Can osCMax handle these requirements?

[tunnel7]

I have a potential client that has some particular requirements for an ecommerce project. I have downloaded osCMax to my local development server here and have worked through many of them but still have some questions about it's ability to meet the following requirements:

1. Create additional pages that are editable using WYSIWYG editor - Client has a number of informational pages they would like full control over. Is it possible to create new editable pages within the framework - for example duplicating the privacy notice and maintaining the editing functionality for the new page? Or is it possible to add a WYSIWYG editor to the category description?

2. Taxes - Client would collect taxes in one state only and within that state certain customers will be tax exempt (based on a tax id#). Is this possible?

3. UPS order tracking module - I know that there are UPS shipping modules but do they also allow for orders to be tracked from UPS?

4. Shipping - This is the piece that is the most complex. Some products can only ship overnight so I'm looking for a way that if such an item is selected the shipping defaults to overnight. Additionally, there are three other product specific charges that may need to be added to any given item (and they need to be product specific). I was thinking setting up attributes for these but I don't know if that would do it.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

[met00]

1) yes.
2) yes.
3) yes.
4) there are any number of ways to do this. We have modified our version to have a flag that determines if it goes via UPS, USPS or BAX based on zip code and a special flag that we add to the product table. So, yes, you can modify the code to have a special flag in it, and when that flag is seen modify the way that it calls the UPS module to get quotes only on specific values. As for product specific charges added at the individual item level, that's just a matter of making small modifications on the products table and then coming up with the code on the admin side to add/edit them when adding/editing a product, and on the product_info and maybe shopping_cart side to displat that information to the users. So, yes again.

[tunnel7]

Can you elaborate on #1 - 3 ... Would these be modules that already exist or would they be custom programming for each? I'm trying to get a better sense of the time commitment involved so installing a module vs. having to modify code changes things in terms of planning.

Thanks in advance!

[aperfecthost]

I see in this post that it says it can handle tax exempt customers in their own state. How is this implemented into OSCMax?

I have several church related sites, some which sells products and they need to allow churches in their own state to order things as tax exempt while everyone else gets charged tax if in their state.

[jpf]

I see in this post that it says it can handle tax exempt customers in their own state. How is this implemented into OSCMax?

I have several church related sites, some which sells products and they need to allow churches in their own state to order things as tax exempt while everyone else gets charged tax if in their state.

Customer groups.... Create a new group - say "Church-State Tax Exempt" or "Business-State Tax Exempt" etc...

Set:
Show prices with/without tax: Show prices without tax
Tax Exempt: Yes
Etc...

Change all "approved" customer group to this group.

Done.

[aperfecthost]

Change all "approved" customer group to this group.

Done.

where do I set the "approved"? I need all customers to be able to place orders right after they create account if they want too and not to have to wait on the admin to set their group.

So, how would I add a drop down list to the create account page that would allow the customer to select their group?

[jpf]

Sorry - there is no option for this as default "retail" customer then could change themselves to "Wholesale" etc. You have to MANUALLY approve and change the customers to this group. Or else everyone could get tax free purchases etc...

[aperfecthost]

I understand that adding that would be "at our own risk". However since 95% or so of their customers are exempt because of the nature of their business, this needs to be an option. I also would then need to collect their tax exempt number.

However, if you could tell me what I need to add to the customers create account page to give them that drop down box I would appreciate it.

Thanks.

[jpf]

Simply thing would to be to enable TAX ID and then put an IF statement (if NOTNULL TAX_ID then GROUP="Business Group" Else GROUP="Default")