Carl-
I think that my product type is sort of pushing the limits on what GF can do for me, and that is not a concern with the design of GF but rather with the particular product that I am using GF for in order to generate custom quotes.
If we summarize my two primary issues (other than the email issue, which I will investigate), I am having problems with what I am calling the "label" and a problem with the way that "options" appears to work. Perhaps a specific instance will help illuminate the issue.
My client sells marble and granite counter tops. They charge by the linear inch. I will make the math easy for this example. Let's say Marble is $1 per linear inch and Granite is $2 per inch. The first "product" that the user selects is whether they want "Marble" or "Granite" from a product drop down. I then created a quantity field (so that I could label it "linear inches."). The contractor filling out the form puts in the number of linear inches, this is naturally multiplied by the product price, and so far, so good.
But, then there are things like "add a side splash" or "add a bowl" (for a sink). If I treat these like "options" then they are multiplied by the quantity field as well. So, if a side splash is a $10 option, it is then multiplied by the quantity field even though it is a one-off add-on option. If I make it a product instead of an option, then I lose the (+10, or -10) values that would show up if it was an option field, thus customer's won't know precisely how the add on is effecting their price if they want to reconfigure on the fly. And because the price is more complicated than $10 they really need to see that.
Using this same example for part 2 of the issue, which is the "labels" showing up on the email notificatioin, if I make a product or option called "Add a side splash" I would then put "None" as the default with a zero dollar value, or "Yes" with a $10 value. Problem is that if they click on "yes" then all that shows up on the email confirm or the custom quote field after "submit" is "Yes" and not the label on the field which was "Add a side splash." Now, I understand that I could label that field "add a side splash" and then have the options be "No side splash" or "Yes, side splash" but that is not very elegant.
So, my questions, apparently are:
1. Can I add an option to a product that is not multiplied by my quantity value associated to that product?
2. Can I get those product or option "labels" like "Add a side splash" to show on the email and visual confirmation after submit?
Thank you for your help,
Dave
Posted 13 years ago on Monday October 3, 2011 |
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