Background: I'm new to e-commerce configuration; conversant with Java, been developing with other languages for many years, I don't know much about PHP.
We have a school bus company and we are selling transportation for the children to and from school.
I've got most things sorted out, but where does the parent (customer) the regular things about the family like name, address, phone, etc.?
And also, we also need to know how many children are registering, their grade, age, school, and names.
This being child related, we also need to figure in alternate addresses and contacts.
I've searched around and I can only figure out that after registering, the parent will be directed to a custom form that would need to filled out, asking for all the data bits I need.
I have a bit of a workaround where a parent will purchase a service and then be asked to fill in an option block with the child's info.
But that means an awfully long option block with many fields, and then they would have to purchase each seat individually. They wouldn't be able to say: 3 seats on the 3PM bus.
Question:
Is there already a form that I can modify and use?
Is there a built-in function that I can extend by adding fields?
Maybe create a whole new page, perhaps?
If using a template, where would the data be stored so I can access it for the invoice?
Thank you very much.