Customising the WooCommerce Cart Page with LSX Design Theme #
The Cart page is a crucial part of the WooCommerce shopping experience, allowing customers to review their selected items before proceeding to checkout. With the LSX Design Theme, customising the cart page becomes a seamless process using WooCommerce’s Cart Block. This block-based system provides enhanced flexibility for controlling the cart’s layout and functionality, ensuring a user-friendly experience for your customers.
WooCommerce has made significant updates to the Cart Block, making it more customisable and powerful than ever. This section will guide you through customising the cart page using the Cart Block in the LSX Design Theme, while also touching on the support for classic templates in scenarios where WooCommerce extensions require it.
What is the Cart Block? #
The Cart Block is a flexible, modular block that allows you to customise the cart page visually in the WordPress block editor. With this block, you can control how cart details, such as product names, prices, quantities, and totals, are displayed. You can also add elements like cross-sell promotions and shipping information to enhance the cart experience.
The LSX Design Theme integrates fully with WooCommerce’s Cart Block, allowing you to make real-time adjustments to the cart layout, style, and functionality—all without needing to write code.
Key Features of the Cart Block in LSX Design Theme #
Flexible Layout Customisation #
With the Cart Block, you can customise the structure and layout of your cart page to match your store’s design preferences. LSX Design enables you to control how product information is displayed, including product images, names, prices, and quantities.
- Customise the Product Table: Arrange how product details are shown in a table format. You can add or remove columns, control the width of product images, and customise the order of product details like name, price, and quantity.
- Cross-Sell Promotions: Use the Cross-Sell Block to suggest additional products related to what the customer has added to their cart. LSX Design allows you to place this block anywhere on the cart page for maximum visibility.
Styling and Design Flexibility #
The Cart Block supports extensive design customisation. Using LSX Design’s global styles, you can apply consistent fonts, colours, and button styles across the cart page. This ensures that the cart page reflects your brand’s identity while maintaining a clean and professional look.
- Button Styles: Customise the Update Cart and Proceed to Checkout buttons to stand out with the right colours, font sizes, and hover effects.
- Typography and Spacing: Adjust the typography for product names and pricing, ensuring that everything is legible and aesthetically pleasing.
How to Customise the Cart Page Using the Cart Block #
To begin customising the Cart page in the LSX Design Theme, follow these steps:
- Navigate to the Cart Page: In your WordPress dashboard, go to Pages > All Pages and select the Cart page to open it in the block editor.
- Add the Cart Block: If the Cart Block isn’t already present, add it by clicking the + button, then search for and select Cart from the WooCommerce blocks.
- Customise the Layout: Use the block editor to rearrange elements of the Cart Block. You can adjust the position of product details, cart totals, shipping calculators, and more.
- Add Cross-Sell Products: Use the Cross-Sell Block to suggest related or complementary products to the customer, encouraging them to add more items to their cart.
- Preview and Publish: Preview the changes in the block editor to ensure the layout and functionality meet your expectations. Once satisfied, click Publish to make the changes live.
Cart Block Improvements in WooCommerce 9.0 #
WooCommerce 9.0 introduced several key updates and improvements to the Cart Block, enhancing its flexibility and functionality:
- Improved Layout Options: The latest version offers more control over how the cart page is structured. You can now more easily rearrange blocks, fine-tune spacing, and customise the order of elements like product images, pricing, and cart totals.
- Integration with Extensions: The Cart Block now offers improved compatibility with WooCommerce extensions, ensuring that additional functionality like coupon codes and custom checkout options work seamlessly within the block.
- Responsive Design: The Cart Block is fully responsive, ensuring that your cart page looks great on all devices—whether it’s viewed on desktop, tablet, or mobile.
- For more details on the updates in WooCommerce 9.0, check out the Cart & Checkout Changes in WooCommerce 9.0.
Balancing Classic Cart Templates and Cart Blocks #
While the Cart Block offers a more modern, flexible way to customise the cart page, LSX Design Theme continues to support classic PHP-based cart templates. This is essential for stores that rely on certain WooCommerce extensions that may not yet fully support block-based layouts.
In these cases, the classic template allows you to maintain compatibility with your existing WooCommerce setup while still benefiting from the styling and design options provided by LSX Design.
- For more information on the transition to block-based cart customisation, refer to the Cart Block Overview.
Conclusion #
Customising the cart page using the Cart Block in the LSX Design Theme gives you full control over the layout and design of this critical part of the shopping experience. Whether you’re adding cross-sell products, adjusting the product table layout, or applying brand styles to buttons and typography, LSX Design makes it easy to create a cart page that enhances the user experience.With support for both modern Cart Blocks and classic templates, LSX Design ensures that your store remains flexible and compatible with WooCommerce’s latest updates while providing a seamless shopping experience.
