xtech Posted February 18, 2004 Posted February 18, 2004 Hi all, I don't know if this is going to be clear or not... I'm trying to decide which way to design a site, and am wondering if anyone's ever run into a situation like this. The customer wants to sell bulk spices in one of 3 different containers: 1) Plastic Bags (probably wieghed in ounces) 2) Bottles (probably 1 size) 3) Boxes (larger bulk purchase weighed in pounds) The problem is that the shopper can order custom weights A box can be from 5 to > 2000lbs A bag can be from 1oz to <=64oz The bottles are one size I have thought about setting things up with a drop down box with one of 4 attributes: .50 per ounce bag/zip tied .50 per ounce bag/vertical fill .50 per ounce bag/heat sealed 2.00 per pound boxed What I wish is that I could (on the same screen) have a free form multiplier to denote how many ounces/pounds the customer wished to purchased. The price would be calculated based on attribute value (.50, 2.00, etc) * specified quantity. The only problem with using the existing quantity value for this is that a customer may want to purchase 20 10 oz zip-tied bags. The product screen is where the customer would need to nail down the size of the bag or box they wanted, the normal quantity screen is where the customer would specify how many of those "custom-sized" bags or boxes they want to order. Has anyone run into this before? I think in most cases people are selling products with a limited number of price-determining attributes (Large+$10, X-Large+$20, etc) and that a free-form calculation like the one I'm contemplating is not often (if ever) done. Thanks for any advice
♥ecartz Posted February 18, 2004 Posted February 18, 2004 What I wish is that I could (on the same screen) have a free form multiplier to denote how many ounces/pounds the customer wished to purchased.There is a contribution that does something like this with javascript. Hth, Matt Always back up before making changes.
xtech Posted February 20, 2004 Author Posted February 20, 2004 Hi Matt, Turns out the "feature" is not needed. I'm curious as to the name of the contribution that may come close. I think I may have downloaded the one you alluded to, it was a piece of javascript that updated the price on the product info page when the user selected price-changing attributes. If that's not it, do you recall the name of the one you had it mind? Even though I didn't need the feature, your reply was still appreciated! ;-) Thanks!
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