prestogifto

Thanks for all the suggestions. For the benefit of future users, the waydomatic idea didn’t work with the exec-php plugin.

BUT Disable WPautop works GREAT. Thanks a ton to varkenshand and everyone who gave me input. It was really helpful.

David, if you want to work cooperatively with CP, you have to be a part of their developer community. If you live in San Fran, I suggest going to CafePress Connect in October where there will be number of panels and presentation discussing third party tools. As a matter of fact, if you come by on the 15th (Sunday), I’ll be on the Affiliate Power Tools panel and would be happy to introduce you to some people who will make your business venture much easier.

I think what this boils down to is that our approaches are different (and that’s what surprised people who are used to your approach). Mine is very CP-centric. It’s about making it easy to plugin CP products anywhere you want (WP, Joomla, your website, wherever.)

David, your business is WP-centric. David’s approach will be perfect for those who only use WP, are techie enough to understand how to install his plugin and don’t need the added functionality.

The PG approach is especially appropriate for those who have more than one site (perhaps a blog, a CP shop and a website or two.)

Signing off.
Jessie

“If I want to know how something in the nature of a wp plugin works, I want to find that connection HERE. Period. AND it smacks of hiding something.”

The reason I wanted to contact you directly is because I wanted more details and had specific questions to ask you about what you had to say. I don’t feel comfortable going back and forth on this forum…it seems almost like spamming.

The anonymity of posting in forums (especially with someone who is an obvious outsider and fair game) keeps the tone quite sharp but it is sometimes lacking in details which can help someone like me trying to improve my documentation and trying to design clear and useful tools but wishing I had more specifics. That’s why I was hoping for an OL dialogue.

Basically, you guys were absolutely right and had good points.

Anyway, the PG users, CP shopkeepers (and the people at CP we work with) really, really wanted a WP plugin and we made one. But our messaging was off, this forum was inappropriate to post to, but we’re better for the experience.

Not trying to convert you, just making the point that the feedback is MUCH appreciated.

Pax,
Jessie

Ok, so I’ve taken some steps to make things clearer. Please email me if you still think my messaging is way off base.

1. I changed the name to WP-PrestoGifto-CafePress
2. I added an FAQ to our WP page, addressing your points. Please EMAIL me if I left off something. Remember, I’m a product designer, not a writer, not a coder. I appreciate the help and the feedback. Just don’t want to do it on the WP forum.
3. I think I better explained the relationship between PG and CP.

Pax,
Jessie

Ouch.

If Otto42 and vkaryl could email me (jessiej at prestogifto.com), I’d like to fix the problem. Don’t want to seem misleading, and any messaging that needs to be fixed will be fixed, promise.

Just fyi, a lot of people using WP are technical and want to do all this stuff themselves (like you, Otto42). This tool is just a simple WYSIWYG front end for people who want to use the CafePress datafeeds but aren’t developers. PrestoGifto is the front end (the interface), CafePress is the back end. The access code lets the WordPress account talk to the PG account and add your layouts to WordPress.

Not sure if it matters, but how this came about is this. CafePress told me they would love it if we created a plugin for us so we did it. I noticed this thread, so I thought I’d mention it. That’s all there was to this, nothing malicious.

Just to clarify, you aren’t a PG affiliate, you’re a CafePress affiliate (if you choose to be one). And if you’re a shopkeeper, you DON’T have to be an affiliate of anything, you can just integrate stuff right in without joining a program.

You do sign up with PrestoGifto, but that’s because there’s a control panel and a remote access key and you wouldn’t be able to dynamically control your shops without some kind of login.

But, again, you’re not a PrestoGifto affiliate, we don’t have an affiliate program. Sorry I wasn’t clear about that.

There is the WP-CafePress plugin now available through PrestoGifto. You can plug CafePress products into your sidebar, footer, after posts or on a static page. Everything is controlled in the WP admin panel. You can sell either affiliate products (and earn CP commissions, 20%) or stuff from your store (if you’re a shopkeeper.) Enjoy!

(BTW, there’s a feature in there that allows you to show a random shop after posts.)