Posts describing updates to the NiftyGridZPro plugin
We’ve changed the licensing for our NiftyGridZPro WordPress plugin. There’s now just one license option for the pro version – a forever license.
See Go Premium – Purchase a NiftyGridZPro license for more.
You can still use the entirely free version of course – just remember that it uses the standard 50/50 referral split.
V3.6 introduces a global (and shortcode) option to display a Buy Now button overlaid on each product image in your grids. See our previous post, for details and screenshots.
So now there’s no question that the displayed products are for sale if you switch on the global option. In turn, this should give a small boost to your chances of making a sale.
We’ve updated the FAQ with relevant info and at the same time made the new plugin versions available to purchasers. We’ve emailed the new versions to existing customers, so if that’s you, you should have received yours by now. If you haven’t, drop us a note at the usual email address.
We received a request to include “buy now” buttons on each displayed product. So obvious, we didn’t think of it!
The buttons adopt the theme styling (but with xx-small text), so on ours they look like this:
There will be also be a global setting (via your settings screen) so you can switch it on (or off) for all posts, including existing ones, that display products using NiftyGridZPro. Initially, products will not display the buttons.
The global setting will be able to be over-ridden with a shortcode option, like this: show_product_button=0 (off) or 1 (on)
See it in use here: https://niftytoolz.com/popular-this-week-in-outer-space
Expect v3.6 to be released next week.
V3.5 of NiftyGridZPro introduced a new feature for embedding product grids into paragraphs. The shortcode option that controls it is:
It’s perfect for small grids to illustrate the subject of the paragraph. If it’s taller than the paragraph, then the following paragraphs will squeeze up as well.
If you’re familiar with html styles, it uses a float left or right, depending on which you choose for the paragraph embed. Other styling it uses:
When using the paragraph embed feature, if you’re showing grid navigation, it’ll be centered as shown.
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The shortcode used for the above product grid is:
[niftygridzpro use_only_product_names_in_titles=1 title_font_size="12px" cell_max_width="120px" cell_border_color="#aaaaaa" cell_background_color="#ffffff" cell_font_color="#333333" description_length="0" store_or_collection="hightonridley" search_term="law" page_size="4" product_background_color="#ffffff" allow_interaction=1 show_visitor_search_form=0 tracking_code="ngrdz_blg_pplr_pembd_exmpl" use_message_slot=0 product_grid_nav_font_size="14px" paragraph_embed="R"]
Only product grids with fewer than 10 products in them are eligible for the local domains feature. This is because, behind the scenes, NiftyGridZPro has to make a request for each product to check its availability and this takes time. Too much time to be good for your site if you have lots and lots of products in your grids, hence the imposed limit.
We’ve been improving the speed of the local domains feature and have made great progress.
We’re happy to say that product grids with fewer than 10 products in them are now eligible, up from the previous 6 or fewer.
The free version has been updated with this speed-up.
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It’s a shame that Zazzle don’t / won’t provide a way in their rss feed mechanism to resolve this. If they did, you’d be able to have local domains working on any size grid.
We’ve put in a request but their wheels turn ever-so slowly 😉
