Find the Video at http://businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-troubleshooting-mistakes-to-avoid/ Contents: 1) WooCommerce Troubleshooting Ouch! My website is broken... What can I do? Where can I find the error? 2) WooCommerce Updating Help! My WooCommerce plugin, theme and WordPress have new versions available. To Update or Not to Update, this is the Question! 3) 10 Mistakes you Must Avoid WooCommerce is simple to install, yet people tend to repeat the same mistakes over and over again. I'll show you the top 10 tips to avoid unforgiving mistakes!

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Master WooCommerce
Troubleshooting (plus:
10 WooCommerce Mistakes
you Must Avoid)

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Welcome to #CustomizeWoo Ep.3!
❏ Thank you!
❏ Links + Resources
❏ Help, it’s broken!
❏ Updating tips
❏ Top 10 Mistakes
❏ Live Demos
❏ Q&A

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Thank You!
Rodolfo Melogli
@RMelogli
~ Author, Web Dev
~ WooCommerce Expert
~ Meetup Organizer
~ FB / BusinessBloomer.com

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WooCommerce Troubleshooting
Resources + Links
1. WooThemes
❏ “WooCommerce Self Service Guide” [Article]
❏ “Troubleshooting 101 - Checking for Code Conflicts” [Video]
❏ “Troubleshooting” [Documentation]
2. Google, e.g. “WooCommerce cart is empty?”
3. FaceBook
❏ “WooCommerce Help & Share”
❏ “Advanced WooCommerce”

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Help! My WooCommerce Site is Broken!
❏ Prevention
❏ Child theme, careful updating, test site, avoid plugins
❏ “How to Customize WooCommerce with PHP Snippets” [Video]
❏ Analysis
❏ 1. WooCommerce System Status [DEMO]
❏ 2. WP/Theme/Plugin Upgrade Required?
❏ 3. Error Log (FTP), Inspect (Chrome), WP Debug [DEMO]
❏ Intervention
❏ Disable/enable theme; disable/enable plugins [DEMO]
❏ Disable cache plugins (or hosting cache)

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Updating Tips
❏ Never use “Automatic Updates” for major plugin
releases e.g. 4.1 -> 4.2 vs 4.1.0 -> 4.1.1
❏ Use the FTP “renaming” trick [DEMO]
❏ Always have a test/staging “playground”
❏ WAIT 5-10 days - unless major bug fix
❏ Always check WP/Plugin/Theme version
compatibility
❏ Correct Order: WP, Plugins, Theme

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Top 10 WooCommerce Mistakes
❏ Themes/Plugins
❏ Editing theme/plugin files vs child theme, actions & filters
❏ Installing free & paid plugins with no #downloads history
❏ Using theme that heavily overrides WooCommerce templates
❏ Using too many WC plugins vs 3 lines of PHP code
❏ Security
❏ Updating WC/WP/Theme without testing @ staging
❏ No backups…
❏ No access to FTP/File Manager while editing
❏ Using the WP Appearance>Editor to edit code!
❏ Customization
❏ Develop WC/WP with cache enabled
❏ Overriding full WC template instead of using hooks

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Thank You For
Watching!