Stuck on understanding use of gallery and products

  • I am in the learning curve with WordPress and website design and managing all together. My profession is accounting (now retired) therefore many hours in front of a computer. But websites and Facebook page, etc. is another world. My WordPress website has been set up by a professional-now I need to manage, upload new pictures, delete, etc.

    I am having a difficult time understanding the purpose of the gallery and products. The gallery is rather self explanatory, a place to view pictures of products. But in my gallery none of the pictures have any text/description or anything about making a purchase. I would like to add a description because they are wood art items. A customer could not purchase most of them because these are items I have made in the past and could only make them with a special order. Soon I will have new “products” that are for sale and I will be enter these products. If I add 25 new products, will this be a new gallery? Where does it show up? How does a customer know which pictures/items are for sale and not for sale.

    Thanks

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  • What plugin and theme are you using? Products are not part of WordPress core, so specifics will depend on the theme or plugin your site is using.

    You need to discuss this with whoever set up your site for you. We have no idea how the site was intended to work in terms of galleries and products.

    Thread Starter no1texan

    (@no1texan)

    Thanks for your reply. This is a piece of information I did not know, i.e. the gallery is a plugin because WordPress does not provide a gallery? The gallery on my WordPress website is NEWGEN Gallery. I still think the question remains regardless of which gallery is used, i.e. in the WordPress website there is a gallery from whatever source and the products is part of WordPress. What is the purpose of each and how do they interrelate?

    What is the URL of your site? That might help us give you better information/guidance.

    Thread Starter no1texan

    (@no1texan)

    I am using the WooTheme Canvas.

    https://www.philcollinsstudio.com

    Okay, so that’s a WooThemes issue all the way – commercial themes are not supported on these forums – we don’t have access to them so can’t really help even aside from forum policy. If it’s the plugin, you’ll need to ask on the plugin sub-forum here:
    https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/woocommerce

    But as esmi said, this may well be a question for the person who set up your site.

    Thread Starter no1texan

    (@no1texan)

    OK-thanks for your help.

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