I’m Speaking at Wordcamp Fayetteville

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I've said it a thousand times, Wordcamp Fayetteville is probably my favorite tech-event of the year! It's been a blast watching this event grow each year to attract one of the largest tech event crowds in the state. I'm honored to be speaking again this year on a topic / product that I think many will find very beneficial, ManageWP. What is ManageWP you ask? Here's a great explanation from their website: ManageWP is the world's first and … [Read more...]

Jigoshop Product Addons Extension -vs- Native Jigoshop Product Variables / Attributes

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Instead of using the native Jigoshop attribute functionality that's built into Jigoshop (that sometimes gives customers problems until they understand it's functionality), I've been using an alternative extension as an add-on to Jigoshop called Product Addons. The Product Add-Ons extension allows you to add additional data fields to your individual product pages. That means you can add any field with a custom text title, and then allow customers … [Read more...]

Product Variations w/ Jigoshop

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The Jigoshop plugin is probably one of the best e-commerce plugins for Wordpress I've ever seen, it's extremely adaptable to almost any kind of scenario a client can throw at you, and it's extremely scalable since there are tons of extensions available for it. Probably my biggest frustration with the plugin however is the way that it handles product variations or variables. Variable Products is a name for any products which allow a customer to … [Read more...]

WordPress Plugin Release: WP-Pleth Branding

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Plugin Description: I mentioned a few weeks back that I was going to start listing a few plugins and themes for sale on my blog for anyone that might be interested. Well, I haven't quite had a chance to bring anything to market yet that I would consider a "Premium" product so I thought I would test the waters with a free, yet functional, plugin that might be of use to anyone that deploys Wordpress projects for their clients. This plugin allows … [Read more...]

Jigoshop eCommerce Plugin for WordPress

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Over the years I've worked w/ a lot of eCommerce solutions, both paid as well as open-source, and I have to say that I've never been impressed w/ any one system like I have been Jigoshop. I'm including full-blown paid / proprietary systems like Storefront, Turnkey Webtools, and FoxyCart, as well as open-sourced projects like OSCommerce in the equation as well. Jigoshop works amazingly well right out of the box w/ very little setup or custom … [Read more...]