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Additional Specs and Information

Ability is an advanced, all-purpose X-Cart v4.4.x template solution, with a rich amount of layout possibilities and features built-in.

The idea behind Ability is to give you all the design flexibility and features you need, in one template, whilst keeping your costs down.

It can be used as the foundation to any web store. You’ll be surprised at what you can achieve with this template alone.

• Theme Options
  • Clean layout design with 20 ready made easily customisable colour themes, just 16 lines of CSS per theme
  • Multiple themes enables you to easily change the look and feel whenever you like, eg. seasonal
  • True unlimited colour themes with in-built theme designer – colour pickers for theme elements, choice of background tile or image
  • Over 800 background tiles and images included
  • CSS code generator for easy colour theme generation
  • Layouts based on a fluid/flexible version of the popular and easy to use 960 grid system
  • Option to set the fixed (pixels) and fluid (percentage) widths
  • Ability to set the following to fixed or fluid… overall store width / header / header content / body content / checkout / footer / footer content
  • Layout can be displayed as 3 columns, 2 columns left / right or 1 column (product layout can also have independant column style)
  • Homepage can be set to display as full width (1 column) – maximises the effects of your promotions
• Header Options
  • Choice of header style, or easily create your own custom header
  • Choice of 4 logo sizes and 4 search box sizes
  • Customer account dropdown menu box
• Category Menu Options
  • Horizontal menus included…
    • 5 level animated dropdown / flyout menu
    • 3 level mega dropdown menu, with full control over layout in category admin and option to display parent icons/descriptions
    • 1 level tabbed category menu
    • Tabbed speedbar menu
    • Tabbed custom menu
  • Vertical menus included…
    • 5 level animated flyout menu
    • 3 level tree menu, with persistence and choice of theme
    • 2 level sliding menu, with persistence
    • 1 Level basic menu style
    • Or use standard X-Cart menus
  • Additional categories page displaying all categories up to 3 levels
• Homepage Options
  • Promotional Displays Included…
    • Responsive image slider
    • 3D flash image slider
    • Featured image box
    • Horizontal image roundabout
    • Horizontal image accordion
    • Responsive static image or YouTube video (can be set in Ability settings and set to autoplay)
  • BBC style animated news ticker, dynamically lists the last x news headlines
  • Animated countdown to an event, eg. end of a sale, launch of new product etc.
  • Additional new and random products display (amounts configurable in Ability settings)
  • Featured products, bestsellers, new and random products can be displayed as animated carousels
  • … Or can be displayed in rows or grids, with ability to dynamically switch between row/grid
  • Featured products, bestsellers, new and random products can be grouped into a set of compact tabs
  • Manufacturers can be displayed as a carousel, or logos/links in columns (amount configurable in Ability settings)
• Products Display Options
  • Products display options
    • Grid and row switchers, with persistence
    • Smart columns, which adapt to the store width (for use with a fluid layout)
    • Masonry columns, which adapt to the store width in an animated fashion and are centered (for use with a fluid layout)
    • Basic tabular display
    • Or use default X-Cart products display
  • Upselling and recommended (random) products use the grid and row switchers display for SEO purposes
  • Default grid/row display and number of columns can be set from Ability settings
• Product Page Layout
  • Product layout can be displayed independantly as 3 columns, 2 columns left / right or 1 column
  • 2 types of custom tabbed product information display, either tabbed above or below
  • Vertical accordion product information display
  • Tabs and accordions have persistence feature
  • Or use standard X-Cart tabs below
• Footer Options
  • Choice of footer style, or easily create your own custom footer
  • Display rotating testimonials, news box, latest Tweets etc.
  • Display Footer payment icons, large or small
• Custom Fonts
  • Replaces H1/H2/H3 fonts which are loaded via the Google Fonts API
  • 397 fonts to choose from as of Jan 7th 2012
  • Includes local font previewer, or use the Google font previewer
• Addons
  • Dynamic AJAX search box – lists products after 3 characters typed
  • BBC style animated news ticker, dynamically lists the last 5 news headlines – enable / disable
  • Animated countdown to an event, eg. end of a sale, launch of new product etc. – enable / disable and configure date in Ability settings
  • Advanced animated breadcrumbs, collapses and becomes compact if you have many subcategories
  • Lazy loader for product images – delays the loading of images until browser focuses on them
  • Page peel effect – displays animated promotional message in top right corner
  • Google map display for contact us page – displays map and streetview
  • FAQs for contact us page in accordion style list
  • Advanced lightbox to replace ColorBox, with 10 different themes and ability to display videos, inline content etc.
  • Custom floating social bookmarking links for product page – alternative to Socialize module
  • Google translator menu box
  • Image gallery with categories, automatic thumbnail generation and lightbox
  • Display first detailed image as sticky tooltip on product thumbnails hover
• Advanced Minicart
  • AJAX minicart that can be displayed in header or menu box
  • Instantly displays cart contents on adding to cart, with option to change quantities
  • Products can be grouped by category and minicart height is configurable
  • In addition, when an empty cart is viewed, bestsellers, new and random products are displayed to the customer
• RSS Feeds
  • Generates feeds for latest news and latest products (generate manually, or set up cron jobs)
  • Number of items per feed and additional text, thumbnail size etc. configurable from Ability settings
• Miscellaneous
  • Choice of menu and dialog box style – rounded, square or basic borderless
  • Basic promotional menu boxes can be enabled to display any extra info, such as payment seals etc.
  • Choice of manufacturer menu box – dropdown version includes its own search facility if more than 30 manufacturers
  • Configure bestsellers and recently viewed image sizes from the Ability settings
  • Animated ‘back to top’ button that appears in bottom right corner
  • Choice of ‘easing’ effect, autoplay and mouse wheel feature for carousels
  • Option to redirect old IE browsers to a browser upgrade page
• Just For Fun
  • Animated snow effect
• Design Features
  • Well organised template structure
  • Well commented CSS code
  • Wide choice of homepage promotion options
  • Flexible width carousels
  • Scrollable content boxes
  • Easy to use tooltips
  • Customised view cart page
  • And much more…

Requirements

• X-Cart v4.4.4 + highly recommended.
• Good working knowledge of the X-Cart system.
• Basic-intermediate skills in HTML, CSS and Smarty.

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We also provided several hours of phone tutorial support in order to walk through the process of adding products, uploading images, and associating their product options.

Do YOU have a need for Xcart assistance? If so, Please contact us today!

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The client was happy with the overall design but needed to have the following steps taken to get their store ready for business:

• modify their logo to fit within Xcart parameters
• Create multiple versions of the logo for invoice, checkout and main page purposes
• modify product display to eliminate sku display
• modify category product display to include links to View Cart and Checkout so customer would not need to scroll up constantly to reach main menu.
• configure and activate shipping via USPS
• configure PayPal payment method

Mimosa Hostilis Xcart Customization

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Some of the challenges included the need to modify multiple CSS files since one was used as the “Main CSS” and another used for specific elements of the core skin that was chosen to customize. This turned out to be the Light & Lucid default theme since it gave us the two-column look the client was looking for.  Despite its simplistic look, this skin proved challenging in getting the elements to properly align in the various browsers. However, after MUCH tinkering, we were able to successfully integrate the design into the cart.

Here’s a screeshot of the home page:

MistKing Misting Systems custom design by SimcoMedia

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Zoom Example

The zoom utility allows for the shopper to simply mouse over your product images and immediately a popover window appears with the zoomed effect mirroring the area of the image their mouse is currently over. The shopper can move the mouse around and view different areas of the image and product. The shopper also has the ability to click on the image and view a larger high definition version of the product image which closes easily with a click of the mouse.

Here’s examples. Picture one shows a typical product image:

Shopping Cart Image Zoom Tool

This second image shows the popover zoomed image appearing on mouseover:

Shopping Cart Image Zoom

If the shopper decides to click on the image a full version of the product image is displayed. This is an ultra-fast and cross-browser system utilizing a combination of Flash and Javascript to acheive its effect.

Live Demo

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Shopping Cart Compatibility

This zoom utility works as a plugin for most major cart systems. Complete installation instructions are included with the purchase. Prices are as low as $37 for a single site. There are various versions of this zoom tool from which to choose.

It is compatible with:

• X-Cart
• Zen Cart
• OS Commerce
• Cube Cart
• Magento
• Virtue Mart
• CS Cart
• NetSuite
• CRE Loaded

Popular Blog and CMS Compatibility

It is also offered as a plugin or module for the following:

• WordPress
• Drupal
• Joomla

Learn More:

To learn more about this great utility and view demos of it in action:

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Custom Skins

X-Cart utilizes a combination of CSS and HTML to acheive its layout and styling. Custom skins can be created utilizing the Smarty template system (included with Xcart) coupled with custom graphics and color schemes.

The standard skins shipped with X-Cart are best viewed as a starting point for layout and styling and should not be considered as the final solution to your design needs.

Meeting Your Design Needs

SimcoMedia can collaborate with you on the changes you desire, create an outline of the features and look you are seeking and create the layout and skin to match your products and services.

Contact Us For A Consultation and Quote

We invite your inquires regarding your Xcart design changes. Please use our Contact Page.

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Installation Process

The installation process consists of the following:

1. Download and upack the latest X-Cart release
2. FTP all files to your hosting account
3. Set all required permissions for the installation
4. Establish your MySQL database and user credentials
5. Run the X-Cart installation script
6. Select the skin you wish to set as your initial default
7. Complete the installation and record your re-install code
8. Configure your company information (phone, email and address)

Our fees for general installation are $75 which includes the steps above. We also offer the following optional installation and setup services:

• Shipping module configuration – UPS/USPS/FedEx – $50 (requires you have an existing online account)
• Payment processor configuration – $50 (only valid for processing providers already integrated with X-Cart)

Advanced X-Cart Services

We also offer the following advanced services designed to get your store up and running quickly. Each of these services is offered as a custom project and bids are subject to individual requests and circumstances.

• Theme modification / Custom themes
• Logo design
• Product insertion/import
• Product image creation
• Shipping zones
• Custom category images
• Product options (modifiers and variants)
• Manufacturer import

X-Cart Product Import

If you have several hundred or more products the X-Cart product import feature will save valuable time in getting your products inserted. However, the import feature requires varying degrees of preparation including:

• Creating a spreadsheet with complete product information including weights, image references, product numbers, etc.
• Having product detail and thumbnail images available and referenced in the spreadsheet for each product
• Having your categories specified for each product

X-Cart’s import feature validates each image and category during the import process. The import file must be 100% accurate or the import process will fail each time it can not find the category or image(s) specified. The most common causes for failure are the misspelling of image names (they do not match the name of the actual image, have upper or lowercase letters missing, etc.) and missing categories.

Schedule An Installation

Use our contact form to schedule your installation or to obtain a quote reqarding our other custom X-Cart services.

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The client provided professional photos of jewelry and the on-model shots for us to prepare for web use. Our tasks included the creation of the product and category databases, optimization for all product graphics, site design based upon client brochures, and search engine placement.

Trenditions Jewelry custom web design by SimcoMedia

Trenditions Jewelry

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