Developing And Ordering System

[OC Multimedia]

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to all the backend web development stuff and need some advice. I have a client who needs a site developed to function as an ordering page for their company business cards. Here is what I need to acheive:

 

1. +- 4 levels of users (ie. admin, managers, etc.)

2. Each level has restrictions attached to it. ie a staff person cant order cards w/CEO title

3. Once processed the order needs to go to a specific email address belonging to an admin of the company for approval, then once approved the order needs to be sent to the print shop via email.

 

The client wants to keep it simple allowing only a few options for each user. Any help will be appreciated.

 

Thanks!

-Paul

[TCH-Rob]

Paul,

 

Welcome to the forums. While I cant offer up anything that may help I am sure someone will be along soon to provide an answer.

[TCH-Don]

Welcome to the forums paul

 

It almost sounds like you need a shopping cart site.

[TweezerMan]

Welcome to the forums, Paul!

[TCH-Thomas]

Welcome to the forum, Paul.

[stevevan]

Welcome to the forums. A shopping cart system might work for you. Have you tried doing a google search for anything related to this?

[TCH-Bruce]

Welcome to the forums Paul

[OC Multimedia]

Hi everyone,

 

The shopping cart site may work, it just seems a little clunky to me. I'll start researching it in other places, but if anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them.

 

Thanks!!

-Paul

[jpepper]

If I understand you correctly you don't want to do actual credit card processing. It is more of an internal system for tracking who needs what.

The traditional custom solution would be using PHP for server side scripting and mysql for the db. It should be fairly straight forward. Generally I use phpmyadmin to setup the db.

 

Probably can do just 2 tables:

Users table would be something like : username/firstname/lastname/password/level

 

Orders table would be something like:

order_id/status (requested/approved), + card option fields.

 

You would need order php pages to gather the orders.

You would also need process php pages to approve orders and email orders to print shop.

You can either do user setup using phpmyadmin.. or you can write pages for it.

 

If you can't find anything packaged that fits the bill, this is an approach to solving it in a custom way.

 

Hope this helps.