Interaction between modules
The step menu had to trigger saving and navigation in the primary design module without creating brittle flow control.
Anonymous product configuration case study
Building a multilingual online product configurator
A software provider needed two coordinated modules that would let customers design and book a configurable windscreen online while administrators managed multilingual page content and email templates.
The situation
A step-by-step designer and its navigation module had to behave like one product.
The primary design module needed to guide users through size, color, logos, text, description, preview, and booking. A separate step-menu module needed to save progress, switch stages, and display a summary for each step.
The broader scope also included scheduling, email, data access, order generation, e-commerce, and multilingual content—making module coordination and dynamic language settings the central technical challenges.
The product challenge
Coordinate modular software across a continuous design, preview, and order journey.
The experience needed the flexibility of independent platform modules without exposing that separation to customers or administrators.
Dynamic multilingual content
Administrator-managed page copy and email templates could not rely on static source-language resources.
A wide transaction scope
Design, booking, scheduling, email, data access, e-commerce, and order generation all had to contribute to one coherent path.
The solution
Two DotNetNuke modules were coordinated through simple client-side behavior and shared multilingual administration.
The primary module handled design and booking while the step module managed stage switching and summaries. The implementation used generated .NET callbacks to coordinate saves and navigation without complex flow control.
- 01
Guide the configuration
Break size, color, artwork, text, description, preview, and booking into understandable steps.
- 02
Coordinate independent modules
Use lightweight client-side scripts and .NET callbacks for saving and stage changes.
- 03
Localize dynamic content
Give administrators language controls for page documents and email templates that could not be translated through static code alone.
How we worked
Treat module boundaries as an implementation detail, not a user journey boundary.
The team mapped the design and booking flow across the step menu and primary module before selecting a simple coordination approach.
Development covered the wider DotNetNuke ecosystem, including scheduling, email, the data-access layer, product design, order management, and e-commerce behavior.
Alpha testing and defect correction verified how the separate modules and multilingual settings behaved as one end-to-end product.
01Configure
Capture size, color, artwork, text, and description.
02Coordinate
Save and navigate across the two modules.
03Localize
Manage dynamic content and email by language.
04Complete
Preview, book, schedule, and generate the order.
The result
The module suite supported a complete multilingual path from product design to order preparation.
The implemented modules connected step-by-step configuration, persistent summaries, preview, booking, scheduling, email, e-commerce, order generation, and administrator-managed multilingual content.
Two coordinated modulesfor navigation, design, and booking
Multilingual administrationfor dynamic page content and email templates
End-to-end product flowfrom configuration through order generation
A guided design experience
Customers could define product attributes step by step and preview the configuration as it evolved.
Module separation without journey breaks
Client-side coordination let the step menu and design module behave as a unified product.
Localization beyond static labels
Administrators could manage language-specific documents and email templates as dynamic content.
Case taxonomy
Searchable by industry, technology, product, and business need.
Industry and product
- Product Configurator
- Manufacturing
- E-commerce
- Online Design
- Booking
Technology and delivery
- DotNetNuke
- .NET
- IIS
- SQL Server
- Module Integration
- Alpha Testing
Business need
- Multilingual Content
- Order Generation
- Email Templates
- Scheduling
- Product Preview
Turn configuration into a complete journey
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