Adding shopping cart to wordpress themes

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Sorry if this has been done to death, I tried a search and have been doing some reading, but I was wondering if someone could help clarify this for me.

I like the look of themes like these:

http://upthemes.com/themes/gallery/
http://themeforest.net/item/folioflip/full_screen_preview/101133
http://www.wpexplorer.com/ecophoto-wordpress-theme.html

Does anyone know how easy/possible it would be to add some kind of shopping cart to these?

Using something like this? http://www.wordpress-ecommerce.com/wordpress-shop-using-nextgen-gallery-and-wp-shopping-cart-7

I am not a total web numpty but if anyone could point me in the right direction that would be great. :thumbs:
 
you can add wordpress cart into any theme - its just a case of hard coding it into the template

If you are dead smart, you can include the code for say the cart in a widget
 
grum said:
Thanks Richard, just wondering how tricky it would be to do? I know that's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question. :)
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Well since you can edit the theme PHP files from wordpress backend (admin/appearance/editor) its not that tricky at all. If you have a very basic understanding of PHP and HTML, and you will be fine

However before you start, make a copy of the code in notepad and save it locally, because unlike in posts where you can go back to a revision, there is no such safety net using the editor
 
Hey that's really useful thanks - I should be able to manage some basic PHP/HTML and thanks for the tip re notepad. Much appreciated. :thumbs:
 
I'm following this 'cos I'm trying to do something similar myself. :thumbs:
I currently use the Fotomoto script on my site but the postage costs from the States are astronomical and they won't use a UK printer. :shake:
Might as well do it myself then and keep the commission they could've had! :razz:

I'd be interested in learning how to add a cart for different sizes of print for each image.
 
I'm currently using 'ws ecommerce' I used a pre built them and customised it. The theme was already built for the software so integration was easy. But from what I've seen so far it should be easy to integrate
 
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