Quote Originally Posted by DivaVocals View Post
So SHARE IT already for goodness sakes if you want to.. If the changes in your version are easy to HOOK onto the current version of EP, then package THAT UP and submit it as a "Plugin" for this module.. There are modules RIGHT now which work like this (requires another module to be installed to operate) If your version also IMPROVES the core parts of EP, then submit that as an UPDATE to the core EP module.. Not that big a deal, and NOT stepping on anyone's toes to IMPROVE things..

EXACTLY!! I took and page from his playbook, and followed the same path in my own "freemium" mods/plugins offerings..
First of all, I have chosen not to incorporate the changes into the github version of EP4 when I have provided the other updates that I have made to keep EP4 functional with ZC, but I have attempted to share the existence of it without violating forum policy (discussion of this aspect is above and need not be readdressed). There is one feature that I have incorporated there, but not yet into here which I plan to include in an upcoming change but I also have independent priorities to consider.

The minor functionality difference is the assignment/determination of the admin folder path for the generated files instead of using the store folder when setting up EP4. Might even take it a step further to create the directory if it doesn't exist, and if it does exist to attempt to identify an alternate... Not sure how far I want to go with that aspect, though not a fan of folders just being generated outside of the direct control of the installer. Perhaps a series of questions and answers could be incorporated to support the autofolder creation, but for the time being I believe there are bigger fish to fry. The instructions already suggest to use the admin folder, so why not (though perhaps not previously coded/considered) have the default go to the admin folder? (In my opinion it is minor, but possible.) Also I think that the ability to autocreate model numbers should be considered in this module at least for model numbers not yet assigned. Then of course a way to change model numbers for a product. New users of this plugin may not already have model numbers assigned, or perhaps they have the same model number applied to multiple products. This change would make it easier to incorporate EP4 into an existing store.

Sure could add notifiers into the EP4 code, which may expand its capabilities for other modifications; however, I haven't evaluated using them here which would likely require sprucing up the code to cleanly support them and their placement.