yourguide Posted March 10, 2006 Posted March 10, 2006 osCommerce Experts: I have been searching over the message board, but there is just SOO much info to go through. I just need to know if there is a way to get osCommerce to allow me to have a text box that users can type in their own customizations to each product? I am completely new to osCommerce, but am learning quickly.... I have found the "Contributions" that other users have made, and I am hoping there is one that will do what I need. So far, no luck. What I have is online food orders, and I want people to be able to add a sandwich to their basket, but give the ability to say "No Mayo, Extra Pickles" etc. so a freeform text box would be the easiest method. Thanks for your help if you can... as I said above I did search for this answer, but the forum is just so large I keep getting other posts that dont really answer it for me. ...Dan
yourguide Posted March 10, 2006 Author Posted March 10, 2006 Well I have been looking around for over an hour, and still no luck. Does anyone know if this is possible? THanks.
jasonabc Posted March 10, 2006 Posted March 10, 2006 OSC already provides this. When you checkout there is a "Comments" box at the bottom for people to place special requirements/instructions regarding their order, before they part with their cash. Jason My Contributions: Paypal Payflow PRO | Rollover Category Images | Authorize.net Invoice Number Fix
yourguide Posted March 10, 2006 Author Posted March 10, 2006 I saw this, but I would like one for each product.... not just the whole order. I could get by with it this way, but it would be way cooler to have custom options for each product. Then if they place a large order it doesn't get confusing. Thanks for your help BTW. Dan.
jasonabc Posted March 11, 2006 Posted March 11, 2006 unfortunately I don't know of any mod or contribution that will do what you require - but I would like to be proved wrong because I could use it on a couple of my stores ;-) Sorry I can't be of more help Jason My Contributions: Paypal Payflow PRO | Rollover Category Images | Authorize.net Invoice Number Fix
yourguide Posted March 11, 2006 Author Posted March 11, 2006 Ok OSC Experts its a call to action! :) If anyone has the pure talent, the raw ability to develop this contribution for us, the whole community, I think that deserves a golf clap for sure! Let's see what you people can do! :) BTW: Thanks for the info.
yourguide Posted March 21, 2006 Author Posted March 21, 2006 Just wanted to post another reply to this to ask if anyone knows just how difficult this would be? I am new to the osCommerce community and just learning mySQL and PHP, but coming from an ASP MsSQL background I wonder how hard an add-on / modification like this would be to do? Does anyone have any suggestions for learning how to make contributions to osCommerce, because I think I am going to try to figure this one out myself and then let others have access to it by way of a contribution... I just wanted to make sure no-one else has anything like this. Basically a freeform text field for comments regarding each item that is added to the cart... so people can make totaly customized options.... I think there would be a lot of use for this, as any sort of custom product could use this to allow people to type the message they want their product customized with.... in my case I am selling food and I want special a spot for special intructions for each food item... like "hold the mayo" etc. So does anyone else think that this has been done already?? Thanks!
rabbitseffort Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 what about using the code for the comments box that is at the checkout? Maybe figure a way to add that comment box to the items you need it for? I am sure this isnt too difficult for the right person to do--I would like this option too. "I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings." ---Margaret Mead--- "The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer -- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer. --Ken Kesey"
gbjann Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 I think the Contribution you're looking for is "Product Attributes - Option Type Feature" under Contributions > Features. I'm looking for the very same feature... an input box for customers to customize an individual product. This sounds like the right adaptation to me. Unfortunately, I'm web designer with training in the art/design area and I'm totally lost when it comes to anything more than html code. It's a wonder I have the basics of osCommerce up and running at all. So the long and short of it is, I'd like to try this Contribution but I have absolutely no idea what to do with it once I download it. Can anyone give me some (detailed) advice or point me to where I can find instructions? Thanks! gbjann :blush:
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