Hello,
I am busy building/organize a website like this (dutch site). This site offers a combined search result of multiple car occasion sites. It recognizes doubles and show the results. The search query is based on information filled in like car brand/model/price etc.)
Now i did build a couple of Drupal sites before but nothing like this... so, this is really good to expand my knowledge :-)
My mind cannot handle this all together and need to know if i am on the right track.
Here is a list i made of what i thought what's needed:
Selections, input form
- Brand --> Model: taxanomies in hierarchywith hierarchical select to get the car brand and corresponding models to choose from
- Price/KM/Year etc. just standard selection boxes
Now the core of the site. This is the part i need some advice, if possible :-)
Getting search results and show them
Depending on the site, most offers xml. The Feeds and QueryPath/Xpath module can read rss/xml results but how can i combine all results/manipulate and show them to the user?
I got multiple feeds now but after importing them it saves the content into nodes... Actually i want 1 clean/combined/transformed xml file and show this to the user that is searching.... im stuck! Or is it better to use the Services module??
Now i didn't think about the rest of the functions of gaspedaal to give my brains some rest. If you register and own an account you can do the following:
- Save and follow occasions
- Save search preferences
- Manage search history
- Select which auction sites to search
Any suggestions on how to get started with this, some suggestions/directions' would be great!
Beside that I just know Drupal is capable to do this!
Kind Regards,
Joël
