I still do not see the message box on the first page, its not working. I've typed the info into the
Welcome Message field and saved it numerous times. It still does not show. I upgrade to the 1.6.0 version.
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Originally Posted by NickTheGreek
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Actually not quite but close. This is pretty much what I've looked for. I'm sure other people have other ideas on how they want to run their sites etc. But this has always been my thoughts.
This is gonna be long, remember you asked lol.
Things important for me in running my business:
1. Having a Forum and having one login for everything, hence the reason I am trying to get the store, forum, cms, etc set up. (vBulletin offers this obviously)
2. Having the CMS in place for articles, manuals, my portfolio, my list of services, and other information about my business. (vBulletin offers this obviously)
3. Having a downloadable products store.
4. Having a private support ticket system for members/clients.
5. Having a invoice system where I can invoice or quote past clients.
6. Having a subscription service where I can have a skin club with more basic skins for business type sites. This they pay XXXX a month or 3 months, 6, 12 etc. (This I will use the built in vBulletin feature for it works exactly the way I need it to but I have an adult design site in wings that I'm working on and will need this feature in a shopping cart to use CCBill).
7. Having a client area where they can view their account details, download links, products, input their web site URL, and pick up and answer their support tickets.
Store:
1. Downloadable products allowed with "hidden" downloads where they are secure and cannot be accessed without paying for the item.
2. Products that can be shipped. I offer my clients the option of me shipping them a backup of their site via postal mail on a DVD. This works great for clients who do not have fast internet connections or time to sit and download several gigs of files for ever in a day just have their backup. So there would be a shipping charge as well as the charge for the DVD.
3. Demo link
4. Screenshots
5. Pretty much what you have done so far. It works perfectly for what I need really.
Invoice/Quote System:
1. An invoice/quote system that allows me to input extra fields if I need them.
2. I should be able to send this invoice/quote to a client who is a member of my site and already has a verified account.
3. Unlimited invoice/quote rolls/fields so if the client wants quite a lot of work done (which does happen) then I can add rolls to the invoice to add the new items.
4.
The following fields would be required client information:
***a) Client Name
***b) Client Email address
***c) Client Web Site URL
***d) Client Account Number (and this could even be a built in feature where it assigned an account number automatically but that is not really a deal breaker, I base my account numbers on the client's name, web site name and some random numbers)
***e) Client Web Site Name
***f) Date of invoice/quote.
5.
The following fields would be required for adding products to the invoice:
***a) Item Name (This would give the option of a field I could add myself or I could choose a service from the drop down of the things that are sold in my shop)
***b) Quantity (this would be a manual edit for obvious reasons)
***c) Price (to be put in automatically if the item is an item in my store - this amount would automatically calculate if the quantity is more than 1)
***d) Item Discount (Yeah ok I see the good int his although I probably may not use it all that often it maybe helpful in the future)
***e) Deposit (This would be an amount that the client has put down on a job. This would be subtracted from the total amount due automatically)
***f) Total (Should automatically total everything up in the roll.)
***g) Subtotal, Total, Discount, amount due total should automatically calculate.
Tax & Shipping I really personally do not need but I do see why it should be there for those who may not be using this for downloadable products.
Payment information is fine as it is.
Private Support Ticket System:
I would need the following in a support ticket system:
1. A private system where a client or customer from the shop can submit a ticket.
2.
The tickets need the following items:
***a) The ability to add my own fields but ultimately I would like at least the following fields for a client to fill out that are mandatory for them...
******1. Name
******2. Web URL
******3. Email Address
******4. Site software (This would probably work better as a drop down field where I can add which software I support)
******5. A description field so the client could type out the issue they are having.
***b) The added ability to allow clients & me to upload attachments within the support area so we can attach screen shots or files for each each describing the problem.
***c) A FAQ (For me this is not mandatory but nice, right now I do not have a FAQ list made up for a support area but I'm sure i could think of one)
***d) The ability to have an estimated time frame for answers that I can add a message to.
***e)
The ability to have a status on the tickets:
******1. Open
******2. Closed
******3. Working
***f) The ability to assign tickets to workers if I eventually hire others.
***g) A built in chat feature with a nice bar at the bottom right of the web page. I believe there are several chat scripts thought that might do this.
Client Area:
This area is for logged in clients/customers only.
1.
The client area needs the following:
***a) A place to put their web site link per item they purchased in the shop. I would like it to validate the link if possible but I realize that may not be possible.
***b)
A list of all the items they have purchased with information on the purchases:
******1. Date purchased
******2. Item Name
******3. Quantity purchased
******4. Length of license
******5. Upgrade link (if applicable)
***c) A place for their support tickets.
The client area you have is pretty much what I would need with just the support tickets added.
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