Luxe ReadyTheme is now Live

[Keitho]

Ok, thanks. What I was seeing didn't quite make sense.

[Brennan]

The shipping estimator is not on either of those pages by default in this theme, but can easily be added. ReadyThemes are intended as a starting point which can be customize for your specific needs.

[Keitho]

I don't see that on the Mini-Basket or the Checkout Basket and have attached two snips. I'm looking for the traditional estimator in the mini-basket and in the initial checkout page. Are they just not turned on in this sample store or is Luxe just super streamlined? My store will lose customers if they have start a checkout process to get a shipping estimate.

[Brennan]

Yes the shipping estimator is on the basket page, on the far right side. Look for the word "Estimate"

[Keitho]

Does Luxe have a built-in Shipping Estimator? I don't see one in the sample store.

[lesliekirk]

Leslie,

I think the intention of the original warning was so people don't overwrite their LIVE store (without knowing that it would overwrite their live page templates), not the Dev store, but it's been so long since that was written I'll talk to the team about making that more clear.

Yeah, you'd better give the team a heads up - they don't seem to be aware of the "contact support" message. It's in both the PDF and here http://docs.miva.com/readytheme-docu...uxe-readytheme

[lesliekirk]

Leslie,

I think the intention of the original warning was so people don't overwrite their LIVE store (without knowing that it would overwrite their live page templates), not the Dev store, but it's been so long since that was written I'll talk to the team about making that more clear.

LOL - I've played by the rules and requested Support's assistance

[Rick Wilson]

Leslie,

I think the intention of the original warning was so people don't overwrite their LIVE store (without knowing that it would overwrite their live page templates), not the Dev store, but it's been so long since that was written I'll talk to the team about making that more clear.

[Matt Zimmermann]

As Scott said,

if you don't have any customized templates, then switching frameworks/Readythemes is painless.

However, if you have a customized layout or just want a clean store install to start from, then a DEV store could be the better option. Remember that unless the DEV store is a direct copy, you will lose all the existing data.

[lesliekirk]

Couple of Questions...

1) Why do the instructions say to contact Miva Support before installing on an existing store?

I'm confused, I have to contact Miva Support before I install this module in my dev environment because I will "lose any customizations" - should I just get a new dev store?

[ids]

Your risk is limited though. The templates are over written in favor of the templates in the framework, but the old code does remain in the pages history...unless you delete the history.

IMO, if you don't have any customized templates, then switching frameworks/Readythemes is painless.

Scott

[Keitho]

Thanks Rick. My dev store has very few customizations left and I am willing to take the risk. Do I still need to contact support? BTW, I thought that a goal of the ReadyThemes was the ability to be able to switch Themes fairly easily. Is that no longer the case?

[Rick Wilson]

1. Because you'll lose any customizations you've done to that live store, including any third party modules that reference template code.

2. Yes if you install this Ready Theme it automatically includes all of those template changes, but like I said above you'll lose all the other customizations (template wise) you've done on that store.

[Keitho]

Couple of Questions...

1) Why do the instructions say to contact Miva Support before installing on an existing store?

2) Does the statement below mean that I can install this over my 9.0005 dev store and all my templates will be updated to 9.0006? That would be great since many of myold Templates are not consistent with the instructions in the 9.0006 update package.

"This theme includes the latest 9.0006 template changes so it supports MivaPay and subscriptions right out of the box."

[Rick Wilson]

I wouldn't get your hopes up on that one.