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I am working on a type of advanced profile (actually zipped site and sql dump) that will enable others to get Drupal and Ubercart 2 up and running within minutes.
You can see and USE the demo at http://ubercart.venturacottage.com Out the box it has been configured to handle:

  • Physical products (that are shippable)
  • Downloadable products (pdfs, mp3s, zips etc) 
  • Premium content (access to chargable nodes)
  • Dated products (events, conferences, training sessions) with optional separate enrolment form
  • Products with different attributes (eg small, medium, large)
  • Selling time as a product (eg consultancy, counselling etc)

Please give it a try (using the test creditcard details that appear when you checkout) and at the same time leave comments (at the bottom of the test order form) about anything that you feel I have left out. ***STOP PRESS *** It is now available from my store online

I have included an admin page with step by stem instructions on customising the final few settings to suit you eg:

* Update contact email at /admin/store/settings/stock
* Alter to suit at admin/settings/site-information
* Go to admin/store/settings/payment/edit/gateways > Test Gateway settings - currently enabled, very useful whilst you are testing the site but remember to turn off before it goes live
In API credentials section > If you are using PayPal Credit Card > Enable and put in your proper setting ..... etc etc

I look forward to hearing from those who like me wanted to use Ubercart but were put off by its apparent complexity

Urgent

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri 26th Feb '10 - 2:45am.

Hi

How can I test this? when I tried to see demo at http://ubercart.venturacottage.com, it is not showing the option for the credit card details. It is only showing for the paypal account.And through this link ***STOP PRESS *** It is now available from my store online I tried to purchase using the test credit details. but telling not valid card. I am sorry if it was a foolish move. I just want to use it to see whether I can use it for my site. Please anyone help me

have turned pay-pal off and

Submitted by webmaster on Sat 13th Mar '10 - 9:45am.

have turned pay-pal off and ensured credit card box shows - do try again

regards

joe

Like the demo

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu 26th Nov '09 - 11:53am.

Had a play about with the demo only issue I came across was when submitting the order I was taken to a page which showed a link where I can check the progress of my order:

http://ubercart.venturacottage.com/user/30/order/50

This link gave me an access denied so it looks like a permission setup is missing. I was able to see the files / premium content links when going to 'My Account' just thought I'd mention it as it may confuse a few people.

Also I have a Drush Make script which downloads drupal core, the uber drupal install profile, fusion / acquia prosper, ubercart core / contrib, and other contrib dependancies in one swift command:

"drush make uc.build ucdemo" hides all the magic. Let me know if you are interested in this makefile.

JamieT

Like the front page of the demo

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu 26th Nov '09 - 10:51am.

Like the front page of the demo - would be interested in how you set that up?

It is an adaption of the

Submitted by webmaster on Thu 26th Nov '09 - 11:34am.

It is an adaption of the Pixture theme and is available here - http://www.venturacottage.com/theme/frontpage-squares-theme-basic also there is a free tutorial here - http://www.venturacottage.com/tutorials/theming/css-and-templates-tutori...
regards Joe

You're aware of UberDrupal,

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu 26th Nov '09 - 1:33am.

You're aware of UberDrupal, right? Sounds quite similar, plus it will setup Acquia Prosper to boot!

http://drupal.org/project/uberdrupal

-Ryan

Thanks Ryan - yes and it is

Submitted by webmaster on Thu 26th Nov '09 - 9:26am.

Thanks Ryan - yes and it is part of the setup I use. But I still feel that many people get frustrarated about how many steps you have to go to between that and actually having a store up and running - then give up in frustration. My idea is to bundle a zipped site with sql dump as you see at the demo site, maybe with some bundled video tutorials for the products themselves.

UberDrupal ++

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu 26th Nov '09 - 12:12pm.

I've just tried uberdrupal this week and it was thrilling.
So I've got a drush 'make' script that will kickstart it,
then extending a copy of it with patterns.module, giving me a page of checkbox options in the middle of the install process that do the things that uberdrupal didn't.
Schweet.

Install profiles, (when you finally get them done), are so much more fun than DB dumps ;-)

(IMO)
.dan. dman@drupal.org