Adding Woocommerce to an existing WP site

Resolved ctgt86
(@ctgt86)

3 years, 2 months ago

Hi, I have an existing WP site that is using the Avada theme. I want to keep using this theme and the existing site contents but add a Woocommerce shop page to it. I’ve downloaded Woocommerce and installed it but when I activated it it took over my site with it’s own blank pagesas if I was starting from scratch. How do I set it up so that so that my existing site is unaffected by Woocommerce but just has a dedicated shop page (plus cart checkout etc)?

thanks

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xue28 (woo-hc)
(@xue28)

3 years, 2 months ago
Hi @ctgt86

Thanks for reaching out!

I understand that you want to add a WooCommerce store to your existing WordPress site, correct?

You may refer to the articles below as a good starting point:
- The Fastest Way to Add an eCommerce Store to Your Existing WordPress Website
- WooCommerce Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Tutorial [+ Resources]
Hope this helps!
Thread Starter ctgt86
(@ctgt86)

3 years, 2 months ago

Hi, thanks, I’ll have a look at these articles

Thread Starter ctgt86
(@ctgt86)

3 years, 2 months ago

Hi,

I followed these articles but woocommerce still took over my whole site – changing my theme/homepage/menus etc to the woocommerce default settings. Is there a way to just add woocommerce to 1 page whilst retaining my sites header and menu etc? My site is basically a showcase for our physical shop and I just want to add a couple of products to it
anastas10s
(@anastas10s)

3 years, 2 months ago
Hi there @ctgt86

As I understand, you were able to install and activate the WooCommerce plugin to your site (now online store), on which you would like to keep using the Avada theme and its current (site) contents.

I am inspecting the site at http://www.perfect-print.co.uk, and I can see only the one page, where the main menu links to its corresponding sections.

To take things from the top, enabling eCommerce functionality comes with its own server requirements; feel free to check out the WooCommerce Server Requirements here.

Upon its installation, WooCommerce creates the necessary database tables and the site’s pages. Know more about this at this documentation page.

Furthermore, what is an eCommerce site without the ability to accept payments? For an overview of the core payment options available out-of-the-box with WooCommerce, see here. The page at “Which Payment Option is Right for Me?” explains how to take things further, from there.

Wrapping-up, since Avada is the current theme of choice, feel free to check out its available videos via their YouTube channel, like:
- How to build a custom shop page with Avada
- An overview of WooCommerce and Avada
For anything further, regarding customizing Avada for WooCommerce, feel free to reach out to their support channel, found here.

I trust that points you in the right direction, but if you have more questions, let us know. We’re happy to help.
- This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by anastas10s. Reason: typo
Thread Starter ctgt86
(@ctgt86)

3 years, 2 months ago

Hi,

thanks for the information, I’ve now managed to set up a basic shop as a separate page within my existing site. I will now try to get it looking how I want and also get the top navigation menu on my home page to appear on my shop page rather than the ones that have been placed there when I activated woocommerce.

xue28 (woo-hc)
(@xue28)

3 years, 2 months ago

Hi @ctgt86

You are very much welcome and we’re glad that worked on your site. Feel free to customize your site the way you prefer it.

I will be marking this thread as resolved. Should you have further inquiries, kindly create a new topic here.

Meanwhile, if you have a few minutes, we’d love it if you could leave us a review:

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/reviews/

Thanks!

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