Shopp is really coming together now. I’m down to the last of the functional aspects to develop, primarily in the catalog. Now we’re starting the countdown to the beta release. There is still a lot to be done, but the pieces are all falling into place. continue

Things have slowed down on Shopp lately as I’ve had to meet other project deadlines, but exciting things are still happening. For example, development of the shipping cost calculation architecture has wrapped-up. More juicy details of that and other work underway on the other side of the continue button. continue

For some of you that requested to be added to the beta team consideration list know, I’ve been toiling with shipping calculations in Shopp as of late. Last week I sent out an e-mail to those who had asked to participate in the beta looking for input on what is really needed for calculating shipping costs in an e-commerce plugin for WordPress. I got a decent amount of response (thank you!) and was finally able to find a solution. continue

Shopp is still shaping up. Today, I’m going to continue providing updates on development progress for the new WordPress e-commerce plugin. This past week, work focused primarily on creating the interface for handling file uploads in the product editor and some redesign on the product options interface. continue

Here’s a weekly update on where development stands with the WordPress e-commerce plugin, Shopp. My feeling is that providing a weekly update will continue to help generate excitement about the project and to demonstrate my commitment to bringing it to the WordPress community. I can also use regular updates to describe specific features in much greater detail by breaking up coverage while fielding comments and questions specific to them. So here’s where development stands, one week after the first public announcement… continue