WooCommerce: Customization Definitions

WooCommerce: Customization Definitions

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  WooCommerce Customization: Definitions CustomizeWoo.com
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  WooCommerce (“WC”, “Woo”) ●Launched in 2011 ● “Develop WooCommerce” dev blog woocommerce.wordpress.com ● docs.woocommerce.com ● github.com/woocommerce CustomizeWoo.com
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  PHP (“Hypertext Preprocessor”) ●Programming language .php ● HTML vs PHP: PHP executes a calculation on the server, and then the result is returned as HTML ● E.g. <p><?php echo date(“Y”); ?></p> CustomizeWoo.com
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  CSS (“Cascading StyleSheets”) ● Style sheet language that defines HTML formatting (style.css) ● “Selector” (id, class, tag) ● “Declaration” (“property”: “value”) ● E.g. h1 { color: red; } CustomizeWoo.com
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  Snippet ● Piece ofPHP code that adds a specific functionality to WP/WC ● It’s a mini-plugin! ● Goes into child theme’s functions.php CustomizeWoo.com
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  Staging ● Service thatshould be offered by your hosting company ● 1-click cloning and 1-click pushing ● Used to test updates, new plugins, themes, snippets, troubleshooting CustomizeWoo.com
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  Backup ● Made of2 files: .ZIP (WordPress files) + .SQL (Database “DB”) ● 1-click restore via hosting ● Should be stored somewhere different than your own server CustomizeWoo.com
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  WordPress / WC“Hook” ● Provided to allow your snippets to “hook into” WP/WC i.e. call functions at specific times/places without overriding core files ● Actions vs Filters (add / edit) CustomizeWoo.com
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  Text/code editor ● Softwareused to code (PHP, CSS, etc) ● Find/replace, syntax highlighting, undo/redo, auto backup ● NotePad++, Atom, Sublime, Visual Studio Code CustomizeWoo.com
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  FTP ● “File TransferProtocol” ● Software to transfer files between your computer and your server e.g. download style.css, customize it, upload it back to the server CustomizeWoo.com
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  phpMyAdmin ● Access yourWP DB online ● Import / export / bulk update / bulk delete / backup / clean / search & replace ● Very delicate. Advanced only CustomizeWoo.com
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  Troubleshooting ● Trying tounderstand why WooCommerce is not running / freezes / displays weirdly / takes you to error pages (404/500) ● WC “Status” @ WP dashboard CustomizeWoo.com
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  Error 500 ● Siteis “broken” ● There is a PHP Fatal Error. A simple missing “,” can break your site ● WP_DEBUG to the rescue CustomizeWoo.com
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  Changelog ● Record ofnotable changes in WC software ● Know the difference: 3.5.2 > 3.5.3 vs 3.5.2 > 3.6.0 vs 3.5.2 > 4.0.0 CustomizeWoo.com
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  “Deprecated” ● Function thatis replaced by another, hence becomes obsolete ● WC deprecates functions @ each update ● Snippets / plugins should adapt CustomizeWoo.com