Less a mailbag and more a forum question that grew from a logical question.
How do you link ‘external’ stores from your product pages?
Well, for me I do it by having a custom page I designed for my products, and listing three shortcodes. One for EDD (the default [purchase_link]) and then two for my own links. In non-shortcode, its like this:
[Buy from Me][Buy from Amazon][Buy from Apple]
The actual code is below. I try to keep things as simple as I can when I do this, and I did nick a bit of code from EDD core (you’re supposed to) to make it match. All this does is the most basic of links and it all fits in a nice little box like this:
I like that layout. Reminds you a bit of Amazon, and there’s a reason. If you keep the space open and clear, it’s easy for a visitor to grasp their options. Also I can put below a link to my EU/VAT page and say this “Purchase disabled? Here’s why…” I don’t right now, though I probably should. I couldn’t think of how to elegantly handle making the button a link like that.
The code
// EDD Buy Externally [edd_external store="iTunes" link="http://apple.com/foo" text="Add to Cart" ]
function edd_external_shortcode_func( $atts ) {
global $edd_options;
$atts = shortcode_atts( array(
'store' => '',
'link' => '',
'text' => 'Buy Via',
'style' => isset( $edd_options[ 'button_style' ] ) ? $edd_options[ 'button_style' ] : 'button',
'color' => isset( $edd_options[ 'checkout_color' ] ) ? $edd_options[ 'checkout_color' ] : 'blue',
'class' => 'edd-submit'
),
$atts, 'edd_external' );
// Override color if color == inherit
if( isset( $atts['color'] ) ) {
$atts['color'] = ( $atts['color'] == 'inherit' ) ? '' : $atts['color'];
}
$content = '<a href="'.$atts['link'].'" class="edd-external edd-'.$atts['store'].'
'.$atts['style'].' '.$atts['color'].' '.$atts['class'].'
"><span class="edd-add-to-cart-label">'.$atts['text'].' '.$atts['store'].'</a></span>';
return '<div class="edd_purchase_submit_wrapper">'.$content.'</div>';
}
add_shortcode( 'edd_external', 'edd_external_shortcode_func' );
Like I said. Pretty basic.