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Presentation problem: how to sell time slots?

         

altar

8:17 am on May 14, 2011 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hi all, (sorry if this topic is in the wrong forum)

I want to sell private online tutoring and I want to find the most efficient way of selling lesson time slots using a cart (Paypal not an option)

I'd like to show like a five-day schedule on the front page, for example:
Monday Tuesday Wed...Thur...Fri...
1pm-2pm 1pm-2pm ...
2pm-3pm 2pm-3pm ...
3pm-4pm 3pm-4pm
...

Users can click on a time slot like a button to go to the product/lesson detail view with the options and purchase the time slot.

My problem is that I need that schedule to be dynamic: when Tuesday comes, Monday must disappear and be replaced by Tuesday must move up

How could I do? Should I try to adapt a rental booking script?
I've looked everywhere but I couldn't find any cart plugin specifically designed for private tutors, service providers, etc
Isn't there a simple way to deal with this problem?
Would it be a difficult job for a developer?

Thanks for your advice

PS: I've been looking at various mods of the JQuery datepicker and I think a developer could adapt that to do what I need.

coopster

4:33 pm on May 16, 2011 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Administrator 10+ Year Member



The jquery ui datepicker can restrict date ranges:
[jqueryui.com...]
There is another plugin that works with datepicker called timepicker. You may want to have a look at it:
[plugins.jquery.com...]
demo page:
[trentrichardson.com...]