{"id":8492,"date":"2020-04-15T09:54:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/?post_type=documentation&#038;p=8492"},"modified":"2024-02-25T16:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T22:50:34","slug":"quick-start","status":"publish","type":"documentation","link":"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/documentation\/quick-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Start Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Installation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have not done so already, please install the following plugins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>WooCommerce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LaunchFlows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">LaunchFlows offers a few global options you can setup from the main tab in the Admin Menu Bar of WordPress.<br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We suggest that you setup your LaunchFlows options as shown below:<br><\/span><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12828\" src=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-setup.jpg\" alt=\"LaunchFlows Setup\" width=\"800\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-setup.jpg 800w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-setup-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-setup-768x856.jpg 768w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-setup-600x669.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setup WooCommerce Account<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Most businesses will want to prevent people from using the Guest Checkout capability of WooCommerce so that tracking and automation are available for every buyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will ensure that every buyer is automatically registered and logged-in to your site upon completing their first free or paid transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To accomplish this, go to the Admin dashboard under the WooCommerce\/Settings\/Accounts &amp; Privacy tab and check the options as shown in the image below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2495\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/no-guest-checkout.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/no-guest-checkout.jpg 2495w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/no-guest-checkout-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/no-guest-checkout-1024x360.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/no-guest-checkout-768x270.jpg 768w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/no-guest-checkout-1536x540.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/no-guest-checkout-2048x720.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/no-guest-checkout-600x211.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2495px) 100vw, 2495px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disable AJAX Add To Cart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, you will want to uncheck the WooCommerce option for &#8220;Enable AJAX add to cart buttons on archives&#8221;. This otherwise can result in unpredictable behavior with LaunchFlows and other WooCommerce plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/disable-ajax-add-to-cart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2168\" height=\"1628\" src=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/disable-ajax-add-to-cart.png\" alt=\"disable-ajax-add-to-cart\" class=\"wp-image-26828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/disable-ajax-add-to-cart.png 2168w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/disable-ajax-add-to-cart-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/disable-ajax-add-to-cart-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/disable-ajax-add-to-cart-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/disable-ajax-add-to-cart-1536x1153.png 1536w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/disable-ajax-add-to-cart-2048x1538.png 2048w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/disable-ajax-add-to-cart-600x451.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2168px) 100vw, 2168px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_7ba224-3a, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_7ba224-3a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8492_7ba224-3a\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_7ba224-3a mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_7ba224-3a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8492_7ba224-3a\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading8492_7ba224-3a wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8492_7ba224-3a\">Set Product Layout Capability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>LaunchFlows provides an option to disable the product layout capability in the event you are already using another theme or plugin for this purpose. This will prevent you from having conflicting results on the WooCommerce single product pages. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/documentation\/disable-product-layout-capability\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to disable the LaunchFlows single product layout capability, simply go to the LaunchFlows tab of your admin dashboard, and click the checkbox for &#8220;Theme Compatibility&#8221; as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/theme-compatibility.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/theme-compatibility.jpg\" alt=\"Theme Compatibility\" class=\"wp-image-26248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/theme-compatibility.jpg 1354w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/theme-compatibility-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/theme-compatibility-1024x257.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/theme-compatibility-768x193.jpg 768w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/theme-compatibility-600x151.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_74760d-6c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_74760d-6c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8492_74760d-6c\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_74760d-6c mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_74760d-6c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8492_74760d-6c\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading8492_74760d-6c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8492_74760d-6c\">Three Steps To Sales Funnels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>LaunchFlows makes it easy to create unlimited Sales Funnels with this just three steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/three-steps.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/three-steps.png 930w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/three-steps-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/three-steps-768x271.png 768w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/three-steps-600x212.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 1 &#8211; Create A Product<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the &#8220;Products \/ Add New&#8221; link in your admin dashboard and choose &#8220;Simple Product&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1054\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-get-started-new-product.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-get-started-new-product.jpg 1054w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-get-started-new-product-300x57.jpg 300w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-get-started-new-product-1024x194.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-get-started-new-product-768x146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/launchflows-get-started-new-product-600x114.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1054px) 100vw, 1054px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Give the product a name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Add Price Information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) Click &#8220;LaunchFlows&#8221; Tab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4) Click the &#8220;Select Next Step Page&#8221; field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5) Type the name of the page or post you want a buyer to be directed to after adding this product to the cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6) Click the &#8220;Select Post Checkout Page&#8221; field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7) Type the name of the page or post you want buyer to be directed to after they have completed purchase (checkout) of this product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8) Click &#8220;Publish&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/2022-03-14\/36256fb8-61ed-4c46-8bdf-0ca07e53fdbf\/stack_animation.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 2 &#8211; Create A Checkout<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can create one global checkout template for all of your products or unique templates for each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a new Page, Post, Product Or Lesson to hold your new checkout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the &#8220;Add A Checkout To This Post&#8221; from the LaunchFlows Checkout Enable Metabox as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/add-checkout-meta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14742 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/add-checkout-meta.jpg\" alt=\"launchflows add checkout metabox\" width=\"598\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/add-checkout-meta.jpg 598w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/add-checkout-meta-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><br>This will produce a standard WooCommerce checkout layout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you prefer you can <a href=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/documentation\/how-to-style-or-hide-components-with-block-editor\/\">customize your checkout layout<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_39e3be-13, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_39e3be-13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8492_39e3be-13\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_39e3be-13 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8492_39e3be-13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8492_39e3be-13\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading8492_39e3be-13 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8492_39e3be-13\"><strong>Step 2a (optional) &#8211; Create An Order Pay Page<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure that you can have a clean payment option for manually created customer orders (or if customer has an issue paying and wants to come back from their my-account) be sure to create a standard page with WordPress, <strong>with the url slug of &#8220;order-pay&#8221;. <\/strong><br><br>Then add the standard WooCommerce checkout shortcode to that page to make sure it will display the simple but required details of an order payment checkout (this is NOT a custom checkout). <br><br>Use this shortcode on the &#8220;order-pay&#8221; page you create:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;woocommerce_checkout]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 3 &#8211; Create A Thank You<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a new page with your choice of design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may drop the LaunchFlows &#8220;Thank You&#8221; widget into this layout to show last-order information and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In WooCommerce\/Settings, choose at least one of your Thank You Pages as the default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Note: You may create a custom Thank You page for each product or just use one for all products).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-global-thank-you-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-global-thank-you-1.png 900w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-global-thank-you-1-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-global-thank-you-1-768x275.png 768w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-global-thank-you-1-600x215.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you use a custom Thank You page for a product, be sure to choose this from the product setup using the &#8220;Select Post Checkout Page&#8221; dropdown.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13625\" src=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thank-you-page-1024x391.jpg\" alt=\"Thank You Page\" width=\"750\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thank-you-page-1024x391.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thank-you-page-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thank-you-page-768x293.jpg 768w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thank-you-page-1536x586.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thank-you-page-2048x781.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thank-you-page-600x229.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 4 &#8211; Test Your Checkout<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now test your new checkout by adding your product to the checkout with the <strong>LF-Direct Checkout Link<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In the sidebar of your product setup you will find a meta-box with the LF-Direct Checkout Link.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add this link to any button or clickable element and your product will be sent to your checkout, ready to buy. Easy!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8694\" src=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-direct-checkout-link.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-direct-checkout-link.png 1793w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-direct-checkout-link-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-direct-checkout-link-1024x171.png 1024w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-direct-checkout-link-768x128.png 768w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-direct-checkout-link-1536x257.png 1536w, https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quick-start-direct-checkout-link-600x100.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Installation If you have not done so already, please install the following plugins: LaunchFlows offers a few global options you can setup from the main tab in the Admin Menu Bar of WordPress. We suggest that you setup your LaunchFlows options as shown below: Setup WooCommerce Account Most businesses will want to prevent people from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"documentation_tags":[173,172],"acf":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","taxonomy_info":{"documentation_categories":[{"value":250,"label":"Getting Started"}],"documentation_tags":[{"value":173,"label":"Basics"},{"value":172,"label":"Quick Start"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation\/8492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/documentation"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation\/8492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28833,"href":"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation\/8492\/revisions\/28833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"documentation_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launchflows.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation_tags?post=8492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}