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[Jon]

I'm willing to donate $$ to make it cross compatible and have an upgrade script

[yoyolise]

Sorry, I haven't read the posts in the middle pages, but this is something I'd be quite interested in as well.

I've currently got parts of my site integrated with vBulletin's user system, which I'd prefer to retain, mainly because there are so many more user management options in VB.

[Jon]

Anybody on this? *on this* *on this* *on this* *on this* .... echo fades.

[welo]

At the obvious risk of putting this topic back on track, I just bought an X-Cart Pro license for a client I have an extensive dev contract for, who will need a pretty complex cart setup because different companies will be granted storefronts there. I'll be working on VB integration for it over the next couple of months.

What we primarily need our integration to do is assign special pricing based on usergroup. So f.ex. if you have a paid membergroup they can automatically be granted discounts in the catalog (and certain portions thereof). And conversely, people who buy stuff from the catalog will be granted an automatic preferred membership on the forum. I'll need to get a handle on XC's session handling and stuff, plus the XC4 upgrade will need to be assessed, but on preliminary examination it looks quite doable.

I'll prolly need to hire some help from a VB hack expert or two. I notice several people on this thread have already mentioned being willing to put up development funding, so if you're interested in being in on this project please PM me.

Meantime, like someone else mentioned previously, the exact functional requirements are of the utmost importance. State your exact wishlist and I'll start working up a plan for how to bring it all together.

[B00MER]

Well after too many delays, and sleepless nights:

http://www.cart-lab.com/lab/customer/product.php?productid=48

Introductory price, so get it while its cheap

I'd like to thank chickenbak for giving me the source for vB3 so this mod could be possible.

[welo]

Bought. I'll do some testing with this and be in touch shortly to let you know what I think. If all goes well then we have some further business to discuss.

[welo]

Hate to be the wet blanket here, but before anyone else spends their money on this mod I am forced to tell you all to save your 40 bucks until the hack provides more functionality (or indeed, any advantage to you as an admin at all). This is not a $40 script.

It's a good start but that's about it, and since the developer unfortunately saw fit to encrypt their source code (something neither XC nor VB do) you have no hope of hacking additional functionality into the script yourself, nor indeed is there any reason to trust the security of the code.

And the way it sits right now, I'm still not sure how to actually apply the hack:

Copy and paste the defined sections in the file register.php of this archive into your existing one. All code segments are commented with #-=-=-=-=-=

...while register.php constitutes 22 additional kb of code you can't realistically alter anyway, for the life of me I cannot see why the instructions don't tell you to just replace the existing register.php file. And here's something else they don't tell you before you buy the script (in the readme file):

This is only a one way integration, as updating profile information in vB will not reflect in X-Cart, however you can easily change all register and profile options in vB to X-Cart's register/profile process.

I'll go ahead and apply this hack since I already paid for it and hope for upgrades, although considering the lack of a refund policy on the cart-lab site, right now I'm wishing I had spent the extra $2.90 through Paypal to guarantee my money back. You've been warned.

Sorry for the trite review Boomer, because I know this was a bit of work. As of right now though I cannot recommend your script and am uncomfortable discussing with you what else it needs to make it worth the money. Should the situation change I'll happily sing your praises to the ends of the earth.

[B00MER]

Originally Posted by welo

Hate to be the wet blanket here, but before anyone else spends their money on this mod I am forced to tell you all to save your 40 bucks until the hack provides more functionality (or indeed, any advantage to you as an admin at all). This is not a $40 script.

It's a good start but that's about it, and since the developer unfortunately saw fit to encrypt their source code (something neither XC nor VB do) you have no hope of hacking additional functionality into the script yourself, nor indeed is there any reason to trust the security of the code.

I'm not offering the source code as I've had many others rip me off for the phpBB mod, It's just protection of my interest. I'd be more than happy to customize it if need be and resend you the code without question.

Originally Posted by welo

And the way it sits right now, I'm still not sure how to actually apply the hack:

...while register.php constitutes 22 additional kb of code you can't realistically alter anyway, for the life of me I cannot see why the instructions don't tell you to just replace the existing register.php file. And here's something else they don't tell you before you buy the script (in the readme file):

I'll go ahead and apply this hack since I already paid for it and hope for upgrades, although considering the lack of a refund policy on the cart-lab site, right now I'm wishing I had spent the extra $2.90 through Paypal to guarantee my money back. You've been warned.

Sorry for the trite review Boomer, because I know this was a bit of work. As of right now though I cannot recommend your script and am uncomfortable discussing with you what else it needs to make it worth the money. Should the situation change I'll happily sing your praises to the ends of the earth.

Simply copying the register.php is possible if your using X-Cart version 4.0 but any changes that may be made in the future to register.php in particular would be overwritten when copying over the file. It is an alternative however.

Its fairly easy to match up the code segments in the register.php in the mod with your existing one, just add the code in the same places:

# -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
# www.cart-lab.com X-Cart vb integration
@include $xcart_dir."/cartlab-vb-integrate.php";
# -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

If you'd like me to mod your vB to go both ways, PM me. I'm more than happy to lend a hand as I've not developed this part of the mod and would require more install steps thus making it even more difficult to install and setup, which would inturn make the mod cost more.

Anyhow, My apologizes.

[snorocket]

This is not a $40 script.

your right, it's probably more around $75-$100, especially when BOOMER gets its going 2-ways

[Jon]

If it went 2 ways and I could get an unencrypted version I would happily spend $100+ for this. I need unencrypted as I hack the crap out of code for my own purposes