Getting Started with Shopify - Choosing Your Development Partner
So you've signed up with Shopify and want to get a custom theme developed, or customizations made to a stock one. Here are our recommendations on finding a development partner, based on helping hundreds of store owners get up and running. As a rule of thumb, you should be loo...Posted by BBG on January 05, 2012.
Shopify Assistant Inventory Synchronization - Bundle Up!
Got Product Bundles? We've got you covered. Product bundles are a great way to entice shoppers with a collections of products offered as a set, or bundle, at a reduced price. We just rolled out a new task in Shopify Assistant called "Synchronize Inventory" that will help make...Posted by Christine Krokker on December 11, 2011.
Shopify Assistant Countdown Timer
We just added a new feature to our Shopify Assistant App that lets you integrate a countdown timer for products. Perfect for letting your customers know how long they have before the deal ends. More details on the forum: Adding a Countdown Timer.Posted by BBG on November 17, 2011.
Behind the Scenes of BookThatApp's Real Time Availability
It has taken some time, and was more difficult than I imagined, but I'm glad to say real-time availability is now working with BookThatApp. I thought I'd talk about how this works technically. First, some background. BookThatApp captures bookings against a product (down to th...Posted by BBG on October 24, 2011.
Blackout Dates in BookThatApp
BookThatApp now supports blackout dates. This feature lets you save dates that are not available across all products. Perfect for managing delivery dates or public holidays. Dates that have been blacked out are not available for selection in the jQuery UI Datepicker. Ref...Posted by BBG on September 11, 2011.
Search Engine Tracking in Searchify
We've just rolled out a new release for Searchify. First, there is an updated, more professional, look for admin that includes a much nicer dashboard. Secondly, we've added an exciting new feature to Searchify - search engine keyword tracking. Now you can see what your...Posted by Christine Krokker on August 31, 2011.
Capturing Browser and OS on Order Notifications
Did you know there is an easy way to track what browser and operating system your customers are using? Here are the steps to capture this information and put it in your order notification template. 1. Go to the template editor in Shopify Admin and open cart.liquid. Find the b...Posted by BBG on August 19, 2011.
Capturing Delivery Date on the Cart Page
We've had a few inquiries about capturing delivery dates on the cart page for Shopify so I thought I'd write it up. The first step is to choose a datepicker. I recommend going with the jQuery UI Datepicker as a lot of themes are already using jQuery. To add this to your theme...Posted by BBG on July 16, 2011.
Forexd 1.1 Released
Forexd, our Shopify widget that lets you display prices in different currencies, has just received an update (1.1). It is now possible to use HTML Entities as the currency symbol. Why is this important? Simply put, because it is supported by more browsers. ...Posted by Christine Krokker on June 25, 2011.
Displaying Commas on Product Pages
If you have products priced > $999, and dynamically update the displayed price on your product page when different options are selected, then you may have noticed that thousands separator don't appear. The culprit is the floatToString method that Shopify.formatMoney i...Posted by BBG on May 01, 2011.