Description
Pulls info from your Big Cartel Account into Pages on your WordPress site.
The Plugin allows you to create a few of the Main Big Cartel pages easily.
This is a very early version and I encourage others to contribute with ideas and code!
There are a number of Basic TODOs, so if you’re interested, contact me http://sites.google.com/site/sooperinc. Also feel free to donate! http://sites.google.com/site/sooperinc/donate
Version: 0.010
DATE: 03-25-10
Screenshots
Installation
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Upload to Plugins Directory (/wp-content/plugins/)
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Activate
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Go to Options page( Settings > „Big Cartel WordPress Plugin“ )
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Fill in the Details, Confirm its working below.
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Follow the instructions
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To Edit HTML Template files, go to [PLUGINDIRECTORY]/big_cartel_shop/templates. To change product list template(Home), edit „productList.tpl“. To change product detail template(Product Detail), edit „productDetail.tpl“
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Make sure jQuery is enabled by adding this like to your themes/YOURTHEME/header.php file: <?php wp_enqueue_script(„jquery“); ?>
FAQ
- What is BigCartel?
- Big Cartel is www.bigcartel.com. ‘Big Cartel is a simple shopping cart for artists. It’s easy to use, customizable, and awesome.’ Find out more at http://bigcartel.com/tour
- Can I pull Big Cartel Cart information into my WordPress pages?
- No not yet. That’s something I’m working on. Care to help?
- Does your plugin require LibCurl?
- Why yes, it does. To be more specific, it uses LibCurl or file_get_contents to retreive XML data from the BigCartel servers
- Can I help you improve the Plugin ?
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I’d love that. There are a number of features & options I’m entertaining, so developers, testers and all-round guinea pigs are encouraged to contact me here: http://forums.bigcartel.com/topic/bigcartel-on-wordpress?replies=3#post-4163 or here: http://sites.google.com/site/sooperinc/contact-us
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Changelog
.010
UPDATED 3-25-10
* Allow for Image types other than JPEG
.009
New Functionality Added : Current Product
* new function bigcartl_getCurrentProduct – get the object of the product currently loaded – after filters etc
* new function bigcartl_getCurrentProducts – get the object of all the products currently loaded – after filters etc
* new functions bigcartl_previous_post_link & bigcartl_next_post_link:
Usage:
<?php
//navigation for product page
if($post->post_title == bigcartl_getPageSlug(„product“)){ ?>
<div class=“navigation shopnavigation“>
<div class=“alignleft“><?php bigcartl_previous_post_link(‘« %link’) ?></div>
<div class=“alignright“><?php bigcartl_next_post_link(‘%link »’) ?></div>
</div>
<?php } */?>
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new function bigcartl_getAFormattedLink – consolidates link generation
UPDATED
- bigcartl_getFormattedProducts and bigcartl_getAFormattedProductDetail to use bigcartl_getAFormattedLink
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XPATH. Started replacing XML Loops with XPATH
UPDATED 2-15-10
- Updated shortcode.php to accept argument classname. Will add a css class to the productList DIV and the productDetail DIV
Usage: [bigcartl show=’home’ classname=’special’/]
*Correspondingly Updated Templates/productDetail.tpl, templates/productList.tpl
*Correspondingly Added global $displayClassname
*Correspondingly Added bigcartl_setClassname
.008
- Begun to add Category functions: bigcartl_getCategoryUrl, bigcartl_getCategories, bigcartl_getCategoryByName, bigcartl_getCategoriesForProduct, bigcartl_ProductIsInCategory. Not fully implemented, as there are performance issues related to getting product category that need to work out
- On Admin page added new option: Home/Store Page & Product page image size. Allows user to choose small, medium or large for display on each.
- On Admin page added new option: Indicate own CSS file, or use the Form data
- Added LightBox Gallery on Product Pages! (DISCLAIMER: This is working with my install of JQUERY but has not been tested across all! JQUERY confilcts are common in WP, but i tried to go about it the recommended way. Let Me Know. ) Need to make this optional.
- Updated lightbox CSS
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Fixed bug where wrong Plugin Versin was being displayed on Admin page
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fixed the way bigcartl_getImageSizeSource and bigcartl_getProductDefaultImage work together
- On Admin page added original Option in image sizes
- allow user to filter items by category
usage: bigcartl_setCategoryFilter(„shirt,pants“);
also in shortcode:
[bigcartl show=’home’ categories=’cats,dogs’/] - Updated productList.tpl to include a tile in the HREF
- Added method: bigcartl_getCurrentProducts that:
.007
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Fixed order of FILE open functions to try from file_get_contents, curl to curl, file_get_contents
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Added JQUERY/Gallery functionality on product page. To see, use more than one image per product and it will display a thumbnail for each and clicking on the thumb will bring up a gallery
.006
- Fixed issue where, if WordPress is not installed in Document Root, the link to products will break.
.005
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Added error new checking to Options page and improved existing.
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Updated HTML/CSS formatting on Options page
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Improved PHP class bigcartel.class.php to have handle errors better
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Improved Templating by adding a Templating Class. This class could be updated to use better-known PHP template engines, if desired.
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Changed use of name to permalink for link to product page
.004
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Updated paths in main file to avoid differing folder names upon installation
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Moved default CSS into templates/bigcartel.css
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Changed copy & Warnings on Options Page
.003
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Externalized much of the HTML to Template files in /wp-content/plugins/big_cartel_shop/templates. To change product list template, edit „productList.tpl“. To change product detail template, edit „productDetail.tpl“
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Updated default CSS
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Updated default HTML
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Added to Options page ability to add your own Product Page and Homepage names. These are required
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Added function to pull page URLS
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Fixed bug where add to cart url was missing
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Made image on Detail page the MEDIUM version
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Commented out „get Cart“ functionality, as it is not yet working.
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Added new screenshot
.002
- Added Css Field To Options. Updated Html.
.001
- Created.