The information below consists of descriptions of the fields present on the "Configuration > General" page in the admin.
E-Commerce -
Catalog pages e-Commerce enabled:
This
checkbox lets you enable or disable customers from adding products to
their cart. You want to leave this field checked at all times. The only
time you would un-check this field is if you want customers to be able
to view your product info, but not to make any purchases from your site.
Show “View Cart” link on website navigation:
When
this field is checked, the “View Cart” link will display in the left
navigation menu of your site, enabling customers to click the link to
view the products they’ve added to their cart.
When this field is un-checked, the “View Cart” link will NOT be displayed in the left navigation menu of your site.
Show Mini-Shopping Cart:
When this field is checked, a small window will display in the top left area of your site displaying the following:
- All products currently added to your shopping cart.
- The total order price.
- A link to view the cart and checkout.
This makes it easy for customers to keep track of the items they are adding to their cart while they browse your website.
When this field is un-checked, the “Mini-Shopping Cart” window will NOT be displayed on your site.
Show “New Items”:
When
this field is checked, a small window will display in the top left area
of your site displaying information for a new product that was recently
added to your catalog. This is a good way to advertise new products to
your customers. The displayed product is randomly chosen each time a
page loads on your site. This means that every time someone visits a
different page on your site, this window will display a different “New”
item.
You
can manually mark an item as “New” by editing it (“Products >
View/Edit Products”) and checking the “New Item” field. Only products
that are selected as “New” will be displayed in this window.
In
addition, you can automatically select “New” products by checking the
“Automatically show products created less than X days ago” field. Read
below for more info.
Show Category List:
When
this field is checked, a dropdown will appear in the top left area of
your site listing all of your product categories/classes. When a
customer selects a class from the dropdown, the page will display all
products that belong to that class.
Show Manufacturer List:
When
this field is checked, a dropdown will appear in the top left area of
your site listing all of your product manufacturers. When a customer
selects a manufacturer from the dropdown, the page will display all
products that belong to that manufacturer.
Show Navigation Menu:
When
this field is un-checked, the navigation menu will be hidden on your
site. Always leave this field checked unless you do not want customers
to be able to navigate your website.
Automatically show products created less than ‘X’ days ago (from today’s date) as NEW:
When
this field is checked, the system will automatically select newly
created products as “New”. “New” products display in the “New Items”
window that appears on the top left area of your site.
You can specify which products are to automatically be labeled as “New” by entering the number of days from it’s creation date.
For
example, if you type ‘10’ days, then all products that were created
within the last 10 days will be labeled as “New”. Once a product as
existed in your catalog for more than 10 days, the system will
automatically remove its “New” status.
Order Confirmations –
This
section has three areas: This information is used to configure where
you want your product order information sent. You will need to input a
valid e-mail address such as, sales@yourdomain.com.
Send FROM this address when sending TO CUSTOMER:
This
is what the customer sees and is a verification of an order email sent
after the order has been completed including products purchased.
Send TO this address when sending to ME:
This should be sent to you and is a notification that an order has been placed and includes the Order ID number.
Send a copy of the items ordered to:
This
can be used to send a copy of the order to a drop shipper or other
source. All of the order information is sent including products
purchased and customers contact info for orders that were placed on
your site.
Orders Confirmation Page –
Once
a customer submits the order, they will be redirected to this page on
your site. You may choose any page in the drop down box for them to be
redirected to.
Checkout Instructions -
Enter
instructions below that your customer can reply to about the order or
specific products. These instructions will show up in the checkout area
and will have a text box below for customers to respond. The text your
customer enters will be added to the order details page.
Note: When you are finished making changes click ‘Submit’ at the bottom.