MarvikShop
Version
2.3.0 (last update on Aug 20, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
4
License
GPLv2 or later
Commercial
Type
Date Added
29 March 2011
Editor's Note
- This extension requires registration to download.
- Based on OSCommerce, single database
How many times have you built a site, and your client asked you for some additional information about users who register for the site? They wanted to collect their mailing address, date of birth, a favorite book or even they just wanted them to accept the terms of service. Unfortunately, in Joomla 1.5, you would have had to install a complex extension like Community Builder to achieve this functionality. Now, however, it's built into Joomla 1.7.
We added 2 plugins and better performance in MarvikShop 2.3.
The first one is a new profile plugin for Joomla 1.6/1.7. The second one will be needed to synchronizes your profile with the MarvikShop adresbook, customers, customers points add-ons etc.
MarvikShop is for 80% Oscommerce and uses the same Database tables. You will be able to install within small changes thousands add-ons available on the Oscommerce site!!
If you want a webshop in Joomla and save your old Oscommerce database.... This is the program for you!
Some features in MarvikShop itself:
Layout:
Nice product listing layout
jQuery/Ajax Shopping Cart
Fly to Cart product image to cart on product page
Ajax Add/Remove buttons in cart
Ajax Delete button in cart
Ajax Remove button in shopping_cart infobox
Unlimited Products and Categories
Gift Vouchers/Coupons
Download/Virtual Product support
Secure/Stable code base
Web Based admin Panel
Supports UPS, USPS and Fed X shipping
Unlimited product Specials
Separate customer groups
Download Controller
New Attribute Manager
Down For Maintenance
Shipping Per Product
Separate Pricing Per Customer
Category Box Enhancement
Specials On Main Page by Default
Column Product Listing + admin toggle and controls
Dynamic Meta Tag Generator
Edit Orders
Categories Descriptions
Easy Populate
Easy product listing
Country/State dropdown
Recover Cart Sales
Wishlist
Customer Loyalty Discount
Sales/Tax Reporting
Page Performance Parse
Some payment Modules Included:
Authorize.Net Consolidated Credit Card AIM and SIM
Cash on Delivery
Bank payment
Standard OSC Credit Card
EFS Net
GeoTrust QuickPayments
iPayment
Check/Money order
NOCHEX
PayBox Credit Card
IPN
5 different paypal payments
2CheckOut
PSIGate
Realex Payments
SECPay
Credit Card Payment (VCS)
Some shipping Modules Included:
FedX Direct Real Time Quotes v2.04
UPS XML v1.1.5
Images
If you have a shop in OScommerce then this is the best solution for bringing it in to Joomla. I've been wasting money, time and researching methods & other carts to do this for 6 years now and this really is the best solution to date.
Yes, you need to be familiar with joomla & phpmyadmin. You should be already if you work with OScommerce and Joomla!
This component creates a new oscommerce shop within joomla, which is virtually identical to the admin of oscommerce, so you'll already be familiar with it. Once installed you import your data from your existing oscommerce store into the new joomla marvikshop. As with any shop with many products, its going to be work to tweak and reconfigure where necessary so don't expect to get away without putting any effort into it. Quite frankly, if you cannot manage to work with this then perhaps you shouldn't be trying to develop and manage your own web site, let alone an ecommerce site.
This component is short on documentation, but then I find most components this complicated are - because the developers put all their effort into the component itself and keeping up with improvement requests. The price paid for this is peanuts compared to the effort this developer has put into making it. Thank you Marvikshop!
Yes, you need to be familiar with joomla & phpmyadmin. You should be already if you work with OScommerce and Joomla!
This component creates a new oscommerce shop within joomla, which is virtually identical to the admin of oscommerce, so you'll already be familiar with it. Once installed you import your data from your existing oscommerce store into the new joomla marvikshop. As with any shop with many products, its going to be work to tweak and reconfigure where necessary so don't expect to get away without putting any effort into it. Quite frankly, if you cannot manage to work with this then perhaps you shouldn't be trying to develop and manage your own web site, let alone an ecommerce site.
This component is short on documentation, but then I find most components this complicated are - because the developers put all their effort into the component itself and keeping up with improvement requests. The price paid for this is peanuts compared to the effort this developer has put into making it. Thank you Marvikshop!
I have been working on this plugin(s) for 10 hours already and I have not been able to get a single product successfully viewed in joomla frontend.
Injecting the plugins into Joomla was very smooth. The problem arises when you try to implement/use its properties.
I had to correct some php erros. The seller has a working guide for installation but no instruction for implementation.
If I did know, I would not use this even it was free, cause it is very time consumable.
Injecting the plugins into Joomla was very smooth. The problem arises when you try to implement/use its properties.
I had to correct some php erros. The seller has a working guide for installation but no instruction for implementation.
If I did know, I would not use this even it was free, cause it is very time consumable.
After uploading and failing multiple times, Marvick Shop directed me to make core edits to the PHP. After making these edits, the application still won't work.
After many hours of trying to work with them I am done. My notes to them are:
Suggestion - Fix the problems!
Marvick Shop: When you sell a Module or Plugin you should be able to upload it and it works. You shouldn't have to mess with code in order to make it work. Anyone, new or seasoned, should be able to upload and use your application. Shame on you for producing a product that doesn't work out of the box. You should notify customers that you need to be an expert in Joomla and PHP before purchasing this product.
If the tweaks and fixes worked, I wouldn't be writing this right now. But, they don't. They only uncover additional problems with the application. Shame on you!
After many hours of trying to work with them I am done. My notes to them are:
Suggestion - Fix the problems!
Marvick Shop: When you sell a Module or Plugin you should be able to upload it and it works. You shouldn't have to mess with code in order to make it work. Anyone, new or seasoned, should be able to upload and use your application. Shame on you for producing a product that doesn't work out of the box. You should notify customers that you need to be an expert in Joomla and PHP before purchasing this product.
If the tweaks and fixes worked, I wouldn't be writing this right now. But, they don't. They only uncover additional problems with the application. Shame on you!
Owner's reply
This review has nothing to do with the program itself. But the installation procedure of a component in Joomla. The guy is new at Joomla and got problems with uploading the program to the server of Godaddy. Because of the directory permissions. He never came to edit the files because he got problems with the dir. permission. Now he gives MarvikShop the fault and that's not right. A review should be going about the program, not about the installation of a component in Joomla within Godaddy.
I figure I give this Cart a try since it said it was based off of OsCommerce.
I'm sorry I did. This component should be available for FREE; it is not worth the $45 US dollars I paid for it.
Pros:
It has a lot of great features.
Cons:
1. First, I'm NO Newbie to Joomla. This cart is very hard to setup. After you install the component, you have to edit some lines in about 2-3 php files, then another file before creating the database. This is not going to work for someone who does not have or like editing .php files.
2. next, there is no documentation. There is a forum with not much information. I was able to debug some of the errors from their forum.
3. The component has to many bugs. It is a version 1.0. I wasted a whole day just trying to figure out how to fix the bugs, and get the thing going.
4. Images do not display correctly. You have do something else to some files and folders to get it to work.
5. Lack of Support. As i stated there is a forum, but when you post your issue, the support team or developer will give you very, very short answers to what is going on.
Overall, I wasted time and money that I know I won't get refunded (because I put in a request, and still no answer from them). As a 1.0 the developer should just make this Shopping Cart Free until they get it right.
I had to spend more money, and purchase Redshop which I wish I would've purchased first.
You've been Warned.
I'm sorry I did. This component should be available for FREE; it is not worth the $45 US dollars I paid for it.
Pros:
It has a lot of great features.
Cons:
1. First, I'm NO Newbie to Joomla. This cart is very hard to setup. After you install the component, you have to edit some lines in about 2-3 php files, then another file before creating the database. This is not going to work for someone who does not have or like editing .php files.
2. next, there is no documentation. There is a forum with not much information. I was able to debug some of the errors from their forum.
3. The component has to many bugs. It is a version 1.0. I wasted a whole day just trying to figure out how to fix the bugs, and get the thing going.
4. Images do not display correctly. You have do something else to some files and folders to get it to work.
5. Lack of Support. As i stated there is a forum, but when you post your issue, the support team or developer will give you very, very short answers to what is going on.
Overall, I wasted time and money that I know I won't get refunded (because I put in a request, and still no answer from them). As a 1.0 the developer should just make this Shopping Cart Free until they get it right.
I had to spend more money, and purchase Redshop which I wish I would've purchased first.
You've been Warned.
