Great article by Colm Troy that helped me figure this out. He does a great job of explaining everything in detail, but the gist is that Woo removed the PrettyPhoto lightbox option in 3.0 and added some new options. But they don’t seem to take affect automatically. You’ll need to add a little code to…
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WooCommerce: Sending Order Emails
Here’s how to send customer emails when you’ve processed your customer’s order. When you look at an individual order, you will see a box on the top right that says “Order Actions”. Use the dropdown box to choose Completed Order and click the little arrow next to it to send the customer that email. Once…
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Tutorial: Affiliates Pro Plugin with WooCommerce
If you are using Woo and would like to offer affliate incentives, the Affiliates Pro plugin might be a good choice for you. I chose it because it was one of the plugins recommended by WooCommerce. This is a paid plugin, but there don’t seem to be any free options to accomplish this. My customer…
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WooCommerce: How to Add Product Variations
In WooCommerce, adding Simple Products is simple, but Variable Products are a little more complicated. Here’s a walk-though on exactly how to do it: 1) Set up your product like you usually would with a Simple Product with the title, description, price and category. 2) Go to Attributes and click on “Add” 3) Make sure…
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WooCommerce: Add Product Categories to Your Menu
Do you want to add WooCommerce Product Categories to your menu? It’s easy! Just go to Appearance > Menus and be sure to select the menu you want to edit at the top. Then, find the Product Categories you want and check them off and click the Add to Menu button. If you don’t see…
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IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED: PayPal service upgrades- Are you okay?
A lot of people are getting these notices in their email. If you’re using WooCommerce with Paypal integration, there is no need to worry about WooCommerce. However, you should check with your hosting provider to make sure that they are up to date as well. Mike Jolley, one of the plugin authors, posted this notice:…
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Extend WooCommerce
WooCommerce is an incredible plugin, especially because it is free, but it is a basic shopping cart, and there are great plugins that you can use to extend it’s functionality even more. Recently I tried out a few by YITH, and was very happy with the results. YITH Essential Kit for WooCommerce #1 Has a…
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