Catalog Recommendation

[vbwebsites]

I was curiuos to know what you guys and gals may recommend for a catalog system that can handle 25K+ items. One of my clients wants to show clothing types for embroidery and needs something that would work well to show all products. This is not so much for shopping but to allow clients to look and choose which garmets they want for embroidery.

 

I have all the data ready and trying to figure out the best solution. I know i could use OSc backbone but this is catalog is not necessarily for people to buy items.

 

Any direction or thoughts is appreciated and i thank you in advance.

 

Brady

[boo_lolly]

build a simple CMS where you/your client can add, edit, and remove entries into a database. build a simple public-side browsing page where users can browse the items that were entered into the CMS.

[vbwebsites]

I am looking for something ready to go if possible.. Something that has a good simple base that later can be impressed upon.

 

Thanks

Brady

[boo_lolly]

i think if you chose to go with something that was already built, it'd be over-kill. you can download applications that do this, but also do much more. generally, pre-built apps aren't easy to hack down to the simple features required for your project. i would highly advise building one yourself. here's a layout:

 

Content Management System:

index.php - list all the items in the database with a checkbox next to each one with a 'delete' button at the bottom to allow the option of deleting item(s) from the database when checked.

 

add.php - have as many input fields as you need to enter in all the correct information for each item

 

edit.php - along with a checkbox for each item in index.php, the name of each item should be a link to edit.php. this page will display the item's current information, with input fields to UPDATE the information in the database.

 

Public Page:

index.php - a simple while loop that will populate a list of all the items in your database.