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 * [[Web Stores and Shopping Carts/Meeting Notes 2018-07-16]]
 [[Category:NPSA]]
 [[Category:Events]]

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 --Marc Paré & Bob Jonkman
 ==== Resources ====
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 * [https://www.techsoupcanada.ca/en/shopify-donation-for-lower-budget-organizations/product/advanced-shopify-plan-6-month-initial-subscr Shopify from TechSoup Canada]
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 * [https://shopkit.samnabi.com/ Shopkit by Sam Nabi]
 * [https://www.techsoupcanada.ca/en/shopify-donation-for-lower-budget-organizations/product/advanced-shopify-plan-6-month-initial-subscr Shopify from TechSoup Canada]
 * [[Web Stores and Shopping Carts/Meeting Notes 2018-07-16]]

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 * [https://www.techsoupcanada.ca/en/shopify-donation-for-lower-budget-organizations/product/advanced-shopify-plan-6-month-initial-subscr Shopify from TechSoup Canada]
+* [[Web Stores and Shopping Carts/Meeting Notes 2018-07-16]]
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 ** Goods and Services
 ** Media Production (rental of cameras, lights, &c)
-* Want to make things easier for sellers and buyers
 ===== Shopkit =====
 * https://github.com/samnabi/shopkit
-* Plugin for CMS called "Kirby"
+* Plugin for CMS called "Kirby" https://getkirby.com/
 * Sam sells code for other developers to use on their websites
 ** Doesn't want to deal with the actual credit card processing
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-* Using Stripe and Square
+* Using [https://stripe.com/ca Stripe] and [https://squareup.com/ca Square]
 * Sample sites:
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 * Had an idea to pool resources for pooled shipping, delivery, advertising
+** (not sure if this is a feature of ShopKit --Bob.)
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 ** Select product, increase/decrease quantity, totals are updated
 ** Uses AJAX, but the site is not Javascript dependent
-*** Jeremy Keith is Sam's inspiration, he knows about good design.
+*** [https://adactio.com/ Jeremy Keith] is Sam's inspiration, he knows about good design.
 ** There can be different shipping rules, different tax rates for different localities
 ** Add personal details (name, e-mail)
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 * Reporting in Shopkit
 ** Done from the Shopkit backend
-** Invoices are created by PHP into PDF files using "DOM PDF"
+** Invoices are created by PHP into PDF files using "dompdf" https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf
 ** Report invoices are generated dynamically every time, but from a static "transactions" file
 ** Added some widgets on the dashboard, eg. "Abandoned, Pending, Paid/Shipped"
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 ** Implemented at "gateways" in Shopkit
 *** Each gateway has a "process" and a "callback"
-** Some processors (square) expect money values to be in cents
+** Some processors (Square) expect money values to be in cents
 *** Performing only integer operations on cents seems to be best practice
 ** There are thousands of processors, so Sam has created an open system for processor gateways
 ** Payment processors provide an SDK for the gateway code
 *** Each payment processor has its own API, unique for each installation.
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-* Order file
+* A look at the data: Order file
 ** A YAML file that builds up as order information is entereed
 ** Based on server's session ID (uniqueness?)
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-* Kirby developer, Bastian Algere,  is known for Zootool, and making a living off Kirby
+* Kirby developer, Bastian Allgeier,  is known for Zootool, and making a living off Kirby
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 ==== General Business ====
-* SysAdminDinner -
+* [http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/2018/07/06/sysadminday-dinner-2018-at-abe-erb-in-kitchener/ SysAdminDay Dinner] - 6:00pm on Friday, 27 July 2018 at Abe Erb Restaurant in Kitchener

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+==== General Business ====
 ==== Future Topics ====
 * See [[KWNPSA Requested Topics]]
 * Need a topic for Monday, 20 August 2018 (Bob can't do I2P)
 [[Category:NPSA]]
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	*** Tax and shipping rules can be defined by the developer, but not through the WebUI		*** Tax and shipping rules can be defined by the developer, but not through the WebUI
	*** Sam take us for a deep dive into the shipping selection code		*** Sam take us for a deep dive into the shipping selection code
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		+	* Reporting in Shopkit
		+	** Done from the Shopkit backend
		+	** Invoices are created by PHP into PDF files using "DOM PDF"
		+	** Report invoices are generated dynamically every time, but from a static "transactions" file
		+	** Added some widgets on the dashboard, eg. "Abandoned, Pending, Paid/Shipped"
		+	** There are also site stats based on another Kirby plugin
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		+	* Payment Processing
		+	** Implemented at "gateways" in Shopkit
		+	*** Each gateway has a "process" and a "callback"
		+	** Some processors (square) expect money values to be in cents
		+	*** Performing only integer operations on cents seems to be best practice
		+	** There are thousands of processors, so Sam has created an open system for processor gateways
		+	** Payment processors provide an SDK for the gateway code
		+	*** Each payment processor has its own API, unique for each installation.
		+	**** This separates the payment processing from Shopkit itself, absolving Sam of dealing with payment issues
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		+	* Testing
		+	** No formal testing methodology
		+	** Tries new code on a test site, Sam's own site
		+	** Most bugs are caught by end-users (developers)
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		+	* Shopkit and Kirby aren't quite Free Software: Code is available for inspection, modification, but not necessarily for redistribution. But payment is on the honour system.
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		+	* There have been 200 issues logged in the Shopkit issue tracker; most are from Sam himself.
		+	** Top question: Can I add Shopkit to an existing (Kirby) site?
		+	*** Not really, Shopkit is a standalone application,
		+	*** Shopkit is a good intermediate between a simple button, and a full-fledged e-commerce system.
		+	* Shopkit's changes to Kirby are mostly in the "snippets", which might conflict with another Kirby installation's snippets
		+	* Shopkit is a full point version behind the Kirby, always on the stable version.
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		+	'''Shopkit is a ''kit'', a standalone, turnkey application'''
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		+	* Kirby developer, Bastian Algere, is known for Zootool, and making a living off Kirby
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	* Tour of the back end		* Tour of the back end
−	** Adding products	+	** Resetting passwords :)
		+	** Sam has tried to make it easy for front-end users
		+	** Adding products, adding categories
		+	*** Products have variants with different prices, options that don't affect price
		+	**** Small oversight: Options don't have different SKUs, no separate inventory
		+	*** Changing the use of SKUs is not dependent on the purchasing process
		+	** A "Featured Product" is displayed in the sidebar
		+	** Feature request by developers: "Items Remaining In Stock"
		+	** Another request: Individual e-mails for restocking
		+	** Shipping Rules:
		+	*** Can be different for all countries, one country,
		+	*** Shipping rules UI created by Sam, but as part of the plugin (even though it shows in the Kirby UI)
		+	*** Tax and shipping rules can be defined by the developer, but not through the WebUI
		+	*** Sam take us for a deep dive into the shipping selection code

← Older revision	Revision as of 00:02, 17 July 2018
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	+	* Sam is part of the Kirby CMS community
	+	** Didn't have an ecommerce plugin, but there was an appetite for it
	+	** Working over three years to develop Shopkit with the Kirby developers
	+	** Kirby is a file-based PHP CMS (we like that)
	+	*** Files are written in Markdown, still accessible if Web connection goes down
	+	*** But there is a good GUI as well (good for marketers)
	+	*** UI is decoupled from the data
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	+	* Sam gives a quick tour of a sample installation on GitHub
	+	** https://github.com/samnabi/shopkit-sample-content/
	+	** Kirby has multi-language support, i18n, l10n
	+	** Also has categories, which Shopkit links to
	+	** It's a system of API hooks, launched from the plugin to Kirby
	+	** but Shopkit has all the templates for, eg. slideshows, created by Sam
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	+
	+	* Purchasing flow:
	+	** Select product, increase/decrease quantity, totals are updated
	+	** Uses AJAX, but the site is not Javascript dependent
	+	*** Jeremy Keith is Sam's inspiration, he knows about good design.
	+	** There can be different shipping rules, different tax rates for different localities
	+	** Add personal details (name, e-mail)
	+
	+
	+	* Tour of the back end
	+	** Adding products

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 ==== Meeting Notes ====
-===== Subtopic =====
+===== Introductions =====
-* Point
+* Where is everyone coming from? Sam Nabi will tailor his tour to our needs.
-* Point
+** Nonprofit org wants online registrations with payment
-** Sub-Point
+** Bookseller
 [[Category:KWNPSA Meeting Notes]]
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