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Contents:  Pos.: In this column you can view/set order (position) of a category in the "Shop By Category" sidebar navigation section for your storefront. Categories with lowest Pos. value are placed first followed by the categorys with higher values. Category Name: Names of existing categories along with radio buttons are presented in this column. Click on a category name below to get a list of subcategories for that category (see section 1.1.1). Active: When this checkbox is checked, the category is displayed in the "Shop By Category" sidebar navigation section of your storefront. Products: The values displayed in this column are represented in the following example: 34(105) here 34 is amount of products were added to Main category and 105 is amount of products were added to Main category + all subcategories of that main category.
Subcategories: Contains amount of subcategories assigned to a main category. You can save changes to categories position and active status by clicking the [ Update ] button below the main categories list. If no problems occur during this operation you will see the "Categories have been successfully updated." information message at the top of the dialog box. You can View/Edit a category by selecting the radio button for that category and clicking the [ Modify... ] button (next step see in section 3). To add a new category please click the [ Add New ] button (next step see in section 2). To delete a category, you can select the corresponding radio button and click the [ Delete ] button. Note: Deletion of a category with product(s) assigned will also delete assigned product(s) if the "Allow deletion of categories that have products assigned" setting is not checked in the "Administration > General Settings > Admin" section. Please delete or reassign products to another category before deletion of a category or change this setting (how work with General Settings you can see here). In this case if you trying to delete a category with assigned products you will see the "You're attempting to delete a category with products assigned." information message with help description at the top of the dialog box. C. Featured Products for: Homepage This dialog box allows to you manage featured products on you storefront homepage (the "Feature Product" section). An example of featured products list is shown below:  Pos.: In this column you can view/set the order (position) of a products in the "Feature Products" section of your storefront homepage. Products with lowest Pos. value are placed first followed by products with higher values. SKU and Manuf ID: are linked and clickable, clicking these links opens the "Product Details" popup window for that product. Product Name: contains linked and clickable full products name. Clicking this link opens the "Modify Product" for that product. Active: When this checkbox is checked, the category is displayed in the "Feature Product" section for your storefront homepage. Action: Contains buttons for removing products from this featured products list. For saving changes to positions and active status please click the [ Apply ] button. For adding new product(s) use the "Add Product(s)" field (see appendix). After clicking the [ Apply ] or [ Remove ] button or adding new product(s) to the featured products list, if no problems occured during these operations, you will see the "Featured Products have been successfully updated." information message at the top of the dialog box. You can configure the Featured Products display options in the "General Settings > Customer" section. D. Bestsellers for: Homepage This dialog box will only be presented only if the "Bestsellers" module is enabled. Here you'll see the bestselling products listed which are also displayed in the "Bestsellers" section for your storefront homepage. In this dialog box you can review the bestselling products list that was auto-assigned based upon your bestseller settings. See General Settings > Modules section and search keyword "Bestseller" for related settings.   This screen allows to add a new Category/Subcategory and specify the following parameters for that category/subcategory: Category separator: In this text area you can input the separator (HTML or Text) which will be displayed below that category in sidebar navigation section for your storefront. Example: if for the category with name "Test" you inputed "*************" separator in your storefront sidebar navigation this category will be displayed as it is shown below:  To show the separator, simply check the check box in this field and enter your separator text.
Category Name: text field for entering a name of a new category/subcategory. This field is required, if you do not specify a category name you will see the "Please provide valid entries for the fields indicated below." information message at the top of this dialog box, after clicking the [ Apply ] button. Subcategory Description: text area for entering the text which will be displayed when listing this category as a subcategory assigned to a main category.  At the right top of the text area you can see [ ABC ] button. Click this button to open the "SpellChecker" popup window. (For info on how work with the SpellChecker please see here http://www.spellchecker.net/ ). Also in the bottom right, you can see text field with # of allowed chars. remaining.
META Tags Entry Type: contains two "Basic" and "Advanced" radio buttons. By selecting one of them you can provide corresponding META Tags entry. Category HTML (All other Results Pages): Also you can add new HTML code for displaying in other related pages (subcategories pages and so on) or use the code which was entered into previous field by checking the "use Category HTML from First Results Page" checkbox below this text area.  Membership: In the select menu located on this field you can set access of memberships (how add/edit/delete membership levels please see here) to that category (user Ctr+Click to select multiple).  b. the category image settings such as Category Image, Category Background Image and Category Icon.  In the "Assigned Images" section you can see the name of assigned images, their sizes and [ Delete ] buttons to delete an image. If category does not have an image assigned for any of the image types, you will see the "No image assigned" text. You can add a new image by using the "Add New Image" section: 
 ... select the desired directory in the "Upload Directory" select menu and click [ Browse ] button to browse for the file on your local computer or type the local file path. If the image located on the internet, input the image URL in the text field. Finally, click [ Apply ] button for assigning the image and if no problems occur during performing this operation you will see the "Category Images have been successfully updated." information message above the "Assigned image" section. Note: If the image already assigned and you apply a new one, the old one will be replaced with the new one. This screen will be opened when you click on a category name ($Category_Name) in the main categories list (see section 1). Here you can see following dialog boxes: A. Quick Links for: $Category_Name This dialog box, for better navigation, contains links to dialog boxes/sections on the screen. B. Category Info for: $Category_Name In this dialog box you can see a category information such as a category name, subcategory description and modification history. Click [ Modify ] button (will open the "Modify Category" screen with that category, see section 3) to make changes to this category. C. Subcategories for: $Category_Name Here the subcategories list assigned to the $Category_Name is located. Formatting is the same as for main categories list (see section 1). Save changes to subcategories position and active status by clicking [ Update ] button below the main categories list and if no problems occur during performing this operation you will see the "Categories have been successfully updated." information message at the top of the dialog box. You can Review/Edit a subcategory by select the radio button for that category and clicking the [ Modify... ] button (next step see in section 3). To add a new subcategory, please click [ Add New ...] button (next step see in section 2). Click on a subcategory name below to get a list of subcategories for that subcategory (see section 1.1.1). D. $Category_Name: Main Category for Products Here you can view and manage products which have been assigned "$Category_Name" as their main category. An example of category products list contained in this dialog box you can see below:
 Click the [ Browse ] button to search for products or to view your product bookmarks. When clicked the "Advanced Search" popup window will be opened. In the "Search Results" you can select product(s) which you would like to add. To add them, just click the [ Select ] button. Also here you can add products to Bookmarks by clicking the [ Bookmark ] button for future quick adding. Bookmarked products along with link for deletion will appear at the top of the popup.
 Click a bookmarked product name above to quick add the product.
If the "active" check box was checked when you added new product(s), will be added to the products list as "active" status. |
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