Guest Posted May 30, 2007 Posted May 30, 2007 I have been commissioned to create a product portfolio... :'( there are 300 products, whose prices change regularly... i am hoping to use osCommerce in this way - that a customer can check a checkbox next to a product, then hit an 'add to quote' button, and those products 'checked' will be added to a quote, showing their code... that info can then be sent to the supplier, who will email them a quote officially, with the right prices. no automation is required from the supplier side, only the process of checking a checkbox and having that info added to a 'cart' which is then sent to the supplier... there will likely be 10 product categories and it would be great to be able to make one quote with products from each of the 10 categories... PLEASE help, i'll be eternally gratefull! Roger email: [email protected]
Danbob Posted May 30, 2007 Posted May 30, 2007 Hi Roger -- I'm not much of a coder, but I did customize our own cart. So ---keep in mind I'm not an expert! Though if was my cart, i think I could make the changes myself. What I would do in your situation is: -enable only check/money order payments for your cart -Extensively change the text in your check/money order payment module to show that it's a quote, not a purchase. -Disable the shipping modules, or make one of them show zero shipping cost -extensively change the text in all your checkout pages -add your supplier to the email list for when an order is completed You'll find most of the text you need to change RE the payment modules in: catalog/includes/languages/english(or whatever)/modules/payment Ditto with the shipping modules: catalog/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping Generally speaking, things that change the text of what the cart tells customers are in: catalog/includes/languages/(your language)/* and stuff that changes how the cart works are in catalog/includes/modules Back up your database before starting to poke around. Back up your entire store before poking around (tar -vczf store_backup.tgz catalog) You'll run into lots of text that has to be changed, but you'll eventually find everything by poking around. If you are really stumped at finding something, use the grep command to search for text snippets. I hope that helps -- and I hope I didn't mess up any advice. DISCLAIMER -- I AM NOT A PROGRAMMER --- DAN I have been commissioned to create a product portfolio... :'( there are 300 products, whose prices change regularly... i am hoping to use osCommerce in this way - that a customer can check a checkbox next to a product, then hit an 'add to quote' button, and those products 'checked' will be added to a quote, showing their code... that info can then be sent to the supplier, who will email them a quote officially, with the right prices. no automation is required from the supplier side, only the process of checking a checkbox and having that info added to a 'cart' which is then sent to the supplier... there will likely be 10 product categories and it would be great to be able to make one quote with products from each of the 10 categories... PLEASE help, i'll be eternally gratefull! Roger email: [email protected]
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