=== WordPress Shopping Cart=== Contributors: levelfourstorefront Tags: Storefront, Shopping Cart, E-Commerce, Online Store, WordPress shopping cart, Plugin, PayPal, PayPal shopping cart, PayPal E-Commerce, WordPress E-Commerce, ecommerce plugin Requires at least: 3.0.1 Tested up to: 3.5 Stable tag: 8.1.13 License: Level Four Storefront Custom License License URI: http://www.levelfourstorefront.com/wplicense Donate Link: http://www.levelfourstorefront.com L4 is a powerful shopping cart system with full e-commerce abilities and administrative tools that leverage the WordPress platform. == Description == WordPress Plugin Shopping Cart Simple install into new or existing WordPress blogs. Customers purchase directly from your store! Get a full E-Commerce platform in WordPress! Sell products, downloadable goods, gift cards, clothing and more! And now with WordPress, the powerful features are still very easy to administrate! Level Four provides FREE administrative software, so there is no need to use WordPress as a slow management system for your products. Desktop PC, Mac, iPad, and Android software is freely available to download and allows you to control the myriad of options the software has to offer. == Installation == 1. Upload the levelfourstorefront to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 3. Create a page to display your products 4. Create a page to display a shopping cart 5. Create a page to display an account for your shoppers 6. Click the Cart Settings Link in your wordpress admin menu 7. Select the Store, Cart, and Account pages that you have created cooresponding to each page. 8. Select other options that work best for your current WP template. 9. Click Save Changes 10. What WordPress calls "shortcodes" are now added to the content areas of each page you have selected. This is essentially a place holder for the code for the store that will be loaded into your website. Move these around if you wish or leave them on the page. 11. If you wish to install our demo data, click the `INSTALL DEMO DATA` button. 12. Download administrative tools for your site at https://levelfourstorefront.com/administrative-tools/ 13. Begin adding products using one of the administrative tools you have downloaded. 14. Once you are ready to sell products, contact us to purchase a store license. Addionally: 1. You will need to sign up for a payment gateway like Authorize.net or PayPal to begin processing credit cards 2. You will need to set up tax and shipping rates. 3. You will need to manage other settings for the store (all through our administrative console). 4. You will need to secure your store via SSL, this is purchased through your host. 5. Once you have an ssl certificate, you will need to download a plugin like Wordpress HTTPS to force your store into secure mode. Contact us with any questions! == Frequently Asked Questions == = Can I use your software to display, but not sell products? = Absolutely! If you do not need to sell anything, but would like to leverage our software to display products, please feel free to do just that! = Can I display specials on any page? = Yes you can! Simply go to the widgets page, and drag over the specials widget to any widget area. You can then check a box on the product you want to display in the specials area. = How do I add a store menu to my WordPress site? = Simply go to the widgets page, and drag over the store menu widget to any widget area. = How do I add categories, manufacturers, or price range filters to my WordPress site? = Simply go to the widgets page, and drag over the widget cooresponding to the filter you wish to display to any widget area. == Screenshots == 1. Custom WordPress Themes can be used! 2. Choose light or dark stylesheets! 3. Use custom admin tools to manage storefront! 4. Complete E-Commerce where you want it! == Changelog == = 1.0 = * First Release store version 8.1.1 = 1.1 = * Added Google Analytics tracking code to the settings panel. * Added Google Analytics tracking code to the checkout process in order to track complete orders and get conversion data in Analytics. = 8.1.3 = * Fixed the ability to update core files without overriding styles, connections, or product images. * Improved css to be compatible with more Themes. * Made other css improvements for dark background themes. = 8.1.4 = * Made some major corrections to image alignment. * Upgraded the CSS Files * Other bug corrections. = 8.1.5 = * Added new options to the cart settings admin. * Updated all elements in the site to reflect the new settings. * Made it easy for customers to quickly "skin" the entire store. = 8.1.6 = * Updated the og meta tags to work correctly. * Fixed linking of the share links * Fix made for button css in some themes = 8.1.7 = * Bug fixes implemented * Added short code for products to be added on any post or page. * Addional settings options were added. = 8.1.8 = * Bug fix in paypal IPN = 8.1.9 = * Bug fix for orders of over 1000. Comma seperated numbers were going into the DB and caused numbers to be chopped off. = 8.1.10 = * Fixed some CSS issues, Added code to display product title in the page title in product details, fixed shared icons issues, and fixed other display issues. = 8.1.11 = * Bug fixes. Additional features include image caching, option item quantity tracking improvements. = 8.1.12 = * Bug fixes. Image caching linking fixed, 'pretty' linking now optional. = 8.1.13 = * Bug fixes. Option drop down menus and account state and country selection bugs are fixed. == Upgrade Notice == = 1.0 = *Store version 8.1.1 is released = 1.1 = *Store version 8.1.2 is released, adding Google Tracking Code to the checkout process! = 8.1.3 = *Stable version now matches release version. *Store version 8.1.3 is released, added minor bug fixes and ability to upgrade core files. = 8.1.4 = *Store version 8.1.4 is released, major css issues fixed. = 8.1.5 = *Store version 8.1.5 is released. We now allow users to quickly customize all buttons, headers, titles, and links throughout the site by changing a few colors in the cart settings in the cart setting wordpress admin. = 8.1.6 = *Store version 8.1.6 is released. Minor bugs were fixed in the sharing links. = 8.1.7 = *Store version 8.1.7 is released. Many major bugs fixed. Style corrections made for store to work with more themes out of the box. Added a product short code to make it easy to add products on any page or post. = 8.1.8 = *Store version 8.1.8 is released. Fixed a minor bug in the paypal IPN listener. = 8.1.9 = *Store version 8.1.9 is released. Fixed a bug relating to orders over 1000. = 8.1.10 = *Store version 8.1.10 is released. Fixes for CSS and display issues as well as fix for shared icons linking. Also added product title to the page title for SEO purposes. = 8.1.11 = *Store version 8.1.11 is released. Bug fixes and major upgrades to the store. = 8.1.12 = *Store version 8.1.12 is released. Bug fixes specifically relating to the image system, .htaccess linking is now optional for servers that handle linking differently. = 8.1.13 = *Store version 8.1.13 is released. Bug fixes for option drop down menus and selection of countries and states in the account section.