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Add A Shopping Cart To A Open Source LMS - CD ROM

Mon, 27 May 2008 19:06:54 GMT

posted by cringwall

I’m very proud to announce my newest CD-ROM information product “Add A Shopping Cart To A Open Source LMS”. There has been much discussion online on the various forums and newsgroups on exactly how to add robust e-commerce to the open source LMS products. I’ve developed a method that will work with any of the popular LMS packages, and I’ve published these instructions on an interactive CD-ROM.

If you are creating a pay-to-learn web site, you have no doubt looked at the various web-based open-source LMS (Learning Management Systems) or sometimes called CMS (Course Management Systems). These programs were designed by educators, not marketers, so they don’t contain the payment solutions that marketers want to cash in on the ‘Boom’ in pay-to-learn web sites.

Add A Real Shopping Cart

You need the flexibility of the LMS, but you also want:

A professional-looking cart and checkout system
The ability to use any payment processor - not just PayPal
A pro-grade affiliate management system
Ability to track payments
A system that integrates with popular 3rd party systems such as autoresponders
Professional design and a reliable system

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Welcome to our wikizine called "Ecommerce software Solution"

Thu, 13 Jul 2007 05:32:58 GMT

posted by broadwayinfotech
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Ecommerce software Solution". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!

Why I’m Giving Up On Moodle

Mon, 29 Apr 2008 02:25:45 GMT

posted by cringwall

Moodle is great. There, you Moodle fans out there, I’ll give you that- It’s a great platform, full of options and customizability, even some ecommerce potential. I’m developing pay-to-learn sites and am working on a workable platform. But I’m giving up on using Moodle, and here’s why: no control over the user’s progression thru a course. Moodle was designed from the outset to allow students to peruse a course in a non-linear fashion- it’s almost a religious belief with the Moodle-ers on the forums.

One poor Moodle forum newbie posted a message with his desire that he be able to control a user’s linear path through a Moodle course. He was designing courses for a state-sponsored certification exam, and the state agencies want to see an online course where access to Topic B is not possible without first successfully completing Topic A. Not exactly on the cutting edge of current education wisdom, but that is just the way it is.

Our hapless forum newbie was given a set of responses from the Moodle gurus laced with the scorn normally reserved for a Windows user posting a Perl problem on PerlMonks.com. One guru compared a linear learning path to a ‘mindless learning rat maze’. Ugh. So goes the entreprenuer’s voyages into the world of open source. If you want to use open source products for profit, be ready to swim on your own.

There are hacks available to implement ‘content locking’ in Moodle - but the hacks are not supported modules, and tend to break with each Moodle update. I never could get the hack to work with SCORM modules at all.

The other reason we are not going to use Moodle for our learning sites is the spotty support of SCORM offered by Moodle. With Moodle, your only real option if you want to use SCORM with any control over access to content is to post your course as one, big-ass SCO file. Not a workable solution.

In the coming weeks I’ll be reporting on our experiences with Claroline, another open-source learning package. It has a neat feature called ‘Learning Paths’ that can implement locks - as well as very easy and trouble-free SCORM support.

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Add A Shopping Cart To Learning and Course Management Systems

Mon, 20 May 2008 22:57:28 GMT

posted by cringwall

I’m putting the finishing touches on my newest information product:

Add A Shopping Cart To Learning and Course Management Systems

This is the ‘hack’ everyone is looking for to add a professional shopping cart to an open-source LMS or CMS. I’m not going to advertise the name of the software this CD-Rom product is designed for, but if you use open-source CMS or LMS systems, you’ll easily guess the name. Why the mystery? Well, seems the owner of the system’s trademarked name won’t let anyone advertise services related to his GNU product without paying him first. I’m not judging this issue one way or another, it’s just the way it is.

I’m going to include instructions on how to use this technique, including screencast video, source code and written documentation (most of the content is video). This method uses the E-Junkie shopping cart, and does require a bit of technical know-how to implement - but if you have scripted in PHP and can set up a MySQL database, you’ll find it pretty easy to do.

Release date of this product will be Friday, May 20th. I’ll offer the product for $29 with free US shipping.

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Membership Sites, Ecommerce and Moodle

Thu, 18 Apr 2008 01:03:36 GMT

posted by cringwall

Delivering quality content to your visitors can be made easier and more effective by packaging your paid or membership section in Moodle. Moodle is an open-source Course Management System, used by thousands of schools, organizations and businesses worldwide. The software is very flexible and can be integrated easily into your own membership and payment system.

Moodle was written for the needs of educators, not internet marketers. Most of the help you need to configure Moodle will come from their excellent forums, but if you are looking for e-commerce and affiliate marketing integration answers, you won’t find much help.

I have found one solution that has shown some promise - using Moodle with a hosted shopping carts like E-Junkie. E-Junkie allows you to put shopping cart buttons anywhere - including your Moodle site. Simply pass your Moodle course number and logged in user id in your E-Junkie cart buttons - then configure E-Junkie to IPN to a script that enrolls your user with his chosen course number in Moodle.

I’ve been testing this and it seems to be working well, but keep in mind that unless you want to learn to write modules for Moodle - this type of e-commerce setup is really just a hack, and won’t be trouble-free during upgrades, etc.

Stay tuned for more on this, I may release some detailed instructions as premium content - leave a comment if you are interested.

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