Quote Originally Posted by yellow1912 View Post
I'm writing a new version of this module with some add features that I need to justify if it is worth it (in other words, will these features add benefit to you?)
Those are:
cross sell product to product (old),
product to category,
category to category,
category to product

I need to see if it is worth it or now, reason is:
To cross sell so many ways like that we will need more than 1 queries executed to pull out the products. I will consider caching but still it will use more resources that it is now. So let me know what you think. Is this worth it?
What I would find the absolute most useful function is the ability to select a checkbox to add the cross sell items to the cart when the main item is added to the cart. I have seen other cart software do this and consider it an immense boon to usability and getting the customer the items, along with relevant attributes, they want quickly all in one go. An example of this can be found here:

http://www.mid-east.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=HPBY&eq=&Tp=

You will see the addons/accessories on the right with the checkbox to add to cart with the main item.

An even more ambitious endeavor would be to make each cross sell item ajaxified so a user could browse through another category on the same product page to select the item, complete with attributes, they want to add to the cart simultaneously. It would almost be like a frame or an iframe but using current standards compliant ajax techniques. That would be incredibly powerful!! And, it would be tremendously advanced compared to anything out there. Do you see what I mean or am I being to abstract? I can elaborate more if this is an interesting idea. I am working hard on learning coding in my spare time, but as of late I have very little spare time to devote to my studies so I am not advancing as quickly as I would like and thus am still not at the skill level to do this myself yet, but I am a very willing tester!