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October 18, 2010
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Creating basic product configurator using PHP/mySQL

  • October 18, 2010
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I have been trying to build a basic product configurator for my website using PHP/mySQL in Dreamweaver CS5 with no success and am desperate for assistance.

Briefly, my goal is to provide a series of steps whereby the user can select specific components via radio buttons that, once completed, will show an itemized list of the components selected and (where available) a photo of the assembled product, based upon those same selections. I have generated a database via phpMyAdmin which contains 4 tables listing all the configurations possible.

If someone has knowledge and/or experience in building something like this, please contact me as soon as possible and I will gladly provide further details. Thanks a lot!

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pziecina
pziecina
Legend
October 18, 2010

Hi

Are you talking about something similar to a car, (auto) manufacturers web site, where one adds the different options then views the resulting auto?

PZ

W
WebmenschAuthor
Participant
October 18, 2010

Hello PZ,

Thanks for responding.

Yes, quite similar to what some of the car manufacturers now offer. However, something more approximate in functionality would be this: http://www.ufpi.com/tools/deckdesign/visualizer.htm (I have already contacted the company about getting more info re: their configurator tool but they've not been very forthcoming with answers to my questions).

pziecina
pziecina
Legend
October 18, 2010

Hi

(I have already contacted the company about getting more info re: 
their configurator tool but they've not been very forthcoming with 
answers to my questions

This is not surprising, such scripts are often custom built, and can be expensive to create.

The site itself is actually an ajax site, where the various selections are overlaid by default then the visibility turned on/off as required. The main image for the basic background image, (depending upon the 'decking' selection) is loaded via ajax along with the various other options available.

Even viewing the source, (including the css and javascript) would not give you the full info required to recreate the effect as much is included in the json/server files.

However unless you are considering paying someone to do this for you, I would recommend viewing the available info, html/css/javascript to give you an idea of what is required, (some files are 'standard' and can be ignored at this point, such as jquery/analytics's code).

PZ

David_Powers
David_Powers
Inspiring
October 18, 2010

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