Nsp Code http://www.nsp-code.com Nsp Code Fri, 17 May 2013 12:43:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 WordPress E-Commerce Software License Management integration with older WP E-commerce http://www.nsp-code.com/wordpress-e-commerce-software-license-management-integration-with-older-wp-e-commerce/ http://www.nsp-code.com/wordpress-e-commerce-software-license-management-integration-with-older-wp-e-commerce/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 19:24:39 +0000 admin http://www.nsp-code.com/?p=643 Older version of WordPress E-Commerce (lower than 3.8.10) will require a small template update to allow the front interface to update. The file which need update is called wpsc-user-log.php and is located within your theme folder. If you can’t find it, this need to be moved through Store interface. Proceed at Settings > Store > Presentation and select the file in the list like the following screenshot:

wp-e-commerce-theme-setings

Click the Move Template Files button and the wpsc-user-log.php will be moved to your theme.
Open the file with a php editor, it will show something like this:

<!--?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) : ?--></pre>
<div>|
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_option( 'user_account_url' ) ) . $separator . ">"><!--?php _e('Your Details','wpsc'); ?--></a> |
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_option( 'user_account_url' ) ) . $separator . ">"><!--?php _e('Your Downloads','wpsc'); ?--></a>
 <!--?php do_action('wpsc_additional_user_profile_links', '|'); ?--></div>
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	<!--?php endif; ?-->


	<!-- 	START OF PROFILE PAGE -->
	<!--?php if ( is_wpsc_profile_page() ) : ?-->

The following update is necessarily:

<!--?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) : ?--></pre>
<div>|
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_option( 'user_account_url' ) ) . $separator . ">"><!--?php _e('Your Details','wpsc'); ?--></a> |
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_option( 'user_account_url' ) ) . $separator . ">"><!--?php _e('Your Downloads','wpsc'); ?--></a>
<!--?php do_action('wpsc_additional_user_profile_links', '|'); ?--></div>
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<!--?php endif; ?-->


<!--?php if(is_user_logged_in() && !empty($_REQUEST['key_generator']) ) : $WPEC_SL_interfaces = new WPEC_SL_interfaces(); $WPEC_SL_interfaces--->key_generator();

?>
<!--?php elseif ( is_user_logged_in() && !empty($_REQUEST['licences']) ) : ?-->

<!--?php $WPEC_SL_interfaces = new WPEC_SL_interfaces(); $WPEC_SL_interfaces--->licences();

?>

<!--?php elseif ( is_user_logged_in() && is_wpsc_profile_page() ) : ?-->

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WooCommerce – Sort Products which belong to multiple categories http://www.nsp-code.com/woocommerce-sort-products-which-belong-to-multiple-categories/ http://www.nsp-code.com/woocommerce-sort-products-which-belong-to-multiple-categories/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:55:40 +0000 admin http://www.nsp-code.com/?p=602 woo-commerce-logo

Probably the best choice for e-commerce under a WordPress environment, WooCommerce deliver all the juice you need for a successfully e-commerce business.  WooCommerce is built using WordPress best practices both on the front and the back end. This results in an efficient, robust and intuitive plugin.
Product Sorting has been introduced reticently, as an easy method of order customization, this can be done using a drag and drop interface which is similar to default WordPress admin  Products archive. This is a great way for keeping the best selling products on top of the list, which will give a boost to sales . Any decent shop will always use categories to keep the products in one place and make easier access to a certain type of goods. The product sorting can be done for each category using the filter that the admin interface display in the first part.

But wait, why my order list has broken for a category while i was doing another sorting for a different one?

The product sorting rely on the default menu_order property, unfortunate this can keep only a value  at a time. Giving that  if a product belong to multiple categories, only the very last sorting order value will be held, everything else will be overwrite. In other words,  if you set a sorting for the products which belong to a category, going to the next one will remove the order you set previously.
This require a specialized application, Advanced Post Types Order is the perfect tool for managing the product sorting while keeping the order applied for other categories. No matter the number of categories which belong to a product, the number of categories need to be sorted, all order lists are saved and kept as defined!
First you can select the category for which you want to apply an order:
woocomerce-category-select
The order can be also set for other taxonomies defined like Product Tags, Tags etc, everything while keeping the sorts for the other places.

Re-order can be done using a simple drag and drop interface, then using Update to save.
woocomerce-product-sorting-interface

A huge bonus for this plugin is the fact that it can be used also along with all other custom post types within your site (i.e. posts, pages, reviews, movies etc), practically you can sort the order for any content / post type / product.
The usage is very simple, once deployed the plugin will take care of the order update within the front side, no coding updates are necessarily.

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A new chapter for WordPress, version 3.6 almost there http://www.nsp-code.com/new-chapter-wordpress-3-6-almost-ready/ http://www.nsp-code.com/new-chapter-wordpress-3-6-almost-ready/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:58:03 +0000 admin http://www.nsp-code.com/?p=578 The development fore the new WordPress 3.6 version will be lead this time by WordPress veteran Mark Jaquith. He declares a introductory post :

I’d personally like the focus of the release to be about content editing (revisions, autosave, workflow, editing modes, etc).

So, we can expect some further improvements to those little dashboard features that make life easier.

Here is a schedule table for the new release:

January 02-09, 2013 Confirm proposed scope and secure team leads.
January 09, 2013 Development begins.
March 13, 2013 Hard freeze on feature development. Stop feature development; focus on testing and compatibility (supported platforms, browsers, RTL, accessibility, etc). Ship a Beta 1.
From this point on, no more commits for any new enhancements or feature requests in this release cycle, only bug fixes. Any enhancements/feature requests not completed and committed by this point will be punted to future. Please don’t get angry and complain when this happens; it’s necessary to get us to an on-time release. You can keep working on your pet ticket and have it ready for early 3.7.
March 20, 2013 Beta 2
March 27, 2013 Beta 3
April 03, 2013 Release Candidate 1 target date. String freeze. Any work is focused on regressions and blockers only.
April 10, 2013 Release Candidate 2
April 17, 2013 Release Candidate 3
April 22, 2013 Target date for WordPress 3.6 launch.


Revisions
: The revisions tool will get a little TLC — bug fixes, better user interface, and adding visual representation of what was added/removed in each revision.

Post Formats: Post formats were introduced in WordPress 3.1 and currently there are lot of beautiful themes that use them to present content in a visually appealing manner.  Sadly, the UI for this implementation had some usability problems which has keep developers away for tweaking it for client projects. The big update to Post Formats for 3.6 is the admin user interface. Seeking for wireframe ideas for the admin interface for each post format (i.e. chat, quote, link, image, video) is a must for this release. Folks from our Featured Partners are contributing to this feature: Helen Hou-Sandi from 10up is lead, and Pete Mall from Range is backup.

Custom Menus: The main focus for 3.6 will be improving the user interface for custom menus, which some users have found a little bit confusing. This will be lead by Dave Martin.  The new hookable “common links” meta box with “home” and “Log in” as the default links will be introduced.

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How to order WordPress Posts using a Custom Field value http://www.nsp-code.com/how-to-order-wordpress-posts-using-a-custom-field-value/ http://www.nsp-code.com/how-to-order-wordpress-posts-using-a-custom-field-value/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:00:17 +0000 admin http://www.nsp-code.com/?p=536 Order the WordPress custom post types by a Custom Field value has never been easier since the latest version of Advanced Post Types Order plugin. Forget about long codes, template files, error messages and lots of tries, just use a simple interface, chose the options and the plugin does the work for you on the fly! Yes, that’s right you don’t need to know anything about programming to control that.

Here is the simple way to follow to achieve this:
Within the custom post type re-order interface chose the required Taxonomy, in our case Categories, then select a Term, in my example a category named Culture / Entertainment.

Chose Automatic Order and select the Custom Field option from the list. In the Custom Field Name type in the post meta name you need to sort on

Click Update and you are done.

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Advanced Post Types Order – API Documentation and Usage http://www.nsp-code.com/advanced-post-types-order-%e2%80%93-api-documentation-and-usage/ http://www.nsp-code.com/advanced-post-types-order-%e2%80%93-api-documentation-and-usage/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:29:20 +0000 admin http://www.nsp-code.com/?p=499 A collection of code and documentations on how the Advanced Post Type Order API can be used. This section is constantly updated as new features are included in the plugin

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New Features that you will find within WordPress 3.3 http://www.nsp-code.com/new-features-that-you-will-find-within-wordpress-3-3/ http://www.nsp-code.com/new-features-that-you-will-find-within-wordpress-3-3/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:11:34 +0000 admin http://www.nsp-code.com/?p=410 WordPress is getting better with every new version, the last updates introduced couple interesting concepts. The last WordPress 3.3 is focused on more improvements, to make the code faster and better.

Flyout Admin Menus

Some of you may find this boring, as it add the sub-menu to a form of a flyout instead of a slide-down. This introduce a huge advantage, when there are lot’s of items to display, this simply preserve the space no need to scroll the page up and down to seek for an item. If you like the old style you can simply use a plugin called “Expanded Admin Menus” which put back the menus as before.

 

New Media Uploader

One of the best improvements which now cover a section which wasn’t so elaborated in the old versions. The upload icons within the post page editor have been consolidated into a single button. The upload area now consist of a drag and drop place where the files can easily be placed for upload.

A huge benefit for that uploader is no longer restricted to Flash but also supports HTML 5.

 

Tooltips

Definitely this s something useful but which was not present in the old versions. Whenever there is a new feature added in WordPress 3.3 tooltips will notify users. Practically this will open new improvements, help and tips for the users will be now easy to implement. Admin pointers are boxes that are displayed when user selects a menu or a link.

 

Permalink and Performance Issue

As we all know, SEO permalinks have a great impact on the search engine optimization. Mostly those site links either refer to simple %postname% or /%category%/%postname%/.

All versions before WordPress 3.3 caused a huge drawback when permalink is used, specially if the site contain lot’s of posts/pages. So the developers introduced a new permalink options called Post Name which is now recommended to be used.

 

Refined Admin Bar

The menu has been re-arranged, with more items menu now. The menus now dropdown when you hover your mouse over them. Also, if you hover over the WordPress logo there are links to support forums and the codex.

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Get 30% OFF when buy a new HostGator hosting account! http://www.nsp-code.com/get-30-off-when-buy-a-new-hostgator-hosting-account/ http://www.nsp-code.com/get-30-off-when-buy-a-new-hostgator-hosting-account/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 13:45:22 +0000 admin http://www.nsp-code.com/?p=333 Is no secret that Google it’s getting to put more and more SEO weight on the site loading speed. Getting a good hosting it’s a must, definitively you should think twice before to buy an account.
Making a search for a Hosting will reveal thousand of Companies, but which actually it’s the best for you? From our experience, we find out that the price it’s not the the factor which dictate a good or bad host. On other words getting an expensive host doesn’t always means it’s better than a cheaper one. During the years, we tried lots of hosting companies some they were good, while others where really bad. It turn out in some situations we have to seek and move on other hosting since the server where in fact very slow.
But which make the difference? We believe the experience, there are couple hosting companies which offer such services for years, obliviously if they resists to competition for so many years they must be doing this on the right way.

One of the best and our recommendation is the HostGator. This hosting company was born in 2002 and since then it keep grow, for some time it’s the largest in the world. This simply works the best with wordpress and e-commerce sites. Giving that they provide unlimited Space and Unlimited Bandwidth, practically there are no limitation to get your site on top. The best part is the price, their service starts at $3.99 per month which is really hard to find out there, for what they provide.
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How to improve the speed of my WordPress and E-Commerce http://www.nsp-code.com/how-to-improve-the-speed-of-my-wordpress-and-e-commerce/ http://www.nsp-code.com/how-to-improve-the-speed-of-my-wordpress-and-e-commerce/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 13:00:49 +0000 admin http://www.nsp-code.com/?p=326 As we all know Search Engine Optimization it’s the key to a successfully on-line business. Giving the large hints list available on the internet this become easier than ever, this is not an abstract area as before.
Wordpress E-Commerce it’s the best plugin available ans it’s starting to successfully compete with others platforms specially due to the latest wp e-commerce improvments. The roadmap for further releases looks great, the wp e-commerce will definitely become one of the best available solutions for a cheap, easy to set-up and manage e-commerce. Giving the fact it’s free to use and use the wordpress as framework, which it’s the best CMS on these days, there is no impediment on it’s way to go the very top.

But how to make my wordpress e-commerce run faster?

It’s known that Google love wordpress, if your theme it’s well coded, definitely you will get a high ratting for your domain and your keywords will perform better that your competitors. An important factor which most of the users omit and became very important for Google when crawl and index a site, it’s the loading speed. The faster is the code execution and loading speed the greater points your site will receive when google use it’s algorithms to calculate your site position.

Chose the webhosting company wisely for your wp e-commerce install

One of the easiest way to deal with the speed is to chose a reliable, fast and secure hosting. Of course the dedicated servers are the best but they are not always accessible due to the high price. So far I’ve tested lot’s of server but there’s one which i never had issues and look’s to be the fastest, my recommendation, Hostgator Web Hosting. They provide a very good hosting for incredible low prices, starts at $3.96/month. And that’s not all, check this article to see how to Get Free Hostgator Coupons and get up to 30% discount from the prices.

Cache your site using one of the free/paid plugins existing on the market.

Another way to improve the site speed, which in fact should be combined with a good hosting to get the best results, is to cache your wordpress e-commerce site. The best solution out there it’s the W3 Total Cache wordpress plugin. It’s easy to configure and bring the best results.
Here is a short list of features:

  • Excelet improvement in site performance (when fully configured: Grade A in YSlow or great Google Page Speed Improvements)
  • Reduced dramatically page load time: increased visitor time on site (visitors view more pages)
  • Optimized progressive render (pages appear to load instantly)
  • Improved web server performance (easily sustain high traffic)
  • Compatible with Shared Hosting, virtual private servers and dedicated servers / clusters
  • Great Bandwidth savings via Minify and HTTP compression of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and RSS feeds
  • Transparent content delivery network (CDN) integration with Media Library, theme files and WordPress itself
  • Caching of (minified and compressed) pages and posts in memory or on disk
  • Caching of (minified and compressed) CSS and JavaScript in memory, on disk or on CDN
  • Caching of database objects in memory
  • Minification of posts and pages and RSS feeds, combine and remove comments / white space
  • Browser caching of CSS, JavaScript and HTML using future expire headers and entity tags (ETag)
  • JavaScript grouping by template (home page, post page etc) with embed location management
  • Non-blocking JavaScript embedding

Only the checkout pages needs to be excluded from the cache.
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How can i still use the sliding cart for the cached content?

Since all pages will be cached, then sliding cart will remain the same for all users. Obliviously this is not a good thing, this need to use javascript/AJAX to retrieve the cart dynamically. Here is a plugin which help with this matter WordPress E-Commerce Sliding Cart Cache Control

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WordPress E-commerce 3.8 RC4, the final release near the corner http://www.nsp-code.com/wordpress-e-commerce-3-8-rc4-the-final-release-near-the-corner/ http://www.nsp-code.com/wordpress-e-commerce-3-8-rc4-the-final-release-near-the-corner/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:46:31 +0000 admin http://www.nsp-code.com/?p=94 In WP e-Commerce 3.8 you’ll find new user interface and new features as custom post types for products, massive database optimizations and better template integration for designers.

  • Tax fixes for per product tax
  • Shipping same as billing fixes
  • Code cleanup
  • Translations now are loaded before we try to access them
  • Secured debugging page
  • Fixed pagination in category pages when products page is set as home page
  • Stock control fixes
  • Added AJAX indicator when changing sale status
  • Added filters for packing slip and emails sent to customer
  • Fixes for features products
  • Fixed upgrade process
  • Fixed multiple downloads
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What new goodies WordPress 3.1 bring in? http://www.nsp-code.com/what-new-goodies-wordpress-3-1-bring-in/ http://www.nsp-code.com/what-new-goodies-wordpress-3-1-bring-in/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:26:11 +0000 admin http://www.nsp-code.com/?p=79 Although I am aware are still many who have not upgraded to WordPress 3.0 for various reasons – incompatible themes or plugins or “antique” proclaimed recommendations WordPress Guru, etc., were announced a few days ago in WordPress development blog by some of new features for version 3.1.

Some general ideas about what is new in WordPress 3.1 is expected to be released somewhere until December 15th.

If you use WordPress.com management are familiar with the bar offering quick access to most functions of a blog. It seems that a similar version will be introduced for self-hosted version and will not be enabled by default, which is a good idea. It seems that QuickPress and will be introduced as a theme template tag which means that soon we should expect a fast direct frontpage editor, something quite similar front-end editor plugin.

Internal Linking allows searching blog contents and internal linking to any resources. A plugin which will be built on new functionality, to get an idea of why and how, is Link to Post.

A feature for those using WordPress MU to be introduced in 3.1 is a clearer separation of the dashboard for a blog that is centralized and network. Since I have two bloage with a relatively extensive network can only rejoice.

Administration will again receive some visual changes “spiced” with more opportunities AJAX and sort / search more advanced than today.

As usual will be incorporated into a number of bug fixes. A stable beta version will be released somewhere in the second half of November.

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