Customizing Tips
To ensure the best possible conversions and search engine placement it is recommended that you customize your eVitamins store template as much as possible. Your goal should be as unique as you can, having the same exact cookie cutter template as hundreds of other affiliates does not benefit you and will not help you make money. With this template the possibilities of customizing are endless.
You can customize your template to fit the look of your current site or use a whole new design. Basically, all you need to do is keep the same file names but use your own design and place the PHP code sniplets where they are needed. Don't worry, it is not as hard or confusing as it sounds :=) Once you do one file you should pretty much get the hang of it.
What does the PHP coding look like?
A PHP code is the stuff you seen between <? and ?>
IE: <? echo $fetch[0]; ?>
For tutorial purposes, we will say the PHP code above is calling the product name from the database and we will call this particular product Brown Widgets.
You don't want to mess with anything within the PHP code itself but you can move the whole sniplet to any part of the page that you want Brown Widgets to appear on your site.
So if you wanted use the product name for the title of your page you would have:
<TITLE><? echo $fetch[0]; ?></TITLE>
To Show: <TITLE>Brown Widgets</TITLE>
You could also optimize it futhermore by adding keywords in the title tag:
<TITLE>Buy <? echo $fetch[0]; ?> Online</TITLE>
To Show: <TITLE>Buy Brown Widgets Online</TITLE>
The same with the keyword tags as well:
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="cheap <? echo $fetch[0]; ?>,discount <? echo $fetch[0]; ?>,order <? echo $fetch[0]; ?>,<? echo $fetch[0]; ?> online">
To Show: <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="cheap Brown Widgets,discount Brown Widgets,order Brown Widgets">
That should pretty much give you the idea of how the PHP code can be worked into HTML. You may need to try a few times to get it right but trial and error is the process of learning.
<? include("config.php"); ?> should always remain at the very first line of all your template pages. This is the configuration file with important things that needs to communicate with the database and the web browsers so they know what the output on the entire page.
Using The Categories & Brands Information
The generic template comes with the categories listed on the left side. It is recommended that you use the categories list so the search engines can crawl your entire template. You can move the categories list by simply moving
<? include("categories-listed.php"); ?> wherever you want the list to appear. That php code will show the entire list of categories wherever you place it.
You can also move the drop down menu that displays the categories anywhere you want by moving
<? include("categories-drop-down.php"); ?> wherever you would like it to show up on the page.
If you want to include the brands drop down menu in your template you would just place (or move to)
<? include("brands-drop-down.php"); ?> on your page where you would like the brands drop down menu to show on your site.
To list all the available brands listed on one line per brand you can use <? include("brands-listed.php"); ?> wherever you want this to show on your site. However, since the list is so long it is recommended that you create a seperate page to use just for the brand listing and then link to that page from your main page.
Newest Products Added To The Site
If you want to have a "newest products" section on your site then you can do so by placing
<? include("newest_products.php"); ?> on your site where you want the newest 10 products added to show up on your pages. You can also edit the "newest_products.php" file to customize that look of the newest products section as well as change the amount of products you would like to display on your site.
Special Deals & Coupons
You can have a special section on your page or even a seperate page for listing any specials that we may have such as free shipping or coupon offers. Just place <? include("current-specials.php"); ?> on your page wherever you would like to show the special deals and coupons offers. You can edit the "current-specials.php" file to customize the look and feel of the way the special offers are displayed.
Using The Search Box
You can put a search box on your site anywhere you want. The search box will bring up the results in the "search.php" file. To get the search box to show on your site place <? include("search-box.php"); ?> in your page where you would like it to be displayed.
Advanced Customizing
One thing to remember is that our generic code are not written in stone. You can customize every single individual file as you please. Picture it as you are creating/designing a website for your very own business. You can make the pages and files anyway you please because with our program you are doing just that. The only thing is that you are building your pages to read off of our database instead of your own.
You can customize your template to fit the look of your current site or use a whole new design. Basically, all you need to do is keep the same file names but use your own design and place the PHP code sniplets where they are needed. Don't worry, it is not as hard or confusing as it sounds :=) Once you do one file you should pretty much get the hang of it.
What does the PHP coding look like?
A PHP code is the stuff you seen between <? and ?>
IE: <? echo $fetch[0]; ?>
For tutorial purposes, we will say the PHP code above is calling the product name from the database and we will call this particular product Brown Widgets.
You don't want to mess with anything within the PHP code itself but you can move the whole sniplet to any part of the page that you want Brown Widgets to appear on your site.
So if you wanted use the product name for the title of your page you would have:
<TITLE><? echo $fetch[0]; ?></TITLE>
To Show: <TITLE>Brown Widgets</TITLE>
You could also optimize it futhermore by adding keywords in the title tag:
<TITLE>Buy <? echo $fetch[0]; ?> Online</TITLE>
To Show: <TITLE>Buy Brown Widgets Online</TITLE>
The same with the keyword tags as well:
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="cheap <? echo $fetch[0]; ?>,discount <? echo $fetch[0]; ?>,order <? echo $fetch[0]; ?>,<? echo $fetch[0]; ?> online">
To Show: <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="cheap Brown Widgets,discount Brown Widgets,order Brown Widgets">
That should pretty much give you the idea of how the PHP code can be worked into HTML. You may need to try a few times to get it right but trial and error is the process of learning.
<? include("config.php"); ?> should always remain at the very first line of all your template pages. This is the configuration file with important things that needs to communicate with the database and the web browsers so they know what the output on the entire page.
Using The Categories & Brands Information
The generic template comes with the categories listed on the left side. It is recommended that you use the categories list so the search engines can crawl your entire template. You can move the categories list by simply moving
<? include("categories-listed.php"); ?> wherever you want the list to appear. That php code will show the entire list of categories wherever you place it.
You can also move the drop down menu that displays the categories anywhere you want by moving
<? include("categories-drop-down.php"); ?> wherever you would like it to show up on the page.
If you want to include the brands drop down menu in your template you would just place (or move to)
<? include("brands-drop-down.php"); ?> on your page where you would like the brands drop down menu to show on your site.
To list all the available brands listed on one line per brand you can use <? include("brands-listed.php"); ?> wherever you want this to show on your site. However, since the list is so long it is recommended that you create a seperate page to use just for the brand listing and then link to that page from your main page.
Newest Products Added To The Site
If you want to have a "newest products" section on your site then you can do so by placing
<? include("newest_products.php"); ?> on your site where you want the newest 10 products added to show up on your pages. You can also edit the "newest_products.php" file to customize that look of the newest products section as well as change the amount of products you would like to display on your site.
Special Deals & Coupons
You can have a special section on your page or even a seperate page for listing any specials that we may have such as free shipping or coupon offers. Just place <? include("current-specials.php"); ?> on your page wherever you would like to show the special deals and coupons offers. You can edit the "current-specials.php" file to customize the look and feel of the way the special offers are displayed.
Using The Search Box
You can put a search box on your site anywhere you want. The search box will bring up the results in the "search.php" file. To get the search box to show on your site place <? include("search-box.php"); ?> in your page where you would like it to be displayed.
Advanced Customizing
One thing to remember is that our generic code are not written in stone. You can customize every single individual file as you please. Picture it as you are creating/designing a website for your very own business. You can make the pages and files anyway you please because with our program you are doing just that. The only thing is that you are building your pages to read off of our database instead of your own.