Build a cue - Final Stages

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I am putting the final touches on a project that I think some of you may be interested in.

It is called build-a-cue.

Basically it lets people build their cues online by selecting different components and it shows a graphical representation of the cue in the window above. When they click the submit button it generates a list of what the customer wants and emails it to the cuebuilder.

Cool thing is it is completely configurable to your specs, woods, prices etc.

I am thinking of doing this 2 ways... Either you host it on your web site or you can have it hosted on mine.

If you would like to have this on your website please either PM me or email me @ john@kirchelconsulting.com. I am willing to take cues in lew of payment for setting it up and maintining it for you.

Here is the link to check out the prototype.

http://www.kirchelconsulting.com/bactemp99/bac.asp

JV
 
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Very interesting idea. There are some programs out there that do a similar thing. Where yours could be better is by offering more combinations. I see what you have as a good start but it still needs a fair bit of work. The key is going to be the number of alternatives that you offer.
 
Yes, i do need to add a bunch more wood (and as informed better wood pics). The ones you see now are just representations of what is possible. I essentially could load 65,000 + wood samples into it (might be a bit slow) but it is only limited by the amount of memory the client that loads the page.
 
It doesn't work with Firefox.

When you said preloading 65,000+ images might be a bit slow, that's quite the understatement. A better idea would be to download the images as needed. I don't recall if that's possible with jscript, but you could definitely do it with a Java applet. Just stay away from ActiveX, as that won't work in Firefox either. Or on Macs.

If you go the Java route, there is a 3D API available for J2SE. You could then wrap the images around the butt section, for a much better look. The points and veneers would also look a lot more real. Of course you could then view the cue from any angle. Would be an interesting project.
 
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It doesn't work with Firefox.

When you said preloading 65,000+ images might be a bit slow, that's quite the understatement. A better idea would be to download the images as needed. I don't recall if that's possible with jscript, but you could definitely do it with a Java applet. Just stay away from ActiveX, as that won't work in Firefox either. Or on Macs.

If you go the Java route, there is a 3D API available for J2SE. You could then wrap the images around the butt section, for a much better look. The points and veneers would also look a lot more real. Of course you could then view the cue from any angle. Would be an interesting project.
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Damn you just took the wind out of my sails for version 2.0... :)

I haven't addressed the FF problem as of yet. I know it lies in the the dhtml calls but I haven't pinned it down. I wanted to get the other things fixed first.

I took out the image preload but the other issue is once they have been loaded in preview javascript has a hell of a time releasing that memory. Not a huge issue when dealing with 10-K files but if doing 100+ images for each component then there is a problem.

Thank you for your input it really does help.
 
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