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How do You put your Weebly eCommerce store on vacation

I need suggestions on how to indicate to customers that I am on vacation. I put it in every section and on the footer, and right under store banner.

Does Weebly have a way to indicate this on product pages? I don't want to edit every item.

Thanks in advance.

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I just came up with an even easier version of what you suggested. I used the zotabox "promotion bar" plugin and did not need to create an image to load into a popup. Not quite as elegant, but immediate, appears at the top of every page,  and there's no way customers will miss it.

I simply eliminated the call to action button and typed in my text. voila!

Will also turn off payments--that's an important step.

You can check out how it looks at  www.knitwithus.com

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Hello, Susan!

A good idea would be to place a popup message on your pages that alerts visitors immediately that the store is on vacation. Then turn off the ability to order anything. You can turn it off, by removing your payment processor and republishing your site. If someone attempts to make a purchase during while it's turned off. They will receive a message that says the store is currently not accepting payments at this time.

As for the popup window. You can use an app for that right in our app center. Check out the popup app by Lifter Apps here:  http://www.weebly.com/app-center/pop-up-window
Add the app to your site.

You can then create your own custom popup image/message via Canva. This works hand in hand with the popup app.

The following instructions will guide you on creating your custom popup image. https://popup2.lifterapps.com/tutorials/canva

Once that image is saved. Upload it to the popup app. You can then test it on your site.

Note: The popup app also allows you to integrate an email signup form. You could collect emails from visitors. Then alert them when the store is back open.

You can also create your popup image/message using another program such as Photoshop. This is entirely up to you.

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Thank you so much Robin! I really appreciate your answer and great help.

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I still do not know how to put my store on vacation???

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Sorry for the confusion, chevelle454! What did you want to know?

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Thank you-excellent explanation and exactly what I was looking for.

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You are both very welcome! Glad that helped!

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I just came up with an even easier version of what you suggested. I used the zotabox "promotion bar" plugin and did not need to create an image to load into a popup. Not quite as elegant, but immediate, appears at the top of every page,  and there's no way customers will miss it.

I simply eliminated the call to action button and typed in my text. voila!

Will also turn off payments--that's an important step.

You can check out how it looks at  www.knitwithus.com

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@knitwithus wrote:

I just came up with an even easier version of what you suggested. I used the zotabox "promotion bar" plugin and did not need to create an image to load into a popup. Not quite as elegant, but immediate, appears at the top of every page,  and there's no way customers will miss it.

I simply eliminated the call to action button and typed in my text. voila!

Will also turn off payments--that's an important step.

You can check out how it looks at  www.knitwithus.com


I am looking at your site and not seeing this.  Am I looking in the wrong place?  I am looking at your 'Store' tab.

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I used this method and it is great!  Thank you!

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