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Hi all, let me be clear, there is no website I can show you yet as my client & I are still in discussions regarding the site.
However there are some features the client wants and I can share those with you, explain my ideas about how to get them done and ask if any of you have better ideas.
My client runs a continuing ed program attached to a local community college. They currently have an old, klunky website where the enrollment forms, course descriptions and syllabus are PDFs which have to be downloaded and printed out. They know they need a new website which is easier to use and enrollment can be done online.
The engineer IT geeks at the community college created a section on the school’s website which is hard to understand and impossible to use. This is why they are now talking to me.
Some of their basic ecommerce needs are:
- Online enrollment & payment
- Each enrollment submitted by the form needs to be written to a google spreadsheet for the school staff to track the student’s basic contact info, courses chosen and if payment has been made.
- The student receives an email receipt & summary of the classes they signed up for.
- A basic inventory control system to track the number of spots in each class and prevent new enrollments once the class is full.
My research so far,<br />
Both Gravity Forms and woocommerce handle these tasks but not equally:
- <h3>Gravity Forms:</h3>
- Gravity Forms can write to google spreadsheets either through Zapier, a plugin or coding it myself.
- The Gravity Forms Notifications can be configured to send a full summary of all form fields.
- Inventory control is available through a plugin (no reviews which makes me pause) or code it myself.
- Woocommerce:
- Can write to google spreadsheets through Zapier (though I don’t know what data is captured & written).
- Woocommerce will send the purchaser a receipt with a full summary of their course choices
- Inventory management is built into woocommerce
So this is my research so far. Which system sounds like it would do the job best, or is there a way to combine Gravity Forms and woocommerce to achive what my client wants more effectively?