colin_7 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hey everyone, I'm pretty green in web design and the company I work for is building a website where they want to feature a custom builder type page. So basically customers can get on the site, design their own simple thing and get an invoice for it. Sorry that might be hard to understand, but here is an example of what I'm talking about. http://www.villycustoms.com/custom-builder/ If someone could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 That's fairly intensive. In general, you'll use a lot of ajax communication with a database backend that contains all of the options, image information, and prices. That particular site also uses a canvas to render the different options, which is a good way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davej Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 A simple-minded version of this might just swap displayed images based on values entered into a form. The page could submit the form to itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin_7 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Ok, so what would be the easiest way for me to do it? ..As I said I am pretty green in web design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 There's not really an easy way, you need to be a fairly competent programmer regardless of how you decide to design and implement this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niche Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) A simple-minded version of this might just swap displayed images based on values entered into a form. The page could submit the form to itself. I can see something like that. All server side to begin with. Just use a form to start assembling a bike. You'd just need a lot of images. EDIT: Too many choices isn't always a good thing. Plus dave's idea would let you get your "head in the game". Edited October 17, 2014 by niche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davej Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 ..As I said I am pretty green in web design That is super vague. Have you written server-side code or just HTML? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustcomposer Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I love bicycle. It would be great in 3D image, with flash app. ps: I wonder, if you create paths for the bicycle outlines (filled white/transparent) as svg, and use the color buttons to modify its fill, would it be more 'lightweight' instead using pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niche Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Per post #2, check out the canvas tutorial. It's about drawing. http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_canvas.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin_7 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 That is super vague. Have you written server-side code or just HTML? pretty much just HTML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davej Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 pretty much just HTML You can't do this with just HTML. Your company will need to consider a server-side technology for this website, and this choice could be influenced by the possible choice of a "content management system" (CMS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin_7 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Alright, well thank you all anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin_7 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Sorry, it's me again, could anyone tell me what kind of company (with some examples) of people who could do this type of coding/developing for me? Here is the link again http://www.villycustoms.com/custom-builder/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niche Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Fiver.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin_7 Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Fiver.com do i add the job to try and find software developers or web developers? I'm not really sure what this type of thing is considered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niche Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 ask around on the site just don't pay until they finish a project. phase if you need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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