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jonathanbriggs commented on Google Analytics - Explanation of "/cart" vs /cart/show, etc.

jonathanbriggs — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:38:07 +0000

In my top content I only have the following:

/checkout/carts/show

/checkout/orders/pay

/checkout/orders/show

/checkout/orders/forward

Any ideas about the last of these? (PayPal forwarding? - I offer PayPal and SagePay). I also don't appear to have create_order or commit? Are these dependent on the type of payment integration used?

What do other people use to to indicate that the customer has reached the Thank You page as this does not appear to be in my analytics at all?

All insights greatly appreciated.

Jonathan

wigify commented on Affiliate Program

wigify — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:39:37 +0000

@ chris.3sunset - from the sounds of it, you could have used Wigify Affiliate Management for your client's request. Well, had we been around in the beginning of '08.

@ MaineBob - same applies to you too, Wigify would have been perfect for your client's needs back then.

Not to sound too salesy, but if you have a need for Affiliate Management in the future, for any client shops or your own, http://www.wigify.com will be able to help you out.

Hope you both are doing well.

Caroline Schnapp commented on feature request: discount codes restricted to certain products or order sizes

Caroline Schnapp — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:48:33 +0000

@ramidonya

Regarding product level discounts...

This is possible with Shopify but requires a little ingenuity.

I have implemented promo code functionality for a client, and the code can be redeemed only for 1 product.

If you need help with this, I can be reached through the email address which is in my signature.

Jamie commented on feature request: discount codes restricted to certain products or order sizes

Jamie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:58:22 +0000

@ramidonya I would post this at the support request section. That's where the developers will actually see it.

ramidonya commented on feature request: discount codes restricted to certain products or order sizes

ramidonya — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:55:11 +0000

My clients are really needing to maximize as many promotional options as possible in the current economic climate especially. Would REALLY like to be able to offer a discount code for a single item!!

Anyone Going to Pubcon? by mikulla

mikulla — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:15:24 +0000

Anyone going to Pubcon in Vegas next week?

http://www.pubcon.com/

thewoodman commented on Meta Data Homepage Description Not Showing In Search Results?

thewoodman — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:56:01 +0000

Hey Caroline

Thanks so much for looking. Can't believe I didn't see the two descriptions! I couldnt see for looking! :-)

Regarding your other comments, these I all agree with and will be looking into them ASAP. I have only just started working with the site owner on his SEO so I look forward to improving the results soon.

Thanks again
Ollie

BBG commented on Social Media

BBG — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:23:27 +0000

When you create your account with the service you will get some javascript code that you can paste into your theme. You can put the code in theme.liquid if you want it to appear on every page e.g. for headers/footers, or specific pages such as product.liquid for the product page. Where exactly will depend on what theme you are using.

Social Media by christillett

christillett — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:04:55 +0000

Does anyone have suggestions or write ups on how to put the share this or add this buttons on their stores?

christillett commented on facebook sharer

christillett — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:05:59 +0000

We would like to use these features. We are very new to HTML, CSS, etc. and are making our way through our new site. How do we add such a feature such as sharethis or addthis?

Caroline Schnapp commented on Meta Data Homepage Description Not Showing In Search Results?

Caroline Schnapp — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:25:36 +0000

OOps I see what's wrong. ← the OO are my eyes staring at your "source".

I thought I was seeing double at first.

You have 2 description META tags, not 1.

You also have 3 META tags with the same name, i.e. verify-v1. Is this really necessary?

<meta name="verify-v1" content="IPV/JQ7cLRn0omS5nXWBQ+fEfMSUF+elGnLyrSumB1o=" />

<meta name="verify-v1" content="m4NFNt9uToq9Pu+48+SnBH0KcsZ15UJMMZlUzAwA2yo=" />

<meta name="verify-v1" content="IPV/JQ7cLRn0omS5nXWBQ+fEfMSUF+elGnLyrSumB1o=" />

<meta name="description" content="Keep Calm and Carry On" />

<meta name="description" content=" Widest range of fine Keep Calm & Carry On products. T-shirts, Bags, Posters, Mugs, Canvas Prints, Cufflinks, Tea Towels & much more. Great gift ideas." />

Caroline Schnapp commented on Meta Data Homepage Description Not Showing In Search Results?

Caroline Schnapp — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:52:57 +0000

It's true that whatever search term I use to find your site on google I am never ever able to read your META description in the search results. It's something I have never seen before. Could it be because your META description starts with a space?

Let's keep an eye on this.

Caroline Schnapp commented on Meta Data Homepage Description Not Showing In Search Results?

Caroline Schnapp — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:51:21 +0000

@thewoodman,

May I suggest something?

Your title tag is always equal to "KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON". I am not even aware of any canned theme that does not at least display the page title on top of the shop name in its title tag. That's a bad idea for search engine optimization, and it's not good for people visiting your site who are bookmarking it and subscribing to its content.

In theme.liquid, try and replace this:

<title>{{ shop.name }}</title>

With this:

<title>{{ shop.name }} &mdash; {% if template == 'index' %}Special home page text{% else %}{{ page_title }}{% endif %}</title>

Replace the Special home page text with your own text.

Caroline Schnapp commented on Meta Data Homepage Description Not Showing In Search Results?

Caroline Schnapp — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:41:35 +0000

So I asumed it was something to do with Shopify set up that is preventing it from showing?

No.

Just FYI:

It takes a while when you edit any page for it to be updated "as seen" on Google.
If the search term is in the content of the page, not in its title, then Google will pick the phrase from the content that contains the search term and use that in lieu of your meta description.

Hope that helps.

thewoodman commented on Meta Data Homepage Description Not Showing In Search Results?

thewoodman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:44:11 +0000

No afraid not Stuart, this has been in there for some time. From an SEO perspective set up looks fine to me.

So I asumed it was something to do with Shopify set up that is preventing it from showing?

Hmm

thewoodman commented on Unique Page Titles and Descriptions

thewoodman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:41:29 +0000

Thanks very much Stuart, will check this out now.

Myself or site owner Mark may give you a call if we have any problems.

Cheers
Ollie

hazel & harlow commented on I want to set up a giveaway

hazel & harlow — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:25:56 +0000

Thanks for all the info - I've successfully created multiple promotions and % off codes within Shopify so I'd hoped doing a giveaway would be as simple :( So to someone who really doesn't understand much html, I guess I can "delete" one of the regular items within hazel & harlow and use that item as the giveaway item for the magazine - how do I keep other site shoppers from seeing this particular giveaway?

Caroline Schnapp commented on I want to set up a giveaway

Caroline Schnapp — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:31:56 +0000

Hazel & Harlow,

It's not possible to offer a discount (in your case that would be 100% off discount) only on certain items in Shopify out of the box.

To provide special deals on special items, you need... special coding.

I am working on this for a client of mine now. Here is what she needs: %50-off discount on only 1 particular item for a limited time -- with a special discount code. That product is never the same, it changes from one promotion to the next. I am able to pull this off but it takes a bit of coding.

If you want a free solution, you could simply create a free product in your store, make sure it's part of no collection, you can even hide it from /collections/all, and give the URL to that product page to the special clients who read Magazine X.

Or you can issue a 100% discount code to all clients when their cart's total is inferior to $X dollars.

But that's running into trouble if you ask me.

I want to set up a giveaway by hazel & harlow

hazel & harlow — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:43:07 +0000

We just launched our site; http://www.hazelandharlow.com in August, and have been enjoying some really great response. Recently I started offering discount codes to blogs and publications via our PR agency, but now we'd like to offer a giveaway to the readers of a magazine and would like to host it within our Shopify site - can someone direct me to how/where to do this?

Stuart Whitman commented on Meta Data Homepage Description Not Showing In Search Results?

Stuart Whitman — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:18:42 +0000

Ollie,

Checked your site and the meta description is in the code so it should be picked up. Have you just added the meta description by any chance?

Stuart