8 years 2 months ago
Hi Danon
What you are looking to do appears rather simple but to do correctly is rather complex, so first you need to scope the project and prepare a detailed specification for your whole project/site.
As Anthony says this is not a template solution, and if you want to do properly will need custom coding,at some point, in order to store and retrieve data, then automate the management. It would take a fair bit of time and investment to produce a solid solution. Joomla may not even be the best solution here, but that is going way off track.
On a smaller budget you could try a quick and dirty approach to get things up and running. K2 could be used along with extra fields to input data. You would then need to display the output via k2. Your search could then be filtered, there a number of components for this, we use this one.
styleware.eu/store/item/52-filter-for-k2
This would work for you, but the database structure is not very pure.
Alternatively you could build your own form, as Anthony suggested, we use breezingforms however there is a bit of a learning curve.
crosstec.org/en/
The forms can then be used with content builder from crosstec.org to store in the db and extract data. A more robust approach than k2 but you need a deeper understanding of what is happening.
For me a custom written solution is what you require but you would need a lot of traffic to see a return. The k2 solution may be enough to prove the concept for you. You could also search the jed for something you could use or adapt.
I hope that gives you some ideas to consider. If you wanted something custom coded, and don't want to do it yourself, Anthony may be able to quote you, but i suspect it would not be cheap and run into thousands of dollars.
Regards Ian