Archive for October, 2006
- Also know as - OSC POS, OSCommerce POS, POS Plugin for OSC
- POS System for OSCommerce
- Point of sale for OSCommerce
Figure 1 - posshot1.png - Creating POS Orders in OSCommerce.
This screenshot demonstrates the standard three-part sales order view. The very top bar indicates where in the system you currently are. You are logged in as a sales-rep - “Dan” and you are processing a new sale. Next will come the individual line items.
Basic product lines in this OSC Point of Sale (POS) example, including kilt types and belt types, are specified in the first dropdown. Each has a two-letter code. Once these codes are learned, you can enter them without having to click the drop-down.
There are two types of order as specified in “Product”. A stock item is usually scanned, which populates the entire line with the relevant data. But it can still be manipulated manually. Grabbing the drop downs in a Stock Order will indicate what options are available, based on what you have already chosen. Choosing added-cost options will cause the drop down to change color and an extra cost amount to appear in the Attributes pane.
Figure 2 - posshot2.png - Using SKUs in OSCommerce & access your OSC Database via the Point of Sale System.
The SKU field is what the scanner will populate. Each combination of options has a unique SKU, so scanning a tag will cause all of the dropdowns to automatically update. When manually configuring an order, the SKU field is not normally touched. Clicking “Clear” will clear the entire line.
Putting more than a few line items in this view will give the Items pane a scrollbar, but in the top right corner of the pane, you’ll see an Expand button. This will expand the Items pane to the entire visible browser window, moving the Customer and Payment elements below the fold. The scrollbar will transfer to the browser window itself, as is depicted in the next screenshot.
Figure 3 – posshot3.png - Accessing customer data (OSC) via the POS.
When the Customer field is visible, it can be used to enter a new customer as depicted in Figure 1, to search for customers as depicted in Figure 2, or to display or edit existing customers as depicted below.
Figure 4 – posshot4.png - POS & Payment information. Using a POS in OSC to fullfill payment and transaction.
This also showcases some of the Payment field functionality. Since this functionality is usually tied to your preferred Gateway / Payment processor, we will not go into detail on it. It serves to indicate at a glance what the payment method and details are.
This POS System for OScommerce & ZenCart is VERY robust and is not one of those things that just comes off the shelf. It is a custom install service we’re happy to offer. For more information - call us at 877-239-3063 or 425-482-7941 if you are in the Seattle-area.
Email us questions about our OSC POS!
October 10th, 2006
InviteDesigner.com is a “do-it-yourself” invitation (weddings, etc) website that allows you to build and customize entire sets of wedding & wedding related “stuff”. We say “stuff” simple because there is so much collateral related to weddings we are still realing from all the work. Colors like “Champagnique!” and “Crystophague” - who knew. Those were not in my box of crayolas.
You can check the site out here: http://www.invitedesigner.com
& their blog here: http://www.invitedesigner.com/blog - which talks about the business of weddings, creative ideas and, yes, probably the merits of using “Champagnique” colored something or other.
October 10th, 2006
We get a lot of spam targeting our servers. I mean A LOT of spam. Definately more than 60,000 spam messages a day per server we own. Most of that is out of the blue; usually foreign and almost all total crap.
[Note to our web hosting customers … when you find yourself irked by the few that do get through (maybe a dozen per 300 delivered). We’re on the front lines taking the brunt for you. Promise. It’s the virtual equivilent of Kevin standing out there with a rolling pin in one hand waving it away - which is funny as hell to watch. Besides where have YOU been surfing lately. 
]
Anyway, so I’ve realized that if you take the average product(s) that spam is pushing, from its very inception, you’ll see that spam isn’t really all that bad.
Spam doesn’t want to hurt you.I mean, he’s (yes, spam is a “he”.) really looking out for you as the consumer. Serious. Spam is all about proportions, and here is the money shot:
Spam just wants to make your manhood larger and your mortgage payments smaller.
What scale!
So, when I found this website - http://spamusement.com/ - I nearly bust a gut. Granted, you have to read A LOT of Spam subject lines to get any of these jokes..but when you are in our industry - or just get a lot of email - you may recognize some of these.
Other cool links as of late:
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http://www.theyrule.net (Track the fat cats who sit on publically traded companies by how inbred their relations are to other companies you know. The fatter they are - the more they sit on)
New post over at our friends at Deviant Art - create your own Ski Hill and drop some poor soul down it to glory or his doom:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40255643/
Warning the above is addicting.
Apologizing ahead of time for spelling errors. Luke has a 103.5 degree fever. So tired.
October 9th, 2006
I don’t know what it is about the word “Blogosphere”, but I cringe everytime I hear it (It goes the same with “cyberspace” and “information superhighway”.). I suppose it is the fact that the only people who actually use the word “Blogosphere” seriously are those on T.V.
October 9th, 2006
Today is our first anual company BBQ over at my house. Beer, Bacci and assorted grilled wildlife. We told one guy and only this guy that this was a costume party.
Developing….
[UPDATED] - No costume, so he passes the test & is welcomed to the fold. The prank that went a little too far was probably having Beau hold what he thought was my great grandmother’s ashes in an urn, then we he doubted that was what it was - I took the top off and sneezed - spreading the ashes all over the place.
We’re talking about ashes from the stove. Funny.
October 8th, 2006
Hi all.
We do a bit of php here and there. Well…. that’s a bit misleading. I don’t mean to brag, but the sign on my door says “PHP Deity, etc.” (that’s right, I said etcetera!)
So that in mind, we– (Myself and my compadres) are going to start writing about php stuff– how to do php stuff, where to get php stuff, what php is good at, and what it’s not.
So if you want to learn any stuff about php, keep checking back. Got a specific question? Drop us a line!
October 6th, 2006
