In this video, you will be walked through the steps you need to secure your dev site, set up your new store, and download/install a ReadyTheme. Following this guide will give you the basics you need to hit the ground running with your new Miva store and allow you to jump in to the […]
Miva: Custom Drag and Drop Image Upload on Product Pages
Posted: November 13, 2018Personalized products are more popular than ever, and that’s not changing any time soon. Typically, you have to trust that your shoppers will properly email their required image file to you in a timely manner and in the correct format. It can lead to stalls in production, and costly customer service time. Our solution is an […]
Miva: Adding jQuery to Shadows – Elements Framework Javascript Resources
Posted: June 21, 2018Miva Video Tutorial The Miva Merchant Elements framework and Shadows ReadyTheme ships with the “Cash” Javascript library instead of jQuery. This is fine as-is but, a lot of 3rd party plugins have been developed over the years and they require jQuery. So as soon as you want to do something from your preferred toolbox you’ll […]
Miva: Product Exports vs Excel
Posted: June 20, 2018Miva Video Tutorial: How to Import Data with Leading Zeros and Special Chars The dreaded product codes with leading zeros, custom fields for UPC codes, and avoiding data corruption with special characters from other languages like French and Spanish for example. When importing these into Excel the zeros could be converted to a scientific notation or non […]
Miva 9.7 – URI Management Bug Fix for Full HTTPS Stores
Posted: October 16, 2017Miva Video Tutorial – Miva 9.7 – URI Management Bug Fix for Full HTTPS Stores. We show you how to fix your URL Prefix settings for full HTTPS stores to now be fully HTTPS. This addresses a bug fix release by Miva and is available to stores running Miva 9.7 or greater. If you would […]
A Video Guide to URI Management in Miva
Posted: September 22, 2017It’s easy to get confused between a URL and a URI, and for good reason. They are two peas in the same pod. Miva has a great feature that allows you to manage your URIs in a quick and easy way. While URIs used to be mostly handled behind the scenes, store owners now have […]
Video Tutorial: Add Blog Posts as Products for a Blog Alternative
Posted: September 7, 2017This Miva video tutorial will show you how to add blog posts as products – a fast and easy blog alternative! Regardless of whether you want to delve into blogging for your store, there’s no denying that it’s useful. Blog content is chalk-full of opportunities for Google and other search engines to find and rank […]
How to swap the main image when the color is selected using variants
Posted: September 1, 2017Miva Video Tutorial – We set up a product with multiple attributes and color options so that when a color is selected the main image changes. We go into depth and show you how this all works and that variants are real products. To generate the variants in this video, we have Miva auto-generate them […]
Video: Automatic Drop Down Menus For Advanced Variants
Posted: September 1, 2017This video tutorial will walk you through how to get your Miva advanced variants to populate automatically. Giving your shopper lots of options is a great way to appeal to the widest audience. You can cater to all sorts of tastes and preferences with Miva’s advanced variants. But having a ton of options does start […]
Video: How to Create Variants of Existing Products
Posted: August 21, 2017This video tutorial will show you how to create variants on existing products in Miva. Creating variants in Miva is a powerful tool and has the ability to allow complex customizations. While those are great qualities, it also means it can be confusing. However, the payoff can be worth it, for both you and your […]