ubercart install profile

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hi
i created an ubercart installation profile after following the install instructions.
pls. find it attached below in .tar.gz format

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Mohammed Arafa

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Cool. I'm working on something like this to get out by 1.0 (the UberInstaller already does something like this already). There's a couple of things you need to do to get this to work with Drupal. The php file has be named .profile and placed into a dir that has the same name as the .profile inside the drupal profiles dir (e.g. profiles/ubercart/ubercart.profile). Also, the functions you create have to be named (name of .profile file)_function_name() (e.g. ubercart_profile_modules()). After that, running install.php will list your profile as an option on the install page. See more at drupal profiles

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-Shawn Conn: If the Name Don't Rhyme It Ain't Mine

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hi
i guess i wasnt clear but i created the profile by using the Profile Generator.

I am not a programmer. I will look into creating a full fledge profile but i dont promise anything. similarly, if someone wants to continue it. no problems.

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Mohammed Arafa

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thanks for the instructions.

to use the profile, go to your site's www dir and extract.

engoy!

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Mohammed Arafa

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That clears things up, I was confused as all I saw was one PHP file and no README.txt or further instructions.

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-Shawn Conn: If the Name Don't Rhyme It Ain't Mine

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hi
an update to the profile above. but this time:
1. without an administrator account so u dont get locked out immediately Eye-wink
2. the description also tells u where to get the basic modules and the ubercart installation documentation.
3. also has a little bash script that will tell you the PROBABLE url for each of the modules used in the profile

WOW! isnt that COOL! Smiling

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Mohammed Arafa

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Hi marafa,
Plz feel free to slap me upside the head for this doofus question,
Am i correct in assuming that by running this, the shope will be fully setup as a test scenario?, IE, categories, items etc?

I am having real pains trying to understand how to fully setup a sweet cart.

Cheers

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no, it wont
its an installation profile, like what u get when u download drupal. "want to install drupal and set it up to be a cms?" but u dont see it coz thast the only profile available.

this does something similar, "want to set up drupal to be an ecommerce site with ubercart?" but there are no products etc.

plus, u still have to download the extra modules. if u dont the config for the modules will not take.

what u r looking for MAYBE in the comments at http://drupal.org/node/159733

in any case, here's the latest profile update

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Mohammed Arafa

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Hi Mohammed,

I was wondering if there is any install profile available for Drupal 6 (ubercart 2) or if I can use this profile for version 6?

Thanks,
Mehr

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I just did one today, this includes Acquia Drupal and Ubercart with all modules enable for basic store setup with images. Enjoy http://commerceguys.com/ubercart-install-profile

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Thanks Mate,

Really appreciated, I will try the attached file and let you know how it goes.

Cheers,
Mehr

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I Installed the profile, I noticed that if I go to "Product" content type (edit page) I can see there is a link for workflow and comment,... but when I click to expand, I can't see any options there.

I'm not sure if it is related to using actions instead of workflow in drupal 6?

The other thing I noticed is, when I go to Block section, the link to Store Links is not there anymore.

Thanks,
Mehr

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Store links was taken out in Drupal 6, i am not sure about your other issue with the workflow setings, i have never even been in there.

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hello thill

i cant find the forementioned profile that you created. where can i find it?
Mohammed Arafa

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Mohammed Arafa

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http://commerceguys.com/ubercart-install-profile

I should call it a distribution probably, it has every module and has the needed ones enabled,

Just add some products and start selling.

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thill wrote:

http://commerceguys.com/ubercart-install-profile

I should call it a distribution probably, it has every module and has the needed ones enabled,

Just add some products and start selling.

That page appears to lack a download link

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Oh gosh, forgot about the permissions settings, fixed now

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Nice! I just gave it a try and it worked perfectly. Some screenshots are attached so people can get a feel for it.

My initial thoughts:

I understand the desire to not go hog wild, but what about enabling any of the optional UC core modules? In particular, catalog. I know it's not a requirement for a UC site, but it's likely that people will use it (*cough* unless it was views-based instead *cough*) and it's kind of confusing to users when there are no catalog settings available off the bat -- how do I organize products? how do I display a catalog of all my products?

It doesn't do as much as I'd expected, but it just plain works nicely for getting the right modules in place Smiling

It feels like Ubercart would be an amazing candidate for Patterns: http://drupal.org/project/patterns

I fell in love with Patterns after seeing my first demo... it's everything that install profiles needs to be (or simply work on top of). I'm still eagerly awaiting something more than a dev snapshot for D6 though. Anyone else played with Patterns yet?

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Steph, thanks for the thoughts, i am planning on taking it to the next level, like a few install choices for different kinds of stores and such. Like an install for premium access type sites, another for downloads, and maybe another with everything, I agree with the catalog being the starting point.

Thank you again,

Will take a look at patterns.

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That would be amazing! Thanks for putting this out there. We'll definitely be looking to point our customers to it as it matures.

There are some Patterns demo videos floating around I believe. It's so much of what install profiles lacks, and I think would work especially well for something with modular, reusable sub-patterns like a store.

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Another thing I just noticed after having to go hunting for it, this should probably be set by default on /admin/store/settings/products/edit/image-widgets:

Image widget to use when a customer clicks on a product image:
Lightbox2

Man, Lightbox2 is so much nicer to use with UC than thickbox -- now I understand why there are always so many threads trying to make the switch on D5 Eye-wink

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Steph,

I think there is a fix for this that will be in beta3, i think Ruben has it set now so if Lightbox is enabled/installed it is selected by default

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Just updated the D6 U2 Install profile/distribution to Acquia 1.2.1 which includes Drupal 6.9 along with other module updates, when Beta 3 of Ubercart is available I will update that.

http://commerceguys.com/ubercart-install-profile