Top 3 Reasons Why Your Bigcommerce Store Is Slow
Customers don't like to wait, so why keep them waiting with a slow store? I will share with you the top three reasons that I have found are behind most performance issues with Bigcommerce stores. Number two and three are more technical so I recommend l...
How To Add A Home Page Banner To Your Mobile Templates
You could be in for a surprise if you use promotional banners in our store. The home page banners are displayed only in the desktop version of the templates. Customers browsing your store using a mobile device such as a tablet or a smartphone will not ...
How To Change The Home Navigation Link
Have you wondered how to change the "Home" link in the top menu of your store? It is not that easy. There is no option in the control panel to change it, and the link is automatically set to the store's home page. This can be confusing if your store ...
How To Display Your Products In A Grid Using The List View
Last week I posted an article on how to display product descriptions on the category page using a simple change in your store settings. Today, I will take that further and show you how to display the products in a grid when using the list view. This al...
How To Change The Wish List Text In The Top Menu
A wish list can be an important part of your marketing efforts, which is why you should promote it to your customers. One of the ways you can do that is by replacing the boring "Wish Lists" menu link with something more descriptive such as "My Wish Lis...
Back To The Future In Three Lines of Javascript
You can ignore the blatant movie reference in the title, there is no way you can time travel in three lines of code. It would take at least six. Putting that aside, I will show you how to add a "back to the top" feature to your store in three ...
The Right Way To Display Product Descriptions On The Category Page
Many store owners want to display a short description for each product on the category page. As a solution I have seen designers create complicated scripts that loop through every individual product in the category to load the corresponding product pag...
Make It Easier For Your Customers To Login To Your Store By Adding A Login Form To Any Page
Make it easier to buy from you by implementing a customer login form that can be shown on any page in your store. You can even add the form to the sidebar or footer section of your templates. Follow the instructions below to implement this modification...
How To Remove The Company Field From The Checkout Page
There is no need to ask for a company name during the checkout process if your store sells directly to non-business customers. While the field is optional a better, cleaner choice is to remove it from the checkout form altogether. However, that is not ...