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Quick Start

miniShop2 is rolling out to customers with all needed snippets and chunks. You need MODX version no less than 2.3 and PHP- no less than 5.3 for work.

Installation

  • Make our repository available
  • InstallpdoTools - this is a library for fast work with databases and styling, required for many components
  • Install Theme.Bootstrap - this is the theme customizing Twitter Bootstrap for MODX, standard chunks of the shop are designed for it
  • Install miniShop2itself

You may use our hosting for testing, and choose these updates during site developing.

Templates

Theme.Bootstrap realizes 2 templates, which are subject to change by you. You may rename and use them or establish new ones.

Only 3 templates are needed.

General

This template is presenting common resources

modx
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    [[$Head]]
  </head>
  <body>
    [[$Navbar]]
    <div class="container">
      <div id="content" class="main">
        [[*content]]
      </div>
      [[$Footer]]
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

It will be used for the home page and the cart page.

Category

Template for category presenting with sheet-fed presentation of goods

modx
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    [[$Head]]
  </head>
  <body>
    [[$Navbar]]
    <div class="container">
      <div id="content" class="category">
        [[!pdoPage?
          &element=`msProducts`
        ]]
        [[!+page.nav]]
      </div>
      [[$Footer]]
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Product

Product template, chunk from ms2 set is activated instead of the content

modx
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    [[$Head]]
  </head>
  <body>
    [[$Navbar]]
    <div class="container">
      <div id="content" class="product">
        [[$msProduct.content]]
      </div>
      [[$Footer]]
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

The created templates may be displayed in tweakers:

  • default_template - the general template is shown here
  • ms2_template_category_default - the category template
  • ms2_template_product_default - the product template

Partitions

The home page has been accomplished. We will assign "general" template to it and write in the content:

modx
[[!pdoMenu]]

All site documents will be displayed on the homepage for guidance.

After this we will create items category and verify if its template is "Category".

After this we will add several items in the created category and verify their template as well.

All one can do is to create a cart page.

To do this we set up new page with "general" template in the site root and write in it:

modx
[[!msCart]]

[[!msOrder]]

[[!msGetOrder]]

These snippets will show the cart page, checkout and generated order.

They are designed for presenting something only when it is required. For example, msCart and msOrderare hidden if the parameter msorder=id of an item is in the page address of an order, msGetOrder reacts on it quite the opposite.

Mini cart page

Thus, primary customizing of the shop is finished and goods may be ordered.

As a final touch one may enterNavbar chunk and add there mini cart page presenting. For example:

modx
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse">
  <!-- To show menu, set by default  -->
  <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
    [[pdoMenu?
      &startId=`0`
      &level=`1`
      &tplOuter=`@INLINE {{+wrapper}}`
    ]]
  </ul>
  <!-- here we will add the mini cart page -->
  <ul class="nav navbar-nav pull-right" style="padding-top:10px;">
    <li>[[!msMiniCart]]</li>
  </ul>
</div>