triplemoons

Yes, you’re correct that you can’t make everyone happy. Everyone has a different idea on what is easier to navigate and understand. As a developer, I need to think of how the client views things and provide the best option based on that. For me, that means I need to have things as simple as possible because most of my clients aren’t the greatest when it comes to technology.

I do like being able to use a page for a product (if I were doing the updating/editing), but I think eShop does this method much better. The only downfall of eShop is it doesn’t offer stock quantity for its drop downs and does not accept manual CC machines.

I wish I could take different features from wp-eCommerce, Yak and eShop and stick them all into one!

Here, this is a detailed critique (not that this is based on what I expect from eCommerce, not what I expect this particular plug-in to do):

1) You’re better off having Yak with it’s own drop down section, all in one place instead of in both the Tools and Settings. That way users don’t have to bounce back and forth, and also would know immediately where everything is.

2) The “Basic Instructions” would be better off in a file by itself instead of taking up all of that space and making me look at it constantly.every time I try and edit something. That’s a lot of information and extra load time for something that really doesn’t need to be where it is.

3) I see no information on drop downs. If I don’t see any obvious way to use drop downs, I can only assume I have to pay for your documentation to be able to use it.

4) Way too much short code. This should all be auto generated when installed. It should automatically generate pages for the products, checkout, etc.

5) There should be a way to add products without having to manually create a page or post per product. There is no way a client of mine would be able to use this system by themselves. For clients that would want to just have me handle it would be a different story of course.

6) I see no information on how to input a payment system using a manual credit card machine.

7) If you charge for documentation, I would make that known before people take the time to download, install and fart around. By known, I mean give a run down of what isn’t covered in your Basic Instructions.

By all means, you’re entitled to charge whatever you want for the documentation. But expect people to complain and rate the plug-in low because it doesn’t do much good without detailed documentation.

I hope that helps with your feedback concern! That was all that I immediately noticed with the plug-in. When it proved too complicated to work with I didn’t dive very in depth into it and tossed it out.