Freeway Integration
  Not a Real Extension - Not Ready for Prime Time, April 24, 2008 |
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Freeway appears to be a very full function and rich eCommerce solution as a STAND ALONE system. When access their site from the links available here, you are taken to just a small piece of a much bigger picture, and you can expect to spend hours sorting everything out.
First, I must say that Freeway does show a lot of promise. In about 6-12 months, I expect I'll change my vote to "Excellent", but it just isn't ready yet.
1) You must first install and configure the Freeway software before starting with the Joomla "extension" piece. Good luck finding the link to this software.
2) Before you do #1, you must first, manually create a new, separate database for the Freeway system. (well, it can share the same MySQL database, but it appears everyone is keeping these separate for now).
3) If you have Joomla SEO turned on, then you MUST turn it off. They claim this will be fixed by around May 7-10, but we all know that this could take longer.
4) The Freeway administrative interface, for defining products, services, etc, is so completely separate from Joomla you must login separately. Once in, there is no way to access any Joomla admin functionality, unless you have this open in a differnt browser window.
5) The Freeway forums lack any means of searching, so expect to spend hours manually searching for the one tid-bit of info you need when you get stuck.
6) The documentation to understand how to configure the system, what settings to set, etc. is vaporware at this time. Yes, they have a table of contents, but there's nothing else at this time.
I have posted several questions to their forums, and have wasted hours of my time trying to locate information. I am now giving up, but do expect to check back on their progress.
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