How to Configure Cart Thumbnails in Magento 2

Cart Thumbnails are small images that appear in the cart when customers shopping online. These undersized pictures help to give online buyers an overview of the product they are about to spend money on. If a customer buys a simple product with specific color, then ideally, the Cart Thumbnails should match that product.
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However, the thumbnails do not always show exactly what the product is (in terms of size, color, or length). In other words, it is impossible to display all the variations of a configurable or grouped product which have multiple options to choose. For these two types, Magento 2 allows admin to select the Cart Thumbnails images from either their “parent” products or from the product variation.

To configure Cart Thumbnails images for Configurable and Grouped products in the current store view, do the following:

  1. Firstly, sign in with your admin account. On the Admin sidebar, select Stores.
  2. Choose Configuration under Settings.
  3. Expand Sale on the left panel, then click Checkout.
  4. Click the drop-down icon in the Shopping Cart section. Now you can do the settings:
  • Grouped Product Image: Set it to “Parent Product Thumbnail” if you want the thumbnail image for grouped products to be selected from parent product. Set it to “Product Thumbnail Itself” otherwise.
  • Configurable Product Image: Select the “Parent Product Thumbnail” option if you want the thumbnail image for configurable products to be selected from parent product. Otherwise, select the “Product Thumbnail Itself” option.Configure Cart Thumbnails
  1. When you finish the settings, tap Save Config (on the upper-right corner of your working screen) to save changes.

You may need to refresh the caches by clicking the Cache Management link when the system note appears.system-note Cart Thumbnails

Now, go to your store’s backend and see what you can do with thumbnail images for your products to improve your customer’s shopping experience.

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How to Activate Reorder in Magento 2

When discuss about supporting tools for Shopping Cart in online stores, it is Magento 2 that provides a lot of options for store owners to better manage their electronic sales. One of these is Reorder Option in Sales Configuration. If Reorder is enabled in the backend, registered buyers can edit their existing orders right in My dashboard section.reorder-in-frontend

To activate Reorder Option, follow the steps below:

  1. Log in the backend with an admin account. On the Admin sidebar, tap Stores.
  2. After that, click Configuration in the Settings section.
  3. On the left panel, expand the SALES row and select Sales then.
  4. Scroll down to the Reorder section. Set it to your preference:
  • “Yes”: Allow customers to reorder in My dashboard section.
  • “No”: Reorder is not allowed. Because Magento 2 set the field to “Yes” as default, you should clear the Use System Value checkbox before choosing this option.configure-reorder
  1. Lastly, tap Save Config on the upper-right corner to confirm your settings. You may need to reindex the data and refresh the cache by clicking the Cache Management link when the system note appears.refresh-cache-management

Once Reorder is enabled, it is not only buyers can edit their orders but also admins can do it from the backend. To reorder for an existing order in the backend, do the following:

  1. On the Admin sidebar, click Customers. Next, select All customer.
  2. You can either use the filter to search for a specific customer (search by name, or email, or tax code,…) or enter the keyword(s) to the search box on the upper left corner. You might need to refresh the filter to clear all the previous filters before adding a new one.
  3. After finding the customer, click edit in the Action column.
  4. On the left panel, tap Orders under Customer Information. Here you can see all the orders that the selected customer has placed. Click Reorder Option in the last column of the order that you want to edit.
  5. Next, edit the order to your preferences.reorder-in-backend Reorder Option
  6. Tap Submit Order to save the changes. 

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5 Steps to Set Minimum Order Amount in Magento 2

There may be some times that you want to set a minimum amount to your customers subtotal. Magento 2 provides this setting in Minimum Order Amount in stores configuration, with the condition that all discounts are excluded from the total amount. Through this section, you can configure the time that checkout page becomes available to your buyers. You can also manage the content of the message shown to your customers when the requirement is not met.

To configure Minimum Order Amount in Magento 2, do the following:Minimum Order Amount

  1. First of all, sign in with your admin account. Next, On the Admin Sidebar, tap Stores.
  2. Select Configuration under Settings.
  3. Expand Sale row on the left panel, click Sales option after that.
  4. Move downward until you reach the Minimum Order Amount section. Then fill in the blanks:
  • Enable: Set it to “Yes” if you want the minimum amount to be applied immediately. Set “No” if you want to activate it later.
  • Minimum Amount: The smallest value of your customer’s subtotal. The subtotal should be calculated after all discounts.
  • Include Tax to Amount: Whether the tax is included in the required subtotal or not. “Yes” means tax is included. “No” means tax is excluded. You can use the default setting by marking the Use System Value checkbox.
  • Description Message: The notification shown to buyers when their subtotal is lower than the required amount. Leave it blank to use the default message.
  • Error to Show in Shopping Cart: enter the message to replace the default one.
  • Set Validate Each Address Separately in Multi-address Checkout to “Yes” if you want each of the multi-address order to meet the minimum amount. Set “No” otherwise.
  • Multi-address Description Message: Orders that are to be shipped to multiple addresses but not meet the requirement will see this. Leave this box blank if you prefer the default notification.
  • Multi-address Error to Show in Shopping Cart: This message will be shown in the Shopping Cart if the total amount of the cart is smaller than the required amount. Leave this box blank if you prefer the default notification.
  1. When you complete the settings, click Save Config to save the changes.

You may need to reindex and refresh the cache by clicking the Cache Management link on the system note.system-note Minimum Order Amount

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Quote Lifetime for Your Product Price in Magento 2

It is common that the Product Price can vary relatively after a period of time. For example, it may cost more money to buy a swimsuit in summer than it does in winter, because of higher demand. Therefore, online store owners need to set a fixed number of days (or months) for an item’s price. How long a price is valid can be set by using Quote Lifetime setting in Magento 2.

To use Quote Lifetime in Magento 2, do as the following:

  1. Go to the backend mode, click Stores on the Admin sidebar.
  2. Choose Configuration under Settings.
  3. On the left panel, expand Sales row. Click Check out after that.
  4. Next, scroll down to the Shopping cart section. Set the Quote Lifetime as your preference.
  • The unit used here is days. Magento 2 set it to 30 as default.
  • You may need to clear the Use System Value checkbox before setting to a new period of time that your quote price is valid.
  1. When you finish, click Save Config to save the change.

    Configure Quote Lifetime
    Configure Quote Lifetime

Now, let’s look at some more details about the example about swimsuit above. You may think that because July is the hottest month in the summer, the demand for swimming is extremely high, so that you want to raise the price a bit higher (about $20 per item) for this month. After 30 days, you may reset the price to adjust to the changing demand.

In order to set a lifetime of 30 days for the new price, you need to follow the steps above.

  • In the Quote Lifetime field, enter 30 to the box.
  • Or you can just mark the Use System Value checkbox to take the default number.
  • Lastly, save your change and go to your homepage to test the setting.

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Better Manage Cart Sidebar in Magento 2 – Better Care for Your Customers!

The cart is put at the last step of a purchase, and it has a comparative impact on your customer’ buying decision. Properly configuring shopping cart sidebar can significantly make your customers be consistent with their purchases. In this article, you will learn how to manage the Cart Sidebar and offer assistance to your customers.

As a customer, you can see Cart Sidebar, or “mini cart”, by clicking on the cart icon in the upper right of the screen. It indicates a summary of items that you have bought, including product’s thumbnail image, unit price, and other information. By looking at this, you can manage your buying activities. In addition, it is especially useful in keeping you away from emptying your wallet, thanks to Subtotal index provided.cart-sidebar

As an admin, you can configure Cart Sidebar to your preferences:

  • In the backend mode, select Stores on the left sidebar.
  • Next, choose Configuration below Settings.
  • Now you are in Cart configuration space. Expand Sales and pick up Check out to go to Cart Sidebar set up.
  • Rolling downward until you find Shopping Cart Sidebar. Here you have two tools to manage your Shopping Cart Sidebar:
  • Display Shopping Cart Sidebar: You can choose to display the “mini cart” to your customer view: unfill the Use system value box, then select Yes option. Or, you can hide the cart summary by tapping No option.
  • Maximum Display Recently Added: Allow the maximum amount of items that currently added by customers to be present. You can set this number as you like.
  1.  Click Save Configuration to save changes that you have made.Cart Sidebar Configuration

Now go to your online stores and show customers how thorough you care to them!

We have presented about Managing Cart Sidebar in Magento 2. We hope that this article can show you useful information to select the appropriate extension for your online shop. For the Magento developers, it’s our pleasure to receive your comment and recommendation on our FAQ extension list. If you want to add or erase any item in this FAQ list, feel free to contact us. Don’t forget to Like, Share, and Subscribe to Magestandard for more informative Magento extension review articles.