Recently, while trying to get all the resources in place ahead of the project launch for Shopp I ran across an issue integrating WordPress with MediaWiki. I did a heavy amount of research on the problem and found things more or less at a standstill. The bad news is, I didn’t find a magic solution. The good news is, I did find something. continue

Today, I’m pleased to announce that the official website for the Shopp e-commerce plugin for WordPress is now online! We’re still settling in, so there may be a few things off here and there. It’s a bit barebones at the moment as the details of Shopp are still being finished up, so expect a lot to change as we near release. continue

Wow, the last 20% of the project has definitely been the longest haul of work. The product options/variations re-factoring hasn’t helped either. The good news though is that it’s now behind me and things are really going to speed up. 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