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Title: Sell a product by weight instead of quantity?
Post by: maxxer on July 29, 2013, 15:49:06 PM
Hi.

Is it possible to allow a customer to buy a product by weight, instead of by unit? This implies the user can buy a "fraction" of the item (0,25).
I mean, I'd like to sell i.e. 2lt of water, or 250gr of cheese.

Using unit as weight is nearly impossible, as in the case of cheese or other product the "unit" price (grams) would be really low
Title: Re: Sell a product by weight instead of quantity?
Post by: Hormic on March 16, 2015, 20:45:52 PM
Unfortunatly no answer so far, i have the same question.
Is it possible to sell products by weight instead of units?

I need it for a meat delivery service, therefore ordering units wan't fit very well.
I'm using the latest virtue mart version 3.0.6.2

Thanks for answering!
Title: Re: Sell a product by weight instead of quantity?
Post by: Milbo on March 17, 2015, 01:02:54 AM
You want this http://extensions.virtuemart.net/products/custom-size-detail
Title: Re: Sell a product by weight instead of quantity?
Post by: Hormic on March 17, 2015, 14:00:32 PM
Thank you very much, i will look into!  :D
Title: Re: Sell a product by weight instead of quantity?
Post by: Hormic on March 19, 2015, 00:47:26 AM
i bought the plugin now, but it seems that the word length is hardcoded and not easy changeable in the settings.
Do you have an idea how i can change the word length to weight, near the input field and in the cart?

The second problem is that the string VMCUSTOM_ISTRAXX_CUSTOMSIZE_DIM
is also attached to every article in the cart. 
Strangely enough this behavior is also in the demo. :o
How can i get rid of this string?
Title: Re: Sell a product by weight instead of quantity?
Post by: jenkinhill on March 19, 2015, 11:51:38 AM
Support for iStraxx extensions is by ticket:  http://extensions.virtuemart.net/support-updates
Title: Re: Sell a product by weight instead of quantity?
Post by: Milbo on March 19, 2015, 18:52:43 PM
Maybe the key is missing, but it should load the language file and translate it.
Title: Re: Sell a product by weight instead of quantity?
Post by: Hormic on March 23, 2015, 16:08:44 PM
It was a bug in the plugin, indipendent from the language file and Matej fixed it allready.  :D

But i hope he can also fix the other issues very soon, cause i need it urgently.
All 2 problems are visible on the attached screenshot, one is the word "length" which i can't change,
the other obvious problem is the overlapping guis, i have this behavoir also when i try different templates.

Hopefully it is fixed soon, ticket is pending since Thursday!  :(
Title: Re: Sell a product by weight instead of quantity?
Post by: Milbo on March 24, 2015, 15:06:15 PM
Lenght is changeable and the Problem with the layout is the template itself. Imho best in this case is anyway to remove the custom from the browsepage.