[Typo3-shop] New Features prepared for implementation

[Bernie Pfister]

Hi Franz, hi list

I've implemented some new (hopefully) useful features. Please have a 
look for an example on my test server http://www.pixelsound.com/generic/?209

I've commented everything out, so merging it into the public version 
shouldn't be a problem.


Added Features:
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Parent/Child Products:
Products can be children of another product. Children get displayed in a 
table inside the parent product. Eg.

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| Item No  |  Size  |  Price  |  Qty  |
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|   123    |  60cm  |  $44.00 | _____ |
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|   124    |  80cm  |  $65.00 | _____ |
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|   125    | 100cm  |  $88.00 | _____ |
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This allows you to have different prices for different sizes, color etc. 
Customers can order different quantities of different variations. 
Reseller price and discount still works.
ChildDisplay can be turned on or off via constants.


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Automatic template selection for column display:
When defined 2 or more columns for list display, then the template gets 
switched automatically.


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Max Height for Images:
Now not only the maximum width for images can be defined, but also the 
maximum height (List, Single, Basket)


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CSS template:
The template is currently a mix between the old fashioned way and a new 
way using CSS (I only use CSS).


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Other new features include:
- select boxes for color, size and accessory only get displayed if the 
field is filled in

- added more constants including Reseller Group ID, Price Number for 
Resellers and Order By (but I soon found out that the list gets too long)

- company name and URL are inserted into Finalizing templates from 
TypoScript

- Fixed: Displaying quantities of products that are in basket didn't 
work on my installation. I don't know if this was a general problem, but 
now it works for me.


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TODO:
- The display of the child table is hardcoded in the class file. Should 
be implemented with templates

- Accessories and Memo: I couldn't figure out how this should work

- Template needs to be cleaned up


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The changes I've made should be fully backwards compatible (except of 
the template)

You can download the updated version and an example pagetree here: 
http://www.pixelsound.com/generic/index.php?id=210



I hope this helps.



cheers,
Bernie