Is Virtuemart Dead?

[togalounge]

I getting pretty tried of VM manual and this forum.

There's tons of unanswered questions in the forum!

Simple things like 2 or more currencies is apparently a major hack and not standard in VM. Hallo, lots of stores sell worldwide and need USD, EURO and more show with their products!

The manual is incomplete and useless!

The editor in VM can only do small things, most things need some form of coder to do. I'm not a coder and don't know how to write database stuff.

I'm just fed up....

Anyone want to comment? Please let me know if it's just me??!!

[treybraid]

i agree the more i visit the forum and read some of the post's i am really beginning to think this is a platform that has come and gone. something like magento might be the way to go-- modern/ cutting edge... i would look at using that if i werent neck deep in a 2 store's and about to start another....
trey

[unleash.it]

My gosh. I guess I've never visited the about forum, but I can't believe how much negativity there is here.

I got some news for you... ecommerce isn't easy, and it's not free. Never has been, never will be. Need help? Then hire a developer to handle your website and/or pay $1,000 - $10,000 and up for a fully supported system. But if you use Virtuemart and get something out of it, how do you feel like you can complain?

Even if you spent some time on your site and now realize you're in over your head... well at least it was a learning experience. It's no one's fault but yours, as nowhere have I seen Virtuemart advertise that you can have a pro site customized exactly to your liking, with no experience or hard work. Nowhere have I seen it advertised that you get free professional support (that includes from the devs).

But if you're tenacious and really want to get your site done on your own, I believe you can do it. You'll have to work harder than you thought and be patient (and polite) to wait for your questions to be answered. If your questions don't get answered (possibly since no one reads your post KNOWS the answer), you'll have to learn to get good at research. This is for the most part how I've learned!

I have looked at the other options. For me, VM and Joomla have by far the best balance between features and difficulty in setting up a site. Go ahead, give Magento a try. It's sexy and out of the box it looks good, but it sucks to theme (and it's also very sloooow). I don't think you'll ever find the range of themes that you have with Joomla...and if you want a custom theme and need someone else to do it...expect to pay handsomely. Ditto on support.

[MikeUK]

So one more post..... I completely agree with unleash.it. And I think others here who appreciate what Virtuemart is (which is something exceptional), and what it isn't will agree also.

I wonder how many people are e-commerce website 'developers' only because of what systems like Virtuemart allow them to do? And I think I can include myself in that group! .

I didn't make $1000 out of Virtuemart last month, I even had to do some work to make it perform exactly as I wanted..... I think I'm going to have to complain!

Now lets finish with this silly thread and go and help some people that know less than us.