The site has had an overhaul

[Colonelboom]

Regular visitors will probably just about tell the difference to before but it is entirely new Started a couple of days ago, live yesterday and sorted a few bugs tonight which will hopefully bring a faster and much simplified ordering process.

Main differences:

• Products can be viewed from the category page directly - hover over and click the magnifying glass icon to pop up a quick view which shows the product options and price to add directly without loading the page
• Products in cart can be viewed by hovering over the basket icon in desktop view
• Existing customers can login more simply when using a desktop device, hover over the customer account menu item and the login form is shown along with your account access to check orders once logged in.
• Checkout process is cleaner and more compact, Guests can still checkout without registering if they wish but it defaults to requesting a password to create an account for return customers. The second page takes the shipping and payment options and finalises the sale.
• Product ratings given by customers are shown in the category view by hovering over each product, these are being populated as customers add ratings so if you have had an item without a review or rating your input is appreciated and will help future purchasers.
• The product page images have been simplified where multiple images are uploaded, click the expand image icon pops up the gallery and each additional image is thumbnailed at the bottom rather than clutter up the product page - click next or the thumbnail to cycle through.
• Product details or specification is now tabbed alongside the reviews, this saves a bit of space and keeps things tidy.
• Site search is now in a centralised and prominent position and uniform for both desktop and mobile devices.
• The whole site has been tidied up for a bit of extra speed, more scripts have been used for a few new functions but the loading time is kept down elsewhere to make it simple to use, navigate and buy what you want!

Any issues or niggles you find while browsing please let me know and I will have a look at them, it is an unfortunate side effect of there being so many browsers, versions and hardware that we cannot test every variant - we do test using the latest versions of the major browsers though.

Next up is a stock take, we seem to have a few items that are lower in stock than accounted for - then we have new things coming in - then we can get even more Good times...

Cheers

Leigh

 

[Colonelboom]

We had a few reports of add to cart taking a while to complete, it seems this was due to a caching bug and although I think it has now been fixed it will be monitored - any issues please let me know

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

Looking good!

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

Hey bottom right just under the UKV logo you have some coding showing

 

[Colonelboom]

Hey bottom right just under the UKV logo you have some coding showing

Thanks and yeah, its a dynamic module I am just fettling with - the same will happen on the left hand side of the POTV logo too which will fill that gap

 

[Colonelboom]

Another new feature added... Product Compare

When you hover over a product in it's category and the box expands you will see a layered icon which shows "Add to Compare" in a tooltip, click that and it is added to the comparison page - you can add to compare on the product detail page also using the same method.

Add all the products you wish to view side by side, then either click Go to Compare in the box that pops up or any items added will then show in a module at the top of the page content (so you can see what you currently have) while you are browsing products

When you are ready to compare them you can get to the compare page and each choice will be displayed in rows of three (on a desktop that is - mobiles are rearranged to fit the screen sized as the entire site is responsive)

It is only a little gadget really but possibly helpful when looking for juices or kits and you want to read the details side by side...

Next up to be implemented this week is a rewards points scheme that allows you to accrue points on purchases to put towards others in the future

 

[Colonelboom]

Added today! We now accept bitcoins, the mechanism is a bit clunky as we are just using BitPay at the moment which means you have to actually have a bitpay balance - looking elsewhere for better options though - but it does mean that should the proverbial hit the fan with PayPal we have a payment function in place as a backup. More payment processors are being investigated currently too.

 

[JustDave]

Can't seem to log in to my account anymore.

Put in the details as usual, but it won't accept them.

Not sure if this is related to the new website or just a random quirk.

 

[Colonelboom]

Hmm. That's a bit odd as nothing changed with the accounts. We are having nightmare with broken checkout though Dave so you likely wouldn't be be to order anyway.