Product Catalog Tab
Products and categories are set up in the Product Catalog tab of the Stores section.
First you create a category and then you can add sub-categories and products to these categories, or add them to an existing category. If a category or sub-category contains a mix of products and sub-categories, the products will be listed first, followed by the sub-categories.
TIP: Depending on the storefront target group, categories for products can be set up for different types of publications (brochures, catalogs, flyers, posters, etc.), for different types of commercial items (drills, saws, knives, etc.), or for various geographic regions (North Sales Region, South Sales Region, etc.).
Add a Category and Products
1 On the menu bar, choose Stores.
2 Select the store you want to create the Product Catalog for in the Store list.
3 In the Product Catalog tab, click the Add button in the Categories column:
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4 Choose one of the following options:
•On the same level: to create a category at the top level or at the level of the selected category
•One level deeper: to create a sub-category under the level of the selected category
5 Enter the Category Name which is displayed on the pages to identify your product categories. The name must be unique at the given level.
6 Enter the Category Description which is used to fill the description meta tag in the head of the HTML code on the product category pages of your storefront. The description meta tag is useful for search engine optimization (SEO) if your store is public. See “Search Engine Optimization (SEO)”.
For example, entering my catalog description, generates the following HTML code:
<meta name="description" content="my catalog description" />
The Category Description is also displayed when you hover over the categories on the home page, and as a tooltip in the navigation list on the left as you drill down into the categories.
7 Upload a Category Image by browsing to the image of your choice.
This optional Category Image is used to illustrate a category on the storefront. If no image is uploaded, the category is displayed as a colored box.
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The Category Image is used for all language versions of the storefront.
8 Choose a Carousel Banner:
•Same as parent category: if you are creating a sub-category, you can choose to display the same banner as the parent category
•None: a banner is not displayed
•Predefined banners: if you have created banners, they are listed here (see “Banners Tab”)
TIP: Select the ‘Keep dialog open’ check box if you want to add more new categories.
9 Click Add to add the category to the list.
10 With the category still selected, click the Add button in the Product column.
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The Product List is displayed.
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An alert icon is displayed if the selected Price List for the product is not complete.
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If the store is to include shipping costs based on packaging, you shouldn’t select products using product templates which do not have packaging units assigned as indicated with the following icon:
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11 Select one or more products and click Add to add them to the selected product category.
TIP: You can populate several categories with the same products.
The products are added to the bottom of the list and you can see a thumbnail and a summary of details for each product by highlighting it in the list. See “Creating Products” for more information on products.
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The products are displayed in their respective product categories on the storefront Home page, with their description and specifications.
NOTE: It can take up to 3 minutes before a product is displayed on the storefront.
12 If necessary, use the Up and Down buttons to rearrange the product categories and the products. This reflects the sequence of the categories and the products on the storefront.
Add Products to an existing Category
1 On the menu bar, choose Stores.
2 Select the store you want to add products to.
3 Select the category you want to add the product to and click the Add button in the Product column.
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TIP: To insert a product at a certain location in the list, select a product in the list and then click Add. The product is added under the selected product in the list.
The master Product List is displayed with all the available products. You can sort the products by clicking the column headers. For example, click the last column header to display the products which have not been assigned to a store at the top of the list.
4 Select one or more products and click Add to add them to the selected product category.
The products are added to the list and you can see a summary of details for each product by highlighting it in the list. See “Creating Products” for more information on products.
NOTE: You can populate several product categories with the same products.
The products are displayed in their respective product categories on the storefront Home page, with their description and specifications.
NOTE: It can take up to 3 minutes before a product is displayed on the storefront.
Assign Access Labels to Product Categories
See “Access Labels” for more information about using access labels to control who can see products on the storefront.
1 Select the Use Access Labels check box to activate this feature when editing a category.
2 Select a category in the list and click the Edit button.
3 In the Access Labels tab, you will see the labels that were defined for this company.
4 Choose the labels that you want to assign to the category by selecting the check boxes.
The checked labels appear in the panel on the right.
NOTE: Product category labels override product labels.
5 Click Save to confirm your changes.
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The Access Labels icon indicates that the category has labels applied to it.
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Show Products of a Single Active Category on the Homepage
1 Select the Show products from one single active category on Homepage check box to activate this feature.
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2 Click Save to confirm your changes.
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The homepage displays products from this single active category.
NOTE: The products will only be displayed on the homepage when there is only one active category or when there are multiple active categories in the store and only one category can be accessed by enabling Use Access Labels.
Disable or enable a category
1 On the menu bar, choose Stores > Product Catalog.
2 Choose the category you want to disable.
TIP: Press the CTRL key to select multiple categories.
3 Click the Disable button.
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The category is no longer displayed in the store.
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