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Add/Edit Category - The primary level of organization is the category.  The categories will be visible at all times as the customer peruses your cart, so you can use the categories as an extra level of navigation.  Enable or disable the categories that you do not want used, so if you have various seasonal categories you can enable only the ones that apply.  However, when you disable a category, you disable all of the product in that category.


If you do not have a large number of products you can work around this in a number of ways.  You can have each product have its own category.  That way your customers can always see your product linked on the left hand navigation bar.  Or, you can set up deep links in the Add Item View so your product will appear on the home page of the cart.  This allows your customers to find what they’re looking for easily and with a minimum of clicks.

 

Add/Edit Item

Item Name is the name as it will appear in the category. The item name must be unique.

 

Description allows you to fully describe the item for sale.

 

Enabled - Check this if you wish the item to appear in the cart.  This not effect any other items.

 

Category displays the item under one of the categories you have set up.

 

Price is the price of the item.

 

Sale Price puts in the reduced price of an item that is used in all circumstances.  It is important to note that if you don't fill in a field it will not appear on the cart.  So, if you don't have a Sale Price for this item, don't put a sale price into the field.

 

Limit Per Order will allow only a certain number of items to be sold at any one time.

Part Number is a numeric field that identifies your item.

 

SKU is an alphanumeric field that identifies your item.

 

Weight is most often used if you are basing your shipping on weight.  Be as accurate as possible, since it is questionable to charge more once the client has agreed to the shipping amount on the web site.

 



Size is a pull-down menu. Enter each option separated by commas.  For example, the entry "small, medium, large, extra-large"  will create the drop-down box where the visitor must choose between small, medium, large, or extra-large.

 

Color is a pull-down menu. Enter each option separated by commas.  For example, the entry "red, green, blue, yellow"  will create the drop-down box where the visitor must choose between red, green, blue, or yellow.

 

Pull-down 1 is a pull-down menu. Enter each option separated by commas.  For example, the entry Apple, Pumpkin, Blueberry, Cherry will create the drop-down box where the visitor must choose between Apple, Pumpkin, Blueberry, or Cherry.  If you specify this field, it becomes mandatory.  The field must be specified by the customer or they will get an error message.

 

Pull-down 2 is a pull-down menu. Enter each option separated by commas.  For example, the entry Apple, Pumpkin, Blueberry, Cherry will create the drop-down box where the visitor must choose between Apple, Pumpkin, Blueberry, or Cherry.   If you specify this field, it becomes mandatory.  The field must be specified by the customer or they will get an error message.

 

Custom Text Field is a text field where your clients can put in customized information, such as initials for monograms.

 

Deep Link allows a graphic and brief description for this item to be displayed on the home page of the cart.  This is perfect for special items. The link will go to the full description and order form for the item.

 

Abridged Description For Deep Link allows just 255 characters for you to describe your item. 

 

Upload Upload Image - This is the image that will display in the shopping cart and on the home page of the cart (if selected).  The image displayed will be the exact size of the GIF or jpeg.  If no image is entered, then none will be displayed.

  • URL - If you wish to store your images at a different website then type in the location of this site.  For example: http://www.myotherdomain.com/images/apple.gif

  • Relative Path - You don't need to fill this in if you use the upload feature below.  If you have already uploaded your graphics files, however, and simply want to insert the relative link, then put the path and file name here.   If you have placed the image in the /cart/images folder, you only need to key in the name of the file.  If you have placed the images anywhere else in your site, you will need to key in the path and file name starting from /cart/images.  For example, you have placed the file apple.gif in the cart/images/upload folder, then you would use upload/apple.gif as the path.  If you placed the graphic file apple.gif in the main image folder in the root of your site, then you would key in ../../images/apple.gif.

  • Upload Image - If you have stored the images on your hard drive of your local computer then you can use this feature.  The upload happens automatically when you click on Update Item.  You will not get a success/failure message.  The image is placed in /cart/images/ subfolder and the relative path is automatically filled in for you.

 

Upload Full-Size Image - Enable this to display a link next to the image in your cart that will prompt the customer to view a larger image.  The image displayed will be the exact size of the GIF or jpeg.  If no image is entered, then none will be displayed.

  • URL - If you wish to store your images at a different website then type in the location of this site.  For example: http://www.myotherdomain.com/images/apple.gif

  • Relative Path - You don't need to fill this in if you use the upload feature below.  If you have already uploaded your graphics files, however, and simply want to insert the relative link, then put the path and file name here.   If you have placed the image in the /cart/images folder, you only need to key in the name of the file.  If you have placed the images anywhere else in your site, you will need to key in the path and file name starting from /cart/images.  For example, you have placed the file apple.gif in the cart/images/upload folder, then you would use upload/apple.gif as the path.  If you placed the graphic file apple.gif in the main image folder in the root of your site, then you would key in ../../images/apple.gif.

  • Upload Image - If you have stored the images on your hard drive of your local computer then you can use this feature.  The upload happens automatically when you click on Update Item.  You will not get a success/failure message.  The image is placed in /cart/images/ subfolder and the relative path is automatically filled in for you.

 

Click here for more information on editing existing items.

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