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Wow! What an honor to attend the 3rd annual WooConf! Last year I did a workshop on WooCommerce Theme Development. This year it was all JavaScript, API, and Data Visualization. https://twitter.com/BFTrick/status/921481970315542528 I was a little unsure going into the event how the talk would go. Originally it was a workshop using the Woo API and Chart.js … Continue reading Data Visualization Talk at WooConf
The Problem While working on my JavaScript for WordPress redesign I came across a problem that ultimately had a simple solution, but it took me a while to figure out how to implement it. During the checkout process in WooCommerce I have removed many of the default fields to make sign up faster. Since my course is digital I … Continue reading Update WooCommerce Order Address Dynamically When Customer Updates Their Address
I love the LearnDash LMS for WordPress. I use it over at javascriptforwp.com and not only is it powerful out of the box and with plugins, but it's hooks allow for even more. One thing LearnDash cannot do out of the box is sell access to Groups via WooCommerce. A Group in LearnDash, amongst other things, let's you assign … Continue reading Add User to LearnDash Group When Orders a WooCommerce Product
I have been happily using LearnDash LMS with WordPress for my JavaScript for WordPress Master Course. One of the tricks of using WooCommerce and LearnDash together is that you can build your courses separately from your WooCommerce products. This is helpful for creating bundles that automatically grant access to individual or multiple courses. In my Master Course I have … Continue reading Connect WooCommerce Products with LearnDash Courses
You can process payments in WooCommerce with PayPal using only the account email. However, in order to refund payments from within WooCommerce you must enter your PayPal API credentials. Here are the steps for doing that: Login to PayPal Go to Profile > Profile and Settings Click My Selling Tools Go to API Access Select NVP/SOAP API … Continue reading Getting PayPal API Credentials for WooCommerce Refunds
I had the pleasure this year of doing a workshop at WooConf about theme development using WooCommerce. You can find the entire talk workshop here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJUxWhWLbN4 And my slides as well: https://speakerdeck.com/zgordon/woocommerce-theme-development-workshop
I'm super excited to head out to Austin on April 6-8 this year for my 2nd WooConf. This year I will be doing a workshop based on a WooCommerce Theme Development Course I did at Treehouse. Thanks to the folks at WooCommerce, I have an unlimited coupon code "WOOCONFZAC" for $100 off for anyone who wants to attend the conference … Continue reading $100 Off My WooCommerce Development Workshop at WooConf 2016
Thanks to Jonathan Perez for this little function to use remove_action conditionally. Helped when I was working on a WooCommerce project.
When working with a WooCommerce site recently, I kept coming across orders that showed up as cancelled in the admin area with the message "Unpaid order cancelled – time limit reached." After tracing the message back to it's source via the code, here is what I figured out [as posted to WooThemes user forums]. There … Continue reading “Unpaid order cancelled – time limit reached” in WooCommerce
I'm a fan of WooCommerce, and have often used their Canvas theme as the basis for my WordPress e-commerce site. However, this Superstore theme is looking like a really great theme to start building sites with instead.
Educator Zac Gordon 