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intour
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I'm also using a slider on one of my clients homepages. This is a CSS based slider and I placed it in the ProductCart home page by cut and pasting the source code.
This slider has the ability to embed URL's and add text below it so it's a lot more powerful than this particular example.
I am in the process of adding sliders to 3 other stores at the request of my customers so there is a demand for it.
In V4.1 I'd like to see a simple way to add featured products, new arrivals and best sellers in the right hand column in a similar way to how recently viewed products are added with an include file.
Nigel
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sdalan
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We use a slider on our homepage. We use JQUERYTOOLS: I see it more as separate content manager with links to products versus a means of displaying the same product content . I could see a slider a la the PC example here for showing off accessories and up-sell items.
I'd love to use more of these tools (tabs, tooltips, more scrollables) throughout the site (any developers interested please let me know because I really want to get up to 4.1 with a new look by fall!). I know there are other solutions but take a look at the jQueryTools demos. Slick!
By the way, the jQueryTools "scrollable" tool is circular - it does not do the rewind the like PC example here. One of my pet peeves! ;-)
Thanks for listening!
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knifepro
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I would definitely like to see some changes made to the way the home page is handled.
1. Option of not displaying elements such as Recently View Products, Browse by Price, etc on home page. 2. Would like to see a slider on the option on home page. Here are a couple of sliders I like, http://webdeveloperplus.com/jquery/featured-content-slider-using-jquery-ui/ http://designm.ag/tutorials/image-rotator-css-jquery/ I like being able to add text. 3. Musician's Friend has a nice layout. Really like the way they handle Bestsellers and new arrivals with Sliders. 4. Banners or Blocks sections kind of like drupal does so you can include specials, etc.. in free text. You should be able to control the layout of these sections even if you have to do it in the home page code. Something like include <!--#block1>, etc. 5. Code to include payment methods and Social Sites. Being able to assign pictures to payment methods and check which ones appear. Same thing for social widgets. This may be something to include everywhere. |
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Brian
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icamer
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Thanks for the opportunity for feedback.
I like the idea of a slider. Also, I think that you must consider the incorporation of RSS feeds, that today is very useful for maintaining updated to our customers of new products arrivals.
Here's the type of slider I would prefer to see in the next update:
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cpgmar
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The Dell site is awesome! Excellent design, love the slider effect especially if you could tie it to a special category image like they have...lousy shopping cart. One of the worst shopping experiences of my life ordering from them. IMHO
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Cindy
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whizzinpc
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I think we should be able to control the images that are in the slider. It should just be like an area of the homepage that can be adjusted in size via code and we can take any image and upload it for use with the slider. Maybe have 3-5 images that will be rotated in the slider. Just having products only helps with certain stores but if it were any image then everyone is happy.
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roknrod12
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I like the idea of a slider to show off products, with the option to handle what and how the content is displayed. Here's the type of slider I'd prefer to see though - http://www.musiciansfriend.com/
I think one of the things I'd like to see in future releases is some modular snippets that can be styled externally. For example, a snippet of code that pulls the new arrivals and can be placed on a content page (w/o the dependence of having best sellers and specials) and then styled to fit into the store scheme. Another big thing that I think is way past due is the incorporation of RSS feeds. Being able to see when new products come in a particular category would be very helpful to customers. -rh |
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ProductCart
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This was just a quick "BETA" and it does already use a slider based on JQuery, adapted to use database-driven information in ProductCart. There are many JQuery-based sliders that could be used. We just need to find the one that works the best and then adjust it to work well in ProductCart. Of course, it needs to be easy to turn on and off and to customize in terms of the information it shows and how. Once again, the rationale behind talking about this feature is that empirical evidence (large amount of successful stores using this approach) appears to indicate that there is consensus on the fact that is an effective way to "welcome" visitors to an e-commerce Web site. Thanks for the rest of the feedback too. Keep going! |
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mattprice
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I give the slider / gallery a big thumbs as an option for the Home Page. I do agree with Greg however that the images most store owners want on their home page are not the same images they use for their products and I would like to see the glider in particular have the ability to undependently set an image and destination link instead of just the default product images.
This way the store owner could use the glider to send a customer to a particular category, a content page, or indeed a product if they so wish.
The three example stores given by EI : Staples, Dell and Office have made sure the flashiest images on their site take centre stage on their glider.
Matt
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RedLeafDev
Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 12-January-2010 Location: Portsmouth, NH Status: Offline Points: 28 |
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Everyone has great ideas! I am only going to make one or two comments right now and then think about other things to add later.
Along the lines of the "slider" - I second Mark's comment about using something like JQuery - why not just use JQuery?? I think that this is a valuable option for the home page (but please make it so that it can be easily turned off).
And, instead of publishing to twitter why not make it an option to grab the JQuery "Recent Twitter Posts" thing - that displays them right on the home page? It is super easy to style!
I liked the featured categories idea as well.
OK, that was 3 comments!
Amy
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