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If you have any significant problems with the WordPress Shopping Cart plugin and it isn’t behaving as you expected, please try to troubleshoot with the use of the following topics.

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1. Add New Coupon Code

Clicking this button will take you to ‘Save a Coupon Code’ where you can create a new Coupon Code. New Coupon Codes added will show up on this ‘Manage Coupon Codes’ screen after they are added.

2. Bulk Actions

These bulk actions allow you to select multiple Coupon Code records from the table using the checkboxes and then apply a bulk action on the selected records.The bulk actions currently available are ‘Delete’ which will permanently remove the selected Coupon Codes records in the table.

3. Per Page

This is a quick way of choosing how many Coupon Codes/records to show per page. The drop down has several values in it to choose from. When the total number of Coupon Codes in the database exceeds this per page number chosen, you will notice page numbers appearing above and below the table to the right.

4. Search Coupon Codes

Quickly search the database for Coupon Codes by typing a word or phrase and then clicking the ‘Search Coupon Codes’ button.

5. Coupon Code Row Actions

When you hover a Coupon Code row, action links will appear below it which are applicable to the row that you are hovering. The links include ‘Edit’ to edit the details of the coupon and ‘Delete’ which will remove the Delete permanently.

Discount Coupons allow you to issue coupons that may be redemed by a shopper in order to apply a specific discount to the order.

Coupons can redeemable be for a fixed price i.e.$5.00 or for percent value of the purchase price i.e. 10%.

There is a built-in coupon code generator as well to generate random codes. You can also give coupon codes an expiration date and specify how many times a coupon code may be used globally.

Coupons may be switched of or dicontinued by you as the administrator. To turn off discount coupons on the site as a whole, go to Checkout > Configuration > Discount Coupons in your WordPress dashboard where you can turn it off.

Start by adding a discount coupon.

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Custom Fields is a distinctive and very flexible feature of the WordPress Shopping Cart.

Custom Fields allows you to define different types of additional fields that can capture user input from products and the shopping cart as a whole.

The applications are endless and is only limited by your needs and imagination. For example if you were printing T-Shirts  you could create fields that said “Front Text”, “Back Text” as textboxes, or radio buttons that gave the user the option to “Gift Wrap” or a select drop down menu for sizes “Small”, “Medium”, “Large”.

Custom fields can be required or optional and can include an additional charge. For example if you wanted to charge additional cost for printing or engraving.

At the moment the following field types are supported: Text Input, Text Area, Checkbox list, Dropdown List, Radio Buttons. The checkboxes, dropdown list and radio buttons take multiple options that a user can choose from.

Start by adding a custom field.

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1. Name

This title/name will be shown throughout the shop to both yourself as administrator and to the customers viewing the front of your shop. Choose this title carefully in order for it to be understandable by your customers viewing your products. Keep the title below 150 characters.

2.  Fixed Price

This is the amount that will be added for this particular shipping method when fixed shipping prices are used.

You can go to Checkout > Configuration > Global Shipping Configuration to change the shipping type (fixed or tiers) and also change the values according to your needs.

3. Use API

This is set to ‘No’ by default. At present this is a specific feature for Australian Post DRC. select the appropriate API for your shipping provider. if not in the list, choose NO. The Australian Post DRC API returns shipping based on weight in Australian Dollars. Be sure to set your currency to Australian Dollars. Also be sure to set your shipping tiers type to “Based on Total Weigth” in the “Configuration” section.

4. Pickup

This is where you would enter the postal code from where order is picked up from. This option only appears on the administration screen if the API is selected

5. Service type

This will displayed as an option if you set API to ‘Australian Post DRC’. The options available are: Standard, Sea, Air, Express and Economy

6. Saving

When you are done filling in the Name, Fixed Price etc and you are satisfied with the details you have entered, click the save button at the bottom of the screen. If you want to make changes or have made a mistake you can always come back later and make alterations

What’s next?

Once you have created a shipping method you can continue to add more methods. Use Manage Shipping methods to keep track of your progress.

Remember to configure your global shipping charge under Checkout > Configuration > Global Shipping Configuration to take control of all global shipping in your shop.