[ic] options

Eduardo Dominguez interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Tue Oct 30 14:17:01 2001


does anyone know if its possible to have other products as options ?
I have dozens of items that need the same options, updating the options
for every item would be a PITA.

Has anyone done this ? 
any help is appreciated

thanks in advance

On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 09:37, Fred Pope wrote:
> HOW TO
> 
> Find the form that controls the simple options page in the admin. Using your
> favorite editor, open up the file template called item_option_simple. We
> used vi to edit the file.
> 
> Add a form input field to that form that references the price wherever you
> see fit. I did it after the textarea entry. The Code that I added reads as
> follows:
> <tr>
> 	<td> Price: <input type="text" name="opt_price_[scratch mod_code]"
> size="50" value="[filter entities][sql-param price][/filter]"></td>
> </tr>
> 
> This will add it to the edit templates.
> 
> Then you are going to modify the query up above that inserts the data.
> 
> First you need to define the variable for the query so add this line:
> 
> my $price = $CGI->{"opt_price_$key"};
> 
> This line goes right under the three others that are defining name, value
> and label.
> 
> Then a ways further down, in the SQL set statements add:
> 
> $odb->set_field($key,'price',$price);
> 
> Finally towards the very bottom you need to add this line for the add new
> option dialog below the textarea and aboe the input button.
> Price:<Input type="text" name="opt_price_" size"30"><br>
> 
> Now say you have a product that is a car. The car is avaliable in three
> colors, Red Blue and Green which add to the price 50,100&150 respectively.
> 
> In the text areas you might enter the following values:
> 
> Name: CLR
> Label: Color
> Values: 	R=Red
> 		B=Blue
> 		G=Green
> Price:	R=50,B=100,G=150
> 
> Now when you select these options, it will automatically configure the price
> when you add the item to the basket. Our next task is too add some
> javascript that will automatically calculate the price as the user select
> the options.
> 
> If you would like to see an example of how this works on the output, you can
> go to our page at http://www.satcomresources.com and search for dst300, and
> then click on the DST300 Ku-Band Satellite Terminal and you will see how you
> can configure the unit, and the price is automatically calculated.
> Interchange fully supports this, but it was just not built into the admin
> yet.
> 
> Good Luck.
> --
> Fred Pope
> Satcom Resources
> 970-748-3094
> fred@satcomresources.com
> http://www.satcomresources.com
> 
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