matbennett Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 Here is a requirement that one of my clients has come up with, that it looks like I will be developing. Just wondered if anyone has done anything similar, or would like to see anything similar. My (limited) skills are such that i will be able to get this working, but it will probably be messy, inefficient and all rather non-standard. With that in mind i wondered if anyone interested in something similar may want to provide feedback/pointers as I am working on it: Requirements: 1. Allow user to define a "compatibility criteria" (e.g. If i am selling parts for push bikes the user may select "Raleigh Chopper" as their bike). 2. Give users the option to filter search / browse results based on their criteria (e.g. i may sell 100 different types of pedal, but the user above will only be interested in those that fit a Raleigh Chopper). Approach: This is how I think I will be doing things (suggestions welcome!): * Have an additional page where users can pick their criteria from cascading drop down lists (e.g. first choosing Raleigh, then being given a list which includes Chopper). This would store the criteria as a new session variable. * Adding a "show only parts that fit ...." button/link on the product list pages that links to the filtered results (haven't really looked to closely at this part yet!) * Having an additional table that cross references each product with each possible criteria (adding an entry wherever they are compatible). Does this seem like a logical approach? Has anyone got any thoughts, comments, suggestions or warnings of things to look out for? Thanks in advance for any feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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