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Quote generator

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  • 07-06-2010 5:17pm
    #1
    AMPSound
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I am trying to implement a system to generate quotes instantly online. I have spent hours and hours researching this - but my search is probably hampered by more results for "Random Quotes" and "Stock Market Quotes" etc.

    Here is what I have at the moment - working perfectly. http://ampsoundsystems.com/quote/quote.html

    All the functionality that I need is there - it works out the price based on many different options, and also sends that information in a form via email if someone wants to go ahead and book it. That is all fine, but updating prices etc is quite a large job! And secondly, I am about to move to a new site based on Wordpress, and that script has pages and pages of code in the HEAD tag - which I don't really know how to get into the HEAD in Wordpress for just that one page. The other option (which I very very much dislike) is to iFrame that quote page into my Wordpress page.

    Another idea I was playing with was a shopping cart system, but I am having trouble trying to find a system that lets users configure enough options, and ideally I don't want people "Adding to cart". Here is what I am playing with at the moment, but am going to drop it pretty soon: http://ampsoundsystems.com/site/get-a-quote

    Anyone know of any good options that would do the trick for me? Or how to get my old system working in Wordpress?


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    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Look up 'page templates' for wordpress.
    As long as you don't close your <head> in header.php, you can continue adding what you need to it in template_whatever.php and close it there.
    Or just forget header.php and reproduce the whole head in your template, if it comes to that. (though it shouldn't)
    Also kick your javascript out to an external .js file while you're at it.

    It basically allows you to copy what ever code would serve all your normal pages (single.php) to a new file (eg. template_quote.php) and re-write it for one page.
    If you've included the right comment code at the top, it'll show up as a page template in wordpress when you go to 'add new page'.

    Look into it anyway, it's not that hard if you're already going to be doing your own theme.


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    AMPSound
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    Oh cool. Thanks for that. I will look into it and let you know how I get on.


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    yuloni
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    AMPSound
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    Condi wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Ha ha sorry about that! Thanks for pointing it out! Hopefully will get that sorted in my version 2!!!! ;)


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    AMPSound
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭AMPSound


    Anyone know what this site is running: http://www.pugetsystems.com/configure.php

    And would something like that be easy to integrate into Wordpress?

    Anyway, back to my own old system.... Would this http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-your-own-headers/
    plugin do the trick for me?


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