Interactive features

[kartoffel]

I'm somewhat of a newbie and in the process of learning. I would like to create something very similar to this:
http://www.goldenhook.fr/customisation.html#/1/
Can anyone tell me how this was made or what was used to create this interactive site? Thank you in advance for any help.

 

[ronaldroe]

It's Flash. I didn't even have to wait, and wait, and wait for the page to load to be able to tell you that. Which brings me to why you shouldn't use Flash. Aside from being difficult to index, a pain to implement, unavailable on iOS devices and outdated, it takes forever to load.

 

[kartoffel]

Thank you for your response! Do you know of an alternative that will function better?

 

[CaldwellYSR]

JQuery would work better.

 

[ronaldroe]

jQuery can tackle many, if not most of the things people use Flash for. Notice I said "use Flash for". Flash is capable of a lot of really nifty stuff, but for some reason, people seem content to use it for everyday stuff that can be done with CSS or jQuery. Even Adobe has pretty much abandoned it.

 

[kartoffel]

Thank you, I'll go investigate jQuery.

 

[Fireproofgfx]

Yep, the Jquery Library is HUGE to say the least, so you should be able to find ideas that will most benefit your needs.

 

[kartoffel]

Ok, I've been looking around but I'm wondering if anyone can help me with my search terms. What I would like to create is probably quite complex. I would like to create an interactive sweater designer (I'm a knitter). I would like visitors to my site to be able to choose from a list of sleeve styles, neck styles, and body styles. I envision this as a simple line drawing that changes as you make your selections (I've been working in Photoshop to create these). I would then like them to have the ability to fill in color from a list of choices (like the goldenhook site I mentioned above). Finally, I would like visitors to be able to save their designs to an account. Do you think this is possible with jQuery and do you know of any keywords I should use to search to find more info creating something like this?
Thank you all for your help!

 

[CaldwellYSR]

Definitely possible,

One way to do it would be make images of all the different pieces of the sweaters and all the designs of each piece. Then piece together the images based on which selections they make. This isn't the best way to do it I'm sure though.

 

[ronaldroe]

You're looking at a custom script. You'll need to hire someone for that. You probably won't be able to just find something like that.