We need a plugin or extension to VM, which
a. using DHTML, would enable customers to compose a schematic of furniture (bookshelf) components (the pieces are articles in VM store), ie. put them into a HTML table or CSS based grid of horisontal and vertical bookshelf details (simple preliminary test is at http://mario.vilbiks.ee/ruudud/).
b. would inject this schematic into the VM ordering process, together with calculations about components used and their prices, so it would end up a valid sales order. The metadata should be saved with the order in VM so our sales and production personnel can see and print the requested schema, and an URL to the schema should be included in the order confirmation e-mail that goes out to the customer.
The first part, drawing the schema, should be open enough, so we could graphically enhace it in the future, adding colors and pictures etc. Both dependant on the details in the store, and also simple eye-candy for the admin or customer to upload.
It should also work on the back-end for our sales personnels use, so custom orders could be generated for customers.
The above sample URL doesn't have all the required functionality, we want to be able to change the lengths and heights of individual shelves, and add/remove individual wall and floor pieces of the bookshelf.
The second part, making the order, should comply with the rest of Joomla and VM, so the customer needs to log in etc, with an option of saving the schematic for later use, not finalizing the order right away.
Photo album with bookshelves design samples:
http://www.lennart.ee/album
If you like check Product Builder
http://breakdesigns.net/extensions/vm-product-builder
and its "image ovelay" layout
http://demo.breakdesigns.net/create-tshirt-amplugin
It doesn't do all of the above but it could be a good start
didnt anyone notice this was a 2 year old thread and the second post is spam
lol