Create a widget in your custom theme. To add widgets in the dashboard, register sidebar function in the page functions.php. function arphabet_widgets_init(){register_sidebar( array(‘name’ => ‘Footer Sidebar 1’,‘id’ => ‘footer-sidebar-1’,‘description’ => ‘Appears in the footer area’,‘before_widget’ => ”, ‘after_widget’ => ”,‘before_title’ => ‘ ‘, ‘after_title’ => ”,) );…….…..…}add_action(‘widgets_init’,’arphabet_widgets_init’); This will give a widget in the dashboard.… Continue reading How to add footer links in wordpress
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Custom menu creation in wordpress
To register a navigation menu in WordPress the function : register_nav_menus() should be added in functions.php file. This will create a menu tab in wordpress control panel. To customize the default menu, you have to enter the WordPress dashboard, click on Appearance and then on Menus. Give the menu a name, and then click the Create Menu button. After creating it,… Continue reading Custom menu creation in wordpress
Setting up wordpress on local server(Windows)
WordPress version is installed locally on our computer by creating a temporary database and server.The steps included in settinp up wordpress on local host are:1.Download and install XAMPPDownload XAMPP(XAMPP for windows 8.2.0).Run the installer.After installation, XAMPP control panel will be displayed .Click the start button,near Appache and MySQL 2.Create Local databaseCreate database using MySQL in… Continue reading Setting up wordpress on local server(Windows)
Product filtering in Big commerce
Product Filtering/ faceted search allows shoppers to refine product searches based on multiple attributes like price, color, size, and reviews. Using filters on your storefront can make it easier for shoppers to navigate products by allowing them to search the way they want to. Product filters appear on category, brand, and search pages. The store… Continue reading Product filtering in Big commerce
JWT token creation using Big commerce customer identity
BigCommerce provides Customer Identity and Access Management(CIAM) capabilities for managing access to BigCommerce resources. If I’m building an application that needs to work on any BigCommerce store, then I need a way for BigCommerce to tell my API who the customer is. To identify the shopper before exposing any sensitive information, my application should rely on… Continue reading JWT token creation using Big commerce customer identity
Single-Click App OAuth Flow
Once the draft app is installed and app profile is created, the next step is to write the code grant authorization flow that generates a unique access token for each store that installs our app. The sequence is as follows: The merchant initiates installing the app by signing into their store control panel and clicking Install in the App… Continue reading Single-Click App OAuth Flow
Big Commerce: Webhooks
A webhooks notifies application when specific events occur on a Big Commerce store. Webhooks can be used to notify external applications when an order is placed, a customer is created, or a product is updated, among other things. Listening for events Webhooks fire when shoppers perform actions on the storefront and when users make changes… Continue reading Big Commerce: Webhooks
Big Commerce for WordPress plugin
Big Commerce for WordPress is a free WordPress plugin that lets use Big Commerce for site’s backend commerce functionality and use WordPress to manage frontend content and design. The technique of decoupling a site’s frontend presentation from its backend management is referred to as headless commerce, and the plugin pairs Big Commerce with WordPress with this… Continue reading Big Commerce for WordPress plugin
Adding custom scripts to stencil themes
To do any customization on themes in big commerce, initially the theme needs to be downloaded. Downloading a theme from the control panel allows to have a copy on computer. A copy is needed if choose to develop a custom theme using the Stencil CLI. Making changes to your theme in CLI gives you full access… Continue reading Adding custom scripts to stencil themes
App building in Big Commerce
To create an app in Big Commerce, we need a Developer Portal account to register the draft app and a BigCommerce store to test the installation. Start by forking the express-hello-world-app repository. Click Fork. Register a draft app in the Developer Portal using the sandbox’s app URL Login to the Developer Portal Click Create an App Give the app a name Click Technical Enter Auth Callback… Continue reading App building in Big Commerce