RE: [Collective-commerce] CustomisableProduct

[Dylan J. <me...@dy...>]

Hi,

I've been thinking about it and here is my proposed solution. Please tell me
if there is an easier way or if I will run into trouble.

Overridding cartitem is the wrong way to go. What we need is a IMallItem
that is created when addtocart.py is called which then redirects to the edit
view of the item. This CustomisedItem has no price of its own but is linked
to the original item. Its schema is the customizations allowed (this means
it needs to hand coded each time. Is there a better way?). Its lifetime is
that of the CartItem (I think that can be done by containment).

Things I'm not sure about. 
-reediting the object will mean updating the cart skin so it links to the
object.
-What happens when you go 'save' on the item. It really should go to the
cart or something.
-Not sure how generalised this idea is. What if different customisations
required different pricing?
-Not sure about the lifetime of the order. Does the cart become the order?

Dylan Jay
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> Subject: [Collective-commerce] CustomisableProduct
> 
> Hi,
> I'm new to PloneMall.
> 
> I have an application that requires purchasable items that can be in 1 of
> 4
> colours, have 1 of 22 icons on it and have any name of the users choice on
> it. Obviously ItemVarient is not enough to enable this level of
> customisation. My question is, how do I go about doing this? Has anyone
> tried doing this in PloneMall before?
> My initial investigation leads me to CartItem, either I need a custom cart
> item or a personalised malitem to be created along with the cartitem.
> Suggestions?
> 
> Dylan Jay
> Web Builder
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