ECommerce - Store Management - Adding Items to a Catalog

Once you’ve set-up your catalog or client price sheets, the next step is to add items to it. The product items added in your catalog can then be viewed or saved in PDF format.

Adding Product Items

To start adding items to your catalog, go to your site’s Web Admin. Open the ECommerce tab and select Store Management to access the Catalogs feature. In the Catalogs window, double-click the catalog you want to edit to bring up its Catalog Profile page. In the Catalog Profile page, select the Pages tab.

The Pages tab lets you add the items or categories you want to appear in your catalog. To add a page, click the Catalog Page Add button (+) at the bottom of the main frame. If you have an existing page and you want to make some modifications to it, just double-click the catalog page you want to edit or click the Pencil icon at the bottom of the page.

The Catalog Page Add section gives you the tools need to customize your catalog. It allows you to post product items based on two types: Store Category or Store Product.

To set what type you want to use, click the Type drop-down menu button and select StoreCategory or StoreProduct.

Once you’ve selected the type of content you want to show in your catalog, you can now add the items you want to be part of your catalog.

The Add button will bring up a window containing the list of items you can choose from depending on your chosen Type. These windows contain the categories, products or content pages currently stored in your database.

Selecting Store Category

The Store Category type displays the list of your existing product categories which you can add to your catalog. The main categories with arrows on the left can be opened to access their respective sub-categories which you can also select.

For this catalog type, the main category and sub-category can be selected and added. Keep in mind that if you decide to add a main category, all its sub-categories will automatically be added to the catalog.

Selecting Store Product

When you select the Store Product type, you’ll be given access to your list of product items which you can choose from and add individually. You can select a product by double-clicking it or by clicking it once before pressing the Add button.

Selecting Content Page

The Content Page type is primarily used as part of the PDF Catalog feature. While it is available in the Catalog Page Add section, it doesn’t work in conjunction with the regular catalog. However, it functions just like the StoreCategory and StoreProduct type wherein it lets you select from a list containing your product catalog content pages. The page/s you select will then be added to the Items box in the Catalog Page Add section.

Once the store categories, store products or content pages you’ve chosen appear in the Items box, the order of these items can be arranged using the Move Up and Move Down button.

Just select the item you want to move and then press the Move Up or Move Down buttons to arrange them in the order that you want.

When you’re done selecting and organizing your catalog’s items, click the Save button found on the upper right corner to save your work.