<div>A newbie writes: [apologies in advance]...Could PMWiki be used as a basic e-commerce/e-ordering application?</div> <div> </div> <div>For example:</div> <div> </div> <div>Create groups for PRODUCT (with categories), CUSTOMER and ORDERS.</div> <div> </div> <div>Each Product in the PRODUCT group has a page, perhaps with graphic. The production of these pages could be templated?</div> <div> </div> <div>Using UserAuth or AuthUser each customer would register; their details could be held in a wiki page (rather than .htpasswd extension) according to a template; along with forum style entries for each "order" created with its status.</div> <div> </div> <div>When a customer is loggedin, they can browse through the products, each page having a "Add to order" button plus a "Quantity required" option. If this is the first item of the session it would create a new order. Any items subsequently added would go to the same order.</div>
<div> </div> <div>Optionally, after logging-in, they could examine previous ORDERS and:</div> <div><BR>(i) Copy previously completed order OR</div> <div>(ii) Re-open previously created order (not completed)</div> <div> </div> <div>After selecting all the products they require, they would have the option of "placing and confirming" the order from a button on the ORDER page.</div> <div> </div> <div>Each CUSTOMER and ORDER page would have read/edit rights only to the individual customer, and the order administrator. Completed orders would deny edit rights to the customer.</div> <div>---</div> <div>Existing PayPal recipes could be used to close orders.</div> <div>---</div> <div> </div> <div>This may sound wildly obscure, but quite a neat little recipe "idea"????</div> <div> </div> <div>Feel free to blow the idea away though...</div> <div> </div> <div>RMS</div> <div> </div>