Magento Pinterest Feeds
Magento Pinterest Feeds extension will grab your pins automatically from your boards and display them on your store. You can display a long list of feeds that will contain images with a description from your Pinterest profile. The Pinterest Feeds widget is fully customizable – set height, weight, background color, text color, etc.
Features
- Set number of feeds to display.
- Customize the height and width of the widget.
- Set wall background color.
- Set wall data color.
- Pinterest Follow button included.
- Show pins from the board.
- Pinterest feed widget can be shown on any page using block code.
Installation
It’s pretty easy you just need to move both folders (i.e. app, skin) into magento root that’s it.
After moving both the folder, flush the cache from magento admin module. Under system > cache management.
And now your Magento Pinterest Feeds module has been installed.
How to Get Pinterest ID & Board ID?
Before configuring Pinterest Feeds module, you need to have your Pinterest ID and Board ID. These credentials will be required during the module configuration.
To get the Pinterest ID login to your account, click your name and copy the ID from the address bar. Please view the below screenshot.
Board ID
Boards are where you save your Pins. You can add new boards from your profile or add them while you’re saving a pin. To get your Board ID, go to your profile and view any board. Then, go to the address bar and copy the board ID. Please view below screenshot:
Configuration
After successful installation of the module, go to backend admin panel and follow System>Configuration>Pinterest Feeds. Then, set the following options:
Pinterest ID – You can get this by going to your Pinterest profile page and copy it from the URL.
Number of feed – Enter how many feeds you want to show.
Pinterest Board ID – Enter the board ID from your Pinterest profile.
Width – Customize the widget width according to your need.
Height – Customize the widget height according to your need.
Wall Background Color – Set the background color of the widget.
Wall Data Color – Set the text color of the feeds.
Show Date – Display date by clicking Yes option.
Enter CMS Block Code
Now you need to call the block code in any CMS page or static block and it will display the feeds from Pinterest.
{{block type=”webkul_pinterest/pinterest” before=”-” name=”pinterest” template=”pinterest/pinterest.phtml” }}
Front-End View
After setting up all the options, the Pinterest Feeds widget will display as follows:
The Pinterest Feed widget is fully customizable, you can set the desired height and width of the module according to your store.
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