How To Setup Categories And Pages In On Your Website
The very basics of administering your Shop Kit Plus are setting up Categories and Pages.
Categories
A category is somewhat like a file where you will store similar products. In order to properly setup your catalog, you will first need to setup categories. For example, if you are selling cloth diapers, your categories might be Prefolds, All-In-Ones, Diaper Covers, Accessories. Inside each category, you will have several products.
To setup your Categories, go to the Catalog admin, Click categories in the left column then Add in the middle column. If you aren’t sure what to put in a specific area, click the question mark in the top right corner of the page.
Tip: To include a graphical button for your category in the navigation area, upload your graphic in the Nav Image area. Do this by clicking the Upload button next to it and following the instructions.
Pages
Pages are like the ancilliary on another Shopping Cart system. This is where you can have HTML pages that contain information such as shipping and privacy policies, information about your business, sizing charts, etc.
You setup your site’s page just like you setup the categories, including the way you add your navigation images. Place your page content in the Content section, using HTML to format it. DO NOT include any <html>,<head> or <body> tags, as those tags are already included on the page in your template. Everything included in the content section will go in the area that is set aside in your template for content.
Links to your pages will display in the navigation column with your categories. You can turn this feature off when you setup the page. You can also decide where in the navigation column to show the pages with specific template codes and choosing a group number when you setup the page. (Read the help documents, accessible by the question mark on the template page and the information when you click the site codes link to determine how to do this.)
Tip: If you do not include navigation images for your Categories or Pages, the text you put in the top textarea is what will show as the link in the navigation column.
