Add products to home page

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JustDucky923 Ecommerce Template Guru USA 1322 Posts	Posted - 06/14/2022 : 09:12:17 I'm using the WordPress version of ECT and my client would like to have the products - individual products, not just categories - on the home page, with the Quick Buy buttons. I know I could simply put images of the products with links to their individual product pages, but I would like to be able to add them dynamically so that as new products are added, they are automatically added to the home page. With the older version (on a different site that is no longer live) - I just used a widget that allowed me to add php code and then I dropped in the "category.php" in the space I wanted it to show up. But with the new system, I know that will not work. Is this possible with the new WordPress version?
Marshall Ecommerce Template Guru USA 1854 Posts	Posted - 06/14/2022 : 09:46:11 I create a category, generally calling it "home" for the home page. I then select the products I want to appear and, under additional categories in the product admin, add home. I believe you can add the additional category using the "Section / Category" under the quick entry. Marshall CENLYT Productions - ms designs Affordable Web Design Custom Ecommerce Designs Responsive Websites Cenlyt.com
JustDucky923 Ecommerce Template Guru USA 1322 Posts	Posted - 06/14/2022 : 09:57:28 I'm still not sure exactly how I would get that to appear on the home page? Now that the pages are not specific .php pages - how would I place this on the home page?
Marshall Ecommerce Template Guru USA 1854 Posts	Posted - 06/14/2022 : 11:57:36 I am not familiar with the WordPress versions. All I know is this <?php $explicitid=132; // Change to your number $catid=132; // Change to your number ?> goes in the <head> after the ECT includes and this <?php include "vsadmin/inc/inccproducts.php" ?> goes where you want the products to appear since you are promoting products, not categories. Marshall CENLYT Productions - ms designs Affordable Web Design Custom Ecommerce Designs Responsive Websites Cenlyt.com
dbdave ECT Moderator USA 9902 Posts	Posted - 06/14/2022 : 12:51:42 I use the cross selling feature (recommended products) as outlined here - https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/help/home-page-display.asp David
JustDucky923 Ecommerce Template Guru USA 1322 Posts	Posted - 06/14/2022 : 12:57:28 The WordPress version works quite different than the other versions or even the older version of WordPress ECT. Could someone who is familiar with the new version of WordPress ECT help me out here?
JustDucky923 Ecommerce Template Guru USA 1322 Posts	Posted - 06/14/2022 : 13:09:21 I'm still confused. That page says: "ECT Wordpress users can install the Home Page Products Plugin to administer the display via the Wordpress admin." I have the ECT WordPress widgets but there is nothing called "Home Page Products". The plugin file contained: ect-crosssell-widget ect-dynamicmenu-widget ect-minicart-widget ect-minilogin-widget ect-recently-widget ect-search-widget ect-widgets The only ECT widgets I have available in my WordPress admin are: ECT Menu ECT Minicart ECT Minilogin ECT Recently viewed products ECT Search ECT Side Filter So even there I don't see anything regarding cross selling either.
Vince Administrator 42006 Posts	Posted - 06/15/2022 : 01:50:23 Hi JustDucky Sorry about the confusion and I'll get the documentation updated. But the Home Page Products plugin is no longer used with the new system. Instead the Cross Sell shortcode can be used to add products to the home page as here... https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/wordpress/wp-plugins.asp#crosssell Vince Click Here for Shopping Cart Software Click Here to sign up for our newsletter Click Here for the latest updater
JustDucky923 Ecommerce Template Guru USA 1322 Posts	Posted - 06/15/2022 : 07:46:42 Vince - thank you so much, that works perfectly! Just a comment and suggestion, I don't mean this as a criticism, but I've found that the documentation for using the WordPress version (plugins, shortcodes, new changes for current versions) are really lacking. This is the second time in just a couple of weeks that I searched for answers on how to do something and once I got an answer, I was told that the documentation was being updated with that same information. I can't be the only one using the WordPress version of this - it would be so helpful if the documentation on the site for how to set up the WP version, how to update from the old WP version to the new, how to use the plugins and shortcodes, etc. - could be as robust, helpful, and detailed as it is for the ASP and PHP versions.
Vince Administrator 42006 Posts	Posted - 06/15/2022 : 11:11:02 It's fair criticism JustDucky and I'll do what I can to get the WordPress documentation up to scratch. Sorry about the problems. Vince Click Here for Shopping Cart Software Click Here to sign up for our newsletter Click Here for the latest updater
JustDucky923 Ecommerce Template Guru USA 1322 Posts	Posted - 02/21/2023 : 11:20:56 I know this is an older post, but I'm trying this Cross Sell option to place a couple of products on a home page. The problem is there are only two products and this makes the layout look out of place. Here is a link to the page (the products are at the bottom of the page). https://www.jt5designs.com/ Thanks!
JustDucky923 Ecommerce Template Guru USA 1322 Posts	Posted - 02/21/2023 : 11:30:39 Sorry...I spoke too soon. I found the css within the ect-widgets and was able to fix it!
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