Choice dependant pricing live view ?

[newshopbloke]

Hi all,

I thought v8 allowed a live view of choice dependant pricing but it appears not ?

What I need is something similar to this:

Choice 1 - colour
Choice 2 - size
Choice 3 - type
Choice 4 - Grade

All with different prices that immediately change the total price of the item. Am I right in saying that there is no way of the customer knowing how much the total cost of the item will be until they add it to the cart ?

Thanks

[jont]

http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=35701

[newshopbloke]

Thanks Jont,

Every time I look at actinic I find something else that it cannot do for me
Personally I cannot see the point in choice dependant pricing if the customer has to sit in front of their screen with a calculator, or constantly adding / checking and removing from cart.

Im looking at a v8 upgrade plus 3 of Normans add-ons at the moment, just to get started.

[jont]

This would be a great (essential) feature to generate the prices dynamically rather than entering them into the HTML field manually.

[leehack]

Every time I look at actinic I find something else that it cannot do for me

Can i suggest a more rigorous investigation into your chosen software next time?

[newshopbloke]

Can i suggest a more rigorous investigation into your chosen software next time?

Indeed.
When I purchased v5 a long time ago it gave me roughly what I wanted but my business changed and I found myself having to add hacks / scripts / add ons / upgrades etc etc. Ive kept an eye on actinic in the hope that it will eventually give me the kind of shop that im looking for but it appears that I need even more features every time I look at it.

I dont think this software has evolved very well at all, just my opinion.

[leehack]

The main problem is that one of it's massive advantages (static html produced pages from a desktop) is also one of its largest weaknesses, as it removes a lot of possible dynamic solutions. If it moves too much away from that, it loses its place in the market and just becomes another in a rat race. That's how i see it anyway. I think a dynamic module and an SQL addon needs to be available in the future.

[newshopbloke]

Thats my thoughts entirely, shopping on the web has evolved into a more interactive experience these days and with my particular trade it would be pointless just having a simple 'add to basket' as it would leave me miles behind the competetion.

I think actinic would do well if they wrote a seperate version for those who need more interactive features.

I would like to get something back from all the time and money I have spent on actinic so it looks like an upgrade and 3 add ons.