ProStores Tips and Tutorials

Good morning everyone. I have a few issues with the default ProStores Product Catalog/List template. So I have compiled 3 tips on how to deal with them. By default the page title starts with “Results for..”. The first 4-5 words in your page title are the indicator to Google and others of what is on the page, hence they are the most important. You need to use SSML to remove…

I am happy to offer our new ProStores Google Analytics Ansynchronous Tracking Plug-in for free here on our blog. From Google, “asynchronous tracking optimizes how browsers load ga.js so its impact on user experience is minimized. It also allows you to put your Analytics snippet higher in the page without delaying subsequent content from rendering.” Its also much more flexible and advanced, as well as more accurate, you can push…

Installing Google Analytics: Prostores Video Tutorial

Just a quickie for today! I’ve seen a few people using this already but I thought I’d share it with you all. <ss:if test="$cart.Details"> <p>You may also be interested in the following products:</p> <ul> <ss:foreach item="detail" within="$cart.Details">   <ss:foreach item="relatedproduct" within="$detail.relatedProducts">     <li><ss:link source="$relatedproduct"><ss:value source="$relatedproduct.name"/></ss:link></li>   </ss:foreach> </ss:foreach> </ul> </ss:if>

Installing Google Analytics: Prostores Tips

If you want to link to a static page you can create a User Defined Template, thats ProStores speak for a page you created in Design Studio, and use this code for the link. <ss:link source="$templateSet.templates['*****']">page name</ss:link> To create a static page go to Design Studio > Click Add a Page Template > type in the page name, which is represented by the ****** in the code above and the…

From the Prostores Knowledgebase Adding Default and Custom Meta Descriptions and Keywords to Additional Pages Currently, ProStores only displays Meta content (keywords and descriptions) on product pages. Meta content can be added to other store pages with the addition of some SSML code.

Welcome! I’m glad you’ve taken a moment to read our blog. The whole point of this blog is to provide tips, tutorials and articles relating to web design. Now we do specialize in work in the ProStores E-commerce system but I will be talking about general design principles as well as SEO (search engine optimization) tips and concepts. We will update at least twice a week with a new tip,…

(From the prostores KB) Here is a code snippet that will insert your custom page title on certain pages and then use the default ProStores functionality (the product name, category name or template name used for page title) on any pages that do not have a custom page title defined.

Just another quick tip to display the total $ amount in your ProStores shopping cart as well as the total number of items in your cart. They can be used together or seperately. (value of cart before shipping) – Value of Item(s) in Cart: <ss:value source="$cart.storeSubTotal"/> – Total number of items in Cart: <ss:value source="$cart.shippingItemCount"/>