| Topic: | amazon-module for postnuke - does there exist one? |
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occasione
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hi board, OMG, another n00b questions..... but probably you guys out there can help me. i am new to the board. Can someone plz help me find some amazon-modules for PostNuke. Ideally I'm looking for something I can use as a amazon module wheras some books can be displayed. i tried to get find some but finally got stuck. where to find a nice amazon module that runs in PostNuke well you see: A few problems I need help with... Hope you guys can help me out. thx occasione |
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Bad_Dude
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Please do a search or at least some googling prior to posting. :) The answers are there all the time and you can find them faster rather than waiting. This may help you... http://sourceforge.net/projects/pnamazon -- -James |
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occasione
Freshman
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hello Bad_Dude thanks for replyin Bad_DudePlease do a search or at least some googling prior to posting. :) The answers are there all the time and you can find them faster rather than waiting. thanks for the hint; this is a good idea. The mentioned module is somewhat out of time. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78409 april 17th 2003 but i will have a look at the googlesearch. If someone has a module up n running yet then i d appreciate a little comment on the request. thx occasione |
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pnDev
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I have a module up and running that I found using a search. Its ggggggrrrreeeaat! Search ~ love it, learn it. -- pnDev.com ~ featuring the PostNuke paid services forum |
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occasione
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hello pnDev, QuoteIts ggggggrrrreeeaat! Search ~ love it, learn it Goshh - that's a slap in the face of open source idea. well ok - i am a nOOb - and pretty new to 1. PostNuke 2. this board. pnDevI have a module up and running that I found humm, humm, and yes i am pretty new to the entire open source-scene and open source communty. I ve heard much about open source; Some of my friends suggested me to use open source software since i can find many helping hands if i got stuck or need some help. So what... I also heard that in open source all is about revealing. But you both really try to hint me the google-way. I thougth that the this forum is a great community whereas many users have the incentive to voluntarily reveal their modules or ideas and innovations. hmmm, hmmm To me, that's a slap in the face of open source idea. Well - you, especially pndev, really try to convince me to go google-way, and you do not think about voluntarily revealing the innovation. You tell me that your module "is grrrreat" - and tell me that i have to google. Isnt it kinda of cynicism to show some users that are on the search for a module - to do a google serach...Well - is that the open source way of doing things. I am new to the open source-movement but i am wondering if this is typical here. i cannot believe that this is the common way of doing things .... duhhhhh.. All i want is a helping hand but wait- pnDEV - perhaps it is your typical answer: perhaps on your site there are hundred modules running and you tell each newbie that they have to google... Perhaps you want to educate & teach the PostNuke-newbies to get good google-hunters. Wait - i will have a closer look at your other postings. Perhaps they show a typical behaviour... - sorry for being the cynical dog, but your answer is kinda worse and not very helpful. All i want is a helping hand - if you can not help so do not be cynical cheers occasione edited by: occasione, Feb 16, 2007 - 05:20 PM |
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occasione
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hello list i just saw on the site http://pndev.com/AmaZone.html the Module Copyright Information AmaZone module for PostNuke QuoteModule's Name: AmaZone My question is:; ís this the old version or the new one; therer are thow versions out there: The old and traditionell one - and a new one see http://noc.postnuke.com/frs/?group_id=401in the respository history we can read;: Jean-Michel Vedrine adds171 commits 50 and we have the option: [Download The Nightly CVS Tree Snapshot] can somebody help me hout here.. thx occasione edited by: occasione, Feb 16, 2007 - 05:16 PM |
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Bad_Dude
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I will try to help ya out when I go home tonight. I got a class now... Just search around if still unsuccessful then let us know. I will check this thread tonight. -- -James |
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occasione
Freshman
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hello Bad_Dude many thanks for the reply. I am happy to hear from you. You make me glad. Bad_DudeI will try to help ya out when I go home tonight. I got a class now...Just search around if still unsuccessful then let us know. I will check this thread tonight. again; Many many Tanks for the reply. I will gogle around and will have a closer look. perhaps i can find somehting. cheers, Occasione, at a first glance i found out the following - on my google search ifound some thing. and now i want to clear up: what is this: http://noc.postnuke.com/frs/?group_id=401 in the respository history we can read;: Jean-Michel Vedrine adds171 commits 50 and we have the option: [Download The Nightly CVS Tree Snapshot] see also here: http://noc.postnuke.com/plugins/scmcvs/cvsweb.php/books/modules/?cvsroot=books Jean Michel Vedrine on the books list. Hello, As I have said, I don't currently hae any time to work on PostNuke modules collegues had the strange idea to elect me at the head of my university department !! There is a working version of PN-books .8 but it lacks lang files other than eng and fra, and the documentation is not up to date. This version was in use on my own website http://www.vedrine.net for a few months and no bug was reported so I consider it as stable enought for production. As the module has been totally rewritten it seems better to go with a brand new CVS and let the old .75 version on sourceforge for users not wanting to upgrade yet. So I created a NOC project and uploaded all the sources. You can find this project here: http://noc.postnuke.com/projects/books/ If you want to test it, you will have to download all the files from CVS. An upgrade from books .75 is supported but as the database records will be changed to support hierarchic categories (this means that all your subcategories id will change and all references to sid=xx will be repaced by cid= yy in ALL URLS, be warned) I STRONGLY ADVISE TO BACKUP YOUR SITE AND DATABASE BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY INSTALL ON A LIVE SITE !!!!!!!!! Be carefull, upgrade has only been tested on my tests sites and on my production website so I wil prefer that you install it on a test site first/ Report any problem or bug using the NOC trackers of the project. Maybe in a few months I will be able to continue PostNuke coding (I hope so). Cheers. Jean-Michel Vedrine" get the code at http://noc.postnuke.com/projects/books/ http://noc.postnuke.com/projects/books/ Hello, As I have said, I don't currently hae any time to work on PostNuke modules bllegues had the strange idea to elect me at the head of my university department !! There is a working version of PN-books .8 but it lacks lang files other than eng and fra, and the documentation is not up to date. This version was in use on my own website http://www.vedrine.net for a few months and no bug was reported so I consider it as stable enought for production. As the module has been totally rewritten it seems better to go with a brand new CVS and let the old .75 version on sourceforge for users not wanting to upgrade yet. So I created a NOC project and uploaded all the sources. You can find this project here: http://noc.postnuke.com/projects/books/ If you want to test it, you will have to download all the files from CVS. An upgrade from books .75 is supported but as the database records will be changed to support hierarchic categories (this means that all your subcategories id will change and all references to sid=xx will be repaced by cid= yy in ALL URLS, be warned) I STRONGLY ADVISE TO BACKUP YOUR SITE AND DATABASE BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY INSTALL ON A LIVE SITE !!!!!!!!! Be carefull, upgrade has only been tested on my tests sites and on my production website so I wil prefer that you install it on a test site first/ Report any problem or bug using the NOC trackers of the project. Maybe in a few months I will be able to continue PostNuke coding (I hope so). Cheers. Jean-Michel Vedrine To sume up the question: in the respository history we can read;: what is this: http://noc.postnuke.com/frs/?group_id=401 Jean-Michel Vedrine adds171 commits 50 and we have the option: [Download The Nightly CVS Tree Snapshot] see also here: http://noc.postnuke.com/plugins/scmcvs/cvsweb.php/books/modules/?cvsroot=books edited by: occasione, Feb 16, 2007 - 05:32 PM |
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Bad_Dude
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Here are few more links that may help you... http://www.pnmodules.com/product_info.php?cPath=8&products_id=57 http://nuclearscripts.com/php/scripts-and-programs/miscellaneous/postnuke-modules http://jcay.com/php/scripts-and-programs/miscellaneous/postnuke-modules/amazon-shop-pnamazon-for-PostNuke-762.html They are commercial modules so that is one drawback. -- -James |
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occasione
Freshman
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hello Bad:_dude, thanks for posting. Bad_DudeHere are few more links that may help you... really - they are all commercial. that is not very good. The above mentioned modules are not that expensive. The module from http://www.vedrine.net and another one: we have two ones: http://www.ttgapers.com http://www.vedrine.net BTW see this posting: http://community.postnuke.com/module-Forum-viewtopic-topic-48954-start-0.htm whereas the guy from http://www.ttgapers.com annouces his module... Quote
see this posting: http://community.postnuke.com/module-Forum-viewtopic-topic-48954-start-0.htm whereas the guy from http://www.ttgapers.com annouces his module... Imageine: the guy annouces it one year ago but well - this bad thing is that this module was not released yet. Well what could we do?` greetings occasione |
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occasione
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hi there just some months later on. Well what could we do?` is there no amazon module out here!? I did some more searh i came across the site: http://www.deanmarshall.co.uk/demo/apf_bridge he intergrates http://www.mrrat.com/aws/ APF Bridge, or Amazon Products Feed Bridge to give it its full name, is a component that adds extra functionality to web sites managed by the Joomla Open Source Content Management System. More specifically - APF Bridge integrates a fully browseable, fully searchable Amazon store into your site. There are six 'locales' or countries available - and you can offer ALL. APF Bridge doesn't actually do this all by itself; the really clever stuff is done by an external script APF or Amazon Products Feed by MrRat. My little offering simple 'bridges' between Joomla and APF - hence the name APF Bridge. watcha think about this http://www.deanmarshall.co.uk/demo/apf_bridge he intergrates http://www.mrrat.com/aws/ watcha think about this? Lemme know greetings occasione |
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videokid
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For the fun of it, I installed Amazon1_1 http://noc.postnuke.com/projects/amazone/ and guess what, the thing actually works on a 0.8.x PN version http://www.postnuke.be/index.php I did howver change the links modload --> index.php?module= - Igor -- Have a nice day zikulapro.be is currently running |
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occasione
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hi Igor [videokid] thanks for the reply. Great to hear that you installed the Amazone 1.1 I guess that this is the version that was released in Autumn last year. Is it the newest version, the version that runs on http://www.vedrine.net ? videokidFor the fun of it, I installed i will have a closer look at your site. again thanks for stepping up the plate. cheers Occasione |
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videokid
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In the zip file is see: "19 January 2006", so a little earlier The module on Jim Vedrine's site is not amazone, it's the books module [which I used once ages ago]. If I'm not mistaken he adapted it a while ago, the amazone module works different, it actually takes the data from amazon itself thru webservices. BTW, I didn't step up.... I just pointed out Edit: I took a closer look, I didn't notice 'Boutique', that is in fact the Amazone module [although it says version 1.2] Edit2: seems noc.postnuke.com is down again: I've set up a mirror: http://www.postnuke.be/index.php?module=PostNuke&func=viewpub&tid=5&pid=9&title=Amazone - Igor edited by: videokid, May 20, 2007 - 11:54 AM -- Have a nice day zikulapro.be is currently running |
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occasione
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hello VideoKid, many thanks for the quick reply. videokidIn the zip file is see: "19 January 2006", so a little earlier again thanks for the action. It is a great pleasure to see things going on. the Amazon-webservices affiliation module is a great real world application - at least according my humble brain. Videokid - i look forward to clear up some questions. and i am glad that you run a g reat version of a "book" or amazon module...: Not yet sure which version it is. VideoKid, some questions regarding the release-date may come up. There are some confusions. I remember the messages of Jean Michel Vedrine on the Books-Module mailinglist last Autumn [i.e. september 2006]: There he announced the early release of a complete overhauled books module, since lack of time...: Read what he said and see the CVS which was definitly created and added in august and september last year.... : Quote
videoKid - can we make sure that the newest version is out - and used!? And yes: in order to speed up the development we need many testers and an onging discussion on features, like blocks etc. We should make the module public - write some annuncements and get the code out of the door. What do you think!? best regards occasione |
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videokid
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Indeed, there seems to be confusion here. The 'books-module' and 'AmaZone-module' are two different modules.
I see for Amazone version 1.2 is to be found in the CVS. [PROBABLY WITH ISSUES] - Igor -- Have a nice day zikulapro.be is currently running |
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occasione
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hi Videokid thx for replyin .. videokidIndeed, there seems to be confusion here. i remember the conversation on the books-module-list last year: AFAIK, Jean Michel finally dediced to release his new "baby" the complete overhauled (or redesigned) book-module, where he integrated many features and new things. We should make sure where the new version is and how stable it is. Anyway: Besides this we should get the actual (the newest version) into a testing field. Especially a Amazon-web-services module needs many testers, since the different Country-codes are quite important. and besides this - Videokid, we have two Amazon-modules ....; we have two ones: http://www.ttgapers.com http://www.vedrine.net BTW see this posting: http://community.postnuke.com/module-Forum-viewtopic-topic-48954-start-0.htm whereas the guy from http://www.ttgapers.com annouces his module... Quote
VideoKid, what should we do. It is sad sad sad that Supa from http://www.ttgapers.com keeps his interesting module unreleased. This is funny, isnt it. Anyway: i look forward to hear from you. Especially we can look and see whats the newest version of Jean Michel Vedrines module is. Is this a new version... http://noc.postnuke.com/scm/?group_id=401 Hmm perhaps we can contact him.... what do you think....?! Look forward to hear from you.. cheers occasione edited by: occasione, May 20, 2007 - 05:10 PM |
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jmvedrine
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Hello, I am still alive The NOC has the most up to date version of both books and AmaZone modules, apart from small bugfixes that I have made since but was unable to commit to the NOC because my password is no more working (I have tried to notify several members of the PN team that I was unable to commit to CVS, but received no response, the strange thing is that the password work to log on the NOC but not to commit with my turtoise CVS client) I wil probably not be able to do any serious programming work for the comming years, so if anybody want to work on these modules, I will gladly accept. -- Visit my live reef aquarium. My Amazon wish list. |
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occasione
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hello Jean Michel, great to hear from you. Thanks for the news-update. jmvedrineHello, Jean Michel thanks for this offer. I think that the best thing is to announce it on the main /(module) page. The Amazon-mod is a most wanted and a great real world application. So i am sure that it has many friends. Let us make sure that the development continues. Someone should take care and take the issue to the news-site of pn.com cheers occasione |
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jmvedrine
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Hello, Some bad news : Amazone PostNuke module has stopped working. This is because the Amazon Web Service that the module was using to get data from Amazon is now deprecated. To make it works again it would be necessary to rewrite the whole code to query the new version of Amazon Web Service. And in fact it would be better to rewrite the whole module to be pnAPI compliant and templated. Unfortunately I have no time for that huge task so unless someone want to adopt this module, it is now dead. But as I have received no query or mail since it doesn't work I guess not a lot of people are still using it. On the contrary I will release a new version of the books module wich query the new version of Amazon Web Service to get books details in administration (this was only a small work so I was able to do it). -- Visit my live reef aquarium. My Amazon wish list. |
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kaffeeringe.de
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it shouldn't be too much work, if you code the basics with modulestudio and then put in my xmltotemplate plugin. it fetches everything that is xml and fetchable via URL and turns it into pnRender variables. -- best regards from Kiel, sailing city Steffen Voss Member of the PostNuke Steering Committee Read The Zikulan's Blog |
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damon
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jmvedrine
Does this mean there is an API enabled version of the Books module? I would like to have that, I had to remove Amazone. I had previously used the books module with manual entry and switched to Amazone. Really entering the isbn numbers and having the details drawn from Amazon API would be ideal for my site. Damon -- Damon Catamaran Sailing at TheBeachcats.com |
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thowden
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Hi Jean Michel Was / is the latest code for Amazone v1.2 ? Its no longer available from your site, I would like to research a bit to see whats required. QuoteI see for Amazone version 1.2 is to be found in the CVS QuoteUnfortunately I have no time for that huge task so unless someone want to adopt this module, it is now dead. -- cheers Tony Marble Bay : PostNuke Dev Work Wren/Maxwell : PostNuke Hosting |
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capetownlighthouse
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hello Tony, thowden
Keops works on an overhauled / new module for amazon-web-services. soon to be released he wrote "wait a bit for mine ;o) 2 or 3 weeks" - see more infos at http://www.keopsonline.com BTW - the other ones are http://www.ttgapers.com/module-ttStore-browse-mode-Books-node-5-locale-us.html wich was never ever released ....at least i did not see any and the vedrine.net -version... ..besides the above mentioned - any progress here..? -- Greetings Cape ...if you ever go to Cape Town and South Africa you must visit the famous lighthouses. Cape Town - one of the most beautiful cities in the world. |
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capetownlighthouse
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hello dear zikulans see some book-modules that run zikula (PostNuke!?) http://www.keopsonline.com/portal/index.php http://www.vedrine.net/module-books-display-bkid-6.html with this module you can add reviews to each book - looks impressive. well i am not sure if it works with the amazon webservices ver 4. the second one - by vedrine.net was a follow-up of the older book-module. see also http://chipdir.nl/amazon/amazonv4.php?mode=books&searchtype=KeywordSearch&locale=us&language=en&search=Machiavelli http://preciogasolina.com/ http://www.keopsonline.com/portal/index.php?module=pnODP&file=index&browse=/World/Deutsch/Gesellschaft/Menschen/Pers%C3%B6nliche_Homepages/H/ regards cape -- Greetings Cape ...if you ever go to Cape Town and South Africa you must visit the famous lighthouses. Cape Town - one of the most beautiful cities in the world. |
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capetownlighthouse
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good news from Jean Michel Vedrine - see http://www.vedrine.net/module-Downloads-display-lid-38.html he wrote me a mail. My old Amazone module is outdated and no more working because it use AWS3 Apart if someone else has time and knowledge there will not be any new version of AmaZone because I don't have time for that task. But my Books module is working with zikula and has been updated to use AWS 4. You can download it here : http://www.vedrine.net/module-Downloads-display-lid-38.html Greetings. Jean-Michel see the Books module here http://www.vedrine.net/module-books-display-bkid-6.html -- Greetings Cape ...if you ever go to Cape Town and South Africa you must visit the famous lighthouses. Cape Town - one of the most beautiful cities in the world. |