Add price in product details

[sideways]

Hello

I sell CD print/press products and would like to show the salesprice multiplied with selected quantity in the product details page, in addition to the other prices. I have been looking at this for a while but can't figure out the best way to do it. I guess I need to override

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components/com_virtuemart/views/productdetails/tmpl/default_showprices.php to achieve this and I have made several attempts but failed. I would be very grateful for some pointers and tips so I can solve this once and for all.

[GJC Web Design]

very unusual behaviour IMHO - no online retailer I know does this.. surely this is what the mini-cart is for?

and it is complex - you have to do it thru ajax calls

[sideways]

very unusual behaviour IMHO - no online retailer I know does this.. surely this is what the mini-cart is for?

and it is complex - you have to do it thru ajax calls

Unusual? Is it really?

I sell on-demand CD pressing and prints. My products are sold in bulk with prices changing depending on the selected quantity and selected product options/attributes. I want my customers to see the total product cost before adding it to the cart - a higher or lower quantity might mean a better deal. I'd say it's pretty much a requirement.

[GJC Web Design]

As I say - show me a major retailer site that does this...

also as i say - complex -

the "normal" approach is to show a price/quantity table e.g. as I did here http://www.shannon.be/nl/- probably spam --panelen-print-3-mm-detail

[sideways]

Okay, so we established you think it is a somewhat unusual behavior. Noted. 

Would you mind we focus on my actual question? I was hoping someone would explain to me why it is so complicated, or at least give me a brief outline of what steps would be required? What parameters are involved?

[GJC Web Design]

if you don't know what this means

and it is complex - you have to do it thru ajax calls

then I really don't see the point in my continuing with an explanation

but here goes: the price updates via ajax/JS when you select a quantity/custom field - you have to use that same routine to multiply it by the quantity - core hack probably to vmprices.js

[sideways]

No worries. I know the inner workings of ajax and so do most web developers. Though it obviously seems complex (for you) I assure you it's not that hard to comprehend if you really apply yourself. About my question, never mind, I'll sort it out.

if you don't know what this means

and it is complex - you have to do it thru ajax calls

then I really don't see the point in my continuing with an explanation

but here goes: the price updates via ajax/JS when you select a quantity/custom field - you have to use that same routine to multiply it by the quantity - core hack probably to vmprices.js

[GJC Web Design]

Clever chappie - really makes me wonder why you asked the question in the 1st place then..... seeing as you know..