Does AC7 runs on local development server? As far as I understand product key is binded to domain name, how do we suppose to do customizatioon/development, is there a special free localhost key or something like this? We have several developers, it means each of them will have a local copy which he modifies and common testing server, where changes are copied from time to time.
For development you can use development keys or for localhost. Read the following topic about license and keys information
http://help.ablecommerce.com/installati ... _for_7.htm
- AC7 is sold with source code except of some main API, what exactly main API does, how can I be sure that customization we need could be done without modifying main API?
The main API or CommerceBuilder encapsulates the core functionality of AbleCommerce. AbleCommererce is very flexible and most of the customization can be accomplished without the API. Most probably you will need API for your customization if it requires some change in some core functionality.
- Here is a list of custom functionality we need so far, is all of it doable without modifying main API?
* Users can register, but require admin approval for account to become active
* If user is not logged in, she can not see the product price
* There are several prices per product, depending on currency, for example one product can cost 150 USD or 100 Euro
* User see price in currency which depends on user group, if user belongs to US group she sees price in USD, if user belongs to Europe group, she sees prices in EUR
* Packaging box dimensions and weight are shown in either metric or imperial units, depending on user group
* Users can place orders online, but there is no option to pay for orders
* Need to change rules for SKU generation, by default attribute number is appended to product SKU, we need to place it inside SKU sometimes, like this: 000XX000, where XX is replaced with attribute code
I don't need information on how to do customizations, I need answer is it doable or not and approximately how much effort would it be.
Yes this is doable. The only module that isn't available for purchase is licensing related, otherwise all other API code can be purchased. So if your customization require some change in API, API purchase will assure you that you can do that customization.
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