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2015-09-25 08:38:47	gem	Hi Solidus dudes, few questions from a merchant if you don't mind...
2015-09-25 08:44:36	gmacdougall	gem: go for it
2015-09-25 08:46:49	gem	Thank you!  Ok, Multi-Store...we currently have setup easypost for our shipping labels etc, but this would only be for AU and need to setup a 3PL (like Shipwire) for USA store...is this as simple as setting up different shipping methods?  As I don't see option to pick 'zones' in the store & domains options
2015-09-25 08:48:18	gmacdougall	do you want to sell this through a different domain?
2015-09-25 08:48:36	gmacdougall	exampe: store.com vs. store.com.au?
2015-09-25 08:50:16	gem	hmmm...I am not sure what is best practice..a different domain or subdomain i.e. store.com and store.com/au or au.store.com
2015-09-25 08:50:38	gem	that might be a question for the marketing/seo experts
2015-09-25 08:50:53	gmacdougall	are they going to be selling the same set of products?
2015-09-25 08:51:13	gem	yes
2015-09-25 08:51:33	gmacdougall	I assume that your products will be sold in both AUD and USD
2015-09-25 08:51:42	gem	yes
2015-09-25 08:51:56	gmacdougall	so, you have a few different solutions for this
2015-09-25 08:52:06	gmacdougall	the first thing is that you'll need to set up multiple stock locations
2015-09-25 08:52:32	gmacdougall	you already have one for your current place, but you'll need a second stock location for your USA store
2015-09-25 08:52:51	gem	understood
2015-09-25 08:53:20	gmacdougall	the next major thing you'll want is to get and understanding of the code here: https://github.com/solidusio/solidus/tree/master/core/app/models/spree/stock
2015-09-25 08:54:05	gmacdougall	Solidus will build packages for a set of inventory units coming from a specific stock location
2015-09-25 08:54:19	gmacdougall	for example, if I am in Melbourne
2015-09-25 08:54:28	gmacdougall	assuming that inventory exists in both locations
2015-09-25 08:54:51	gmacdougall	there will be one proposed package to be shipped from your current warehouse, and a second proposed package to build shipped from the US warehouse
2015-09-25 08:55:06	gmacdougall	obviously in this scenario it makes sense to use the one coming from Australia
2015-09-25 08:55:38	gmacdougall	the coordinator is responsible for that logic: https://github.com/solidusio/solidus/blob/master/core/app/models/spree/stock/coordinator.rb
2015-09-25 08:56:00	gmacdougall	it builds the packages, prioritizes them (which one we should use) and then gives estimates on shipping cost
2015-09-25 08:56:17	gmacdougall	your major considerations are going to be the following:
2015-09-25 08:56:41	gmacdougall	1. What happens when someone from Australia buys something that is out of stock in the AU warehouse, but in stock in the US warehouse (or vice-versa)
2015-09-25 08:58:31	gmacdougall	2. There is currently no good method of restricting shipping method by stock location
2015-09-25 08:58:49	gmacdougall	there is an issue for us to add it: https://github.com/solidusio/solidus/issues/391
2015-09-25 08:58:55	gmacdougall	but that's functionality that doesn't exist
2015-09-25 08:59:00	gem	re: 2. I was just going to ask that question
2015-09-25 08:59:15	gmacdougall	you may be able to work around it by having USD stuff only have rates in USD, and AUD stuff only have rates in AUD
2015-09-25 08:59:16	gem	is there an ETA?
2015-09-25 08:59:22	gmacdougall	so you'll force those restrictions
2015-09-25 08:59:29	gem	gotcha
2015-09-25 08:59:31	gmacdougall	not yet
2015-09-25 08:59:36	gmacdougall	that may be good enough for you
2015-09-25 09:00:02	gmacdougall	3. This stock related stuff is not particularly easy to understand, and is one of the areas we have targeted for improvement after our fork from Spree
2015-09-25 09:00:11	gmacdougall	but that work is a ways off
2015-09-25 09:01:06	gem	no worries, so looks like the developer will have his work cut out for him, but I trust he can handle it
2015-09-25 09:01:50	gmacdougall	hopefully that gives you some direction
2015-09-25 09:02:06	gem	it does thanks so much!
2015-09-25 09:02:10	gmacdougall	you're welcome
2015-09-25 09:02:54	gem	2nd question - Google Tag Manager (GTM), if I am implementing Google Analytics (GA) via GTM, do I just ignore the 'add tracker' or should we be removing that functionality as to not cause any conflicts?
2015-09-25 09:03:25	gmacdougall	just don't do any tracker config and that won't be inserted in to the page
2015-09-25 09:03:34	gem	Last question - Virtual Gift Card, can this be used by users without an account?
2015-09-25 09:04:26	gmacdougall	I don't think so
2015-09-25 09:04:39	gem	oh and do they have to use it all at once (if they can use it without an account)
2015-09-25 09:05:04	gmacdougall	they need to attach it to an account before they can use it, and then they can use it as they see fit
2015-09-25 09:05:33	gem	ok I think we can work around that :)
2015-09-25 09:06:23	gem	thanks again for your time!  Looking forward to sharing details of our launch come early 2016
2015-09-25 09:06:43	gmacdougall	you're welcome, let us know if you have any other questions
2015-09-25 09:06:51	gem	will do, cheers
2015-09-25 09:06:51	gmacdougall	and shoot us a link when you launch  :)
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2015-09-25 09:11:22	hightower4	Hey, so I've enabled locale selection by doing:   scope "(:locale)", locale: /en|de/ do  mount Spree::Core::Engine, :at => '/'  end. But the effect of this is that the cart_link is always displayed in the default locale, because that URL is missing any locale (/en/ or /de/) inserted as part of the URL. And the cart_link isn't affected even if I define default_url_options() at the app controller level.
2015-09-25 09:11:41	hightower4	Am I missing a detail, or I took the wrong approach to supporting /lang/ in the URLs altogether?