Item Groups

[steddy_eddie]

Hi there

My client requires 'product group' functionality - i.e. many items/products grouped together so that they display on the same page, and share a common photo/description. If that doesn't make sense, see http://www.hafele.com/uk/, login as a guest and search for '107.62.901'

I'm not sure if this can be done with the existing zencart functionality. I'm pretty sure a modification/class extension will be required, and I'd like to do it properly rather than hack the core code to pieces.

At the moment I'm thinking of something along the lines of modifying the products tables and adding a 'parent/child' status field so that if a product is flagged as a parent it will be displayed normally (photo/description etc) and then any products linked as children will be displayed as the items below (with specific descriptions/prices/addtocart)

Can anyone advise the best way to implement this?

Thanks!

[Kim]

Perhaps one of the "cross selling" add ons from the downloads section would fit the bill?

[steddy_eddie]

Kim - thanks for the tip. I checked out the cross-selling mods but they only support up to 6 cross sell items, and although it would give similar functionality to what I need it wouldn't be a proper use of the addon since I am not cross selling, but rather grouping products together.

I think I will need to customise the code myself. It seems like a bit of a daunting task as any db table alteration will require changing any code that touches those tables both in the main application and admin side.

Where's the best forum area to get development advice/support? Contributions, general questions?

[brianko]

I believe I'm interested in similar functionality (correct me if I'm wrong): You're wanting to group individual items together in arbitrary groupings. I'm interested in grouping together individual items into "virtual" items or products that can be listed and sold as a standalone item. I posted elsewhere about this before reading your post.

So, something like this:

Items A, B, C

"Virtual" item D -> A, B, C

If qty 1 of D is sold, then the inventory counts for A, B, and C are decremented.

As long as at least one of A, B, and C exists, then D will show "in stock."

If A, B, and/or C are sold out, then item D will be shown as "out of stock."

--Brian