Product Options with eCart

Hello,

I wish to sell dog food with the cart. There is a main product that has no pricing directly connected to it; in other words I do not use price increments. This is different from the tutorial where the suggestion is a base price with additional cost for the option. In my case, the pricing is set with each individual bag size:

Eg. Main Product: Dog Chow. Sizes: 10lb - $15.00 / 20lb - $25.00

My product page shows the main product selections. Clicking on a product takes you to the detail page that shows ingredients, etc. as well as a list of all size options and pricing using a dynamic recordset. This allows the customer to see which option has the best price point. I need to know how to have the customer pick which size option they want to add to the cart and the quantity.

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Ken

see the "Product Options with eCart" tutorial on the eCart support page:
ecart/

Thanks Jason for your response. I did go through the tutorial and as I explained, it is different from my situation. Also, are there associated data files to download with the tutorial? In step #4 I'm instructed to choose DataAssist recordset "WADAProducts". Where does this come from?

Ken

Hi Jason. I need to know if there are support files for the "Product Options with eCart tutorial". For example, in step #4 I'm instructed to choose the DataAssist recordset "WADA Products" but have no idea what this is referring to.

Please let me know,

Ken

There are no support files for that tutorial.

the example is using a detail page created by data assist for a dynamic shopping cart. you may have a different recordset in place for returning the product details.

I guess the question is:

is your cart dynamic or static?

will you have other options than size?

will it always be small and large ($10 / $20)


how complex do you see the options in your cart getting?

@Ken

I am doing something different with Product Options which isnt covered in the PDF tutorial.

On my product detail page where all the options are (some options are free and some at cost) + My options are based on either textfield, checkbox or select list. All my product options are dynamic (since I want Admin full control of which options go to which products).

Now I have learnt from the good techies of WebAssist that the eCart Object column is simply a storage place. So the trick is on my product detail page create an Implode Array., this can then be reference in the eCart Object.

I am testing it at th emoment (as Im learning all this by going along, so hopefully I am on the right track...here is some code examples)

......I would put this after the /form>
<?php
if (isset($_POST['options']))
{
$strOptions = implode("|", $_POST['options']);
}
else
{
$strOptions = "";
}
?>

...then in my form create arrays like this...
<input name="options[]" type="checkbox" ........

then in eCart Im a guessing to put options as the new column name.

Hopefully I am on the right track..I just wanted to share what I have at the moment in case it is of any help.