So, if you have installed WP Ecommerce and also purchased the Gold Cart and are using Grid View, you may have experienced this issue. Not all rows of your products line up correctly. There is usually a large space on one row, where it might only show one item where normally it should show 3 or 4. It might look something like the screenshot below.

So there you see the “space” that cannot be filled, no matter what you try to do.

Well, in reality, the reason for this is a blank “more info” area that’s put in by Grid View. There is no information there, but the “More Info” area still takes up space, and by doing so it pushes the space that the item takes up down. This is what causes the next row not to line up correctly.

Below you will see a screenshot diagraming this. The red box is the “More Info” area and as you can see, the green line brought straight across from it does not line up with the next row of images. That’s why you get the blank space. Where the “More Info” box is located is based on how long your product description is, but in most cases, you will see this error.

So, how do we solve this problem? It’s actually pretty simple, once you see how it’s done. You will navigate on your server to “wp-content/plugins/wp-shopping-cart/gold_cart_files/grid_view.css” and you will see the following style:

div.product_grid_display div.product_grid_item{
margin-bottom: 20px;
width: 120px;
float: left;
position: relative;
margin: 4px 8px 8px 0px;
min-height:180px;
height:auto !important;
height:180px;
}

In that style, you will remove this line: “height: auto !important;”

Once you do that, you should see your page working correctly. One more thing to remember is, the product description will push the “More Info” box down further if the product description is long. If that is the case, and this issue happens again, you can then modify the “height: 180px;” area to a larger number to solve this issue again.

I hope that helps anyone having this issue…and until next time…

So….it’s finally here! After many, many hours of research and developing, the WP ECommerce Bible is available. The poplular WP ECommerce plugin for Wordpress, is an impressive ecommerce plugin for Wordpress to say the least, all that was missing was proper documentation. So after months of finding fixes, tips and tricks and getting to learn the plugin inside and out, myself and writing partner Arbie (crn-web.com) compiled the WP Ecommerce Bible.

It’s filled with over 120 pages of quality content, around 50 illustrative screenshots, and more than a dozen helpful text files for easy copy/paste. If you’ve ever wanted to know anything at all about this plugin, you’ll find it in the Bible. It’s currently up-to-date with WP ECommerce version 3.6.7 which is set to be released this week. All minor version updates will be included at no additional cost once you’ve purchased the Bible, so when there is an update or new version, you’re not stuck…just download a new copy and your activation key will open it as well.

We’re really proud of this documentation and believe it to be a very important part of setting up a successful installation of WP Ecommerce on your Wordpress site.

You can find the Bible here: www.wpecommercebible.com

Pick up a copy and then come back and tell me what you think!

So, until next time…

Hello again…

If you have upgraded your WP Ecommerce installation to a Gold version, you’ll notice you get more payment gateway options. One of these new options is an integration with Authorize.net, and by default (WP Ecommerce versions 3.6.6 and earlier) the Authorize.net gateway only passes the credit card number and expiration date over to Authorize.net.

Some prefer to pass over the CVV (the 3 digit number on the back of the credit card) number as well. So, I have integrated that into a file for you. All you have to do is download the file and replace the existing “authorize.php” file with the one you download. It is located here: “wp-content/plugins/wp-shopping-cart/gold_cart_files/merchants/authorize.php”

So download and replace, that’s all there is to it. Then your shopping cart checkout page will ask for the CVV number, pass it on to Authorize.net and verify it for purchases using Authorize.net.