I'm about to buy Pricetapestry and I've got a couple questions:
- Does the script comes with the full php sources? So we can integrate it in our other websites?
- I would like to set up a Kelkoo.co.uk like website, with Main categories and sub-categories of products. Is it possible to creat an unlimited number of sub-categories?
For example:
Computer
and so on....
- How big could the be database? What if we have more than a million product? Is it still fast?
- Is it possible to ad more search field on some categories? For example: size, color etc...
Thanks for respons
Best regards
Hello,
Thank you for your interest in Price Tapestry.
- Does the script comes with the full php sources?
Yes, you get all the source and it is designed to be easy to customise. The only file that should not be changed is MagicParser.php (it is compressed) but you will not have any need to change it.
- I would like to set up a Kelkoo.co.uk like website, with Main categories and sub-categories of products.
Price Tapestry as it stands does not support hierarchical categories. This is a concious decision, as unfortunately there is just not the quality of data in most affiliate product feeds to support this requirement. The big price comparison sites like Kelkoo employ lots of people to build the category tree and categorise each product, it is not something that is easy to do in a script.
However, what some users do is create multiple installations of Price Tapestry in sub-directories - one for each master category. Then, you can create a top level search box where the user can pick the category to search in (but not all categories, because they are separate sites). There is some more information on how to do this on the following page:
http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/205
- How big could the be database? What if we have more than a million product? Is it still fast?
This depends on your server and how will your database is configured for high performance. Some Price Tapestry users do work with more than 1 Million products, but not very many - and those who do have had to configure MySQL appropriately. Have a look at this thread for some discussion...
http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/732
- Is it possible to ad more search field on some categories?
There is no configurable way to add more indexed fields I'm afraid. It can be done with extensive modification (basically by copying all the code that exists to import and search on category, brand etc.) but you will need to be proficient with PHP and MySQL to make this sort of modification...
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
David.