Keeping in mind I'm having this work with the ezcheckout mod only because I can't justify doing any work within the x-cart checkout itself
I also don't want it too complicated, as I want to give as little support as possible, and have it as straight forward to use as possible.
Displaying products on the top I don't think is too practical as it would get in the way, and the bottom wouldn't be very viewable. So I'm thinking I would do rightside or left side recommendations as options. This also keeps things in 1 template. If people want it at top or bottom I'll let them know how to do it via this forum but it won't be supported in the actual mod.
Products would be 1 column down either side, with the number of products configurable.
Where to pull the products from would have 2 options:
1) Takes the products in the cart and views order history to pull products that were previously purchased at the same time as those products. Then of those products it would randomly pull the number of items configured to show through each step of the checkout process. If there were no items purchased at the sametime as the products in the cart it would default to option #2.
2) Option #2: The config file will hold an array of product numbers and randomly pull the configured amount of those products through each stage of the checkout. Of course if you have 4 productid's in the array, and configure to show 4 products at a time, you will have the same products on each step of the checkout.
Another option would be to use the products in the cart to pull from the upselling links but due to the amount of work in configuring those products to begin with I'm not a big fan of it
Anybody interested in this option?
As mentioned, adding products to your cart will keep you on the same stage of the checkout process, but will update your minicart in the top right, and display an added to cart message. This is to not disturb the flow.
Viewing product details will open a small popup window with a close button. Again, as to not disturb the flow.
Any other feedback/options/suggestions?