Entries For: January 2008

Check out...

• GetPaid dev list now available via Gmane! For those of you who like your mailing lists in an exciting text format ;), you can now find our development mailing list available via Gmane: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.zope.plone.getpaid.devel  Thanks to Suno (meandtheshell) for setting that up!
• Buildout updated to use latest Plone 3: now you get a shiny new version of Plone 3.0.5 (or whatever the latest Plone is) when you run buildout. This is also true in the anonymous buildout.
  

In the works

• Taxes! Yes, there is a needs for (US) tax handling. So yesterday kicked off a big discussion on implementation handling. Are you interested in having a say on taxes too? Please join our development mailing list and let others know! Shortly there will be user stories on this. More developers desired to contribute!
  
• Shipping, checkout refactoring, and persistent address book: All in place on Kapil's branch, he is planning to circulate a writeup about the changes and request review (though take a look now if you want the sneak peak!).
  

Coming soon

• Inventory and warehouse management: need to keep track of stock on items in your store? Track which warehouse a product is in and where in there it is? This work should be getting underway next week. Check out the user story on inventory/warehouse management.
  

Product stats:

• Exactly 350 downloads of our RedOchre 0.3 RC!
  

Now in the code:

• UK processor: As I was reminded today, Google Checkout supports UK and US merchants, so enjoy blokes!
• Printing: Emanuel checked in integration of "print" options a la Plone for the interfaces for orders, order details, and order confirmation!
  

In the works:

• Checkout refactoring: Kapil is experimenting with a new way to make the checkout screens very flexible!
• Multiple currency management: Very early planning stages for managing multiple currencies in GetPaid! Look for user stories for review coming soon.
  
• Address book management: Want to be able to ship to multiple people? You will be able to save your addresses in an address book and use them on checkout.
  
• Discounts: still looking for some help to get this incorporated properly. Got eggs?
  

Desired features looking for developers:

• Payment processors:
  
• PayPal
• usaePay
• PloneFormGen adapter: imagine making flexible forms that tie into GetPaid seemlessly! 
• UI integrators: the address book work is done in the backend but needs some integration work for UI, including javascript/ajax goodness.
  

New!

• Persistent cart: Now your users can leave the site, come back tomorrow, etc and find their shopping cart still available. (honestly I thought this was pretty minor but the first client I demo'ed it to was soooo excited, I figured we should mention it!). Thanks Emanuel!
  
• Note: Yes, we did just break all your Plone sites running off the GetPaid trunk! Well, not really, but they won't start until you do this silly fix. 
• Flat rate shipping method: Liam re-enabled / fixed the shipping methods to offer flat rate shipping. It is still pending wiring it into the checkout process, but is now available as a setting.
  
• Anonymous buildout update: You can find the anonymous buildout available and updated now. More info on our new source page. Thanks Maurits!

Coming soon!

• Discounts! Lucie is working on getting her module into the product. If you have eggs help...check out help request here.
  
• UPS integration: Kapil has progressed through a bunch of this but it is still in its own branch.
  

Other things on the horizon:

• Checkout wizard refactoring
• Multiple currency management

Other random GetPaid info:

• 84 mailing list members!
• 329 downloads of our release candidate!
  

Another GetPaid site launched this week - Investors Circle. The organization helps a network of angel and VC investors connect to opportunities to invest in sustainable and responsible business opportunities. ifPeople developed their new site so they can manage the workflow of business plans that are submitted by entrepreneurs as applications to present to the investors. GetPaid is integrated into the workflow so that the submission process includes payment.

Congrats to Investors Circle and thanks for being an early adopter of GetPaid!

It's great to see we are almost at 300 downloads for the GetPaid RC1! So far just one small bug in that file so far so expect a final shortly. Already, new work has started on the trunk and in some of the branches, so I wanted to give a quick update about two exciting pieces.

Google Checkout Integration

Thanks to Michael Dunstan, a simple integration of Google Checkout now exists for GetPaid! That gets your order straight into Google Checkout so you can use their infrastructure for fulfillment and order management. See screenshot of order management interface.

This is good news for US non-profit organizations, as Google is offering GoogleCheckout for free (at least through end of this year). That means no processing fees, monthly fees etc to accept donations online!

Still pending is a smooth buildout experience to get the feature, but if you are interested, check here to check out the product (especially README!).

More sophisticated integration (ie getting messages back to GetPaid from Google Checkout) requires an SSL certificate and secure communications with the Plone site.

UPS Shipping Integration

Liam started off UPS integration and Kapil has refactored it, including unit tests and more. Now shipping costs can be looked up in real time from your GetPaid site. The work is currently happening in the UPS branch of the code, but will be rolled into the trunk and available tomorrow.

Some other goodies in the work include persistent shopping cart, ability to print order, and more!