Products

Adding a New Product Category  |  Editing an Existing Category  |  Adding Products  |  Editing an Existing Product  |  Product Brands  |  Product Attributes and Options  |  Promo Codes

Adding a New Product Category

1. Click the Products tab in the navigation bar of administrative site.
   
   Depending on your site’s configuration, some products may already be listed, but we can start by creating a new category.
2. Click the sidebar tab labeled Add Category to create a new category for products.
   
3. Label the category via the Category Title textbox.
4. Create a custom URL or leave blank to auto-create a URL from your category title.
5. Add a category description if necessary in the Description/Body textbox.
6. Add an image to your category by clicking on the Associated Image field. Click the Browse button to find an appropriate .jpg image.
   
7. Activate your category and click Add Category to publish it to the live site.
   After publishing a category, you might want to add a subcategory.
8. Click the sidebar tab labeled Manage Categories to create a new subcategory for products.
9. Click Add Subcategory on the category you have just created.
   
10. Repeat steps 3 through 7 to publish your subcategory.

Editing an Existing Category

1. Select Manage Categories from the sidebar.
2. Click Edit next to the category or subcategory you’d like to edit.
   
3. To remove a category or subcategory from the live site but save it for future use, select Inactive at the bottom of the page.
4. Click Update Category or Update Subcategory when you’ve finished editing.

Adding Products

1. Click the Products tab in the navigation bar of administrative site.
   
2. Click the sidebar tab labeled Add Product to create a new product within a preexisting category.
3. Under “General Information” select relevant category in automatic dropdown.
   
4. Name the product via the Product Title textbox.
5. Include the product’s item number and price in the next textboxes.
   Include MSRP and shop cost via additional textboxes if necessary.
6. Select the gender specification of your product and its availability.
   
7. Under “Description” insert the product description via the WYSIWYG text-editor. Find information about using the WYSIWYG here.
   
8. Under “Features” insert product features via the WYSIWYG text-editor.
9. Select product options such as size, gender, style, color and brand.
   
10. Include an initial product photovia the final dropdown.
    Insert image description in the associated textbox.
    Select the .jpg file by clicking Browse.
    
11. Activate your product and click Add Product to publish it to the live site.
12. After your product is created, you can add many more images. Edit the product and click the photo area to add additional images.

Editing an Existing Product

1. Click Edit next to the product you wish to edit.
2. To remove a product from the live site but save it for future use, select Inactive at the bottom of the page.
   
3. Click Update when you're done editing the product.

Product Brands

1. Click Products in the navigation bar of the administrative site.
   
2. Click the sidebar tab labeled Add Brand to create a new product brand.
   
3. Name the product via the Title/Brand textbox.
4. Create a custom URL or leave blank to auto-create a URL from your category title.
5. Insert a .jpg brand image by selecting Logo Image.
6. Link this brand to an external site via Link URL textbox.
   
7. The WYSIWYG text-editor titled HTML Page is a place to display text describing the brand.
8. Activate your brand and click Add Brand to publish it to the live site.

Product Attributes and Options

1. Click the sidebar tab labeled Manage Attributes + Options in the administrative navigation of “Products.”
2. Add or edit product options by selecting Add Option or Edit.
   
3. To remove an attribute permanently, select the Delete button.
4. Add an attribute for organizing products by selecting the sidebar tab labeled Add an Attribute.

Promo Codes

1. Click the sidebar tab labeled Add Promo Code in the administrative navigation of “Products.”
   
2. Designate the promo code via the Promo Code textbox.
3. Provide a description for the promotion via the Description textbox.
4. Define the discount amount or percent in the next textboxes.
   
5. Designate the number of times this promo code may be used per customer via the Uses Allowed textbox.
   
6. Choose a start date/time as well as the expiration date/time in the interactive textboxes.
   
7. Click Add Promo Code to finish creating your promotion.