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Whittie

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9th Jan 12 at 15:04

Anybody had to create one?

http://www.hill-interiors.com/catalogue.html

They have a PDF version. If you login, it gives a version with prices and live stock.

Has anybody had to create one, what software was used? Would happily pay if it's something decent.

Whittie

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10th Jan 12 at 09:18

Okay... so what have you guys used for catalogues in the past?

Gary

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10th Jan 12 at 09:50

Google it, there's loads!

Whittie

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10th Jan 12 at 10:27

quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Google it, there's loads!

You google it, and find me some please.

Gary

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10th Jan 12 at 11:01

one that works with OSC http://www.hanmingsoft.com/products/catalog2pdf/

Whittie

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10th Jan 12 at 11:08

Try find a Magento one, I can't. Very annoying.

Dan

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10th Jan 12 at 12:04

Do u need something to convert your magento product list to a paper catalogue?

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Whittie

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10th Jan 12 at 12:16

PDF ideally. Paper could just use the print button I assume.

Dom

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10th Jan 12 at 13:22

Have you got an example what you want the PDF catalogue to look like?

Are you just after a simple table listing items, prices, stock etc? Fairly straight forward to do this in PHP, could even dump the data into a pre-assembled template; hardest part would be getting the data from the Magento's tables.

Edit - Ok, just seen the Hill Interiors example. Bit more difficult but could easily be done (probably better to generate it in HTML and then convert).

[Edited on 10-01-2012 by Dom]

Whittie

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10th Jan 12 at 13:43

quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Have you got an example what you want the PDF catalogue to look like?

Are you just after a simple table listing items, prices, stock etc? Fairly straight forward to do this in PHP, could even dump the data into a pre-assembled template; hardest part would be getting the data from the Magento's tables.

Edit - Ok, just seen the Hill Interiors example. Bit more difficult but could easily be done (probably better to generate it in HTML and then convert).

[Edited on 10-01-2012 by Dom]

Yeah had a look at theirs, they have two versions, one with prices one without. So i'm assuming they're just done from php tables.

Just thought that it may have been done using an extention / addon. Can't seem to find one.

Dom

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10th Jan 12 at 14:17

quote:
Originally posted by Whittie

quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Have you got an example what you want the PDF catalogue to look like?

Are you just after a simple table listing items, prices, stock etc? Fairly straight forward to do this in PHP, could even dump the data into a pre-assembled template; hardest part would be getting the data from the Magento's tables.

Edit - Ok, just seen the Hill Interiors example. Bit more difficult but could easily be done (probably better to generate it in HTML and then convert).

[Edited on 10-01-2012 by Dom]

Yeah had a look at theirs, they have two versions, one with prices one without. So i'm assuming they're just done from php tables.

Just thought that it may have been done using an extention / addon. Can't seem to find one.

Chances are you'll have to knock together something but it isn't that difficult, especially as there are plenty of PDF classes (FPDF springs to mind and is pretty straight forward) for creating PDFs on the fly.

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10th Jan 12 at 14:22

Magento is a pain in the testicles. I don't think 'knocking something together quickly' is actually possible with that software

Dom

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10th Jan 12 at 14:33

quote:
Originally posted by ed
Magento is a pain in the testicles. I don't think 'knocking something together quickly' is actually possible with that software

Depends on the database structure but getting the data is the hardest part in the knocking something together'. Granted, if you wanted to integrate it into Magento then I can imagine that'd be a pain in the arse.

Dan

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10th Jan 12 at 14:40

Catalog on demand

Used it before for some trial prints from my store, seemed very good and very easy to use.

Think you have to pay for over x amount of pages however

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