#166 Product Catalog

[paulward2016]

I am evaluating using xrms for our CRM purposes.
Currently we are using a custom designed program. The
only thing that I don't see that this program has is
the option to use a catalog. We have a sales force
that uses a catalog for telemarketing so I have to
make sure they have one available. Is there any way to
get a plugin or modify an existing one to support a
pretty simple catalog.

To be more specific we sell tools and we have several
different catagories that are devided into
subcatagories and then finally the tools themselves.
They also have scripts and definitions for each item.
I am looking for a way to just plug our current .gif
files in and use our current structure.

Any ideas or help would be appreciated.

[Brian Peterson]

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It should be straightforward to create a plugin to link into
a product catalog.

This has been requested before. I'm happy to help a plugin
author either integrate to an existing open source product
catalog (preferably), or guide someone in writing one, but
I, personally, have no need for a product catalog, and so
will not be writing one myself.

If you're interested, I'd take a look at OSCommerce, as I
believe that it's product catalog functionality is quite
complete. Another possible target would be WebERP. Either
of these product catalogs should be able to be linked into
XRMS in appropriate places by utilizing XRMS's plugin
architecture.

Unfortunately for you, no one else with your problem has
taken the time to solve it yet, so you probably have some
work to do. If you need this functionality and wish to
sponsor it, I can also put you in touch with an XRMS
developer (not me) who may be able to be commisioned to do
the integration for you.

Regards,

- Brian

[Brian Peterson]

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look at the 'demo' plugin for an example of how to add your
plugin to the top nav bar.

Note that whis is best done from current code, so that your
plugin will be capable of being integrated into the main
XRMS distro if you base it on an open source product catalog
app.

Regards,

- Brian