How to Use Lintalist with Miva Merchant Speed up Miva Merchant template coding with Lintalist The Miva Merchant template language is super powerful and lets you do complex coding within page templates. Using Lintalist will speed this process up dramatically. Scot Ranney, February 25, 2019
Scots Blogger Template Snippets and Explanations The main code blocks from the blog template without CSS. The code blocks below are the ones used in the stock templates for Scot's Blogger. If you have altered your template and need to go back, or if you are looking for a way to do something, these will help. Scot Ranney, April 23, 2019
Miva Merchant API: How to Test if a Product is in a Category The Miva Merchant API is a list of functions that you can use in store pages. Have you ever wanted to find out if a product is in a particular category? Here's how you can do that using the ever so nifty Miva Merchant API. Scot Ranney, May 03, 2019
Miva Merchant API Functions and How To Use Them Avoid common problems when using Miva Merchant API functions in store pages. An easy guide on how to use Miva Merchant's built in API functions, template language, and store morph entities to customize your Miva Merchant store. Scot Ranney, March 30, 2017
Miva Merchant Elements CSS Cheat Sheet It takes a while to get used to Elements CSS, this can help. A cheat sheet for Miva Merchant Elements CSS with all CSS elements on one page and in a mostly orderly fashion. Scot Ranney, April 04, 2019
Miva Merchant Custom Fields for Pages Page Meta Fields are the most powerful content feature in Miva Merchant and are rarely used to their full potential. Have you ever wanted custom fields for pages in Miva Merchant? Well, you already have them but they aren't called custom fields. Scot Ranney, December 09, 2020
Fix Move All to Wish List "Invalid Wish List" Error in Miva Merchant Fix the dreaded "Invalid Wish List" error. There is a bug in current Miva Merchant templates that gives you an "Invalid Wish List" error when a customer without an account tries to move all items in the basket to a wish list. Scot Ranney, June 09, 2021
Miva Merchant SMT / Storemorph Basics SMT template coding in Miva Merchant is a great way to easily customize what happens in your store. Miva Merchant template coding language, otherwise known as SMT or Storemorph Technology, gives you the power to do anything in your pages. Scot Ranney, August 14, 2021
How to Use the JSON Decode Function in Mivascript The Miva scripting language comes with a very nice JSON decode function. Here is how to use it. JSON is a great way to store and move text data. Decoding the JSON data into a usable array is also easy using Mivascript. Scot Ranney, August 16, 2023
Miva Merchant Quick and Dirty IP Blocking Your Miva store getting hammered by bots? If the Block IP module isn't working, try this. Here is some Miva template code to quickly block bad IP addresses from using up your Miva Merchant site's bandwidth. Scot Ranney, October 31, 2024
Miva Merchant Precision Price Display Problem and How To Fix It The Miva Merchant 10.11.01 update adds precision pricing for those who need it... and for those who don't. Here's how to fix your price display until the next update. The new precision weight/pricing feature for Miva Merchant is a good thing if you're selling screws and need to show smaller than .01 prices. The problem is that precision pricing is affecting everyone who uses discounts, not just people using precision weight. Scot Ranney, December 06, 2024
