Re: WCS Newbie question
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texte = >We just (Thursday) got the Web Commerce Solution with the intent of >switching over to it from our internally scripted and maintained on-line >store. We've faced up to the fact that we are better off using a turnkey >solution (PCS's) and focusing our efforts on our products rather than how >to do the store part. The PCS WCS looks perfect for what we want to do. > >My question has to do with which version of the PCS software we should be >targeting. We want to get hopping right away and have a preliminary >version of the new store up and running in a few days. Should we use the >1.6 or the 2.x beta version ?If WCS is using the b10 version of WebCatalog 2.0 then I would definitely say yes, the beta of 2.0 is very solid and stable. Furthermore, it has so many new and extremely powerful features and capabilities that I would highly recommend that you forget all about version 1.6. So many things have changed with version 2.0 that you'll have to go back and relearn everything over again if you start with 1.6 ... and that's definitely *not* something you want to do, believe me.However, I don't think your time framework is realistic. This is extremely powerful software, and that means it's going to take some learning time before you will understand how it works. Don't expect to learn it all in a few days, although you can certainly have the basics up and running by then.I've been testing the beta since before Grant started giving it version numbers, and there's still a lot of capabilities and features I'm learning today - and I've spent hours a day literally for months on this new software.My suggestion is that if you've already got your own internally scripted and maintained on-line store up and running on the net, stay with it until *after* you've create your WCS replacement solution, preferably on a spare Mac. There are things you're likely to run into with WCS that will take you more than a few minutes to figure out, especially since you have little or no experience with this software.That said, I think you will not find a better solution than WCS. As Grant mentioned the other day, WebCatalog 2.0 is like having NetCloak + NetForms + WebSiphon + WebSentinel + Tango/Lasso + Verona/Butler/FMPro Server + WebCommerce Solution Lite + WebGenesis + Interaction + FlexMail all rolled into one. It is truly awesome software for Mac Webmasters.Sincerely, Ken
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>We just (Thursday) got the Web Commerce Solution with the intent of >switching over to it from our internally scripted and maintained on-line >store. We've faced up to the fact that we are better off using a turnkey >solution (PCS's) and focusing our efforts on our products rather than how >to do the store part. The PCS WCS looks perfect for what we want to do. > >My question has to do with which version of the PCS software we should be >targeting. We want to get hopping right away and have a preliminary >version of the new store up and running in a few days. Should we use the >1.6 or the 2.x beta version ?If WCS is using the b10 version of WebCatalog 2.0 then I would definitely say yes, the beta of 2.0 is very solid and stable. Furthermore, it has so many new and extremely powerful features and capabilities that I would highly recommend that you forget all about version 1.6. So many things have changed with version 2.0 that you'll have to go back and relearn everything over again if you start with 1.6 ... and that's definitely *not* something you want to do, believe me.However, I don't think your time framework is realistic. This is extremely powerful software, and that means it's going to take some learning time before you will understand how it works. Don't expect to learn it all in a few days, although you can certainly have the basics up and running by then.I've been testing the beta since before Grant started giving it version numbers, and there's still a lot of capabilities and features I'm learning today - and I've spent hours a day literally for months on this new software.My suggestion is that if you've already got your own internally scripted and maintained on-line store up and running on the net, stay with it until *after* you've create your WCS replacement solution, preferably on a spare Mac. There are things you're likely to run into with WCS that will take you more than a few minutes to figure out, especially since you have little or no experience with this software.That said, I think you will not find a better solution than WCS. As Grant mentioned the other day, WebCatalog 2.0 is like having NetCloak + NetForms + WebSiphon + WebSentinel + Tango/Lasso + Verona/Butler/FMPro Server + WebCommerce Solution Lite + WebGenesis + Interaction + FlexMail all rolled into one. It is truly awesome software for Mac Webmasters.Sincerely, Ken
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