eStore – displaying products

[RonvdSchaaf]

Hello,

I would like to take some products out of the shop but not delete them. Some products just are for the winter season for instance. Is there a way I can do this? A checkbox somewhere in the settings of the product (online/offline) would be great but I didn’t find that.. Or did I misread the product settings?

Ron

[Ivy]

Hi, The best way to do this is to use categories.

Example: Place all your winter items in a category (winter). Then when the winter season is over you can then move the items to a category called something like inactive or simply remove the category shortcode from the page where you displayed the items.

The following posts will explain more about using categories:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/estore-using-categories-to-display-products-with-different-button-types

Product Categorization Options in WP eStore Plugin

You can see all the category display options here:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/?p=460

[RonvdSchaaf]

Hello Ivy,

I have been trying to create a webshop page to give information at guest visitors of the website, paying members and free members. They all have their own portion of content protection… How to implement the categories? I have a categorie with ID 1 which is OFFLINE, so not to be displayed. Only categories whith ID 2 ONLINE should be displayed. The listing can not be changed, they want a simple list of the products as it is and no fancy display… The code I use on the page now is… (I have removed to much of the products and kept it short):

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[emember_protected scope=not_logged_in_users_only]

• 7 september 2012 – bedrijfsbezoek bij Plastifix in Enkhuizen
• 9 oktober 2012 – programma volgt nog
• 21 november 2012 – het teken van het 20 jarig bestaan van NIVO

[/emember_protected]

[emember_protected for=3 do_not_show_restricted_msg=1]

Klik op de download button van het evenement welke je wilt bijwonen. Je inschrijving kun je daarna printen of op je computer opslaan.

<table><tbody>

<tr>

<td><span style=”font-family: ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’;”>[wp_eStore_product_details id=2 info=”name”]</span></td>

<td><span style=”font-family: ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’;”>[wp_eStore_product_details id=2 info=”description”]</span></td>

<td><span style=”font-family: ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’;”>[wp_eStore_product_details id=2 info=”price”]</span></td>

<td><span style=”font-family: ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’;”>[wp_eStore_download_now_button_with_stamping id=2]</span></td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

[/emember_protected]

[emember_protected for=2 do_not_show_restricted_msg=1]

<table><tbody>

<tr>

<td><span style=”font-family: ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’;”>[wp_eStore_product_details id=1 info=”name”]</span></td>

<td><span style=”font-family: ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’;”>[wp_eStore_product_details id=1 info=”description”]</span></td>

<td><span style=”font-family: ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’;”>[wp_eStore_product_details id=1 info=”price”]</span></td>

<td><span style=”font-family: ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’;”>[wp_eStore_add_to_cart id=1]</span></td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

[wp_eStore_cart_fancy1_when_not_empty]

[/emember_protected]

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Where do I put (or change shortcodes) to get only the categorie Online (1) products on the screen?

Regards,

Ron van der Schaaf

[admin]

What you have done is good but we need to take a step back. If you want to display all products from a particular category (category ID 2) then it is best to use one of the category shortcodes (otherwise you will need to customize too much code).

I would recommend you use fancy9 display which is a simple display with jut name, price, description and a buy button (looks like that is what you are after):

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/stylish-product-display-options-for-wp-estore-829

Please read the following post that explains the category display options:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/estore-using-categories-to-display-products-with-different-button-types

I think you will get pretty close to what you are after by using the following shortcode:

[wp_eStore_category_products_fancy id=2 style=9]

[RonvdSchaaf]

Hello Ivy,

I will try to implement this but what about the download buttons I now use to get an pdf file stamped?

As you can see in my example I use the buy option but also the download button and stamp a pdf file that way….

Is it not simple for you to make it an option in the eStore plugin? Online/Offline?

Just a thought…

Ron

[admin]

We will look into adding a online/offline option in the plugin.

[RonvdSchaaf]

I have used the example that you gave me Ivy.

It almost looks the same as my layout. But when I click my download button, no pdf stamping is happening…..

Is it possible to stamp a pdf file while using the categorie display options?

And I think that using the online/offline option in the settings really would be a great thing.

[admin]

Okay there is a slight misunderstanding with the “Buy Type” parameter. The button type parameter in the shortcode tells the plugin what type of button it will use when listing the products. In your case you used the standard “Add to Cart” button so it is behaving like an add to cart button. First, please read this post so you can be clear on this button type behavior:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/different-types-of-payment-buttons-and-their-behaviour

eStore allows you to display the same product using any of the following types of button (this offers more flexibility):

– Add to Cart

– Buy Now

– Subscribe

– Download Now

Put all of your free download products in another category then display them using the category shortcode with button type download and they will behave accordingly.

[RonvdSchaaf]

Hello,

As I mentioned before, the stamping of the pdf is not working. When I use type=4 which is download, the wright pdf is available for download but i doesn’t get stamped bij PDF Stamper… When I use the shortcode [wp_eStore_download_now_button_with_stamping id=2] as in my example in this topic only then the pdf gets stamped. And that stamping is very important.

Hope you don’t mind but an option in the settings would be so much easier for this problem. My client sells events, so every product is an event. But an event only comes ones a year. After the event has been it would be so nice to take it offline and use it the next year… Because the event stays the same.. Only time is limited in buying.. And I think I’m not the only one who wants this… :o)

Best regards,

Ron

[admin]

The download now with PDF stamping is type 5 (not 4). Type 4 is just plain file download.

I have told you that I will look into adding an option for online/offline. It won’t happen overnight unfortunately. Please read this post which will explain more:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/what-are-some-of-the-things-we-consider-when-adding-a-feature

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