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Mar '11

Hello:



On the homepage there is mention and a demo of Shopping Cart Pro (Fat Free). In the example, the shopping cart window opens in a smaller window that keeps the buyer on the same page. However, when I add the "add to cart" button to my site the checkout page opens in a full window? Am I doing something wrong. How do I use this feature to help lower cart abandonment?



Thanks for your help

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E-junkie_GuruWebmaster & Support Guru
Mar '11

Just make sure you paste at least one complete block of your View Cart code on every page that has any number of Add to Carts, as that View Cart code manages the overlay-style cart display "inside" your page.

six
Mar '11

Thank you for your response.



Is it possible to extract/change part of the "add to cart" button code and embed it inside a different image (the standard add to cart button is so small I feel users overlook it)



ie. I use a custom designed "download here" button, but I would still like the URL portion to direct to my EJ shopping cart



This worked fine when I was directing to the full window view (basically a new page), but for some reason I can't figure out how to do it for bringing up that smaller window which keeps the buyer on the same page.





Thanks

5 months later
laubster
Aug '11

Hello,



Following up on these posts, even with the View Cart code properly installed they're still taken away from my site whether they decide to Pay with PayPal or Pay with Debit/Credit Card. Is there any way to avoid this using the Fat Free cart??



Thanks,



Chris

E-junkie_GuruWebmaster & Support Guru
Aug '11

The only way to keep buyers on your site throughout every stage of their shopping and purchase experience is to install a "licensed" copy of e-commerce software on your own server along with an SSL encryption certificate for your domain name.



You're spared those technical hassles by using a "hosted" solution like E-junkie, where we manage the software for you on our servers, but this ease-of-implementation necessarily involves certain tradeoffs, one of which is that secure checkout cannot happen on your site/domain.



If you're using E-junkie with PayPal to sell digital goods such as downloads, you may be interested in the new PayPal for Digital Goods checkout flow, which can transpire entirely within the overlay "inside" your page (just like our cart) for buyers who already have a PayPal account:

http://www.e-junkie.com/ej/paypal-for-digital-goods.htm