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Cafe Post FAQ
myNicheShop Cafe Post uses CafePress.com Web Services’ Product Catalog API to lookup products by product number. Through a tag placed in a WordPress post, the plug-in performs the search on the product number and returns product information to be displayed instead of the tag.
- Current System
- Commission Junction website PIDs are edited into the config.sys by the operator (eventually to be replaced via site administration menus)
- When post is viewed, a product thumbnail, the design thumbnail, description, and pricing information are queried and displayed directly from CafePress.com
- In cases where sizes or color options are involved, lists of available colors and sizes are also pulled from CafePress.com
- The product thumbnail is linked through a Commission Junction affiliate link to the product within the CafePress.com marketplace
- The design thumbnail is linked through a Commission Junction affiliate link to the designer’s shop section containing the product
- The Add to Cart image is part of a form which collects the product information and sends it through a Commission Junction affiliate link to the CafePress.com shopping cart where the Keep Shopping button is linked back to the sending WordPress site
- Caches data from CafePress for each product and search so it is only pulled freshly once per day
- Automatically generate post title from product name returned if post title is blankCreate administration functions within WordPress site administration area
- CafePress.com advanced search & product chooser tool to add new products
- Entry of affiliate code used by the plug-in
- AutoPost creation from chooser tool
- Planned Features
- Redesign shopping cart link to open within a small window
- Create table for preventing/warning duplicate items
- Create administration functions within WordPress site administration area
- Entry of CSS values used by the plug-in
- Add helper scripts which will, when clicked, popup information windows containing base product information
- Add color chooser script to actually display the different colors options for items available in a variety of colors
- Much, much, more…