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Managing Products through Your E-Store


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Once you have your E-Store set up and containing products, you can easily manage your products through the public part of the website.  Note: You must be logged into the website to manage products (and conduct all website administration).


Product Categories

You will start by browsing to a Product Categories page of the website either through the "View Shop" link or by clicking on one of the "Product Categories" links.

  1. At the top of each page will be a link: Admin: Manage Categories Here,
    • Clicking on the link takes you to a list of product categories.
  2. To edit a Product Category, click on the category name,
    • Here, you can edit or view all the elements of the category,
    • Change the Category name or description,
    • The Public Display box must be ticked if you want the category and all its public products to appear on the website.
    • You can restrict the images you can select from in the products area by selecting an album,
      • This is ideal when there are large numbers of images in the system,
      • It reduces the selections thus saving some time.
    • Set a display order if it is important.
    • Select an appropriate image to represent the category from the Category Image list.  Otherwise a generic image will appear.
  3. Always click "Update This Category" to save any changes made.

Products

Detail

To manage a specific Product, you can browse to a specific product on the website or use the links in the products category listing.

  1. If using the website itself, at the top of the product page will be a link - Admin: Manage This Product,
    • Click on the link to go to the editable details page for the product,
    • Note the tabs near the top of the page - they all relate to the relevant product.
  2. Whilst the fields are relatively self-explanatory, the following will help you get the most out of the system;
    • Ideally, the product name should contain terms you want to be picked up by search engines,
    • Where product numbers are important and widely used, include them in the title,
    • Use variations on the search term that might lead to that product page in the description and features section of the product,
    • Do not present huge blocks of text on product pages,
    • Use headings and dot points to break up and categorise information where there is a lot of it pertaining to a product,
    • Always review changes that have been made, in the web view, to ensure it presents well, is accurate and does not contain typographical errors,
    • Products appear in order, first by the Display Order number, then alphabetically,
    • Make a decision early whether to use display order or not and how you want the products ordered,
    • Products need to be ordered consistently across the website,
    • Display Order numbers do not have to be consecutive and products with the same Display Order number will appear alphabetically.

Additional Product Elements

Easily browse to other elements of the product by using the tabs.  Here is some basic information about the tabs:

Web View

Options

Images

Prices

Extra Info

Stats

Click her for more detailed information on setting up and managing your E-Store.

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