I haven't really used that theme so don't know much about it. Can you please ask the author of the theme for a "3rd Party Shopping Cart Integration Instruction"? I should be able to read the instruction and find out what needs to be done.
Elegant Theme's eStore + WP eStore
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I looked for documentation that came with the theme and this is all
http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/estore/readme.html please help.At the moment I am using the the product pages that come with the theme as blog pages as that is the only way I can remove the "ADD TO CART" that comes with the standard theme.
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The readme only tells you details about that theme. It doesn't have any information on how to integrate a 3rd party plugin.
The developer should be able to give you a link that explains how to integrate a 3rd party plugin.
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I'm also trying to figure this out. Since I followed their link to the WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart Plugin, and thought the premium version "WP eStore" must've been a perfect match because they had the same name, oops. I didn't actually consider that it was a different plugin and wouldn't work. Looks like it might be just easier to use the free version for this particular site instead as I don't have time to figure this out.
However in case someone else is keen to get it working, their docs don't have anything about "3rd Party Shopping Cart Integration", their support forum is full of complaints about being ignored (their lack of documentation is why they have thousands of posts in there anyway) :) and their search feature on their forum is broken at the moment :\
One person has responded to their request though and it's located here:
https://www.elegantthemes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=23928
(you might have to login to view - I'll try and post their instructions in the next reply).
One person responded that it messed up their site by following those instructions but the rest of the people who responded said that it works for them.In relation to the shopping carts, their docs just state:
eStore it self does not include any ecommerce functionality. Instead, we have made an effort to make our theme compatible with some already-existing and widely-used plugins. In not building the theme around a specific ecommerce platform, it also becomes much easier for the theme to be used with a wide array of plugins. That being said, we have pre-integrated two plugins, either of which will be the easiest to use.
1. Simple PayPal Shopping Cart - This plugin is refreshing in its simplicity, but also lacks certain features found in other plugins. If you are looking for a really easy way to get your store off the ground, this is probably the plugin for you. The plugin will automatically use the price settings defined with each post from within the ET Settings, and the "ADD TO CART" button on each post page will work automatically as well. All you have to do is configure the plugin's main settings and you are good to go.
2. eShop - This plugin offers more functionality, but also requires more configuration to set up. After enabling the plugin, you will see a new set of options (labled "Product Entry") added to each post under the text editor. You will need to fill out this information for each post, and then check the "stock available" option. After you have input the product information, you will notice that clicking the "Add Cart" button will reveal the product's add to cart feature. You will also need to configure the main eShop plugin settings, which are well documented within the eShop page in wp-admin.
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As per previous reply, this is from https://www.elegantthemes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=23928
WP eStore is the more advanced and premium version of Simple PayPal Shopping Cart, to use this ecommerce plugin, follow these simple instructions:
we will be editing "includes/single-product.php" file of the eStore theme from elegant themes:
1. Find this line of code and delete it or comment it out
<a href="#" class="addto-cart"><span><?php _e('Add to cart','eStore'); ?></span></a>2. find this section of code
<div class="description"> <p><?php echo($et_description); ?></p> </div> <!-- .description -->and replace with
<div class="description"> <?php $prod_id = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'prod_id', true); ?> <p><?php echo get_button_code_for_product($prod_id); ?></p> <p><?php echo($et_description); ?></p> </div> <!-- .description -->3. Now all you have to do is use "prod_id" as the name of a new custom field with the product id number in the value
/// Source: https://www.elegantthemes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=23928
It's probably best to go directly to the source and see other peoples suggestions and edits as well.Also note: I have not yet tried this.
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@happyches, Thank you for sharing that link. I had a read and to me it looks like it will work fine if you follow the exact steps outlined there. Basically, you save the product ID in the custom field of a post. Then for that post it retrieves the custom field value and displays an add to cart button for that product id.
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I have problems running WP eStore and Elegant themes eStore. I have followed your instructions above.
But I get this error message:
"Looks like you have entered a product ID () in the shortcode that doesn't exist. Please check your product ID and the shortcode again!"
What could be wrong?
I am not sure about this issue. What to do here?:
3. Now all you have to do is use "prod_id" as the name of a new custom field with the product id number in the valuePosted 1 year ago # -
Well, the error basically tells you what is wrong. Looks like the the WP eStore plugin's function is getting called with an empty product ID and thats because you haven't done part 3.
I am guessing you have never used WordPress's custom field option for a post. I think you reading an article on this will help. Here is a good tutorial that shows you how to use the custom field of a post:
http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/web-tutorials/add-thumbnails-to-wordpress-with-custom-fields/That tutorial gives an example of how to use a thumbnail image but in your case you don't need to do any of that. You just enter "prod_id" as your key and the product ID (example: 1) in the value field.
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