Q&A based product Selection

[esearing]

This is an odd request.

 

I have a client who has multiple products, accessories, related add-ons, and misc. He wants a virtual Q&A flow chart to select the products the user should purchase, and for that list to be transferable to an order.

 

Example (I'll use a car purchase as an example)

 

Do you want a Car or Truck?

A. Car

 

Q. Do you want 2 doors or 4?

A 4.

 

Q. do you want Alloy wheels (add $500) or standard hubcaps(add $0)?

A. Alloy (this would be an accessory added on)

 

Q. Do you want a trailer?

A.Yes Q. Which Model (A, B, C)

A. C (a new product added to order)

 

Q. Do you need insurance?

A. Yes (new product added)

 

OUR PURCHASE ARRAY now consists of {4door car [with alloy wheels], C trailer, Insurance}

Submit the order

go to checkout as usual.

 

Anyone done something like that? IF SO, what technologies did you use and how did you transfer the request to the order?

 

I thought of just using HTML forms and passing variables to the next page of questions, but how to get it to create the order is where I am stumbling in thought.

 

Thanks in advance

eSearing

[dropdeadred]

The issue I see with that is to create an order for the finished selection would require you to program every single possible variation into individual products. As far as I know OsCommerce cannot actually create product on the fly from the catalog end. The simplest way to do it would be with the product attributes functions, but that's not a "virtual Q&A" by any stretch.

[esearing]

The issue I see with that is to create an order for the finished selection would require you to program every single possible variation into individual products. As far as I know OsCommerce cannot actually create product on the fly from the catalog end. The simplest way to do it would be with the product attributes functions, but that's not a "virtual Q&A" by any stretch.

 

Thanks, I thought of the product attributes but we are looking at over 100 potential items in various combinations.

I need more of a way to pass the array to the order process.

[esearing]

Let me phrase this another way.

 

Has anyone implemented a One Page Order Form with multiple products?

[Guest]

Let me phrase this another way.

 

Has anyone implemented a One Page Order Form with multiple products?

 

There are contributions that use forms to add multiple products to the cart. But what you're looking for is more complex. You need a wizard type form with previous/next steps. Where each step is linked to a category, product or attribute.

 

If you have good php/mysql skills you could set it up by using code from existing contributions those creating relationships among categories/products/attributes and customize the forms.