David H

I've been involved since 2007 shortly after the inception of Prestashop. I'm not begrudging developers making a living, I'm just comparing the community how it was and how it is now. Also, one has to look at the core functions of other e-commerce platforms in contrast to PS. We all exist in an elastic market, especially when it comes to e-commerce platforms. The core functionalities of Prestashop have been hobbled in comparison to how it was. Also, there is no denying the Frankenstein nature of v7.1 coding which it is reported was hurried to market after a very long time of stagnation. I sat until 1:00am trying to create a product with combinations, my last before going live, and continued to get a " ... Can't save your settings" error message. This is a known issue which has not been addressed by PS, and I may say, inexcusable as it is a core functions. And yes I did clear the cache etc. etc. to no avail. My other post is a simple question about product thumbnails posted maybe 10 days ago and no response. Surely, even that is below the low bar of support you believe the Community version deserves. And, true to form you use your time to berate and not to assist on a simple issue. You've confirmed the Prestashop culture and ASAP I'll be migrating all my sites to Woocommerce where online assistance to simple issues is available with a simple Google search. I'm fully prepared to pay for customisation, but not for broken or hobbled core features. I empathize - trying to secure a larger piece of a shrinking market is hell.

Killing the Prestashop brand. I created my first Prestashop site in 2007 I believe. It had a thriving engaged community and an eager devoted set of developers. I installed 1.7.2.4 (latest version) after some research but obviously not enough to discover the Frankenstein nature of the new code. Much of the core modules that cover the most rudimentary functions are now premium and cost upwards of $50. Most of the modules available are for version 1.6 as 1.7 seems to be abandoned by the user base. 30 Bees (https://thirtybees.com/blog/what-is-thirty-bees/) comes to mind. I posted a simple question about the dysfunctional combinations images function about a week ago and not one single reply. Most Ecommerce businesses start out small and will gladly upgrade to paid modules when they grow and time becomes scarce. I fully understand that Prestashop needs to make money but the "freemium" model they have embrace will surely sink the company in the long run. How does Prestashop hope to attract new customers, or retain loyal users with an attitude like this. I have spent the last month developing my site and it's due to go live next week. I will then migrate it all to Woocommerce as it is too much of a liability to have absolutely no support for extremely simple problems. The Community edition has been abandoned by the community! Sorry to see you go.

HI, I'm using PS 1.7.4.2 and don't know how have combination specific images that change when buyer chooses and have the cover image as a default prior to the choice. Right now, I have to just include the product specific images without the cover image. ANyone suggest how I can present the customer with a color specific image plus have other thumbnail images accessible in the slider? I used Prestashop last in 2009 in an early version and found there was more freely accessible information and assistance (and free plugins) available on this forum. Seems to have become much more geared towards enterprise and a much harder platform to bootstrap for smaller businesses. Things change I guess, it's not only specific to PS. I uses an earlier version of Magento a few years ago and now it seems one needs a consultant just to install it.