In order to harness the power of ShopSite combined with the exact look and feel that you desire, the use of custom templates is a necessity. However, you must have a basic understanding of the template system in ShopSite to be able to create a custom cart experience from start to finish that is easy to update and maintain.
A good general overview of how custom templates work can be found in the ShopSite help docs at:
http://www.shopsite.com/help/7.0/en-US/sc/pro/custom.templates.html
Once you understand the basic principle of custom templates, you need to learn how to put together a custom page and product template for use in your store. Below are links that first describe an overview of the process and then details about how to actually create the template (all links are from the ShopSite help docs).
Page Template:
Page template overview
Page template details
Product Template:
Product template overview
Product template details
A More Information page is a detailed description and picture of the product. This page layout is actually contained within the product template.
More info template details
If you want to get really advanced and completely customize the shopping cart itself and the customer registration section, the following links will help:
Shopping Cart Template:
Cart template overview
Cart template details
Customer Registration Template:
Registration template overview
Registration template details
The use of ShopSite Include files can help separate sections in a template, and can help organize certain functions and text.
Include Files:
Include files overview
Include files details
If you are already a template expert, or just need a handy reference link for all the tags, you may go to:
http://www.shopsite.com/help/7.0/en-US/templates/custom.template.cheatsheet.html
If after reading all of this you know that templates are the way to go, but you are not up to the challenge, just drop us an email and we can provide you with a few referrals of ShopSite designers that can help your site take advantage of all ShopSite has to offer.
- The LexiConn Team
