OScommerce expert needed!

[sepcsave]

Hi im have just got my store up and running however the product_info page isnt diplaying th information i woul like it too.

 

My product page is as follows:

 

http://spec-save.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=150

 

There are two options near the bottom of the page...right eye & left eye, at the moment these are just two text fields i added through oscommerce.

 

I actually need something like the following...

 

http://www.spex4less.com/acatalog/unisex_glasses_uni011.html

 

Does anyone have any idea at all on how to do this? what files i woul need to edit etc?

 

Cheers

 

Chris

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Hi im have just got my store up and running however the product_info page isnt diplaying th information i woul like it too.

 

My product page is as follows:

 

http://spec-save.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=150

 

There are two options near the bottom of the page...right eye & left eye, at the moment these are just two text fields i added through oscommerce.

 

I actually need something like the following...

 

http://www.spex4less.com/acatalog/unisex_glasses_uni011.html

 

Does anyone have any idea at all on how to do this? what files i woul need to edit etc?

 

Cheers

 

Chris

 

As long as all of your products are just glasses, you could just modify the products_info.php, find the right tables and insert drop down boxes either in html or with the osCommerce's php functions. Personally. I would suggest learning how osCommerce does theirs and sticking with that. If you keep with the php functions, it will be easier for you to simply put in a condition statement if the product is not a pair of glasses so that you can keep those drop down boxes out.

Well, that's my suggestion at least.

[sepcsave]

As long as all of your products are just glasses, you could just modify the products_info.php, find the right tables and insert drop down boxes either in html or with the osCommerce's php functions. Personally. I would suggest learning how osCommerce does theirs and sticking with that. If you keep with the php functions, it will be easier for you to simply put in a condition statement if the product is not a pair of glasses so that you can keep those drop down boxes out.

Well, that's my suggestion at least.

 

well teh same feilds are required in each listing exactly as its just glasses, do youthink it would be best to insert the code into the product_info page in that case, im terrible with code btw so what ever is easier! lol

 

cheers

 

chris

[dynamoeffects]

To do something like the Spex4Less site, it will require some customization that's a little more involved than just adding the dropdown boxes to the html. Probably the best way to do it would be to create a product "type" that you select in the admin to specify which products need that layout and which ones don't. Then you should create all of the attributes like you'd want them. Then you'll have to modify product_info.php to display that layout, formatting the attribute options the way you want if that product is a pair of eyeglasses.

 

That's the simplest way I can think of doing it.

[sepcsave]

To do something like the Spex4Less site, it will require some customization that's a little more involved than just adding the dropdown boxes to the html. Probably the best way to do it would be to create a product "type" that you select in the admin to specify which products need that layout and which ones don't. Then you should create all of the attributes like you'd want them. Then you'll have to modify product_info.php to display that layout, formatting the attribute options the way you want if that product is a pair of eyeglasses.

 

That's the simplest way I can think of doing it.

 

 

Thank for your reply,

 

basically all the products require exactly the same options , i will not be selling anyother products through the site, i guess teh trick is how to make teh options add to the order so i can see them when they have been ordered.

[dynamoeffects]

If you do it the way I described, no further modifications will be necessary and the attributes will be included in the order.

 

I would suggest against hard coding anything like that because if you ever do decide to add another type of product (maybe an eyeglass case), it'll be much more difficult to modify on a live, active site.

[sepcsave]

If you do it the way I described, no further modifications will be necessary and the attributes will be included in the order.

 

I would suggest against hard coding anything like that because if you ever do decide to add another type of product (maybe an eyeglass case), it'll be much more difficult to modify on a live, active site.

 

yeah teh problem is that the layout OScommerce uses isnt at all flexible enough in terms of its presntation.

 

Owell im sure ill figure something out, thanks for your help anyway :)

[dynamoeffects]

Again, the method that I described above will work with the default layout or with STS installed. If you want your site to look like the other site, that is how you do it.

 

It is the answer you're looking for, but if you wish to believe it's not then there's nothing I can do.