Zack Design

QuickShop has come a long way from its 1.0 days, as you will see when you begin to use this new version!

For all those people wondering why there was such a low level of support, I can tell you:

• We are NOT being paid to develop this plugin for you – any money we do make and any donations we receive are a mere fraction of the development cost required to put 2.0 up for you
• Support for any free plugin is a bottom-of-the-heap priority. We provide all plugins with the best of intentions and a sincere desire to help other people out. We are not philanthropic gods though and never aspire to be.
• We refuse to answer any questions that are answerable A) by the readme or  B) clearly answerable by a quick look in the Wordpress admin section
• Lastly, if the request is phrased in such a way as to appear like it was sent without at least some thought and/or willingness to pay for support or upgrades, it will be ignored.

That being said, Zack Design does read all your bug reports and requests wherever possible and does endeavour to reply or collate them for later. Just remember that courtesy works both ways!

Now that we have all that out of the way, it is time to talk about v2.0!

QuickShop is completely re-written. It has a better inventory manager (everything all in the one place!), a better shipping calculator which addresses the issues previously had, a better product listing and form with better product options, an actual checkout page, extensible payment options (with Authorize.NET to be added ASAP), use of Wordpress shortcodes and an auto-tag updater to change all your tags from the old V1 tags to the new V2 tags!

There will be more updates in the near future with QuickShop 3.0 planned with AJAX implementation, internationalization, shopping cart usage improvements, more payment types, and much, much more. Please consider donating if this plugin is good for you, and remember that if you want something, sponsor its development!

A quick update to let everyone know to upgrade their CSS dropdown menu!

After a LONG period of waiting, it now comes with IE8 support, a completely extensible multi-level drop-down system courtesy of a recursive menu generating function, bugfixes, and more!

Get it while it’s hot!

This is merely the first major update in my line of Wordpress plugins. QuickShop 2.0 is well on its way with a revamped system and an inventory (among other things). And the multiple category selection widget is about to receive some love too.

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I was commissioned to create the RadioRNR website and had a massive set of challenges.

• SSL encryption on the Paypal API subscription form and the Wordpress admin
• FeedWordpress plugin used to syndicate a feed
• Custom functions which filter out videos and create the player automatically inside the posts
• Paypal API plugin for subscriptions
• Virtual private server administration – Ubuntu server, SSH, Apache, DNS, PHP, MySQL
• Huge amounts of theme customization and Wordpress hacks…

After completing the website it’s safe to say it’s the single largest Wordpress site I’ve ever done. Not based on page or post count, but on the sheer level of customization…!

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First of all – sorry to everybody who has been waiting so long. I have been completely snowed under with other work, not all of it Wordpress-related. However, here is a list of the exciting things to come:

New QuickShop with the following:

• Use of the shortcodes API that come with Wordpress. This will unfortunately mean another change to the way things are laid out for those who already have shops. To make it easier on you guys I’ll release a version 1.3.12 to make it bug-free without forcing you to massively change the way you work. The new shortcodes version will be 1.4, so stay on 1.3.x if you don’t want things to break.
• Bugfixes galore! I’ve been following the forums, don’t worry!
• Anything else I can fit in. I’ve been planning a LOT, but not all of it will make it in.

New plugin updates for the CSS Drop-downs, and the multi-category search plugin. All coming down the pipes in the next month or two.

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Turn your Wordpress post categories into a search powerhouse! This plugin gives you the ability to provide your users with a widget full of dropdowns based upon parent categories and their sub-categories.

Multiple subcategories spanning multiple parent categories (though multiple categories inside a single parent cannot be chosen) are chosen and intelligently filter your posts.

NEW: URL Rewrites, visible URL, AND pagination. It is now version 1.0

Sample Application:

Real Estate – set up parent categories such as ‘Bedrooms’, ‘Bathrooms’, ‘Price Range’, etc. Then put sub-categories beneath them.

Create a new post and tick all applicable sub-categories. Users should now be able to search for your post under all those categories!

Download it now

Comments are off. Please visit the forum for any requests, or use the contact form if you would like to donate or request a quote.

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I have created a three-level drop-down menu plugin for Wordpress.

It uses Stu Nicholl’s final drop-down code which is a complete CSS solution – no Javascript required!! With the plugin I’ve included his CSS but not imported it directly as it’s best that you modify it to suit your theme, and you also need to read Stu’s copyright notice on the page I’ve linked to (a donation to his fund would also be good).

Download the plugin from here.

If you want me to modify the CSS for you simply contact me and I will do it easily and quickly for you for a moderate sum.

Want a demo of this menu?

InTuneforLife

Skopelos Topos

OBCEvents

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I’ve just created a new widget as a plugin using the Simplepie Wordpress plugin for the RSS feed logic.

You can specify how many images you want to display, and a sample template is provided to get you started, though it should be more than good enough for what you need.

It comes with the latest version of PHPThumb to generate good-looking thumbnails. You can see the value 150 in the sample template – this sets the width – a value you may change yourself.

Download – RSS Image Widget:

RSS Image Widget – download here.

SimplePie Core

SimplePie Plugin for Wordpress including the RSS Image Widget Template (v. 2.2.1)

The template file is included in the SimplePie installation so you don’t have to FTP or go to your host’s file manager. It’s just a OneClick Install!

Please be aware that plugin versions may change in the outside world – this is the biggest problem with offering this kind of package. Please go to the SimplePie website if you want the latest versions. I’ll try to keep these updated as they change.

If you prefer to look after SimplePie installation yourself you can get it from here.

SimplePie by Itself:

SimplePie Wordpress Plugin (Required for this widget to work)

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Cath Crowley’s new site has just been completed using Wordpress, the All-in-one-SEO plugin pack, and a contact form plugin. It is the first one to be released sporting the latest in graphical design that Zack Design can offer thanks to a partnership with Chocolate Chip Multimedia.

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A VCE Music Resource site (Australian), this site is built in Wordpress and also uses the Lussumo Vanilla forum.

Plugins used include WP-dTree, my Quick Shop plugin, the Who Sees Ads plugin, the Event Calendar, and the WP-GBCF contact form among others. An ad space was created for the ad plugin in the top of pages and at the bottom of posts.

Also, a special AJAX catalogue was created using the Scriptaculous and Prototype Javascript libraries included in Wordpress.

QuickShop was updated to version 1.1 for this project. It now supports Australian Paypal and displays product price, as well as images for removal and checkout. The tags have been changed too to allow for these new types.

Lastly, an already-made theme was used (Scorpio) and then significantly modified to fit the site.

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2.5-ready QuickShop is here!

You can view it running on a live site I set up for Australian customers (I don’t ship overseas sorry!).

NicMC – another live site displaying the use of the multi-choice add to cart button.

I’ve just created a plugin for Wordpress called QuickShop and released it under the GPL. You can find it at Wordpress Extend. This plugin installs a Sidebar Widget which shows the items in the cart and allows you to remove them, as well as allowing you to place tags in your posts which generate a form button to add products to the cart.

I have integrated it with the WP-GBCF contact form and more information about that can be found in the README. It inserts the cart contents into the message field with amounts for users to edit. You can also integrate it with other solutions if you like…

If you need the Paypal changed to your currency of choice let me know. I will eventually be providing an admin interface to change the currency, but as of right now you can only change the currency in the code itself.

Need help or want it enhanced? Just contact me! Some people want CFormsII support. I’m afraid that I can’t offer this for free as CForms is a bit more complicated than simple text substitution.

Also, despite running a business, I devote a significant amount of time into this plugin for you, my clients, and myself, and give it to you people for free. If you feel generous you may donate through Paypal, you could link back, or you could ask me to work on your site.

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