Initially I thought this would be simple since I could just edit the sidebar.php file where the header tags were wrapping the output. So I went about doing that like this:

However, when I went to see the output the header tags were still h2 tags. I spent a while racking my brain and looking all over for ways to change this. I did everything from removing the entire sidebar by commenting out the code to see if was output elsewhere (it wasn’t).

Function In Parent Theme Overriding Child Theme Function

Eventually I figured out that there was a function overriding this causing the tags to be h2 tags after considerable digging. This thread on the wordpress forums, was very helpful in initially figuring this out. The file was actually not even titled functions.php which if I was very familiar with the Titan theme would probably have known but since it was in the functions directory. The file was actually called titan-extend.php and located. The file is located in titan_pro/functions/titan-extend.php. I tried editing the file directly just to make sure and sure enough, that was it. Here is what it looked like:

Adjusting Parent Theme and Child Theme Loading Order

Once I found the function that was causing this, I figured I could edit the functions file in the child theme and would be all set. So I went ahead and did that, but the child function wasn’t overriding the parent function. I realized that the child function would be loaded first and then the parent function loaded so that the function in the parent theme would override the child theme function. I found this post that was very helpful in starting this process: Helpful post for overriding functions but that didn’t completely address the issue since the child theme was loading first and the parent theme would override it. In order to address this, I had to have wordpress load the parent function first and then unregister the function controlling this and then load the child functions. I finally figured it all out and brought it together with the following code:

I had no idea when I first wanted to make this simple change that it would be so involved, but now I do and can reference this for future similar issues. I hope it is helpful for anyone else that finds themselves in this situation with their wordpress theme or if they are using the Titan theme.

The trick is pretty straightforward and involves filtering the data to only show the rows that you want to select. I will try and add the full instructions at some point, but for now it can be found here: http://www.lytebyte.com/2009/06/02/how-to-select-every-nth-row-in-excel/

Here are some things that are a start:

1. Make it easy to contact you to reinforce confidence. Have phone numbers and other contact methods prominent.
2. Visibly show secure buttons and logos as much and as large as possible to instill secure shopping confidence. It needs to be on as many pages as possible and obvious but especially on the checkout page.
3. Use the word “secure” on the checkout button to reinforce confidence.
4. Make the checkout process as simple as possible with as few steps possible (can’t be reinforced enough).
5. Allow people to buy things without creating an account.
6. Make it clear what you do with personal information. Give a brief synopsis in checkout that you will not sell or give out their email or contact them without consent.
7. Make your shipping charges obvious and easy to find. If you offer free shipping over a certain amount make this absolutely clear.
8. On checkout, make the shipping options clear.
9. Offer as many payment options as possible.
10. Offer discounts and promote these heavily.
11. Cross sell on checkout.

These are just some basic things to work toward implementing. There are many, many more things to implement some are much more complicated than others. This list is a good starting point though.

Something you should try if you haven’t tried before. Go to your site and pretend you are the customer and try to buy something. Go through the entire process and see what difficulties you encounter or things you would look for. Then look at your competitors and the people at the top of the e commerce game like http://www.amazon.com/ and do the same thing and compare the process.

http://www.google.com/products?authorid=[your Account ID]

Replace [your Account ID] above with your actual Account ID located in the top-left corner, next to your company name.

Full instructions, explanation and FAQ here: http://www.google.com/support/merchants/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=188488

This is the code that shows the detailed version as described above:
{$product.fulldescr|default:$product.descr}

To change this so that it displays both, you can insert this where you want it:
{$product.descr}
{$product.fulldescr}

Thanks to the X Cart forums and this thread for this solution. The store I was working on had a different configuration, but this led me to the answer: X Cart Short Description Display