In addition to this translator, several adjustments to the presentation were necessary. Here, we approximated the desired functionality as closely as possible with already available modules in order to minimize the customer's costs. These modules were further adapted by us, for example, the URLs of the front end were made „speaking“ - and it is now possible to address both products and any product structure levels, which was not possible without further ado. In particular, our adaptation means that any number of categories and structure levels can now be assigned, as the database is dynamically broken down into its components. The implementation was completely detached from Virtuemart and the design, i.e. in plain language: You can take any Joomla with Virtuemart and „let go“ of our extension and Virtuemart is then fed and modified with the data from the WWS. This makes the solution highly portable! An implementation in Typo3 has also already been planned and prepared accordingly.

Special features and Special functions

Where images for products are available in the database, the customer wanted the images to be imported automatically and assigned in the front end. Different sizes are generated for thumbnails as well as for the final view.

For each product, there is a function in the front end for generating a PDF, „Ask a question“, for emailing/sharing, etc. Furthermore, the customer and the user can now filter products dynamically and fine-tune which properties are displayed for filtering. The customer can also make separate settings in the backend for each item as to which properties they want to display, which information an item contains and which functions are available to a user in the item overview. This can already be flexibly determined on the database side in the merchandise management system! Titles and identifiers can also be changed dynamically on the database side without affecting QR code generation: Once set, links remain valid.

You can also specify whether you want to sort/filter with checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns etc.. Filtering works in real time without reloading the page. The filtering adapts dynamically. For this purpose, an extension was completely adapted and rewritten so that it works both with Ajax and without Ajax.

The entire solution is prepared as a store and can also be assigned prices if desired. Furthermore, the connection to the database has been designed so dynamically that the customer can reload the database at any time or even partially via a function in the backend, or this can also be done via an external command („Cronjob“) can be triggered. For this purpose, an additional interface to the outside world was created and the backend area of Virtuemart was expanded.