Is this something we can do with Zen Cart?

[remb]

Hello,

We have a shopping cart with trophies that need to be engraved with text and sometimes a logo\image file. Here's what we're looking for:

Let's use for example a trophy that will have 4 lines of engraved text. When a client goes to the trophy page and changes the quantity from 0 to 1, he should have 4 text fields where he can input the text that needs to be engraved on the trophy, and one upload field where he can add a logo\graphic file that needs to be engraved on the trophy. If he changes the quantity from 0 to 2, he should now have 8 text fields (4 for each of the 2 trophies), and 1 upload field where he can upload the logo\graphic file.

Also, we need tier prices for grouped products.


Is this something we can do with Zen Cart?

Thank you very much!

[gjh42]

Each of those two trophies is a separate product variant, since they are not identical. The product info page will have four text input fields and one upload field, and a quantity box which normally defaults to 1.
Your customer would enter the information for the first trophy and add that one to their cart, then repeat for any others. Consider: what if they wanted three trophies? Would you want 12 text fields on one page?
What if they wanted two identically engraved trophies (you never know...)? Would you have them enter the same info twice?

There are quantity discount schemes available, and you can select to group multiple instances of a product with different attributes, or not. Quantity discounts for groups of different products are not a standard feature, though.

[schoolboy]

In terms of being able to send text and/or graphic material with the order... Yes, Zencart can do this.

However, you are looking for a feature that is sometimes called "conditional attributes" - where the value inserted in one field influences the display (or content) of other fields.

Right now, ZC cannot do the latter, but we are all hoping that the next release (1.4) will have this capability.

There are various modules available that cope with group pricing, and there are a number of people who could assist with custom code if necessary.

[remb]

Thank you very much for the answers. We'll definitively have a further look at Zen-Cart. Hopefully we'll manage to make it work the way we need it to!

[schoolboy]

Glenn got in fractionally ahead of me! (Makes my post look irrelevant), but I have to agree with him.

Sometimes, our attempts to "over-automate" a process fails to take into account the peculiarities of human behaviour. Glenn points these out.

I believe ZC will offer you a very good solution for your product type - even with its (perceived) limitations. Best advice is to install ZC and try it out.

[remb]

I believe ZC will offer you a very good solution for your product type - even with its (perceived) limitations. Best advice is to install ZC and try it out.

thanks for the advice, i will do that!

[lovingexpress]

In terms of being able to send text and/or graphic material with the order... Yes, Zencart can do this.

However, you are looking for a feature that is sometimes called "conditional attributes" - where the value inserted in one field influences the display (or content) of other fields.

Right now, ZC cannot do the latter, but we are all hoping that the next release (1.4) will have this capability.

There are various modules available that cope with group pricing, and there are a number of people who could assist with custom code if necessary.

OK I couldn't be more new to this forum and I've had a dern easy time getting around in it! YAY for the devs! However this thread is the closest I've come to my actual question.

I'm creating a custom graphic mug site ( http://yours-by-design.com ) and I would like to figure out how to make it so they could upload their graphic directly to the order so I could design their mug and ship it instead of having to email it to me and so on. What do I do? and Where do I go?

Kimi

[lovingexpress]

and after searching for 3 days for the answer... http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49716 but they are talking about an older version... does it do it now?

[frank18]

and after searching for 3 days for the answer... http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49716 but they are talking about an older version... does it do it now?

I would think that this can still be done with v1.3.9d (the latest as we write this).

Just make sure you backup all and sundry before making your changes. Or even better - test it in a cloned environment before going live.

[gjh42]

"does it do it now?"
The image upload feature has been available in core Zen Cart for years, and is essentially the same now as then.