StoreCenter
StoreCenter is the back-end web application of StoreFront where administrators and operators work with stores.
A store in StoreFront consists of the web-to-print website which has a unique URL, referred to as a storefront in this documentation, and the back-end functionality set up in the StoreCenter.
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1 Navigation bar with links to the Dashboard, Download Plug-in, License Agreement, Help, user account, Switch to SphereCenter and Sign In/Out button
2 Menu bar with menus for all Administrators and Operators
3 Menu bar with menus for Printer Administrators and Operators
4 Menu dialogs subdivided in tabs
5 Main toolbar to add, delete, edit and enable/disable a list item
6 Lists (Stores, Products, Users)
NOTE: The available menus and toolbars that you see in the StoreCenter depend on your role. See “Roles” for more information.
Toolbars, Filters, Sorting
As you navigate the various menus in StoreCenter you see additional toolbars to add and edit resources, lists that can be sorted alphabetically and search boxes for filtering lists.
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1 Search boxes for filtering lists
2 Column headers can be clicked to sort the lists
3 Toolbars with tools for adding, editing, deleting and sorting resources
4 Global filter
NOTE: Clicking the Go Back button of your browser always takes you back to the logon window. You must use the menus and navigation bar links to navigate in StoreCenter
Global Filter
You can apply the Global Filter on certain pages to filter large amounts of data.
Apply the Global Filter
1 Click the Global Filter icon in the top right corner.
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A filter bar appears where you can select a Company and/or a Store to filter on.
2 Click Company or Store to reveal a drop-down list and select the company and/or store that you want to filter on.
If you now go to a page, e.g. product templates, orders, products, the data you see is filtered according to the criteria you selected.
3 To remove the filter, click the gray cross (X) in the filter bar.
Now you will see all the data for all companies and stores.
Dashboard
The Dashboard is the landing page when you log on to StoreCenter.
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It displays the following information:
•Orders overview: Shows the totals for all the stores managed by a Company Administrator or Printer Administrator.
•License statistics (only displayed for Printer Administrators): Shows the maximum capacity (disk space, number of products, etc.) allowed for the Printer Administrator’s type of license and the capacity in use.
•Recent orders: Shows the most recent 12 orders for the stores managed by a Company Administrator or Printer Administrator, sorted by creation date.
•System messages: Shows messages sent by the System Administrator. Important messages, e.g. products with low or out-of-stock levels, software update notifications, are displayed in red or with special icons.
Various links are provided to navigate further in StoreCenter or view additional statistics. You can return to the Dashboard at any time by clicking the link in the navigation bar.
Common Resources
StoreFront is designed to maximize the use of resources across the different stores and companies that print service providers serve. These common resources include:
•Product templates
•Products (only for stores of the same company)
•Price lists
•Media type and sizes
•Shipping, payment gateway and tax
•Translations of common components
•Production Center, Production Settings, Licenses
E-mail Notifications
StoreFront includes an e-mail service that sends the necessary e-mails to notify users and administrators. The Printer or Company Administrator enters the e-mail address for a user when the user profile is created. E-mails are sent in HTML and plain text.
E-mails are sent for the following actions:
•to administrators:
•A user is created with access as administrator to StoreFront; e-mail with hyperlink to StoreFront and an initial password
•New order notifications (if the option selected in Account Profile)
•Order approval request
•One or more of the licensing parameters are exceeded
•to shoppers:
•A user is created with access as shopper to a private storefront; e-mail with hyperlink to the storefront and an initial password
•A user has requested a new password
•To confirm an order has been received/rejected by the Administrator
•To confirm an order has been shipped
NOTE: The signature StoreFront Team is no longer used at the end of the e-mails to shoppers.
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