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Submitted by holeepassion on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 23:42
holeepassion
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I am no programmer or anything. Just someone who wants to create his own website selling a few jewellery and other art stuff.

I have install the ubercart. I have installed the panels and views. There seem to be some issues there when I try to update the module. The latter modules not being supported yet ???? What to do with this I wonder.

Anyway, these are what I need if you have similar system I could just follow and hence learn that way. I would much appreciate it.

I want to display a catalog, where they could be clicked to display a bigger picture overlay on the website. I wonder if by doing so would help with people copying pictures etc ??? Is there a way to disable coying effectively ? I heard this is futile exercise.

Anyway, I hope the cataloque (with different categories) would display some pricing with different options, drop down or otherwise (what is the best method ?), which allow the buyers to add some comments on individual item purchased.

Since I am operating in Australia, I would like to be able to differentiate between overseas purchasers and Australian buyers. I also would like to allow different shopping methodologies plus insurance option.

What is the best one to do this please ?

Thank you

Best regards
permalink #1 Wed, 05/07/2008 - 01:53
Alaska
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This should help get you started.

http://www.ubercart.org/docs/user/317/catalog

Have fun with Uber. It is a very nice product.

permalink #2 Wed, 05/07/2008 - 02:49
72dpi

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hey matey,

There are a few of us Aussies using this too.

Just some things to keep in mind:

Setup Tax for Australia (10%) and ensure workflow is configured
Setup Tax for Australia (12.5) and ensure workflow is configured
(Steph &I are talking about a contrib to the development of this if needed.. Interested???)
Add the Australia Post module
If you don't want people downloading the pics, just watermark them
Add thickbox
Options are as simple as adding "attributes"

Some threads to keep an eye on:
http://www.ubercart.org/forum/support/2403/australian_cart_using_auspost...
http://www.ubercart.org/forum/development/1919/cart_review_problems (links to Auspost)

I would like to push this further, if I get time I will lend some knowledge...

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permalink #3 Thu, 05/08/2008 - 05:43
holeepassion
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I would follow the suggestions posted so far. It would take me a while to go through my head with all the terminology and stuff ...

I do not understand the second Australian tax thingy ? 12.5 ???

What is that ???

Keep suggestion coming please ... thank you for the suggestion so far ...

Best regards

Thank you

permalink #4 Thu, 05/08/2008 - 07:09
72dpi

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Sorry, ignore the New Zealand ref. if you are just selling from Aus, then 10%

Just play for now, get used to Drupal & Ubercart.

Stay tuned =)

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permalink #5 Thu, 05/08/2008 - 09:32
TR
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holeepassion wrote:
I have install the ubercart. I have installed the panels and views. There seem to be some issues there when I try to update the module. The latter modules not being supported yet ???? What to do with this I wonder.

You're not trying to use Drupal 6 are you? Ubercart only works with Drupal 5.

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permalink #6 Thu, 05/08/2008 - 21:48
holeepassion
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hmmm no wonder some stuff does not work ?

so drupal 6 is still not a stable version ?

i have to delete and reinstall the 5 version then ? is version 6 really necessary ???

wondering if there is a way to modify the header of the theme. For example: to put a banner picture on top instead of the colour only ? how do I move the logo since it does not seem to fit the bar on top also.

permalink #7 Thu, 05/08/2008 - 22:49
torgosPizza

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Bug FinderEarly adopter... addicted to alphas.Getting busy with the Ubercode.

These are pretty basic Drupal questions (regarding Theming and whatnot). I'd suggest just looking through the Handbooks on drupal.org, buying the Pro Drupal and Theming Drupal books, and just digging in. Get to learn Drupal first and foremost.

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permalink #8 Thu, 05/08/2008 - 23:42
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torgosPizza wrote:
These are pretty basic Drupal questions (regarding Theming and whatnot). I'd suggest just looking through the Handbooks on drupal.org, buying the Pro Drupal and Theming Drupal books, and just digging in. Get to learn Drupal first and foremost.

Exactly my thoughts.

Holeepassion, you seem to be new to Drupal.

Remember, Ubercart is a Drupal module so first of all, it is very important that you get acquainted with the way Drupal works and its terminology (nodes, vocabularies, terms, that kind of stuff).

And then there are sub-modules for Ubercart, these are the ones you find on this site.

Here are some links to get you started:

- Drupal documentation: http://drupal.org/handbooks
- Ubercart documentation: http://www.ubercart.org/docs/user

And as a final note, if you find you're not very technically inclined, please consider consulting with someone that knows Drupal / Ubercart to do the store for you, in order to save both time and headaches Smiling

permalink #9 Fri, 05/09/2008 - 09:06
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holeepassion wrote:
so drupal 6 is still not a stable version ?

Drupal 6 is fairly stable, though if they discover some really critical bugs in it, they'll release a new version of it.

The problem you're running into isn't Drupal, but all the extra modules people write to make Drupal better. Like Ubercart. A lot of them are taking a long time to convert the code to Drupal 6 because they are also taking the opportunity to give their modules a major overhaul to the way they work.