please help. wp e-commerce doesn't totally erase, to reinstall from scratch?

Hi,
I’ve run into this with various plugins myself. I don’t care for wp-ecommerce that much, but I will guess that there are still tables left over in the database.

One would think that plugin authors would completely clean up after themselves if you uninstall. But I think many of them make a decision like this: if Joe Client decides he wants to reinstall my plugin later, he will get mad if his previous changes are not kept, so I’ll leave tables in the database just in case.

So what you’ll need to do is look at your database. If your hosting is decent, they will have provided you with some database interface. If you have CPanel, it’s probably PHPAdmin. If it’s something else, look in your host admin for MySQL, Database, something along those lines. Then when you get in there, you (hopefully) will see obviously ecommerce-related tables that you can delete. This is geeky – be careful. Maybe back up your data first before playing.

Good luck, Dave

Thank you Dave.

I admit, the idea of going into the database kind of scares me! Thankfully, I discovered a leftover page I had left in my trash bin. I’m not sure if that should have had an impact or not, but everything does seem to be working pretty well now that it’s gone. Seems strange to me, but I haven’t programemd anything since college (not a whole lot then), so my html is extremely rusty.

Do you know much more about wp e-commerce? Is there another plugin you prefer to it? I have a couple format issues I’m unsure how to work out? Mind if I pick your brain?

How can I get the text on the top of the page to start lower down? With the wordpress theme I’m using, it causes the top line to run through a decorative, well, line.

I am also trying to figure out how to get, on that same page with that plugin: where the image of the product is, it has the quantity box and the add to cart button. I added some text which will only appear under the image. I would like it to appear next to the image, under the add to cart button. Any suggestions on that as well is greatly appreciated! You can get an idea what I mean on the santa letters page at santasnaughtyelf.com if it helps.
Thank you so much,
Jen
https://www.santasnaughtyelf.com

Hi Audio,
I’m not all that familiar with wp-ecommerce, so I definitely not the person to advise you. I would start with their own forum, and I think there’s a plugin thread here, too. I simply tested a whole bunch of WP ecommerce plugins, and none of them looked completely solid. wp-ecommerce is better than most, though. I just don’t like seeing prompts that are buggy and don’t make sense, and they had some at the time. My thought was that if this is a paid plugin (enhanced versions are, as I recall), it should be rock-solid, and I didn’t get that impression. But lots of people like it.

I hear ya about programming. I used to do it a lot, but I’ve moved more towards CSS and presentation. I’ve started up again, somewhat.

I at least have one quick one for you, for moving the stuff downward a bit. If you go to Appearance… Edit, and be sure you’re in style.css, try adding this little beauty:

.wpsc_container {
  margin-top:20px;
}

And the “20” can be adjusted to taste. I also looked at getting the text to flow around the image, that gets really messy because of the way they’ve coded the plugin’s CSS. Too big a deal to offer a quick fix.

Hope that helps!
Dave

eshop is my favourite commerce plugin, after trying many. And the dev is very responsive!

I also had to delete a lot of e-commerce stuff from my DB, and had little clue what I was doing. Luckily most stuff in the DB is obvious, it starts with wpsc

Thank you, Dave! You know, it should be so obvious, using margin-top and all those, but I’m never exactly sure where to put them or quite how to word it. I find things written a few different ways online and they don’t all work. I got so frustrated yesterday, I went through my parents basement, hoping to find some of my old books! Gave up pretty quickly though. ?? Your fix is perfect.. I used it for a couple things. the program does seem to be working okay now though. Now that I purged everything and stared from scratch. But if you make one mistake on a form, you need to go from scratch again… which I find horrible! I would never pay for that. However, I tried quite a few others and didn’t find any I loved. Thanks again!

Voodoo,
I actually downloaded eshop but decided to give wp e-commerce one last go before trying it. Simply since so many people appear to use it. Maybe I chose wrong! ?? How long have you been using it? And it is easy for a beginner to move things around (layout wise, not anything technical)?
Thank you,
Jen