Hi,

I noticed in the last couple of days.....these 2 sites that have an identical script. Is this script available to buy or did one of these companies just Rip the other?

http://www.waterwater.ca/configurator.html

http://www.wiredon.net/hosting/configurator.shtml

Even the wording is identical. I think the script is a good idea and would like a copy myself if possible.

Simon

:rolleyes: I love the amount of post lately that just jump right to the point that something must be ripped off from someone else.

Anyway.. seeing as both are PayPal shopping carts, you might want to try them first. Maybe they have a script for download over there. Failing that, why don't you just ask the hosts themselves??

Greg Moore

I cant find the script at PayPal.

You would think that the best thing to do would be to just ask the hosts outright wouldn't you. Well I did this privately the last time I spotted blatant ripping (Im not saying that this is the case here) and I was run around by the ripper. So ...rather than sneaking about whispering in ears...my new policy should I find ripping...which Im not saying I have...Is to just spit it out. Be load and proud...thats the new me. Anyway.....if anybody can point me to this script...where I can download a copy...I would appreciate it.

Simon

:eek:

Since its a CGI script, i would think its available for download somewhere - and its not ripped off.

Hi,

The original script was written by me for WiredON and I recently sold a copy to waterwater.ca (infact it was yesterday).

It isn't available for download anywhere but I am willing to sell copies, so if anyone is interested please feel free to email pwilson@wiredon.net

I may just ask waterwater.ca to change the wording a bit though as I didn't expect them to use the exact same :)

How much...? Is it easy to configure?

Its a really good idea.

What equation do you use to work out the price structure?

Simon

It is $40.

Yes it is easy to configure. You'd need to create your html form and the form field names are in the format:

name="option-price"

So if you have a select list for disk space with options 100,200,300MB, and you charge $5 per 100MB then your select list would look like:

<select name="Webspace">
<option value="100-5">100MB
<option value="200-10">200MB
<option value="300-15">300MB
</select>

The script then splits the form value, totals up the price for each field and inserts the option value into mysql, so when someone signs up you can just view your mysql database to determine the configuration they chose.

In its current format it isn't as flexible as it could be as the mysql dump has preset fields so if you wanted anything different you'd need to add the columns into the database.

However I'm hoping to make upgrades to it and release it properly so if anyone decides to buy it now they will get free upgrades.

Im hoping to add an admin area, including database editor and also move some of the calculation into the code rather than passing it complicated form values....oh and also a confirmation page etc.

Well, as Paul from wiredon.net explained, there is no "ripping" involved here. I bought a script from him. I just installed it yesterday, and for the most part, threw it up with very few mods to the text so I can test it first. Yes, I plan on changing the wording to my own.

And yes, it's a great script, and Paul is great to work with.