LRamsay
-
Posts
7 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Reputation Activity
-
LRamsay reacted to lkaye in Creating a CSV File for Digital Files for Pinterest Catalogs
@KMM1025
Hello,
I just found out yesterday that my tags are working now. The base tag, and three event tags. Here is the code that I put into my code injection header, in the advanced section under settings. If you still need this, the only thing that you'll have to change is your user ID number in 5 spots. Which I have marked in red below...I put the same numbers in that they used in their examples. (123456789) I actually have two other codes in the same header one is my google analytics, and this code after both of them. Now I'm waiting on approval to get verified. The guy that was helping me said that he sent my info to another department, so hopefully I get approved without having to do anything else. It's crazy how many steps are required to get this to work properly. I hope this helps you, and someone else who may be looking to add tags to their Pinterest.
I should note, the three event tags that I needed were page views, add to cart, and checkout. If you need to add something different let me know, and I can show you which part to edit. Take care!
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
!(function (e) {
if (!window.pintrk) {
window.pintrk = function () {
window.pintrk.queue.push(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments));
};
var n = window.pintrk;
(n.queue = []), (n.version = '3.0');
var t = document.createElement('script');
(t.async = !0), (t.src = e);
var r = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
r.parentNode.insertBefore(t, r);
}
})('https://s.pinimg.com/ct/core.js');
pintrk('load', '123456789');
pintrk('page');
</script>
<noscript>
<img
height="1"
width="1"
style="display:none;"
alt=""
src="https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=123456789&noscript=1"
/>
</noscript>
<script>
pintrk('track', 'pagevisit');
pintrk('track', 'addtocart');
pintrk('track', 'checkout');
</script>
<noscript>
<img
height="1"
width="1"
style="display:none;"
alt=""
src="https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=123456789&event=pagevisit&noscript=1"
/>
<img
height="1"
width="1"
style="display:none;"
alt=""
src="https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=123456789&event=addtocart&noscript=1"
/>
<img
height="1"
width="1"
style="display:none;"
alt=""
src="https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=123456789&event=checkout&noscript=1"
/>
</noscript>
</head>
-
LRamsay reacted to lkaye in Creating a CSV File for Digital Files for Pinterest Catalogs
To others in my same boat...I thought a quick explanation would be helpful.
I was trying to create a pinterest catalog for my shop and couldn't quite figure it all out, and there is little to no information out there on how to really do it. I only have a handful of physical products, and well over 100 digital files in my shop. So, the provided CSV file that you can find in the "inventory" section of your shop wouldn't work for me.
Those of you with just physical products can have a file created for you by clicking on the "export all" button on the top right of your Inventory screen of your shop. You can actually select specific items to export by clicking on the empty circle to the left of each item in your inventory, then pushing the export button on the top right. It may automatically download a CSV file to your computer, or you can click on the file that pops up on the dropdown menu. You're going to get more info than you made need in the CSV file, so you may need to edit it. That's up to you.
Back to creating your own CSV file...I clicked on their example of a CSV file to know what I needed to add to a CSV file of my own. Sidenote, they actually require less now, than what their example says. There are actual requirements listed on this Pinterest page, which are the following:
Required fields:
id (You can decide what the id is) title (The title you have it listed as in your shop) description (something that describes your item...physical, digital, and so on) link (a direct link to the item in your shop) image_link (right click on your image, and select "copy image link" to find your image link) price (the non-sale price that you have it listed) availability (type "in stock" if it's available) condition (although this isn't required, it helps with setting up the catalog...ex. new, used, refurbished.) You may be aware of those requirements, for those who don't hopefully that is helpful. To
I don't have excel, because I use google sheets. To start I filled out the top of the table with all the different requirements...as listed above...id, title, description, link, image link, price, and availability. Then I started filling in the requirements for each item. Yes, in order to get a CSV file with all my digital items, I created it my own. Finding out what the image link was, was silly to figure out...because of how easy it is. It took me longer to figure out than it should have, and I didn't find any info out there about it.
When you are on the item's page right click on the image, and then select "copy image link" to get the link for you add to the table. After I added all the info for 140 items from my shop to google sheets, I needed to create a CSV file link. I tried saving it to google drive, and they won't accept that link. So after searching once again, I finally found some random video on youtube, that showed how to "publish to web". The video was old, and of course google sheets has been updated. So... Click on File, Share, Publish to Web. The popup has options. I made sure the "entire document" was selected, as well as "Comma-seperated values (.csv)", then I clicked publish. It will ask you if you want it published. Click yes. Then use the link provided, as your CSV link to paste into the required section in the pinterest catalog. Then click submit and cross your fingers that it works...haha! To be honest after trying over and over again...I was shocked it actually worked!!
I know these steps are basic, and for some they may know exactly what to do. For the rest of us, I wish I had someone to show me what to do. It would have saved me to much time and frustration.
Sidenote, my digital items loaded fine. My physical items listed with "only 1 in stock" got denied. Which I can understand. When it sells it would require that item to be removed from the catalog, and I'm not sure how easy that is to manage. I've never used this newer catalog option.
As far as listing things on sale...under the price section on the CSV file, unless you permanently have them listed on sale, its best to do the regular price. I've even learned when linking blog posts about sales, they become irrelevant when the sale is over.
These are the tips that have worked for me. I hope they work for you too, however things change often enough so this info may need to be updated. We can also hope that Pinterest and Squarespace have an easier way to integrate in the future.
-
LRamsay reacted to drunkenspyder in Creating a CSV File for Digital Files for Pinterest Catalogs
I am starting to slog through this issue now myself and making some headway. But I am curious if anyone knows why Squarespace and Pinterest don't play nicer together? Pinterest has catalog integration with several other platforms but not SS. Any reason?
-
LRamsay reacted to Jo_SQSP in Introducing Forum Achievements
Hello Squarespace Community!
Over the last several years, our community has turned the Squarespace Forum into a welcoming resource for website owners to receive support and constructive feedback from their peers.
We’re excited to celebrate your contributions to the Squarespace Forum by releasing our new Forum Achievements program. Over the next few days, you’ll start to see badges appear for your forum activity. Qualifications for each badge will be calculated retroactively, meaning that you’ll be credited for your forum contributions throughout your entire Squarespace journey.
A variety of actions—posts, comments, feedback, reactions, and more— will be represented across different badges to reward all forms of forum participation. You’ll also receive a rank designation based on your forum contributions. Both your badges and rank designation will be visible in your forum profile.
We look forward to the evolution of this program through your feedback and participation. Comment below to let us know if you have any questions about Forum Achievements!
Cheers,
The Squarespace Community team
-
LRamsay reacted to Hoper in Website elements overlap when resizing screen
Site URL: https://hopeandcole.com
Hi there.
I'm fumbling my way through my first website design. Ideally, I would love to include the flowers used throughout the site as accents, but I'm realizing that they overlap with the text elements whenever I narrow my screen size or move to mobile. Is there any way to fix their relative positions within the page to prevent this from happening in the future? Open to any other suggestions on how this site and its design might be improved. Thanks in advance.
PW: help
