AY How To Add Custom (Text Box, Image) Attribute Types to Prestashop question

[QuasiMod]

Hi,

 

I need help, or guidance in the right direction (learning material, tutorials, examples, tips how to do this). Any help is much appreciated.

 

I'm trying to customize prestashop script (v. 1.5.5.0), I'm doing this as a favour and our budget is straight £0.00 so I cannot buy any of those fancy Custom Attribute modules. Site will be for selling some customized gifts.

 

I'd like to implement changes as a custom module if possible, else I'll try site source hack.

 

I need, two things at least:

A. I need to add text box for users to select customized text for their product. This must be multiline text box, preferably with limited input length, or better - custom validation on submit.

B. I want a price attached to this customization, I mean if customer chooses to customize - product price increases.

 

I specificly DO Not want to use Product Customization tab because:

A. It's not multiline entry (This could be fixed, there was a tutorial floating around somewhere)

B. Cannot attach a price to this, and I'm not sure where to even begin.

 

I think my best bet is adding a custom attribute type, and creating product combinations with this attribute.

 

If possible I'd like to add more custom fields like allowing to select a font - may be a radio box with images. But I can make do with dropdown already available.

 

Please suggest a course of action.

 

My skills:

PHP - beginner (but I have background in C++, Java, Python).

SQL - some knowledge

HTML - some knowledge

CSS - less than HTML

Smarty - almost none

Javascript - some Java knowledge, do not know Javascript specifics or AJAX

Pestashop development - almost none

 

Thanks

Edited May 24, 2014 by QuasiMod (see edit history)