Someone asked in premium support today
How can I make my Grid view image link to the light box instead of the single product page?
This is not to hard to do, and I thought it would be something others might be interested in so I have put together a little tutorial below.
Note: This current tutorial only applies to the 3.8 theme files – it might work with 3.7 but this is untested.
WP-e-Commerce has a filter that you can in your themes functions.php file to change the product order from ascending to descending. To change the order simply copy the function below.
[php]
add_filter( ‘wpsc_product_order’ , ‘change_product_order’ );
function change_product_order(){
return ‘desc’;
}
[/php]
You can use the WordPress function get_posts() to get out all product posts you will need to adjust the $args to do a check for the post_type of ‘wpsc-product’ for more information on get_posts see the WordPress Codex on get_posts
There are a few ways to check if your on a product page, you would most likely want to do this within your theme. for example on your page.php file when you call your side bars you might want to call a different side bar for product related pages.
Add this code snippet to your Genesis child theme to enable the built in SEO options for the product post type.
One cool thing I have noticed with Genesis is the ability to choose your Page Layout for each post and page, this will also work for your products you just need to add the product post type support
This article covers some basic concepts, tips and tricks to help you customize your own WP e-Commerce theme. By the end of this tutorial you will be able to incoroprate WPEC’s elements to your current theme’s layout and design.
A lot of companies around the world are making themes specifically for the WP e-Commerce Plugin and making a good income for their efforts. The three companies that are doing the most in this space are as follows:
Excluding a category from the Products Page
To exclude products that belong to a particular category from the products page (Default,list or Grid). One solution is to put this code in your selected products page template just after the loop begins. eg. If you are using Grid View, place it here.
First, can I say right off the bat that “not every theme will work 100% with WP-e Commerce”.
How to Know if you have a theme problem
If you have a problem with the way your store is looking or behaving on the front end the first thing to do is to determine if it’s a theme problem.
You can do this by switching your current theme to the WordPress TwentyTen theme (TwentyTen currently is better than Twenty Eleven for this purpose). And then have a look if the specific problem is still occurring. If it is not then you have a theme problem. This could be an issue with how things are set up in the WP Dashboard.
Different Types of Theme problems
Themes issues seem to fit into four camps,
Each approach has its pros and cons – the best way to tackle the subject is to approach each in turn.
If your theme has been specifically designed for WP e-Commerce and it is not working, common problems may include broken checkout page functionality and broken add to cart buttons. The main reason for this is that the theme was designed for 3.7 or earlier versions of Wp e-Commerce. Contact the author of the theme and ask if they have a 3.8 version of your theme. If they don’t, you may have to hire someone to update the theme, it is probably beyond the scope that premium support offers. If you have a little HTML, CSS and PHP knowledge, follow the advice for upgrading themes to 3.8 (coming soon).
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