Going over projects with Bryan. He is working on two projects, somewhat related, but slightly different. One is the show on the web version for the dynamic customer field name settings. The settings are used internal to the system for the normal add/edit customer pages. Basically, the user gets to say show/hide, rename, sort, require, and add any custom verbage and/or instructions. Well, it turns out that they, our users, want the same things to be populated clear out to the web/shop (ecommerce) interface. This subject/project is extending those settings out to the ecommerce or customer facing pages.

Along with the new show on the web settings for the customer field names and defaults, we also need to setup some new defaults for the show/hide on the web portion. If we just add a new table column or field, it doesn't know how to play. We have to go backwards and update all of the pieces that have already gone under the bridge (older data and settings) in order to show every field out in the shop or ecommerce realm.

The other project that Bryan is getting ready to work on is called flex attributes. I sent him a couple of links to help him look up some more info on the subjects. Here are the two research links that I sent him.

Research dealing with flex attributes and research dealing with real in-line database extensions.