Which cms ecommerce do multi choice product?

[Forethan]

Hi!

I've spent one month on prestashop but it seems that i can't do what i want so i'm very tired!

 

If you have a super module with my request it would be great but i haven't found anything.

 

So if you know a cms other than magento which do that, tell me the name pleaze!!!

 

Here we go :

 

When my customer click on a product called "make my sodas",the cms shows the product page for the product called "make my sodas" (ok all cms do that!!! )

 

make my sodas is a product with many attribute so:

 

the customer choose size of his future botlle in dropdown menu(30CL,80CL,100CL,...)(ok all cms do that)

 

the customer choose flavors that he wants in his bottle BUT

 

before the list of all flavors appears, the customer must choose between three manufacturer of flavours,

 

so the customer choose cocacola manufacturer then all flavors of this specifically manufacturer appear(i've found 0 cms which can do that : prestashop,drupal,thelia,wordpress,...)

 

It's like --> Attribute group--->attribute---------->attribute of this attribute

So-------->Flavors------------->Manufacturers-->flavors for this manufacturer

 

Even better if :

 

It's like --> Attribute group-->attribute---------->attribute of this attribute-------->attribute of attribute of this attribute

So-------->Flavors------------>Manufacturers-->flavors for this manufacturer--->salt based flavors for this manufacturer

Because if i can't found this option, the customer will see a list of all flavor manufacturer which be more than 300 items which isn't good for choosing!!! :(

 

I've tried attribute wizard pro but it can't do that

 

Please help me to find the holy grail!!!

Edited May 26, 2012 by Forethan (see edit history)

[Forethan]

Any suggestions???

Please help me it's very important.

[codegrunt]

Are you sure this approach makes sense? If your customers care about the manufacturer of a flavour then shouldn't that be the top level of categorization when they are browsing for products? i.e. Let them browse by manufactuer and then define your products with that in mind (which would limit the number of attribute combinations), possibly using categories to break things down further. If they don't care about manufacturers then no need to shoehorn that stage into the ordering process, just use the attribute combinations for the stuff that matters. The quicker your customer gets to "order this thing" the more likely they will be to buy from you.

 

It's not impossible to do things the way you want but you are talking about a custom ordering process on the product detail page. Basically you would first need to build up a Javascript representiation of all possible attribute combinations either by directly embedding them into the page (via a custom module or if available, using template structure) or via an AJAX call to an external module. You would then use Javascript to adjust the ordering form on the fly. This is similar to the existing method used for changing product image to match a selected attribute combination with the assumption that you do setup all necessary attribute combinations before hand.

 

The options for you are:

 

1. dig in to the code + templates on your own (if you can code no reason not to try)

2. change your approach to work within the stock system (possibly the best choice)

3. hire someone to do the work for you

 

Cheers

[jotacee]

Forethan, you can try by activating the "layered navigation" module and then adding flavors as attribute, like you said.

 

Then your users will be able to "filter" instead of choosing. Maybe it fits for your project.

 

Some examples of layered navigation (in the left column):

http://www.sivasdescalzo.com/store/footwear/sneakers/running.html

http://coteseduction.com/category.php?id_category=30

 

It's useful to filter results and show only available products for current choice: brands, sizes, colors, stock availability...

[Forethan]

Thanks for your answer!!!

Layered navigation is a way that i must explore.

Codegrunt, no it's not possible to let my customer choose manufacturer to left because i want that my customer can mix two flavors of different manufacturers.

If you produce for your customer a juice from his own list of ingredeient,then it's not possible to do that.

I think this will result my problem

 

1. dig in to the code + templates on your own (if you can code no reason not to try)

2. change your approach to work within the stock system (possibly the best choice)

Change my approache by create a flash website without backoffice will be good but harder to follow the sales,price,etc...

[jotacee]

(I thought I read "flash" in your last sentence... Hope you don't mean Adobe Flash You have to love your e-commerce, man )

 

To mix manufacturers in your articles, it's also possible. Just do this:

- Create a new Group of attributes, called Manufacturer or just "Brand"

- Create Attributes inside that group for each manufacturer. If it would be cars, result should be:

 

Group: Car Brands

Attributes: Ford, Mercedes, Porsche...

 

The trick here is NOT to use the "Manufacturer" option you'll find in the article page to do that. Layered navigation is great, but not useful in this case.