Content (not page) Layout help required

  • dunkrose

    (@dunkrose)


    11 years, 5 months ago

    I am very new to WordPress and what I thought would be very straight forward is proving less so…

    I’ve bought a theme, created my logo, header, slider, menus etc., and what I need now is to simply create my ‘products’ and position them on the screen in my desired format – one after the other.

    Each ‘product’ is going to be made up of 1 picture, four text boxes (1 description, one price in original currency, 1 price in translated currency and one date, all four of which can be simple text format), and finally a ‘Buy Now’ button / link.

    I want to be able to position these in a set formation on the screen and be able to edit the content as/when required.

    Note the aren’t really ‘products’, but simply just grouped information – with the Buy Now button being a link to an affiliate site. Thus, I do not require a shopping basket functionality or payment functionality.

    I’d like the users of my site however to be able to sort my products by the Next Date text box, or any of the Currency text boxes stated above.

    I’ve been quoted $600US to build a plug-in that will do this by my theme creator, however I’m sure (hope!) something very very similar will exist for a much smaller fee, if not free! ?

    Can anybody recommend what I need / where I could get such a plug in from please? I’ve tried reviewing WooCommerce plug-ins- but it’s a minefield!

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  • lisa

    (@contentiskey)

    11 years, 5 months ago

    a plugin that you could check into that is already available:
    conductorplugin.com
    can be used to create a “catalog” of products with or without actual ecommerce functionality. no coding needed.

    Ghanshyam Khanal

    (@gskhanal)

    11 years, 5 months ago

    Create custom post type called “Products” and other custom fields you require along with “affiliate link” custom field. You can use https://wordpress.org/plugins/types/ plugin is you’re not familiar with coding them.
    Now, list them using WP_Query or query_posts where you want to display.
    You can use views plugin from the same plugin author if you’re not familiar with coding. But you need to buy this plugin.

    I hope it helps.

    Cheers 🙂

    Thread Starter dunkrose

    (@dunkrose)

    11 years, 5 months ago

    Many thanks for the replies. I’ve had a thorough look at Types/Views etc. and I think this is going to be the answer and at £190 for lifetime membership – a lot cheaper than $600USD for a plug-in. Really appreciate your prompt feedback… :o)

    lisa

    (@contentiskey)

    11 years, 5 months ago

    glad you found a way to resolve your concern.

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