Sep
27
2009
It appears the people behind X-Cart (qualiteam) have just released a beta version of their hosted AJAX/Gears based E-Commerce package. The package is free however it is a hosted solution with Amazon’s cloud hosting or EC2 web service for data storage. Some of the cooler features is the Drag and Drop functionality for items to your basket. Mobile version with static HTML Catalog for SEO purposes as well. It is widget based so it can easily be dropped into any CMS system.
The biggest downside it seems to such a solution is there is no means currently to have a custom solution, via API or through Qualiteam themselves. The Cart is visually customizable via CSS within the admin but I’m guessing it won’t be very “in depth”. Also there is no manual.
On the plus to all these items though is it is FREE 
Ecwid: E-Commerce Widgets.
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3 comments | tags: commerce, Web Development, widget | posted in General, Web Development
Apr
3
2009
Inchoo.net has been quite busy with Magento it seems, Tomislav Bilic wrote a how to get your Wordpress, Joomla, etc. RSS Feeds into Magento with a bit of simple code and no outside libraries, just Zend’s framework to parse and display any RSS feed. I’ve seen quite a few requests for such a feature.
Latest News RSS box in Magento using Zend_Feed_Rss | Inchoo.
Ivan Weiler of Inchoo also posted up a really simple but handy Magento Module to allow for custom admin theme, the same way frontend works!
Magento Admin Custom Theme.
So far Inchoo.net’s been one of my favorite 3rd party Magento sites to keep an eye on! 
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1 comment | tags: admin theme, Magento, rss, tips, Web Development, widget, wordpress | posted in Magento Commerce
Feb
25
2009
While searching around Google I found some interesting links today, I thought I’d share:
http://inchoo.net/ecommerce/magento/magento-plus-dot-net-framework-simple-order-preview/
A nice desktop widget to keep up to date on your orders quickly!
http://activecodeline.com/getting-things-in-magento-by-getmodel-and-getdata-methods/
Good details on how to utilize: getModel() and getData() Methods to get product information.
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no comments | tags: getData, getModel, Magento, Magento Commerce, Web Development, widget | posted in Magento Commerce
