How to add a Variable product in WooCommerce to your WordPress website with Divi You're Reading: How to add a Variable product in WooCommerce to your WordPress website with Divi In Resources & Tutorials & WordPress Contact us Subscribe Variable products are a product type in WooCommerce that lets you offer a set of variations on a product. Variable products are a product type in WooCommerce that lets you offer a set of variations on a product, with control over prices, stock, image, and more for each variation. They can be used for a product like a shirt, where you can offer a large, medium and small and in different colors. Let us know if this tutorial has helped you or if you have any questions or comments! Hannah Raeside Office Manager, Pod Creative A little bit about Attributes To create a variable product, an attribute must first be defined for the product. These attributes can then be used to make a distinction between different variations. For example, if you’re selling T-shirts online, you can create an attribute for clothing sizes extra small all the way up to 6XL! 1. Click on the products Tab on the left hand side bar Hover your mouse over Products and select the tab. When the products page opens, click on Add New Product. 2. Making it a Variable Product A) Enter the product name you desire. B) Select your product category (you can also add a new category). C) Set your product image. D) Select Variable Product from the drop-down beside Product Data. E) Add your main product description. F) Click Save...
Woocommerce: How to refund an order in Woocommerce You're Reading: Woocommerce: How to refund an order in Woocommerce In Resources & Tutorials Contact us Subscribe When set-up correctly, refunding an order with WooCommerce is a breeze! This will be a step-by-step guide for WooCommerce beginners, requiring you to be logged into the back end of your website to begin. This post will cover both automatic and manual refund options. Let us know if this tutorial has helped you or if you have any questions or comments! Hannah Raeside Office Manager, Pod Creative Here are a few reminders about making a successful product Make sure you have a good image. Make sure your description contains relevant details. Make sure you set a price and your inventory. Step 1: Setting up your payment gateway 1. Start at the dashboard Hover your mouse over WooCommerce and click on “Settings.” 2. Click on Payments 3. so many choices! A.) Choose the payment option you would like to use. *** If you are planning to use PayPal as the payment option choose “Paypal Standard”. B.) Click Setup on the right-hand side. C.) Add in all the required information. As a note, this will require you to be logged into your payment choice account. D.) Ensure you set up your API credentials correctly, this will allow you to do automatic refunds in your payment gateway option. E.) Save your changes and enable the payment option. Step 2: Doing an Automatic Refund 1. Make sure your payment gateway is set up properly A) Start at the dashboard of your website. B) Click on WooCommerce, then...
Mailchimp for Beginners: How to create an email campaign You're Reading: Mailchimp for Beginners: How to create an email campaign In Resources & Tutorials Contact us Subscribe Let's learn how to make a Mailchimp campaign email! This will be a step-by-step guide for Mailchimp beginners, requiring you to be logged into your Mailchimp account. Hannah Raeside Office Manager, Pod Creative Here are a few reminders about making a successful email Customize your “to” field Use good photos to break up the text Don’t make your email too long 1. Start at the dashboard Click on Campaigns. 2. Click Create Campaign 3. lets get this set up A). Click on Email. B). Select the type of email you would like to send (We usually use “Regular”). C). Name your email. NOTE*** This is not the subject of the email, this is an internal name only! D). Click Begin. 4. Set up the basics A) Add your recipients, and don’t forget to personalize the “To” field! B) Add the “From” – we recommend using your business email, it’s more professional. C) Add the subject and the preview text. 5. Click Design Email A). Click Saved Templates (if you don’t have a template we suggest reading this post). B). Select your Template. 6. Let’s get designing! A). Add your content. B). Add your photos. C). Once you’ve added all your content click the blue “Continue” at the top. 7. Check your work Send a Test Email. 8. When you’re ready, send it! At the top of the page click either Schedule or Send. You’re done! Do you want to know more about...
The power of a quality website You're Reading: The power of a quality website In Pod Creative News and Events & Resources Contact us Subscribe A website is a powerful tool for any size business, from emerging all the way to conglomerate! Working with Pod Creative brings an understanding and appreciation of the influence a quality, professional website has. Both an emerging, or established business can benefit from an updated website. Hannah Raeside Office Manager, Pod Creative Websites grow! One of the main principles we instill in our clients is the importance of growing and changing your site as your business grows. The website your emerging business started out with will not be the same one that exists 5, 10, even 15 years from now! Your business’s website is a constantly growing and evolving entity that may take a bit of time and effort but will be one of your biggest assets. Not sure what we mean? Let’s look at one of our clients. A little over 9 years ago Jarrett Krentzel of Hand-in-Hand Nature Education signed on as an emerging business with Pod Creative. Jarrett had a dream to run an outdoor early childhood nature education program for children. He wasn’t sure exactly what he wanted but knew he needed a website to help market and grow his business. With a lot of education, time, and patience the Hand-in-Hand website, and business, grew. From its humble beginnings with just Jarrett and Alix and a forest, the program now operates out of Cambell River, Comox, Courtenay, and Cumberland, and employs 14+ educators. The power an up-to-date website brings to...
7 settings you need to check when starting a new WordPress site You're Reading: 7 settings you need to check when starting a new WordPress site In Resources & WordPress Contact us Subscribe Here's 7 must-check settings for WordPress Beginners! If you’re new to WordPress like our recent team addition Tony, setting up a new WordPress site can be intimidating. Fear not! If you follow our list of 7 settings you should check before you start designing your new site. Hannah Raeside Office Manager, Pod Creative How to get to your Settings Start at the dashboard of your site. On the left-hand side bar click on Settings. This will give you access to all the settings we will talk about today including General, Writing, Reading, Discussion, Media, Permalinks, and Privacy settings. 1. Configure your General Settings Typically your General settings don’t need to be adjusted, however, we highly encourage you to take a look just in case. Ensure your website is in the correct time zone, your happy with the time/date format, and that the new user default role is set to your preferred role. For more information check out this tutorial from the Elegant Themes blog! 2. Configure your writing settings Our friends at Elegant Themes wrote a fantastic How To blog on the WordPress writing settings. At its core, WordPress is all about writing. There are several WordPress writing settings that you can tweak to modify parts of the content creation experience. 3. Configure your Reading settings Check out this How-To post from our friends at Elegant Themes! No matter what you want your website to do, chances...
How to Add a New Woo Commerce Simple Product to your WordPress Site with Divi You're Reading: How to Add a New Woo Commerce Simple Product to your WordPress Site with Divi In Resources & Tutorials Contact us Subscribe Step-by-step instructions on how to put a product into your Woo Commerce merchandise store. This will be a step-by-step guide for WordPress beginners, requiring you to be logged into the back end of your website to begin. Let us know if this tutorial has helped you or if you have any questions or comments! Hannah Raeside Office Manager, Pod Creative Here are a few reminders about making a successful product Set your price Pick a good photo to display your product Write a clear, distinctive description 1. Click on the products Tab on the left hand side bar Hover your mouse over #1 Products and select the tab. As the products page opens then click on Add New Product #2. 2. Setting the name, price, category, and image A) Enter the product name you desire. B) Select your product category (you can also add a new category) C) Set your product image D) Set your price 3. Continue to set up the Product as per Below A) Set Your SKU Code B) Click the Manage Stock Box C) Set Your Stock Quantity D) Set your Backorder Permission (Allow, Do Not Allow or Allow but notify customer) E) Set your Store-wide Threshold (Min number of stock to notify you to order more stock) 4. Setting up the Shipping A) Click on the shipping tab B) Set a weight for item to...
