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  • If you use CartPress (which I think is the best), you can use the short codes to create your products in a grid, then in your Settings > Reading just change Home page to static page and select the Products page you placed your items on.

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    (@oricashop)

    I installed TheCartPress and did as you asked. But I don’t know how to arrange the items from here. I have very limited knowledge on how to use wordpress, and I’m trying to figure it out as best as I can. Thank you so much for your help.

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    (@oricashop)

    Also, how do I get it to appear on the front page? As of now, my main page has nothing, the products are all in “products” page set by default from e-commerce plugin.

    yelhca07

    (@yelhca07)

    Basically you’re going to
    1. Create product page
    2. Create your product inventory
    3. Insert products into page via shortcodes
    4. Make your product page the home page

    Did you create a product page? First go to your Pages and create a regular product page. Then go to CartPress– create your inventory. Be sure to create categories for your similar items– will make it much easier when you go to setting up your storefront page.

    Once you have products, go to TCP tools at the bottom. Click on Short Code Generator. I don’t know how much you know about WordPress so I’ll explain… Short codes are easy small pieces of code that you can insert into posts and pages. These make it easy for a non-experienced coder to get a very custom look.

    Fill in all the blanks– basically what you’re doing with this code generator is creating a shortcode so you can insert your product storefront onto a page. Identifier must have NO spaces. Description is for your use only, be sure to select products on post type then you can select what products you want to include. Then show the limit of products shown. Clicking advanced options allows you to select the number of columns and the information you’d like to show with your product. (ie. description, add to cart button, etc.) You’ll want to generate several short codes with different numbers of columns to give your page a custom look.

    Then go back to the products page you created and insert the corresponding shortcodes (ie. [tcp_list id=”all_products”] ) There your page is created. To set this page as your homepage instead of the blog, go to Settings > Writing > Then select static page, make the homepage your products page then select a page for your blog to appear (ie. a page you created called Blog or News)

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    (@oricashop)

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!! I was able to do all of this, except the short codes did not work so beautifully for me. So for every product I must make a short code? Anyway, I decided to go with a theme that allowed for grid settings, and unfortunately STILL having trouble. But I really appreciate your help. I can’t believe there’s people like you out there, willing to spend time to answer such idiotic questions such as mine. Regardless, I wish you a blessing weekend friend. =]

    yelhca07

    (@yelhca07)

    Sure! And on the shortcodes– it’s not a short code for every product, but rather a short code for your categories of products.. Look at this page (not done) https://www.pdvstore.com Granted– it’s in Spanish and all but you can see some of the products they’re building for their bookstore.

    Top row is the latest stuff and that’s 1 shortcode which references the latest products

    Next segment with 5 boxes is another shortcode which references books only. You can choose your categories in the CartPress. Once you’ve generated the short codes you just post them into your page. Should be easy. If you want more help send me a message on Facebook. facebook.com/yelhca07

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