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Wordpress eStore Question Regarding Page Formatting

by Steven Wagenheim
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I have combed all over the Internet for an answer to this and can't find a thing
so I'm coming here as a last resort. Hopefully somebody knows how to do this or
at least if it can even be done.

I'll try to explain this as clearly as I can.

I have a new Wordpress site that uses WP eStore. I have multiple pages set up
because I have multiple products in each of about 13 different categories. The
way I have eStore setup is to display all the products for that category on that
page. limiting it to 10 per page view. With me so far?

Okay, I have some categories with lots of products where the number of pages
could exceed 5 or even 10 pages. At the bottom of the main page where it
displays the first 10 products, it has the numbers 1, 2, 3 and then LAST.
This allows the visitor to pick the page number they want to go to.

What I want to do is change the formatting so that at the bottom is shows
exactly how many pages there are. I don't want somebody to think that there
are only 3 pages and then stop there.

I have gone through the admin and setup options of just about every page in
Wordpress and can't find anything that allows me to change this.

So here are my questions.

1) Can this even be done?

2) If so, how?

I have seen other sites (they may or may not be Wordpress sites) that show
exactly how many pages of products there are at the bottom of the page. I
want to be able to do the same thing if possible.

Thanks for your assistance.
#estore #formatting #page #question #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author topnichewebsites
    Would have to change the estore pagination code to show that. Have you tried to contact them for a quick fix ?
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Originally Posted by topnichewebsites View Post

      Would have to change the estore pagination code to show that. Have you tried to contact them for a quick fix ?
      No, I haven't tried contacting them. But this would have to be a custom change
      and not something that I can do just by changing some parameter in setup,
      correct?
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    In WordPress - in general, without eStore - it used to be done in the way you recall it with a plugin Page Navi...
    WordPress › WP-PageNavi « WordPress Plugins

    However, as the screenshots show, if there are too many pages, even with that plugin you need to set a certain number of pages to display, after which the ... >> Last will show up.

    I guess the pagination (sometimes in WP also called "paged") parameters are defined somewhere inside the plugin... with a preset value they thought would be optimal.

    If somebody in their support forum could just give you a hint in which file to look for it - it would make finding the solution very easy.
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    • Profile picture of the author Wade Watson
      Well, Steve, I think we need to clarify a couple of things first. The normal way to place an eStore page in WordPress is to place it in an iframe, as I have done with my sites. The page numbering below the product listing that way is actually part of Amazon's site. I set mine up much as you describe, with each page representing a category of product. When the user clicks the page numbers across the bottom it stays on the same WP page, but shows a different iframe page.

      However, mine does show more than 3 pages. I'm looking an iframe page now that lists 1 through 10 with "Previous" and "Next" on the ends. This seems to be the default way Amazon sets it up. If yours is different, it might be due to the aStore template you're using, though I wouldn't thing that would be changable from CSS.

      If the page numbering is not Amazon's, I can't see any real need to have numbered navigation between WordPress pages with this type of system. I just uses WordPress pages (not Posts). This way the nav bar across the top takes the user to the various pages, each of which contain what is essentially a separate eStore.

      I've heard of other schemes to work eStore data into WordPress, though I've not tried them. Since traffic to my eStores are list driven, I don't worry about SEO, so the iframe approach is OK.
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      • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
        Originally Posted by Wade Watson View Post

        I think we need to clarify a couple of things first.
        Agree

        Originally Posted by Wade Watson View Post

        If the page numbering is not Amazon's, I can't see any real need to have numbered navigation between WordPress pages with this type of system. I just uses WordPress pages (not Posts).
        Nope. You are completely off...

        It is NOT about Pages in WP but about paged display of the product list in a category. Like when you have 78 products and isplaying 25/page it will result in 4 pages - 3x25 = 75 + 1x3
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        • Profile picture of the author Wade Watson
          OK. My apologies, I just reread Steve's original post and see he was discussing an "estore" and not an "aStore". My bad. Never mind. Please continue.
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