Introducing the NEW Eden Personal Stores Program!

Few more questions:

~Is it possible to edit the colors in the Eden Themes so that they match our blogs?

~I noticed that while visiting a store, the products which are in my cart here at EF are automatically placed in my cart in the personal store. Would the store owner get credit for the entire purchase? Additionally, the checkout re-directs to EF. If customers then navigate to the Eden home page and add more products to their cart, does the store owner still get credit? less

Hello! I have answers Keep the questions coming!

Q: "Is it possible to edit the colors in the Eden Themes so that they match our blogs?"

A: Yes, it is possible, but the editing would need to be done through the files on the host. I don't think there is a built-in theme editor in PrestaShop.

Q: "I noticed that while visiting a store, the products which are in my cart here at EF are automatically placed in my cart in the personal store. Would the store owner get credit for the entire purchase?"

A: Your cart from Eden will carry over into Personal Stores; this is normal. If you complete the checkout process through the store (i.e. click on "Checkout" on the storefront and then check out through Eden), the store owner / affiliate will gets commission (credit) for the entire purchase.

Q: "Additionally, the checkout re-directs to EF. If customers then navigate to the Eden home page and add more products to their cart, does the store owner still get credit?"

A: Yes. If customers add products to their order after being referred to Eden through an EPS, the store owner gets credit for the entire purchase. It's similar to how affiliate links work now, where an affiliate earns commission on the entire purchase after someone gets to Eden through an affiliate link (on a blog, on Twitter, etc.).

Q: "On the main shop banner, for those that have created one, did everyone use photoshop or illustrator? Is there any easier option for those of us without any experience in graphic design?"

A: I realize you want other people to answer as well, but here are my thoughts on the matter to start off the responses. I don't have experience in graphic design, but I have some experience using The GIMP, which is a free image editor that can do almost as much stuff as Photoshop. There is a learning curve, but I still think it is an excellent alternative to PhotoShop at least to start. I also recommend looking into licensed images, perhaps from stock photo sites or creative commons sites, or even DeviantArt for images to use to decorate your store.

Hey Community, any other thoughts here? I was wondering if some of the EdenBlogging folks have ideas or suggestions, since they may have created/compiled images for their blog banners. less

Ah! No problem... goto link and it will automatically display your number next to the text "IP Information". It will be a series of 4 numbers separated by periods like this: 11.111.111.111 (but of course it won't be all ones). less

Hello! I have answers Keep the questions coming!

Q: "Is it possible to edit the colors in the Eden Themes so that they match our blogs?"

A: Yes, it is possible, but the editing would need to be done through the files on the host. I don't think there is a built-in theme editor in PrestaShop.

Q: "I noticed that while visiting a store, the products which are in my cart here at EF are automatically placed in my cart in the personal store. Would the store owner get credit for the entire purchase?"

A: Your cart from Eden will carry over into Personal Stores; this is normal. If you complete the checkout process through the store (i.e. click on "Checkout" on the storefront and then check out through Eden), the store owner / affiliate will gets commission (credit) for the entire purchase.

Q: "Additionally, the checkout re-directs to EF. If customers then navigate to the Eden home page and add more products to their cart, does the store owner still get credit?"

A: Yes. If customers add products to their order after being referred to Eden through an EPS, the store owner gets credit for the entire purchase. It's similar to how affiliate links work now, where an affiliate earns commission on the entire purchase after someone gets to Eden through an affiliate link (on a blog, on Twitter, etc.).

Q: "On the main shop banner, for those that have created one, did everyone use photoshop or illustrator? Is there any easier option for those of us without any experience in graphic design?"

A: I realize you want other people to answer as well, but here are my thoughts on the matter to start off the responses. I don't have experience in graphic design, but I have some experience using The GIMP, which is a free image editor that can do almost as much stuff as Photoshop. There is a learning curve, but I still think it is an excellent alternative to PhotoShop at least to start. I also recommend looking into licensed images, perhaps from stock photo sites or creative commons sites, or even DeviantArt for images to use to decorate your store.

Hey Community, any other thoughts here? I was wondering if some of the EdenBlogging folks have ideas or suggestions, since they may have created/compiled images for their blog banners. less

"Hey Community, any other thoughts here? I was wondering if some of the EdenBlogging folks have ideas or suggestions, since they may have created/compiled images for their blog banners."


If they really really don't want to mess with graphics software but they have a good digital camera, one way to still get banner art is to snap a picture of something (a pile of toys on a piece of fabric, a drawing they've made on paper, whatever). Then you can get a free program online called Irfanview that lets you crop and resize right to the exact size needed. less

It's safe. If you type in the same IP at a lookup service, it just gives abstract info about where the server (like RoadRunner or whatever) main office is located at such. Unless you're paying mega bucks for a private server, you probably have the same IP as several thousand other people. That's why blocking IP ranges to get rid of spam folks also winds up blocking good people too. less

You can, technically, shop at your own store or someone else's. Affiliates currently can use their own links to make purchases. If you are paying with cash (i.e. Not Gift Cards) then we view it like a sale is a sale, and you are referring yourself. The purpose of the store is to refer others to Eden, though, while earning commission for the referral/sale.

If you are using Gift Cards / EdenPoints it's not fully ethical to use anyone's code or links as they'd be earning a cash percentage of a $0.00/free order. less

Alrighty - I finally figured out the DNS thingies in my domain.
And found a tutorial in HostGator to figure out how to do the FTP bit.
I uploaded the Eden store builder thingie - all the files are there in my public FTP section so I think that's all good.

Now I just have to wait for my DNS settings to take effect (up to 72hrs), right?
And then I can hopefully start the store building part. less

Alrighty - I finally figured out the DNS thingies in my domain.
And found a tutorial in HostGator to figure out how to do the FTP bit.
I uploaded the Eden store builder thingie - all the files are there in my public FTP section so I think that's all good.

Now I just have to wait for my DNS settings to take effect (up to 72hrs), right?
And then I can hopefully start the store building part. less

Hey Shell!

I am really glad you figured the store stuff out, I was worried after I read your first post. The stores do take a bit of effort, but we're always trying to streamline the process and provide support along the way.

Right now there are two themes to pick from: Eden white (white background) and Eden dark (black background).

I think the DNS settings take a little while to kick in, like you said, but you can set your store up whenever you want. The store is on your host, so the files are all in place already and you'll mostly be doing things in the Back Office, so if the DNS settings aren't working yet, it's ok.

Just let me know when you get the precursor stuff done (Store Configuration) and you're ready for your Store ID and Key. less

Sorry, when I fail I tend to have a melt down.
For me, if I have no clue on what I'm doing I need very direct ... describe every little step for me to understand.
I found the video tutorials on HostGator which allowed me to do each step when the video did. And I could see that I was in the right place by the video. So if anyone else uses HostGator and doesn't know how to build a site .. the video tutorials may help them get the DNS done and part of the FTP.

Wahoooooo - I'm rather fond of darker background sites so that's awesome!

My domain is with Namecheap. When I type in my domain URL - tame-your-inner-passio ns.com it brings me to a HostGator site with a log into my Cpanel.
Is this correct? I would have thought it would just take me to Namecheap or something til my URL is working.

Ummmmm - what's Back Office and where do I find that?
I have looked at some of the files in my FTP but I can't see where I do anything with them. I can highlight a file and then click view up the top in the menu but that just brings up a heap of html or something. less

I'm sorry, I think I may not have understood which step you're on in the Getting Started tutorial. If your store files are on your host, and when you browse to your store's URL you just see a HostGator page, then I guess you will have to wait for the DNS settings to kick in. If your store files are uploaded, then visiting your store's URL should bring up a store wizard screen that looks like this:


If you're not seeing that install screen, it probably means one or more of the following:
-your DNS settings haven't taken effect yet
-your store files aren't in the right place on your host
-your store files aren't extracted

The "Back Office" is the back-end of the store, where you do work on your store. It's analogous to the User Account here at EdenFantasys, where you can submit reviews and change stuff for your public profile. You can access the back-end of these pages because they are your pages, but the rest of the world only sees the front-end (i.e. your profile page, your review, etc.).

Feel free to email me with questions, too. I've been helping a lot of affiliates through email support. less

Alrighty - I was able to nab bro for a few minutes to get him to check out if I have done things write in my hosting.
Turns out, this dildo (lol), put the files in the wrong place - I put them in public FTP and bro says they need to go in public html. LOL.

So I'm on my way to fixing that and hopefully smooth sailing for awhile. Fingers crossed! less

Public HTML sounds right The files looked fine from your screenshots but I couldn't tell where they were located on your host. Now that you've said they were in Public FTP I can kind of make out the letters for the location. Heh. Ok, so once they're in the right place, email me if you have issues. less

All the store tough parts are set up.
The next part said I could still go on with it even if I haven't received the Secret Key and that yet - by adding products.

When in my account, I only have the Contributor and Affiliate across the top bar thingie. There's no option to add any items to the store.

Am I doing something wrong? less

Hey Shell,Nope, you aren't doing anything wrong.The Getting Started tutorial says "While the ID and Key are necessary for the store to work, you can still complete the rest of the tutorial and come back to enter the ID and Key numbers later." That means that you can set up URL Rewriting and add another "employee" account to your store admin and make categories and change your banner, but the store doesn't function as a store yet. You need the Store ID and Key in order to add products and for your store to be associated with your partner account.I've received your email about getting your Store ID and Key and have requested it. I will send it to you as soon as I get it. Until then, you can delete the sample products, remove the sample categories and manufacturers, make your own categories, and some of the other things described in these tutorials (just not the ones about adding products ). less