We get asked this question all the time, and it’s quite difficult to answer because there is so much you can do with AspDotNetStorefront without source code!  However, there are some rather subtle nuances that we’ll be listing out in a series of posts titled “When You Should Buy AspDotNetStorefront Source Code”.  This is part 1.

Reason #1 to Buy Source Code

When you want to modify the Add To Cart form HTML that is output from the AspDotNetStorefront Core Library.

Yes, you read correctly.  As a default, AspDotNetStorefront provides the developer with a few css classes and element ids that you can use to change the styling of the product page Add to Cart Form, but you cannot modify the html structure.  As you can imagine, this makes doing some more advanced Add to Cart form customizations almost impossible without source code.

Strictly using CSS, here is what you have to work with:

Class = AddToCartButton
Class = AddToWishButton
ID = Quantity
ID = Size (drop-down)
ID = Color (drop-down)

One workaround, although flawed, is to use Javascript to manipulate the HTML once the page has been loaded.  This is quite flawed in that if a user has javascript turned off, they will not see your modified form, only the default.

Being able to modify the Add to Cart form HTML can provide your store with some more advanced functionality and skinning options. 

For some eCommerce stores this added flexibility can give you quite the boost in conversion rates.

Stay tuned for more posts in this series…