The fifth generation of our ECF product is an entirely different animal in comparison to 4.1. Here is just a taste of what features will be included in G5. General: Reworked to take advantage of .NET 3.0/3.5 AJAX-based back-end to speed up user interactions With full source code, all core subsystems...
A Quick Summary A recent business survey conducted last month involving participants from 347 retailers, manufacturers, agencies and high-tech companies worldwide revealed that quite a good number of companies are looking to enhance their customer’s online web experience in 2008. Findings showed that...
A much talked about item in the commerce space is PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance. It also seems to be a point of confusion for a lot of people depending on how educated you are on the subject. A Quick Background First things first--the problem is simply that over the last few years there has...
Focusing on Architecture and Re-Use In keeping with our overall goals of the ECF G5 we spent a lot of time on thinking through the architecture of everything. As our customers and partners have pushed us over the last few years, we know that our primary value proposition is to accelerate the delivery...
A Quick Summary For businesses with multiple sites, multiple languages, and multiple access levels, site administration for ever-changing e-commerce sites can be quite a challenge. There may be instances when the marketing team controls promotions and content, the product team focuses on the product...
A Quick Summary Many sites may be good at what they do, whether it be displaying information or listing products for sale, but only a few sites provide the ability to encourage the growth of a customer community. One key to growing a loyal community of returning customers is to develop a site which focuses...
A Quick Summary Catalogs typically include product information in many formats, including text, images, PDFs, and more. And some catalogs contain millions of products. In many cases, a catalog is also a sales tool that lists available products and lets customers browse them in a convenient way. Often...
A Quick History For the last 20 months, we have been working on the fifth generation of our ecommerce framework. This will be referred to as ECF G5 in our various communication outlets as we move to releasing it into the wild. If you have been with us or followed our work over the last few years you...