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    • hfranz
      hfranz last edited by

      Wondering if anyone knows if you can purchase an ecommece style wordpress theme, but not use the shopping cart portion or display pricing. We would like to display our website how an ecommerce is set up, but at this time, we do not sell anything online. We are considering in the near future to sell half of our products. And this would not be very large.

      Or can ecommerce be added to any wordpress theme. ?

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      • APICDA
        APICDA Subscriber last edited by

        Wordpress does have a number of ecommerce avenues to take.  If you are not selling products, but wish to style your site to look like an online store, you may wish to consider using  Wordpress  "Builder".  It offers a lot of functionality and customization options.........

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        • Oversteer
          Oversteer Subscriber @hfranz last edited by

          Correct on all points except having ecom on some pages and not others. I don't know if the catalog feature would do this (it's probably all or nothing though there might be some config setting to disable the features on specific products). There are a number of ecommerce plugins for WP so I suggest you take a look and see what works for you. WP e-Commerce I believe has a catalog feature. Here are some other options:

          http://sixrevisions.com/wordpress/top-5-excellent-e-commerce-plugins-for-wordpress/

          Some of them have free versions that you can use or try before you buy so you can test the theme out.

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          • MozMan2
            MozMan2 @hfranz last edited by

            This is not meant to be an advertisement for any of the things I have listed here, which is why there are no links.

            You can add an ecommerce plugin to any wordpress site. A while back I installed the a WP plugin purchased at shopplugin.net. If was installed on a client's site here: livingwheel.com. The WP theme was iblog pro from pagelines.com. Which is a clean, full featured theme. I have no idea if this shopp ecomerce plugin would suit your needs. The point is, you can set any wordpress site up for ecommerce. You can ask the sales department at shopplugin.net if you can disable the shopping cart as you were talking about. Alternatively, do a search for Magento, that is a robust ecommerce solution with lots of sleek templates on the market, that is if you are not married to the Wordpress idea.

            Other Theme Companies that have quality WordPress themes are:

            Genesis
            Elegant themes
            Ithemes Builder
            Pagelines

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            • hfranz
              hfranz @Oversteer last edited by

              Thanks! So I would be able to display products, and disable the (Your Cart Is Empty font, and anything that deals with a shopping cart)? So people wont know it is an ecommerce site? If so, this is great and what I want. Do you buy chance know if there is an option to enable a portion of the website for shopping and a portion disabled? For themes, I want a very clean professional theme, but am having a hard time finding one.

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              • Oversteer
                Oversteer Subscriber last edited by

                Actually, you might want to consider adding a cart now. Many carts can be used as "catalogs", displaying products and info but disabling the transaction components (cart, buy buttons, price display, etc). The user won't be able to purchase, just view individual product pages. The advantage is that if you do decide to start selling you can enable the transaction features and not have to revise, move, etc. the content.

                Either way, the theme, depending on what it is, should work. It is possible that you may have to make some modifications. Have you targeted a specific theme?

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