<![CDATA[IXXO eCommerce Solutions]]> <![CDATA["Smarty Error" with Google Analytics Tracking Code]]> Use {Literal} Smarty Tag to Add Google Analytics Tracking Code

The error happens because Smarty template engine attempts to translate and interpret some keywords in Google Analytics tracking code that conflict with Smarty template delimiter syntax. As a workaround, Smarty does provide tags, {literal} and {/literal}, which allows a block of data to be taken literally.

{literal} tags are typically used around Javascript or stylesheet blocks where {curly braces} would interfere with the template delimiter syntax. Anything within {literal}{/literal} tags is not interpreted, but displayed as-is. It means anything inside the tags will be appeared exactly the same in the final HTML output for web browser to interpret, and no change will be done by Smarty engine.

Thus, to fix Google Analytics tracking code error on BlogSome, just embed the tracking code with{literal} before Google Analytics Javascript code, succeeding with {/literal} after the tracking. For example,

{literal}
Google Analytics Tracking Code Append Here
{/literal}

]]> <![CDATA[How do I add Google's Ad Sense to my pages?]]> 1)  To add Google AdSense code to your cart, go to File Manager and click on Skins Files. Locate the file where you want to add the Ad Sense code.

2)  For the Ad Sense code to work correctly, you will need to add {literal}{/literal} tags to the page. These tags help the IXXO Cart template system understand the code is from an outside source.

3)  Copy / paste your AdSense code between the {literal} and {/literal} tags. Once this is complete, save the page.

4)  Go back to your site and refresh the page to see the Ad Sense ads. ]]> <![CDATA[How Do I Add the Google Analytics Code into IXXO Cart for Joomla ...]]> THIS CODE SHOULD BE PLACED IN YOUR INDEX.PHP JOOMLA TEMPLATE FILE BEFORE THE </HEAD>
(the Joomla templates can be found in the "/templates/" folder. For the default milkyway
Joomla template the path to the file would be /templates/rhuk_milkyway/index.php)!
MAKE SURE TO CHANGE YOUR ID IN THE CODE:
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<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-XXXXXXXX-X");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}</script>

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THIS CODE SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE COMPLETED.HTML RIGHT BEFORE THE LAST BLOCKQUOTE!
MAKE SURE TO CHANGE YOUR ID IN THE CODE:
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<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">
  var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-XXXXXXXX-X");
  pageTracker._initData();
  pageTracker._trackPageview();
  pageTracker._addTrans(
    "{$order_id}",           // Order ID
    "{$affiliation}",       // Affiliation
    "{$order_amount}",       // Total
    "{$tax}",           // Tax
    "{$shipping_amount}",    // Shipping
    "{$city}",            // City
    "{$region}",        // State
    "{$country}"        // Country
  );
{foreach from=$items item="item"}
  pageTracker._addItem(
    "{$order_id}",           // Order ID
    "{$item.sku}",           // SKU
    "{$item.product_name}",       // Product Name
    "{$item.catalog_name}",       // Category
    "{$item.price}",           // Price
    "{$item.quantity}"       // Quantity
  );
{/foreach}
    pageTracker._trackTrans();
</script>

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MAKE SURE TO DELETE THE CONTENTS OF THE COMPILED FOLDER AFTER MODIFYING THE
completed.html TEMPLATE!
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2) Go to "Generate Flat HTML URLs for catalog pages?" and select YES. Be sure MOD_REWRITE is set correctly in Apache, or this feature may not work.]]> <![CDATA[How do I integrate iDevAffiliate with my IXXO Cart?]]>
Log in to your admin area of the cart.  Navigate your cursor to Marketing.  This will give you a menu where you will scroll down to iDevAffiliate Integration as shown in the image below.



You will be taken to a new screen that looks like the image below.  It is here where you can integrate the iDevAffiliate Application.
Enable the application by using the dropdown menu and selecting yes.  Enter your installation URL, Username, and Password.  Once your information has been entered, click Save Changes.




]]> <![CDATA[How do I tell what promo codes have been used?]]> > Reports 2) Select Promo Codes Usage to show which codes have been used in the specified time period after the order status is completed and the payme...]]>
1) Proceed to Reports >> Reports


2) Select Promo Codes Usage to show which codes have been used in the specified time period after the order status is completed and the payment status is received.]]> <![CDATA[How do I use Google Analytics to track sales?]]> Google provides you with a code snippet to be placed on the Thank-You page of your cart to track sales through Google Analytics. This code looks something similar to this:

<body onLoad="javascript:__utmSetTrans()">

<form style="display:none;" name="utmform">
<textarea id="utmtrans">UTM:T|[order-id]|[affiliation]|
[total]|[tax]| [shipping]|[city]|[state]|[country] UTM:I|[order-id]|
[sku/code]|[productname]|[category]|[price]|
[quantity] </textarea>
</form>

The shopping cart requires some slight adjustments to track sales information within it's system.

Please make the changes outlined below, or simply copy and paste the snippet below into the completed.html page found in the /content/skins area of File Manager.

<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">
  var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-xxxxxxx-x");
  pageTracker._initData();
  pageTracker._trackPageview();

  pageTracker._addTrans(
    "{$order_id}",   // Order ID
    "{$affiliation}",   // Affiliation
    "{$order_amount}",   // Total
    "{$tax}",   // Tax
    "{$shipping_amount}",   // Shipping
    "{$city}",   // City
    "{$region}",   // State
    "{$country}"   // Country
  );


{foreach from=$items item="item"}

  pageTracker._addItem(
    "{$order_id}",   // Order ID
    "{$item.sku}",   // SKU
    "{$item.product_name}",   // Product Name
    "{$item.catalog_name}",   // Category
    "{$item.price}",   // Price
    "{$item.quantity}"   // Quantity
  );

{/foreach}

  pageTracker._trackTrans();
</script>

]]> <![CDATA[How do I use promo codes?]]>
Note: To set the individual discounts, go to Quantity Discounts under Product (Insert) page and enter the specific discount on a product.

1) Go to Cart Settings >> Edit Discounts & Promo Codes

2. Under Global Discounts, you can select Yes from the Use Global Discounts drop down menu if you want to provide the discount globally, otherwise select No.

3. You cam create various discount range(s) for all the purchases by entering the minimum amount, maximum amount or discount value on the respective boxes. You can also select from the drop down menu that the discount value is in % or USD.

The promotional codes can be configured with a time limit for their expiration. In the Discounts page, scroll down to Create a New Promo Code below and enter the following information:

a. Campaign Name: Enter the campaign name.

b. Promo Code: Enter the code that can be provided to the users to get discounts.

c. Is it Active: Select Yes from the drop down menu to make the promo code active, otherwise select No.

d. Start Date: Select the start date for the promo codes to avail the discount.

e. Finish Date: Select the last date for the promo codes to avail the discount.

f. Discount: Enter how much discount will be provided in this promo code and then select from the drop down menu it is in % or USD.

g. Minimum order subtotal for this code: Enter the minimum order to avail this code to get discounts.

After you have created a promo code, you must activate it with the option to enable all promotional codes.

Note: Wholesale users are not able to use promotional codes.

If order status is completed and payment status is received then you can see the order in promo code report.]]> <![CDATA[How to Enable Vendor Social Media for their Mini Store]]> Vendors can add their social media accounts to their mini store pages, if the marketplace admin enables the social media feature for vendors.

To enable the social media option for vendors you will need to activate the vendor privilege "Edit custom vendor settings" in vendor profiles for existing vendors
/admin.php?p=vendor&mode=update&aid=23

For new vendor registrations you must enable it in the "Vendor Default Privileges" in
/admin.php?p=admin_vendor_defaults

After the privilege is activated vendors can add their social media accounts through their panel under the "Settings" drop down menu.

The social media option is only available through the vendor's backend dashboard

]]> <![CDATA[I've tried to put my Google and Yahoo analytics code into the com...]]> If you are including any Javascript code into a smarty template, you should begin and end the code with the smarty "literal" tag, otherwise smarty will think, that any javascript code beginning with a "{" is actually smarty code. This will lead to an error like "unrecognized tag".

http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.literal.php

Javascript code should be embedded like this :

{literal}
your javascript code here
{/literal}

]]> <![CDATA[What reports are available?]]> Below the list of the marketing reports currently available with all IXXO Cart editions

01. Top Viewed Products
02. Orders by Products
03. Top Viewed Categories
04. Orders by Products
This report shows an overview of all ordered products with the payment status RECEIVED with the order status COMPLETED in a given period.
05. Pending Orders by Products
This report shows an overview of all ordered products with the payment status RECEIVED that currently have the order status PROCESS in a given period.
06. Users Activity Report
07. Top Referring Sites
08. Sales by Customer
09. Payment Types
10. Shows purchase statistics by payment type.
11. Consolidated Orders By Date
This report shows overall statistics by dates from selected period. It includes subtotal, tax, shipping, discount, and total amounts for each day.
12. Individual Orders By Date
This report shows overall statistics by completed orders with received payment. It includes subtotal, tax, shipping, discount, and total amounts for orders.
13. Pending Orders
This report shows the pending orders that need to be processed. Customer and order details are included.
14. Sales by Vendors (Multi-Vendor Edition)
This report shows overall sales performed by vendors.
15. Vendor Payments (Multi-Vendor Edition)
This report shows overall vendor payments.
16. Revenue Report
This report show overall Revenue
17. Inventory Report
18. Promo Codes Usage
19. Sales by Countries
This report shows overall statistics for completed orders with received payment, grouped by country. It includes subtotal, tax, shipping, discount, and total amounts for orders.
20. Unique Visitors by Host
This report shows the unique visitors of the shop for the selected period, sorted by last access date. It includes hostname, ip-address, country, first access date and last access date.

]]> <![CDATA[What s IXXO Cart's Reward Points System]]> Increase customer loyalty with IXXO Cart's Reward Points System

Let customers accrue points with purchases and use accrued points against future orders
The Reward Points module allows merchants to promote customer loyalty and increase sales by rewarding customers for purchases. The system allows store administrators to implement a marketing program that mimics the airline industry’s popular ‘miles’. Customers earn points while making purchases, then redeem points for discounts and free merchandise.

  • The merchant has full control on how the rewards program is implemented
  • Earning Points. The merchant can easily assign points to products
  • The merchant sets a conversion rate between points and dollars or any other currency
  • Merchants can also allow existing customers to earn points when they refer other customers that make a purchase on the store. The amount of points earned on a referral can be flat amount (requires the ixxo affiliates addon).
  • Customers can view their points from "My Account" area
  • Automated emails sent from the system with the points report, every month
  • Fully customizable email reports
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