Joomla Virtuemart Programming

I need a custom display, checkout process for a Joomla/Virtuemart (VM) website.

We have a lot of repeat customers who know exactly what products they need. We have a lot of products and are looking for one simple interface that allows users to view all products, select quantity for each one, and then check out. The process of brwosing products, adding to cart, browsing more products, etc. takes too much time.

I am looking for one page that displays all products in a table style layout. It can be a table or css driven layout. There would be several columns displayed.

Columns would be:

1) Category
This would display the VM product category.

2) Product
This would display the VM product name.

3) Quanity
This would display a user input field where the customer would indicate the quantity that they are ordering. It could be a drop down menu item (1-100), a text box (with validation to accept number entries only) or an arrow up/arrow down tool. The drop down menu would be prefered.

4) Cost
This displays the cost as entered in the VM product details.

5) Total
This column calculates the total cost based on quantity x the cost. This column would also show a total cost at the bottom.

6) Details
This column shows a link labeled “details” that would open the VM detail page in a lightbox or popup window.

7) Remove
This column would display an “x” or link labeled “remove”. When clicked the quantity would be removed…remove item from cart. This would set the quantity to zero…it does not delete the entire row.

Additional features would be:

– Dynamic updates. Can the TOTAL PRICE update as the user makes changes.

– Sorting. Can the Category and Product column titles be clickable. On click the table would alpha sort.

A file with a rough, sample layout is included.

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