Advanced Template Tips

As you have gone throught the Template Tutorial you have learned the basic functions of each of the templates within ShopSite. You now have templates that you can use in your store which utilize the basic functionality within ShopSite. Although this is good for your online store, some merchants/designers like to further take adavantage of the ShopSite template functionality. The Advanced Tips section gives how-to instruction on how to further customize your custom templates.

Product Tips

  1. Having a Larger Image Popup when an image is clicked on
  2. Displaying Subproducts in Pull Down
  3. Displaying Subproducts with Checkboxes
  4. Displaying Subproducts with Radio Buttons
  5. Displaying your Customer Text Entry Field on Store Pages
  6. Divided Customer Text Entry Field on Store Pages
  7. More Info Product Cross-Sell
  8. Quick & Easy Custom Product Template
  9. Using Variable Name, Price and SKU in a Custom Template
  10. Display Product's Quantity On Hand
  11. Multiple Product Images and Thumbnails
  12. Wishpot Wishlist

Page and Search Results Tips

  1. Custom Look and Feel Without a Custom Template
  2. Adding a Mini Cart to Your Custom Template
  3. Adding a Mini Cart to Your Store Pages (not in a Template)
  4. Multi Add To Cart Template for Products Assigned to a Page
  5. Quick & Easy Custom Page Template
  6. Cross-sell Products on Pages and More Info Pages
  7. Search Results in Columns
  8. Work-a-round for Breadcrumbs in ShopSite
  9. Products In Categories On A Page

Cart and Checkout Tips

  1. Custom Shopping Cart without a Custom Template
  2. Quick & Easy Custom Shopping Cart Template
  3. Add "Terms & Conditions" To Your Checkout Process

Registration and Certificate Tips

  1. Customer Registration JavaScript
  2. Quick & Easy Custom Gift Certificate Template
  3. Trick for customizing customer registration screens

Global Tips

  1. New Tags for v11 SP1 - Mobile, Google +1
  2. New Tags for v11 - Navigation, Newsletter, Facebook Connect
  3. New Tags for v10 sp2 - Facebook, Twitter, Order Options
  4. Adding a Favicon
  5. Store Navigation Feature
  6. Publish Auxiliary Files
  7. Global Tags
  8. Changing Buttons Used In Your Store
  9. Using VAR Tags In Your Custom Template
  10. Adding ShopSite Features to Non-ShopSite Generated Pages
  11. Using the same include file with images on both secure and non-secure pages.