Comments on: Elastic Path get away with murder *again* http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/ Your daily IT cuppa Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:05:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roberta http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/comment-page-1/#comment-7205 Roberta Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:02:11 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/#comment-7205 We use EP6 on our website and I have to say, its a complete disaster area. So anyone thinking about using it, wait until the new versions come out! Our site is riddled with bugs and while it may be partly to do with our web developers, the software needs way too much manipulation. So I agree with Jack, reliability problems are massive with EP6. We use EP6 on our website and I have to say, its a complete disaster area. So anyone thinking about using it, wait until the new versions come out! Our site is riddled with bugs and while it may be partly to do with our web developers, the software needs way too much manipulation.
So I agree with Jack, reliability problems are massive with EP6.

]]> By: Jack Hughes http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/comment-page-1/#comment-7002 Jack Hughes Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:11:32 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/#comment-7002 @Abz - I've no experience with EP6.1. We deployed EP6.0 but then ended up rolling back to our previous EP5.1 installation due to reliability problems. I don't think I could comment on how reliable EP6.1 is because we've not had any contact with it. @Abz – I’ve no experience with EP6.1. We deployed EP6.0 but then ended up rolling back to our previous EP5.1 installation due to reliability problems. I don’t think I could comment on how reliable EP6.1 is because we’ve not had any contact with it.

]]> By: Abz http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/comment-page-1/#comment-7001 Abz Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:01:39 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/#comment-7001 Interesting stuff about migrations, however I am currently looking to buy EP6.1 for my company. Overall do you feel this is a good product. Our proof of concept exercise worked well, the only misgiving we have is what the product is like under real life load and the general operational reliability. Any insight much appreciated. Interesting stuff about migrations, however I am currently looking to buy EP6.1 for my company. Overall do you feel this is a good product. Our proof of concept exercise worked well, the only misgiving we have is what the product is like under real life load and the general operational reliability.
Any insight much appreciated.

]]> By: Jack Hughes http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/comment-page-1/#comment-6996 Jack Hughes Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:18:02 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/#comment-6996 @Carrie - we are currently doing Google Checkout integration. We've just finished PayPal integration. @Carrie – we are currently doing Google Checkout integration. We’ve just finished PayPal integration.

]]> By: Less Mitch http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/comment-page-1/#comment-6993 Less Mitch Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:57:48 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/#comment-6993 We've been using EP's software since... well... MerchantSpace. ^.^ (there's a name you don't hear too often!) Migration has always been an issue, however considering the hugely progressive leaps made in the data structure for products & variations while keeping the elasticity of attributes - I don't mind doing manual imports - and we have a relatively robust sku count of around 72k (and growing). I've really gotten pretty good at manually mapping the data now. Granted, for non-savvy users this would be a pain and then some data does need to be manually entered or updated to coincide with our internal systems, but ours is a custom job anyway. We are in the process of migrating from 4.1 to 6.0.3 right now. EP6.1 has just been released, but we are going to wait a little bit for anything further. We’ve been using EP’s software since… well… MerchantSpace. ^.^ (there’s a name you don’t hear too often!)

Migration has always been an issue, however considering the hugely progressive leaps made in the data structure for products & variations while keeping the elasticity of attributes – I don’t mind doing manual imports – and we have a relatively robust sku count of around 72k (and growing).

I’ve really gotten pretty good at manually mapping the data now. Granted, for non-savvy users this would be a pain and then some data does need to be manually entered or updated to coincide with our internal systems, but ours is a custom job anyway.

We are in the process of migrating from 4.1 to 6.0.3 right now.

EP6.1 has just been released, but we are going to wait a little bit for anything further.

]]> By: Farzad http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/comment-page-1/#comment-6525 Farzad Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:42:21 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/#comment-6525 we have successfully imported catalogue data from an EP4 installation into EP6. You need to customize EP4 export tool in order to funnel data into EP6 data model. As any shop or installation has its own configurations and attributes,thus a customizable export mechanism is needed to export the data selectively in order to match the target application's data model. we have successfully imported catalogue data from an EP4 installation into EP6. You need to customize EP4 export tool in order to funnel data into EP6 data model.

As any shop or installation has its own configurations and attributes,thus a customizable export mechanism is needed to export the data selectively in order to match the target application’s data model.

]]> By: Jack Hughes http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/comment-page-1/#comment-6428 Jack Hughes Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:59:09 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/#comment-6428 @Carrie - we wrote our own migration tool though I understand that EP now has one too. Kind of academic for us because we've gone back to EP 5.1 @Carrie – we wrote our own migration tool though I understand that EP now has one too. Kind of academic for us because we’ve gone back to EP 5.1

]]> By: Carrie http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/comment-page-1/#comment-6427 Carrie Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:05:02 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/#comment-6427 I was wondering if anyone who had/has EP 5 has integrated google checkout? Also, totaly agree with the import/export abilities being completely rediculous. We have a lot of merchandise and it took us over 3 months to get all the product data correctly input, we aren't switching over to EP 6 until there is a mygration tool. (Hopefully there will be one in the near future) I was wondering if anyone who had/has EP 5 has integrated google checkout?

Also, totaly agree with the import/export abilities being completely rediculous. We have a lot of merchandise and it took us over 3 months to get all the product data correctly input, we aren’t switching over to EP 6 until there is a mygration tool. (Hopefully there will be one in the near future)

]]> By: Jack http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/comment-page-1/#comment-6263 Jack Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:13:11 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/#comment-6263 @es - I wouldn't count on it...we "upgraded" to EP6 and had to regress back to 5.1. @es – I wouldn’t count on it…we “upgraded” to EP6 and had to regress back to 5.1.

]]> By: es http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/comment-page-1/#comment-6256 es Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:16:14 +0000 http://www.openxtra.co.uk/blog/elastic-path-get-away-with-murder-again/#comment-6256 I was burned by the lack inability to migrate data from ep4 to ep5. My complaints fell on deaf ears and I spent about two weeks re-entering data. Hopefully when the time comes to move to ep6 I won't get burned again. I was burned by the lack inability to migrate data from ep4 to ep5. My complaints fell on deaf ears and I spent about two weeks re-entering data. Hopefully when the time comes to move to ep6 I won’t get burned again.

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