com/magento/

This is hanging off the end of a business ADSL so remember this when commenting on speed!

I can vouch that it is quite fast in the Office across the LAN.

The dedicated db server has been optimised for MYSQL and the web server is running lighttpd with fastgci

Let me know if you want the full rundown on server spec.

Matt

Hi all,

Just a bit of background- have 3 Actinic stores running with similar/crossover products.  Started in 2004.  Looking to update the stores and add features.  Disappointed with Actinic’s attitude, they just don’t seem to listen to what their users want.

Have trialled/researched many ecommerce platforms (Zen Cart, OSCommerce, ASPCart, dotaspcart etc. etc.)

I even had some bespoke quotes coming in at around 15k!!!

I then found Magento and the potential looks fantastic.

Will be watching very closely.

Cheers

Nick

Heart Internet are a shared hosting provider in the uk (heartinternet.co.uk). These are the steps to a (hopefully!) successful install:

1) download the latest version of magento from http://www.magentocommerce.com/download . I used magento-0.8.16100.zip
2) follow the instructions in http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/magento-installation-guide
I’ve reproduced them here:
a) check system requirements - heart internet have all the relevant versions and extensions installed so no problem there.
b) decompress the zip file and transfer the files to your site. I used Core FTP (can get this from download.com) and moved the entire magento folder into my public_html directory on my website. Check heart internet knowledgebase for the ftp settings required if you don’t know them already.
c) Create a brand new mySQL database within the HI control panel. During the magento install wizard you’ll need the host (localhost), user id, password and db name (probably the same as the user id but can be checked by editing the db in control panel).
d) Set the permissions. in Core FTP you right click on the remote file and hit properties, you can then change the permissions of each file or directory (other ftp programs will be similar). Set file /public_html/magento/var/.htaccess, the directories /public_html/magento/app/etc, /public_html/magento/var, and all the directories under /public_html/magento/media to 777.

3) Now we also need to set some further permissions. Ensure that /public_html/magento/index.php and the magento directory itself are both set to 755.

4) Edit the file /public_html/magento/.htaccess and add the following:
#############################
## For heart internet
SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 5
php_flag short_open_tag on

5) Create a new text file within /public_html/magento/ called php5.ini
put the following in this file:
php_flag short_open_tag on

Double check everything then go to http://www.yoursite.com/magento/ and you should see the installation wizard. It’s pretty obvious from there on, just enter the db details and localisation etc.

Hope this helps,
cheers,
Jeremy

Having had to wait for my host to install mysqli and what not to allow the install, I finally have Magento installed. For a change the back end of a potential cart solution dosnt look like its 40 years old. Granted there is some quirks, but this really has the potential to be the very best in e commerce solutions.