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

thanks for the instructions.

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

engoy!

hi
an update to the profile above. but this time:
1. without an administrator account so u dont get locked out immediately
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!

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

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

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

hello thill

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

That page appears to lack a download link

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

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?

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.

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