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If you're one of the people that feel that the Shopify responsive checkout must have a back button, the css below is probably what you're looking for. The addition of a back button can actually hurt conversions so if you really must have it, be sure to keep on eye on your numbers.
If you're one of the few stores still on the old product page layout you'll find that the latest version of ShopifyFD (link to extension) will no longer work on product pages. I've created a LEGACY version that should help cover you in the meantime.
No doubt if you've stumbled upon this blog post you've probably got an email from Google suggesting that you fix a bunch of Mobile Usability Issues. Long story short - you should.
Without any fanfare here is my current list of things I want Shopify to be able to do. With luck, I'll be removing items from the list faster than I'm adding them.
If you're needing to add the code for the Google Sitelink Search Box for Shopify and not sure how, this little snippet will help. Just copy and paste the code into your theme.
MailChimp offers two ways to share blog and website content in your campaigns using RSS. RSS-Driven Campaigns can be set up to go out daily, weekly, or monthly, and automatically populate your campaign layout with the last batch of items from your RSS feed.
Bulk pasting has been added to ShopifyFD to help automate the process of adding the same shipping rates to multiple countries. Pretty handy for the stores that area dealing with European countries as there can be a lot of things to add.
I guess if you've stumbled upon this post it means that you're having some trouble with the Shopig checkout or add to cart process and you're seeing this errorRequired parameter missing or invalid: idGenerally this error can show for a few different reasons:You're trying the checkout to the wrong addressYou're trying to add to cart, but again - to the wrong addressYou're trying to add to cart and you've not got a form element with a product IDIn all cases check your code and make sure that no only are you posting to the correct address but you're also sending along the required data as well.
Clearly I've been to busy with other things but at some point the weekly user count for ShopifyFD jumped over the 2000 mark. Nice.