Ive been pretty busy proving how Rainbow can make money.  Its really a nice portal and Im just using a straight custom configured port of it.  The official Rainbow 2.0 will include an API System, XHTML 1.0 Traditional, Real module integration ( SubText [blogs], Community Server  [ nough said] , YAF[ option for forums], Wiki [ FlexWiki...i owe microsoft as Im an official open sourcer for FlexWiki which funny enough is owned by Microsoft.  Dont worry....its open source license is legit.

If you would like to help me test my component then please check it out here :

http://beta.iocluster.com/clients/edwin/Shop/Default.aspx

Yeah ive already noticed the header is wierd ( tis why it says beta teehee).

     Now for the good stuff.  This component was developed in about 2 weeks.  It uses Ajax and Telerik Controls to provide some pretty cool functionality.  I created my first autocomplete combobox which uses Ajax to find the top 20 results.  I also used Telerik grids for the shopping cart and product Items.  Look familiar.  And for the kicker...look at the bottom to notice the google Checkout button.  As long as you have cart Items, you can proceed to my sandbox test of google checkout.  Please note that a simple web.config change and the site can actually charge you as long as you have a Google checkout account which takes like 10 minutes to get.  Boom Ecommerce + Ajax in Rainbow.  Please also note that the same functionality can be created using GridViews and MS Ajax Beta 1 [ which has been tested with Rainbow and will be in Rainbow 2.0 thanks to the MGF team]



Update.  Also note that Ive tested Rainbow on IE 7 and FF 2.0 [ since I only use those] and it has performed pretty solid.  FF 2.0 still lacks in some spots but prob because it doesnt like asp.net kick out.  Please try it in IE for the best experience.  And btw both this rainbow install and the commerce component are running off SQL Server 2005 Express.