=== WP e-Commerce Grid View === Contributors: a3rev, A3 Revolution Software Development team Tags: WP e-Commerce Grid View, WP e-Commerce, WP e-Commerce Product Pages, e-commerce, wordpress ecommerce Requires at least: 3.5 Tested up to: 3.8.0 Stable tag: 1.0.4.1 License: GPLv3 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html WP e-Commerce Grid View Lite automatically activates the WP e-Commerce plugin Grid View feature. == Description == Install WP e-Commerce Grid View to showcase your products using a grid view layout. Grid view gives your front end user a greatly enhanced browsing and shopping experience on your site. The plugin automatically activates the native grid view functionality on WP e-Commerce when installed and activated. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujEclHWN8vo] * WP e-Commerce Grid View has no settings, just install and activate. * Once activated it auto activates the 'locked' Grid View Feature on the WP e-Commerce plugin. * Once activated go to your WP admin dashboard > Store > Presentation tab and scroll down to the Product Page Settings and you will see in the dropdown that you can now select and set the Grid View settings. * WPEC Grid View always activates the Grid View Feature in WP e-Commerce. = Cross Browser Compatibility = WP e-Commerce Grid View has been tested on the default WordPress themes and it is tested 100% compatible with all browsers. = Pro Version Upgrade = For those who want crystal clear product card images and a beautiful mobile and tablet responsive display there is a PRO Version upgrade. Features include: * Fully mobile and tablet responsive Grid View display (providing of course that your theme is responsive) * WP e-Commerce does not support scaling Grid View product feature images to the grid view product card dimensions. It shows a cropped and often distorted part of the image and looks ugly. * WP e-Commerce Grid View Pro fixes this for you by auto scales the products feature image so they they also show perfectly on the Grid View Product cards. * It does not matter what size or dimensions the product feature image is - Grid View Pro automatically scales it to show the whole image inside the product card image container. * Images are scaled from the centre of the container for a perfect display everytime. = Plugin Resources = Find detailed step-by-step Grid View set up instructions in the plugins documentation on the a3rev wiki. [PRO Version](http://a3rev.com/shop/wp-e-commerce-grid-view/) | [Documentation](http://docs.a3rev.com/user-guides/wp-e-commerce/wpec-grid-view/) | [Support](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-e-commerce-grid-view/) == Installation == = Minimum Requirements = * WordPress 3.5 or greater * PHP version 5.2.4 or greater * MySQL version 5.0 or greater = Automatic installation = Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don't even need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of WP e-Commerce Grid View, log in to your WordPress admin panel, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New. In the search field type "WP e-Commerce Grid View" and click Search Plugins. Once you have found our plugin you can install it by simply clicking Install Now. After clicking that link you will be asked if you are sure you want to install the plugin. Click yes and WordPress will automatically complete the installation. = Manual installation = The manual installation method involves downloading our plugin and uploading it to your web server via your favorite FTP application. 1. Download the plugin file to your computer and unzip it 2. Using an FTP program, or your hosting control panel, upload the unzipped plugin folder to your WordPress installations wp-content/plugins/ directory. 3. Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu within the WordPress admin. == Screenshots == 1. WP e-Commerce Product Page default view v's the same presentation in WP e-Commerce Grid View 2. WP c-Commerce grid view has no settings. == Usage == 1. Install and activate the plugin 2. Go to WP admin dashboard > Settings > Store > Presentation tab > Product Page Settings 3. Select Grid View and your Grid View Settings. 5. Save your changes. 6. Have fun. == Frequently Asked Questions == = When can I use this plugin? = You can use this plugin only when you have installed the WP e-Commerce plugin. == Support == Support is available from the [Support tab](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-e-commerce-grid-view/) on the Plugisn wordpress.org page. == Changelog == = 1.0.4.1 - 2013/12/24 = * Tweak - Updated Grid View product card content display when admin set to show 4 to 6 products per row. * Tweak - Changed Product Card content display from align Left to align center for better front end display. * Tweak - Tested 100% compatible with WordPress Version 3.8.0 * Tweak - Tested 100% compatible with WP e-Commerce Version 3.8.13 * Tweak - Ran WP_DEBUG All Uncaught exceptions errors and warnings fixed. = 1.0.4 - 2013/08/13 = * Tweak - Now just include grid view style when viewing shop page or category page. * Tweak - Tested for full compatibility with WordPress v3.6.0 * Tweak - Added PHP Public Static to functions in Class. Done so that PHP Public Static warnings don't show in DE_BUG mode. * Tweak - Updated the plugins support links to the plugins WordPress support forum. = 1.0.3 - 2013/04/22 = * Tweak - Added when install and activate plugin link redirects to the Store > Presentation options page where the WP e-Commerce Grid View settings are instead of the wp-plugins dashboard which has caused confusion as users do not realize that WP Grid View has no settings. * Tweak - Tested all plugin code 100% compatible with new WP e-Commerce version 3.8.10 * Tweak - Updated some 404 links from plugins readme and dashboard. = 1.0.2 - 2013/01/09 = * Tweak - Updated Support and Pro Version link URL's on wordpress.org description, plugins and plugins dashboard. Links were returning 404 errors since the launch of the all new a3rev.com mobile responsive site as the base e-commerce permalinks is changed. = 1.0.1 - 2012/08/23 = * Tweak - Added Plugin description Documentation | Support links and updated description * Tweak - Created plugin documentation on the a3rev wiki. Includes detailed tutorial on configuring WP e-Commerce grid view settings. * Tweak - Pro version now supports scaling Category thumbnail images * Tweak - Updated wordpress.org description with more plugin information. * Tweak - Created Github repository for Pro Version files. = 1.0 - 2012/07/23 = * Initial release. == Upgrade Notice == = 1.0.4.1 = Upgrade now for enhanced product card display via 2 tweaks plus full compatibility with WordPress version 3.8.0 and WP e-Commerce Version 3.8.13 and backwards. = 1.0.4 = Upgrade now for full compatibility with WordPress v3.6.0 and WP e-Commerce 3.8.12.1 plus 4 Tweaks. = 1.0.3 = Important upgrade! Install now to ensure this plugin continues to work when you upgrade WP e-Commerce to new version 3.8.10