So…I’ve had a several requests on how to move a WordPress installation to a new server, so I decided to make a post about it and show you how to do it. This is going to be a lengthy post, but if you will follow the directions you will have no issues moving your site. First off, there are many methods on how to do this, but the one I will walk you through is how I do it and it works for me, so here goes. The first thing you will...
Today I’m going to tell you how to make a blog page for your WordPress site. WordPress already has this functionality built in obviously, but if you have your homepage set to a static page, then sometimes you will lose your “blog” page. You’ll notice that when you do select your static homepage in “Settings->Reading” it will also ask you for a “Posts” page, so that’s what we’re...
So if you’re using the WP Ecommerce plugin for WordPress and happen to have a theme that uses Featured Content Gallery, you’ll notice there are some problems. The javascript for each of the plugins conflict and cause the Featured Content Gallery not to function if you have WP Ecommerce installed and activated. This can be very frustrating being that both plugins are very nice to have running. Although I don’t have a “fix”...
If you’re using the WordPress shopping cart plugin WP Ecommerce and have version 3.6.9 or 3.6.10 RC1 or 3.6.10 RC2 and are using Google Checkout for your payment gateway, you may have noticed a problem. On the checkout page, there is a normal “Make Purchase” button like on all other payment gateways, but NOT the Google Checkout button like you might expect. You click “Make Purchase” and then you’re taken...
Have you ever been on a site and wanted to Tweet the post that you were reading? If so, you know that you have to take the URL and plug it into “Tiny URL” or something similar (unless you want to use up some of your 140 characters for the URL) and then go to Twitter and make your Tweet. Well, those days are over! The Tweet This plugin will solve that problem for you…given that the blog you’re reading is using it!...
Hey there… So to start the new year off, I’m going to be going over some of the changes for WP Ecommerce 3.6.9. This will probably be a multi-part documentation and when completed, I will most likely do a screencast of everything I have gone over. So to start with, we’re going to talk about “HomePage Products”. You’ve probably noticed that this feature has been removed from the newest version of WP Ecommerce....
Instinct has released WP ECommerce version 3.6.8 RC2. So I decided to do a quick screencast showcasing some of the changes and additions to this new release. I will also be doing another screencast when the full version of 3.6.8 is released, so stay tuned! Read More →
So, if any of you use the Wordpress shopping cart plugin WP Ecommerce, first of all you’ll notice that it is a superb ecommerce solution for a Wordpress site. With that being said, there are some bugs here and there, which is to be expected I think…after all the plugin is free! So, what I would like to address today is one of those bugs – passing variations on to Google Checkout. Within WP Ecommerce you can set up variation...
So, if you have installed WP Ecommerce and also purchased the Gold Cart and are using Grid View, you may have experienced this issue. Not all rows of your products line up correctly. There is usually a large space on one row, where it might only show one item where normally it should show 3 or 4. It might look something like the screenshot below. So there you see the “space” that cannot be filled, no matter what you try to do. Well,...
So….it’s finally here! After many, many hours of research and developing, the WP ECommerce Bible is available. The poplular WP ECommerce plugin for Wordpress, is an impressive ecommerce plugin for Wordpress to say the least, all that was missing was proper documentation. So after months of finding fixes, tips and tricks and getting to learn the plugin inside and out, myself and writing partner Arbie (crn-web.com) compiled the...