ProStores Tips and Tutorials - One Take Media

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>

The most recent update to Google Analytics has caused some confusion and frustration. But thankfully workable code has been devised and posted by users on the ProStores boards. This tutorial will lay out the steps to install the code. Read more »

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 rest of the info > Choose User Defined Template from the final drop down box.

You then place the link in the part of the site you want it to show up in.

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.
Read more »

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, tutorial or article.

So pull up a chair and grab some coffee, or another drink of your choice, and enjoy the read!

Matthew Montgomery
President - One Take Media

I’d love to hear from you, please feel free to e-mail me any time at matt@onetakemedia.net

(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.
Read more »

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"/>

Go to the “Checkout for Guests”, “Checkout for New Customers”, “Billing Options” templates using the Source Editor, find

<ss:button type='submit' value="Add To Shopping Cart"/>

and replace it with

<ss:button type="submit" value="Continue Checkout" source="$templateSet.images['xxxxx.jpg']"/>

For the Ship to and Ship to Gift templates the new button code needs to be:

<ss:button type="submit" value="$address.buttonText" source="$templateSet.images['xxxxx.jpg']"/>