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blindmime
@blindmime
8 years ago
772 posts
I'm looking forward to seeing how this evolves. Really glad to see the start of variations. Wondering if you're working toward a way for having customers see ONE product with variations as choices within that one product page. Rather than 5 separate t-shirt products for each size, for instance.
updated by @blindmime: 12/22/17 03:12:21PM
paul
@paul
8 years ago
4,335 posts
We did start develping this module as giving one product multiple variations but it soon became complicated due to adding stock options and price variations, so we changed it to a product item for every option. If this is an issue when displaying all items, a bit of template work can 'group' all similar items showing all options, prices and stock levels.


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
blindmime
@blindmime
8 years ago
772 posts
I see. I hadn’t thought of that. Do you have plans to do the template work as part of the default module item list and details? Maybe an extra Bundles-type module would work, but instead of a package of products it’s a selection of products within a collected bundle.

Have there been any thoughts about hooking into a shipping API in the cart?
brian
@brian
8 years ago
10,149 posts
blindmime:
I see. I hadn’t thought of that. Do you have plans to do the template work as part of the default module item list and details? Maybe an extra Bundles-type module would work, but instead of a package of products it’s a selection of products within a collected bundle.

Yes - we'll be expanding this module. Right now this first beta is just to get it out there. I won't have time to work on it for a few more weeks, but didn't want to sit on it - better to get it out and get feedback.

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Have there been any thoughts about hooking into a shipping API in the cart?

Yes - but it would be integration with a 3rd party service that would do this - we are not going to develop our own shipping API for the module. Entire companies are built around this ONE feature, so to expect us to do it all as part of this module isn't realistic. Instead, we've developed some hooks in the cart that would allow us to integrate 3rd party shipping functionality. If you have any 3rd party shipping providers you think would be a good fit, let us know.

Thanks!


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Brian Johnson
Founder and Lead Developer - Jamroom
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blindmime
@blindmime
8 years ago
772 posts
At work we use both UPS and FedEx's APIs with XMPie. They basically pull in rates based on weight and box size, but it can get pretty complicated as you probably know when trying to account for multi-box shipments and other stuff. XMPie doesn't do variations either, by the way. I know it is much more complicated than it might seem, together with tracking inventory and managing thresholds.

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