[Dan Smith1]

Is it possible in ECWID to stop accepting new customers, but continue to service existing ones? We will be running a store that will have limited inventory and will need from time to time to limit the growth of our customer base but want to make sure that we continue to serve our existing customers.

We can manually turn this on or off. For example, we may want only 100 customers in our base for now, but want to turn it on and allow it to grow to 200 in the future. (The exact numbers are not that important.)

[Eugene Rimmer]

Hello. You can limit the ordering only for the registered customers the following way:
1) In your Ecwid control panel, System Settings → Cart, turn on the option "Require customers to create accounts on checkout", so that checkout will only be available to registered customers. (http://awesomescreenshot.com/044imnx43)
2) Hide the password fields on checkout, so that the customers without an account cannot create a new one while checking out. To do that, add the following code to your Ecwid CSS theme:

div.ecwid-Checkout-PasswordBlock {
	display: none;
}

3) Make the links to create a new account in login forms of your shop appear invisible and unclickable by adding the following code to your shop page:

<script type="text/javascript">
ecwidMessages = window.ecwidMessages || {}; 
ecwidMessages["LoginForm.create_new"]=""; 
ecwidMessages["LoginPopup.new_account"]="";
 </script>

After these steps the checkout will only be available to registered customers, and it will not be possible to register a new account in your shop. Once you decide to allow more customers to your shop, you can remove the code added on steps 2 and 3.

[Lotta Gustafsson]

Because Google Sites do not accept JavaScript how can I solve this in a Shop ona Google Site with a Google Gadget?
Can we edit the Gadget?

We need this solved before we register for Edwid.
Best regards
/Lotta

[Lana]

Originally Posted by Lotta Gustafsson

Because Google Sites do not accept JavaScript how can I solve this in a Shop ona Google Site with a Google Gadget?
Can we edit the Gadget?

We need this solved before we register for Edwid.
Best regards
/Lotta

Hi,

If you'd like to implement the 3rd option offered by Eugene in the previous post, unfortunately Google Sites prohibits the usage of arbitrary JavaScript due to security reasons, but allows embedding web applications like Ecwid into their web-sites. The applications are isolated from the other elements on the page, therefore all Ecwid codes are to be inserted into a compact area, and unfortunately you can't modify it, i.e. you can't insert any extra Javascript code in there.
Yet it should be possible to create custom Google Gadget with Ecwid widgets where you'll be able to insert additional Javascript codes as well as any other additional Ecwid widgets you like.
Here're instructions on how to build custom gadgets: https://sites.google.com/site/gsunhe... However, Google has changed something on their end, and right now Google Gadget Editor should be available via iGoogls http://www.google.com/ig
Please, check.
Alternatively, we can recommend considering using another platform for your site that will provide more flexibility and opportunities to tune up your Ecwid store. There're various site-builders that don't have such limits as Google site and that allow extending the functions and store layout.
For ex., http://jigsy.com, http://www.yola.com, http://www.edicy.com. Or CMS (it's installed on your own web-server), two of the most popular are Wordpress, Joomla.
If you've already registered Ecwid account and have loaded your products and done some settings, all these will be kept in your Ecwid control panel and will be easily used on any other platform.


With regard to the topic, please, mind that 3rd option to insert Javascript code may not be necessary. The 1st and 2nd variants, from Eugene's post, may well be enough as long as your goal is to allow buying only for registered customers. Please, clarify what exactly you're trying to achieve.