Hi All!

I was requested to explain the version 1 Road map in more detail for community members to help with development so please find the adapted roadmap beneath. Should you require any additional features please let us know.

If you develop any features please send us a patch and let us know beforehand when working on any features to prevent double work.

1. Message log

- Check box to delete queued message in message log
- Fraud prevention: Send a notification to administrators with email preference

2. Statistics module

- Include Average RFQ Value, Conversion Rate and RFQ Value requested in X-axis

Conversion rate is the percentage RFQ's awarded in relation to RFQ's requested i.e. (RFQ items awarded to supplier / RFQ items requested) * 100

3. Overview Module

- Develop an overview module that has a date filter to displays all, organisation, branch and user overview for Uncompleted RFQs, RFQs requested, RFQ Awarded, Conversion Rate, etc.

4. Edit multiple quotes

- Option to edit multiple quotes through a check box on item view.

5. Purchase order cancellation

- Option to send an email to user and / or agent when cancelling a purchase order

6. Export Area spreadsheet

- Spreadsheet download that auto populates the Areas values for Delivery or Installation in the spreadsheet.

7. Language file not available

- Default to English language file instead of generating a PHP error.

8. Display number of PHP and SQL errors that have occurred during the last optional period (setting) in the administrators console.

9. Overview profile

- New user preference to CC all communications to a user or agents administrator with overview profile activated.

10. Service ratings

- Option to send an email to a supplier when a service rating is lodged and allow them the option to comment.

11. Email priority

- Setting to change the priority of emails being sent

Hi!

All the features planned for version 1 have been developed in version 0.9.5, except for number 7 and 8, so please find the new road map included beneath.

As usual please let us know if there are features that are more important than others that we must include in version 0.9.6.

1. Language file not available - Default to English language file instead of generating a PHP error.

2. Display number of PHP and SQL errors that have occurred during the last optional period (setting) in the administrators console.

3. Set variables or ensure that is_set checked

4. Overview profile - CC all emails to administrator with active overview profile

5. Award profile - Require approval from administrators before awarding RFQ

6. Location map (Google / Yahoo API)

7. Payment gateway (we will really appreciate help with this especially Paypal as SA companies / residents are not allowed to register as a merchant - Exchange control)

8. Add item to RFQ from RFQ profile

9. Access control module

10. User select branch when awarding (for accounting purposes) - if possible according to DB structure

11. Firefox search plug in (fix and improve)

12. Punchout solution to insert valid items (cXML)

13. Supplier / User information only displayed when RFQ awarded

14. Company admin - branch report option

15. Backup and purge emails sent / returned older than specific period

16. Send single email when multiple items or quotes updated simultaneously

17. Message field to send to user when all RFQ items removed during Admin approval

PRO

1. Display feedback response in RFQ profile

2. Outstanding feedback response profile and option to submit on line

Hi

What kind of help do you need on item 8?

Globrazil

Welcome to TS!

Feature 8 has already been developed in the pre-release.

If you are interested with helping out on the development please let me know how you would want to contribute?

Hi Christiaan,

Congratulations for this open source work!

I installed 0.9.5 but discovered there's no payment so I stop here.
About Payment gateway, you can try with Paypal sandbox. Check about IPN, it is VERY important to avoid fraud.

let me know if you want me to test with a payment gateway.

thanks

j2l

Welcome to TenderSystem.

Thanks for the feedback. There are 2 reasons why we have not integrated a paypal payment gateway into TenderSystem, namely:

1. Paypal is not active in SA and we are not allowed to open a user account due to reserve bank legislation.

2. TenderSystem is used by larger corporates who do not use paypal or credit cards as it's just to expensive, especially when you are doing monthly payments running into millions of dollars. Client's usually group payments via bordereaux and schedule payments on a weekly basis.

To develop this will not be to difficult but it is not in our immediate roadmap as there are some other features that are more urgent.

Should you want to develop such as feature please let us know and we will help where possible.

OK,
I see, I didn't understand "SA" at first.

So, as I understood, payment is done manualy (grouped bordereaux), but how do you manage payment in tendersystem??:
in-process
validated
returned
etc ...

Sorry I forgot to reply:
Yes, I'd like to test TenderSystem with a payment gateway and processing if one exists in a 0.9.5-1.0.0 version.

for paypal sandbox, try to sign up at https://developer.paypal.com/

it's fake accounts but work exactly as real ones.
it is great when you need to avoid real commissions on payment to do tests! :o

j2l

The bordereaux is paid on awarded RFQ's.

I think you are referring to the service fees, which you can levy as negotiated with your clients.

Because we are not allowed to open a Paypal account, even if only for testing purposes, we can not developed it so will not be able to help here.

If you are interested you are more than welcome to develop it and send through so that we can include it in the main branch.

I can try to develop.
You can send me an email with all details, don't want to pollute your roadmap post.