How to show images based on dropdown selection?

Hi rt,

I'm very interested in making this modification as I'd also like to do this for a store I'm starting myself, but I also think this could be a popular add-on.

What's more, there is the same issue in the Apparel add-on version of PC.

Just sketching it out right now, but both should be able to be handled by a bit of AJAX and then just figuring out exactly where to place the image once an option is selected.

Thing is, we are working on a BOAT LOAD of add-ons and mods for PC right now, so it might take us a couple of months at this point to get stared on this. It's definitely a good idea, though.

What site was using the dynamic appareal add on? I would like to see how it looks. THANKS

The site I was referring to is http://www.pinstripesandpolkadots.com/ , or http://www.pinstripesandpolkadots.com/products/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=4580&idcategory=4 for an example of what I was talking about.  As far as I know, from speaking with the person who's website that is, they didn't make any customizations other than what came with ProductCart and the Apparel Add-On.

I recently purchased the Apparel Add-On, but still haven't been able to get it to match up with our BTO Product items like it should.  Without giving too much detail, I'll sum up what we're trying to do.

We have a Custom BTO ProductABC.  ProductABC contains 3 separate parts, TopABC, MiddleABC, and BottomABC.  TopABC and MiddleABC are Apparel Products, which you would make your selection based on dropdown boxes.  TopABC would have 20 categories to pick from (similar to "DryBees Prints" from the website I listed earlier), and once you select one of those categories, a generic category image would be displayed.  Then a second drop-down box (like "Size") would list the available items within the category you previously selected.  Once you make your selection in the second dropdown box, the picture would change to the item you selected in the second dropdown box.

I was able to configure MiddleABC to show items, because they are more like an Apparel item; ItemA, ItemB, ItemC, ItemD, ItemE, each being available in 10 colors.

One issue is, the final item you select in the 2nd dropdown box of TopABC is an existing item, which we don't sell individually, only with ProductABC (the custom BTO product) and other similar custom PTO products.  I found I could change the SKU and item pictures after generating sub-products for TopABC, but wasn't able to do this by category, or assign existing products as sub-products.

We are okay with BottomABC being radio buttons, because there are only about 5 BottomABC items to choose from.  These show a thumbnail which can be expanded to general view, or More Details for a Detailed View.

However, when selecting TopABC and MiddleABC, you can only see a picture of the item by clicking the More Details link, or when you go to make your selection.  We would like to have an image of the final selection you made on the same page.  So you can see the generic ProductABC image at the top, and as you scroll down the page you can see images of TopABC, MiddleABC, and BottomABC, so you know what your custom ProductABC will look like.

We're stuck, and don't really want to upload the rest of our product data into our store before we have this all sorted out.  I'd appreciate any help you all can offer.  Thanks.

I see what you're saying Hamish.  That makes more sense.  However we still have the issue of adding existing items to an Apparel Product, and having the two dropdown boxes with category and sub-category.