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  1. Hi everybody, Hi Michael, Just a few words. This is a GREAT contrib! Great Great great and useful. I love it but... In the following message there is nothing personal except thoughts I'd like to share with you all. Please take them in a positive way. Since about a year, I had been wanting to install this contrib. I love it... but if you don't have a very very good knowledge of how it works in the code, you are in for some suprises like I was. There is so much to take care and correct when you install it. I have read the title of the Forum... It mentions "Confused"... Hummm I am too now. For instance I downloaded the contrib (the latest) CCGV 5.15a2. Applied it carefully. Took over 3 hours because I needed to diff my files. Although I do not have many contribs on my OSC. After that, I installed what seemed like necessary updates to get it working perfectly. These: Updated rollup2 insomniac2 6 Feb 2006 Coupon Admin Bug fix rollup 2 molafish 6 Feb 2006 Bad Debug code hillro 30 Jan 2006 English version of module install file HallMarc 23 Jan 2006 Coupon Admin Bug fix rollup That was just the start. Spent well over 2 days trying to correct parts. Not major things, just small ones. But it adds up pretty quickly... Not sure I am going to continue... I don't have enough time left now. Too bad. Problems with the language files. Even in English, sometimes it's not good. In others languages, as well. Anybody who would review the languages would find it not that good. Sometimes, it is not the language files, but the coding. Necessary spaces between words are sometimes left out. ***So there is a need to carefully review those files. Layout problems like the one mentionned by Michael in the previous post. Until I read his post, I was sure it my mistake. It wasn't. That layout problem is really annoying and it looks unprofessional. But changing it requires excellent knowledge of the inner works of the contrib since it is calling many files. *** Has anyone taken a look at it? Also, for some reason, there are Paypal changes in the contrib. Are they all really needed? *** I would prefer not to have Paypal modifications from another contrib. if possible. For Paypal issues, we should go to to the right Paypal contrib. I have read the long list of changes. In theory, yes, you can download the contrib and install it. *** A word of advice, be very careful. And make sure you have lots and lots of spare time to test and review it all. I would like to recommend, that before you publish the next update that you do a good cleanup of the code that has been added over and over in the last 2 years. AND only publish urgent modifications. *** I would love knowing who is coding, supporting it. It is not that obvious even if you read the forum posts for the Credit Class / Gift Vouchers / Discount contrib. *** The most current list of bugs... so we all know what we are getting into. Some are acceptable. Some aren't. It depends on each user's motives or requirements. Why don't have a few beta testers to check things out before you release the new code to everyone? Most of the time when one releases the code, the testing has only been done on their own installation but not on others. Same thing for languages and layout concerns maybe. Anyways, keep up the good work... and I really hope we get a clear notification from the lead developers of this contrib. that it has been thoroughly reviewed. I'll keep a watch. Very best, John
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