Issue: Need to offer customer several options during order

[Rustic Mountain Art]

I'm in the process of setting up osCommerce for a laser engraved picture frame company.

When the customer orders a frame they have a few options:

 

1) text to be engraved on the frame. The customer needs to be able to enter their text, lets say "Jenny's first deer" and have the text sent to the company with the order.

 

2) Font. The customer needs to be able to pick from a list of about 8 different fonts. Possibly a drop down list of the different font names. Again, their selection needs to be emailed with their order.

 

3) Frame size. I know this could be handled by listing a new product for each different size, however I would much rather just have one item listing and then let the customer choose between 4x6, 8x10, etc.

 

I would really appreciate any ideas for handeling these issues. The only thing I can think of is to have the customer type in their text, font selection, and frame size in the comment field during the order. This would theoritcally work, but I would much rather have a more elegant solution such as drop-down list.

 

Thanks!!

[M-Pro]

You can do 2) and 3) in standard osCommerce using options, have a look at http://www.scubanet.net/product_info.php?p...verflex-steamer which shows multiple options for one product, some with price surcharges

 

To set these up go to you admin/catalog/product attributes.

 

There an enhancement that enables a (master) product to have 'sub products' so that each frame size variation is a sub product. This enahncement can be seen at

http://www.worldwidepos.com/store/product_...products_id=133

http://www.advancinghordes.com/product_inf...products_id/230

 

I don't have the link to this enhancement, but I think its called master products, so search the contributions

 

I also remember seeing contrinutions that enable customers to enter text against a product prior to hitting the 'add to basket' button - again a search of contributions should prove useful. This is cleary better than using the comments in the order becuase what if the customer orders to items with different engravings.

 

If you decide you want to install master poducts and some free text and need further assistance to do this programming and you have budget, send me a message - I already have the master products and will find or develop the free text contrib.

 

Good luck

M-Pro

[Rustic Mountain Art]

You can do 2) and 3) in standard osCommerce using options, have a look at http://www.scubanet.net/product_info.php?p...verflex-steamer which shows multiple options for one product, some with price surcharges

 

To set these up go to you admin/catalog/product attributes.

 

There an enhancement that enables a (master) product to have 'sub products' so that each frame size variation is a sub product. This enahncement can be seen at

http://www.worldwidepos.com/store/product_...products_id=133

http://www.advancinghordes.com/product_inf...products_id/230

 

I don't have the link to this enhancement, but I think its called master products, so search the contributions

 

I also remember seeing contrinutions that enable customers to enter text against a product prior to hitting the 'add to basket' button - again a search of contributions should prove useful. This is cleary better than using the comments in the order becuase what if the customer orders to items with different engravings.

 

If you decide you want to install master poducts and some free text and need further assistance to do this programming and you have budget, send me a message - I already have the master products and will find or develop the free text contrib.

 

Good luck

M-Pro

 

Thank you!!!

That was way easier than I expected.

:)