Setting Up Categories...

The below information also appears in the help icons inside the Category Admin.

• To add a new category, just click the "Add" button under the Categories, enter the name of the category, and click "Add Category". Your category should now appear on the admin.php page.
  
• You may control the sequence of your categories by adding a number infront of the name, for instance 01~Pottery. The "01~" will not show up on your web pages but it tells the catalog you want Pottery to show as the first category. In order for this to work successfully you will need to add prefix number to all of your parent categories.
  
• To edit a category, select a category from the drop-down box and click "Edit". Update the name of your category, and click "Edit Category". Your information has been saved.
  
• To delete a category, select a category from the drop-down box and click "Delete". When the system asks you if you are sure you want to delete the category, select "Yes". Your category has been deleted.
  
• You can add, edit or delete categories at any time. If you edit or delete a category, it will automatically be edited or deleted from any products under which that category is listed.
  
• To set a category as a sub category, select a main category from the items in the Parent Category field. Categories already assigned as main categories cannot be set as a sub category. The category depth of your catalog is unlimited.
  
• To display a button instead of a text link on the navigation bar, enter an existing image URL in the Navigation Button (optional) field, or use the Upload" button to load an image from your computer. The Navigation On Button button will appear as the "ON" or "Active" button when a category is chosen. Often this is used to display an alternate color button in the navigation to show the visitor what category they are currently in.
  
• To display a graphic on the main catalog page when a category is selected, enter an existing image URL in the Large Img (optional) field, or use the Upload" button to load an image from your computer.
  
• To display a graphic on the main catalog page when a subcategory is selected, enter an existing image URL in the Image (optional) field, or use the Upload" button to load an image from your computer.
  
• Add a Lg Description and it will display under the category name when you view items in that main category. You can use HTML coding for this field.
  
• Add a Description and it will display under the category name when you view the parent category. You can use HTML coding for this field.
  
• Category Page Title - Use this entry for fine control over the browser <TITLE> tag. Many search engines give weight to the title of the document. This entry will not appear on the web page itself.

• Add Meta Keywords and a Meta Description if you want specific meta tag information to display when you view items in that category. Only add the keywords and descriptions themselves, not the <meta> tags or attributes.
  

• Select "Yes" or "No" from the Active field - inactive categories (and their subcategories, if they exist) will not display in the navigation bar. (Note: Products in that category will still appear as active.)

Category Rows and Columns Sub-Cat Columns

The Category ROWS and COLUMNS are used to setup the way you want your products to be displayed for this category.

The Sub-Cat Columns setting is used to determine how many columns across you want the sub category links to display with in a parent category. The default setting for this is 1.

For Products
If no columns or one columns are defined - the system will display all the detailed information including the options and order buttons for your items on the category page. Your item thumbs will be linked to a pop up window to display the large item image. This is a good setting for categories that have few items and items with few options.

If a number is entered into the column box the system will show the item thumbnail and short description linked to the detail of that item. You define how many thumbnails you want to show across the page by the column setting.

Columns X Rows sets how many thumbnails are displayed per page. For instance a setting of 5 Rows and 2 Columns would display 10 products per page. If more than 10 products are entered in the category the Next & Previous page links will show up to allow the visitor to browse through the category.

About Mutli Product Pages

You may define a category as a Multi Product page. This will display multiple products with one order button. This allows the shopper to add several products to their cart with one click!

However, please be careful you can not display more than 30 products per page when using the Multi Product Page option.

You may control the amount of products displayed by limiting the columns and rows for the category.

For instance a setting of
10 Rows
3 columns
would allow the category page to display up to 30 products.

If more than 30 products are entered into the category the next link would appear allowing the visitor to page through the item listing.

About Order Button On Thumbnail Page

• This setting will display products with their options on the thumbnail page. DO NOT use this setting in conjunction with the Multi-Product page setting.
  
• When the visitor clicks on the thumbnail for the image they will be brought to the detail page with the large image and long description for the item.

About Category Discounts

• To ADD a new category discount, just click the "Add" button under the Category Discounts, choose the name of the category from the drop down list,configure the percentage and ending date and give the discount a name.
  
• To EDIT a category discount, select the discount from the drop-down box and click "Edit". Update the name of your discount, the precentage or ending date. Click "Edit Discount". Your information has been saved.
  
• To DELETE a Category Discount, select it from the drop-down box and click "Delete". When the system asks you if you are sure you want to delete the discount, select "Yes".

You can add, edit or delete Category Discounts at any time. If you edit or delete a discount, it will automatically be edited or deleted from any products under which that category is listed.

About Wholesale Discounts

Enter the percentage discount wholesale accounts will recieve once they login. This will be applied to all products and their options in this category. Wholesalers will not receive the regular category discount if items are put on sale.

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