View live demo of Market theme and Purchase it here.

The design of the theme is minimal and emphasizes more on standard e-commerce features like shopping cart, checkout, registration. The grid view of products on the home page as well as category and store pages is so well structured that it enhances the display of your products.

This theme is developed for you to setup your e-commerce site in minimal time with lesser efforts and money. Just install the theme and start adding your products with images, description and other product information. If you sale your products in different variants like different sizes, colors, etc. then you can add product attributes too from the same page.

Of course this theme shares all the the standard features that our e-commerce framework offers such as shipping, different tax rates for different country/state, stock management for your products, offering discount coupons to your customers, etc.

Here’s the list of some of the new added and improved features in our framework:

• Integrated PayPal Pro
• A new custom post type for products which distinguishes products from posts
• Improved guest checkout
• Added a new section to generate transaction reports for your store

Video Overview

Our aim was to provide nicely structured, minimal theme design so as you can utilize the theme at it’s fullest and implement your design creativity into it without removing anything. We hope you’d love this new addition in the theme store.

If you are using one of our other e-commerce themes, framework updates for you will be available next week. We’ll announce each update via our Twitter and Facebook channels

Share & Win 

Limited time period offer: Tweet about the theme by clicking on the “Tweet” button or Like/Share the theme on Facebook in the next 2 weeks and be among 3 winners who will get a copy of this theme absolutely FREE!

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For those who are wondering for updates on GeoPlaces 4, it will be available before end of this month :)

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  Strategic homepage design

  The homepage of the theme is customizable via dynamic widgets which are built specially for this theme. Designed strategically, the structure of the page is done in such a way that gives maximum exposure to essential elements.

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  Enhanced Product Detail Page

  Details and information about your product is focused properly on the the detail page. Below the product details, are the related products, so that customers can browse them directly. Everything is thought of strategically, so that the attraction of your store is Products, and not other things

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  Instant setup with Auto Install

  Getting confused on how to get along with this theme? Don’t worry, once you activate this theme, you can auto-install pre-configured data with just one click. All relevant data – products, description, images, widgets, blog posts, pages and every element is set to their respective location. The theme adds this dummy content for you so you can easily locate them and edit them to your preferences.

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  Multiple Product Types

  Sell physical and digital products in a single store. Don’t have products of your own? No problem. Our software can handle dropship, affiliate products, and donations also. And if you’re a consultant, you can charge for your services.

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  Product Attributes

  You can add product images and set product weight, colors, price, tax, and stock. You can also set different prices for different sizes, colors, etc. Along with default store product settings, add your own custom attribute.

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  Multiple Payment Gateways

  You have PayPal, PayPal Pro, 2Checkout, Authorize.net, Google Checkout, WorldPay, bank transfer and Cash on Delivery as payment gateway options. Choose the gateway you prefer and configure it easily using the interface given, without any coding skills

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  Shipping Options

  Pick from four different shipping options. Ship by flat rate, free, priced based, and weight based. Product tax per state, country, or region is automatically calculated for total shipping cost. And, you can also add your own state, country, or region.

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  Manage Tax

  You can specify percentage or flat amount of tax to apply on products. Plus if you wish to set different tax for different locations, then this can also be done

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  Manage Affiliates

  Your store comes with an integrated affiliate system to reward people interested in helping you sell your products. Use it to track sales, set how long affiliate cookies last, set commission percentage, and generate sales reports.

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  Design Settings

  One the most asked for feature is a powerful and flexible design system and our framework doesn’t disappoint. It’s actually one of the features where the framework excels with flexible layouts, integrated SEO, change site layout and many more options.

• User registration

  Users may register on your site or, they will be taken to registration page for the checkout procedure. They will have their own user area where they can keep track of their order, manage profile and download purchased digital products.

• Grid view / List view

  Whenever you are browsing the product collection, you have an option to see the products in list view or grid view. It’s built-in by default.

• Bulk Upload

  Theme includes built in Bulk upload functionality. If you have many products, then adding them manually one by one can be a slow task. Therefore, just download the Sample CSV, add data and upload it. This is a very fast way to add several products.

• Order Management

  From the admin panel, you can manage the order – approve, process or cancel / reject an order. Email would be automatically sent to the customer as per the status selected.

• Email Notifications

  Email notifications keep everyone up to date. You can have emails sent when someone places an order, when a payment has been approved or rejected, and/or when the entire order and payment process is successful.

• Coupon Codes

  Create coupon codes based on percentage or flat amount and use it for promotion. You can also delete it.

• Blog

  No, we didn’t forget the regular Blog section. You can have a full fledged Blog on your site, and its too easy to setup this section.

Standard Features of our WordPress Themes

• Fully customizable front page
• Excellent Support
• Theme Guide & Tutorials
• PSD File Included with multiple use license
• Drop Down menu
• Gravatar Support & Threaded Comments
• Built-in Ad Monetization
• Built in Page Templates
• Widget Ready with custom widgets
• Valid, Cross browser compatible

Why buy Market eCommerce theme?

Because Market theme has all that you expect from a top-notch eCommerce site. Besides it is very easy to configure and sets up within seconds. Don’t mess around with code ever. Simply put up your digital goods and start selling immediately. You can’t imagine how quickly you will be able to setup your very own, professional eCommerce site and start making money.

So, just do the right thing, buy Market theme. Save time and money.
Create a site easily using this theme. Buy Now and Start a site immediately.

• Setup and customization tutorials
• Theme Overviews

Setup and customization tutorial videos will be accessible from the following forum thread. These videos are unlisted on YouTube and can be accessed from that thread. Videos will contain information on how to setup specific themes or how to easily customize them. You’ll be able to find these videos in Theme Documentation Guides as well.

Theme Overviews are public videos that are designed to show some of the features within specific themes. At the moment we only have three overview videos, for Reviews, GeoPlaces v4 and DailyDeal theme. That number will constantly grow as we release new themes; we’ll also create overviews for some of the older themes. We’ve created a Theme Overviews playlist on YouTube so you can easily access all of them.

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If you have any suggestions or comments in general be sure to let us know in the comments section below.

Templatic tips of the day for January 2012

January 2
If you have any trouble deleting the dummy data from your theme just hit the “Delete” button again

January 4
Guys at WP Beginner created the ultimate list of all their tutorials and tips. Be sure to check it out http://bit.ly/zpyJUg

January 5
Can’t see custom fields while editing a post? Click on Screen Options in the upper right corner and turn them on!

January 6
Almost every theme in our community forum has a Theme tips & customizations thread; they can help a lot while customizing

January 7
Want to know how you can reisize the gallery in GeoPlaces v3 detail pages? Check out this forum thread http://bit.ly/AzauhA

January 8
Before updating your WordPress install always make sure you check your plugins and themes for updates

January 9
WordPress (3.3) now supports /%postname%/ custom permalink with no performance issues

January 11
If you’re not happy with the current design keep in mind that you’re free to customize your theme in any way you like. Same goes for the functionality.

January 13
For some basic questions about the theme Templatic community forum is the way to go -> http://templatic.com/forums

January 14
Don’t worry too much about your content while you’re updating your theme, nothing should happen to it. That said, you’ll never regret creating a backup!

January 15
Trying to upload attachments to our Helpdesk and Forum but can’t? Just compress them using tools like 7zip

January 16
Here’s a great Templatic tutorial on how to integrate Google Custom Search with WordPress http://templatic.com/wordpress-tutorials/integrate-custom-google-search-engine-to-your-wordpress-site/

January 17
Created a site with one of our themes? Don’t foget to include it in our Showcase -> http://templatic.com/showcase

January 18
All in One SEO pack is supported by all Templatic themes. Click to learn how to setup the plugin http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/users-guide-for-all-in-one-seo-pack/

January 19
I know it’s hard but try to sustain from customizing the GeoPlaces v4 beta. Upgrade to the final version will be sooo much easier if you haven’t customized anything.

January 20
We released a pretty big GeoPlaces v4 beta update today. Click on the link to download it http://bit.ly/vZW3Wh

January 21
Can’t decide whether to purchase a theme or not? http://test.templatic.com will solve all your dilemmas

January 23
Want to know how you can increase your pageviews and reduce bounce rate? Read the following article and get on the right track http://bit.ly/xrhUOR

January 24
We just created a section for video tutorials on the forum. We added two new videos today -> http://bit.ly/zclpdw

January 25
Want to set up WordPress MultiSite but with unique domains? It can be done fairly easy. Read more in the following article http://www.doitwithwp.com/domain-mapping-for-wordpress-multisite/

January 26
Your homepage not working as it should? Make sure you don’t have a static page entered in Settings -> Reading

January 27
Want more coverage for your product or service? Don’t miss this article -> http://bit.ly/zmMye3

January 30
All of you without access to GPv4 beta should not miss a video overview of the theme that’s coming later today. Stay tuned!
Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qSsSwBOTBo

January 31
Using RealEstate? Want to make the bathroom dropdown (submit prprty form) use 1/2 numbers? Click here http://bit.ly/A3hVXN

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  Rating feature

  You can rate a product and gather ratings from your visitors and show them on your site. Ratings for custom fields can also be shown easily.

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  Awesome shortcodes

  Shortcodes are cool and make you a power-user. You can show your content in a specilized layout, show buttons, put an alert/notification box, etc. without having to code anything.

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  Out of the box Auto-install

  Confused on how to get started? Our 1-click auto-install feature helps you out. Once you activate this theme, you will have the option to populate all of the required sample data with a click of a button.

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  Custom Fields

  Custom fields enhance the functionality of your site. It helps you provide extra information about a place and show them in the sidebar. Setting up custom fields is easy too.

Standard Features of our WordPress Themes

• Unlimited skin colors
• Excellent Support
• Custom fields
• Theme Guide & Tutorials
• PSD File Included with multiple use license
• Drop Down menu
• Gravatar Support & Threaded Comments
• Integrated 30 short-codes
• Built in SEO options
• Widget Ready with custom widgets

Create your own Review site now and start rating products, services, etc!

With Reviews you (as admin) can add multiple products or services, show descriptions in tabs (with a specially created ‘tabber’ shortcode) insert images and your rating. Also, there are category specific custom fields to show customized information for different kinds of products or services.

Visitors can post their reviews with their rating for the product or service. The review detail page will display your rating for the product separately and it will also display the average rating from ratings posted by all the users.

The attractive and well organized theme structure is best to score you high on search engine rankings. Other exciting features of the Reviews WordPress theme include the homepage slider, rating custom field, list or grid view widgets, etc. Also there are two other widgets for sidebar which will display recent and top reviews.

The theme also comes with unlimited colors that enable you to develop your own style.

Like what you just read? Click here to purchase Reviews. For a better look be sure to check out the demo

Share & Win 

Like this theme? Want to have it? Help us spread the word about it and who knows, maybe you’ll be among 3 lucky winners who will get it. Just like the past couple of Share&Win contests, the same rules apply here. You can win the theme by tweeting about it (clicking on the Tweet icon below), by sharing/liking this on Facebook (the Share icon below will take you to the Facebook post) or by being the fastest one to provide a correct answer to our contest question. The question will be posted on our Twitter and Facebook feeds sometime in the next 2 weeks. If you have any questions about the contest feel free to post them here, on Facebook or on Twitter.

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In short, Google Custom Search is an offering by Google, that provides you your own version of Google search engine, that can be configured and integrated into your website. There are many configuration options offered, to completely customize the looks, search results and many more options.

Why Use Google Search instead of Native WordPress Search Feature

• WordPress default search results quality is often questionable, its not perfect and sometimes user can’t find what they are looking for.
• Google search results are of better quality
• Monetization of search results page (with Adsense for Search)
• Good and familiar user interface of Google search
• Everyone feels comfortable to search with Google
• Customize the look and feel of the results to match your site with Google
• Enable autocompletions for your Google search engine

Now that we know why should we use Google search and what are its advantages, let’s integrate Google Custom Search to your WordPress site.

Integrating Google Custom Search in WordPress

Step1: Creating a Search Engine:
Head over to www.google.com/cse and sign in with your Google account. If you don’t have one, then you can also create one. After signing in, click on the big “Create a Custom Search Engine” button.

A three step process will begin. The first step is to set up your search engine. Fill out name, description, language, sites to search (enter your site URL here, in most cases this would be the URL of only one site), select the standard edition, accept terms of service and finally click on “Next”. (click on the below image to enlarge)

Now comes the part where we have to customize the looks. There are some pre-defined themes ready for you to get started. Select any of these theme and click on “Customize”.

Customize the search bar and search results page as per your wish and click on “Next”. Note the various color options, you can choose color that suits your WordPress theme.

In the third step, you will get the code. Don’t copy this code yet. From the bottom of the page, click on “look and feel”.

From “Choose a Layout” section, select “Two page”. This means that we can display the search box on any page and get the results on another page, in the same window.

Click on “Save & Get Code”, you’ll get the code in the next page. Let this page remain open for now.

Step2: Adding Custom Search to WordPress
Now that the search engine is ready and all settings done, we’ll need to integrate the code to WordPress. The first thing we’ll be doing for this is to create a page template. To do this, copy and paste the below code and save it as a PHP file.

<?php
Template Name: Google Search
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id=”content” class=”widecolumn”>
<!– Google Search Result Code Begins –>
Google Search Results Code Here
<!– Google Search Result Code Ends –>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Observe this code carefully, instead of “Google Search Results Code Here”, you need to enter the “search results” code, that’s because we want the results to appear in this page. Save that PHP file, name it something like googlesearch.php and upload it to your active theme’s directory. For e.g. if you are using twentyeleven theme, then the path would be: “wp-content/themes/twentyeleven”. To upload this file, use a FTP client or File Manager from cPanel. With this step done, page template is created and uploaded.

In this get code page, there is a field for “Specify the url in your site where you want the search results to appear”. In this field, enter the page permalink which we created in above step. For e.g. it can be www.yoursite.com/search (where search is the name of the page).

Create a new page and name it something like “Search”. Search results will be displayed in this page. From the “Page Template” drop down menu, select “Google search” as your page template and hit the “Publish” button.

Now, decide where would you like to place that “Search box”. You can place it in sidebar, footer, below posts or any other place. If in the sidebar, then just drag and drop the “Text” widget to the sidebar widget area and paste that “search box” code. If you want to edit this search box in some other area, then you’ll need to edit the respective theme file. But adding the code in the text widget is by far the simplest method to do this. This completes the integration of Google Custom Search to WordPress site.

Google Custom search is constantly evolving and they keep on adding more and more features. The most recent addition was the “autocompletions”. You can also check out documentation on Google custom search if you’re stuck somewhere.

Let’s see what’s coming soon!

The following theme will be the first one to land at Templatic this month. As the screenshot suggests, it is a review theme targeted for bloggers and affiliate marketers who wish to create a review site for different product and services.

Though simple, we’re confident it will be useful for a great deal of WordPress users.

Then comes a totally different, first of it’s kind – Price Compare theme. The theme will prove to be challenging for us to create but once done, we are sure you’d love its design, simplicity and most of all, how it works automagically from the back end.

Lastly, here’s a cool, neat e-commerce theme which is also coming soon. Everything about it is already said earlier so he’re just a fancy screenshot :)

That’s about it for now. Along with this new theme, our team is also working on upgrading existing themes so things might go a bit slow but once it land, it will be firm and solid.

Hope you’ll love what’s coming at Templatic. Don’t forget to let us know via comments :)