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Thumbnail Options

Posted by admin on March 9, 2012

Thumbnail Options This section of the general settings allows you to modify how the items are displayed throughout your shop. Manage > General Settings

. (click here for larger image) No Thumbnails Thumbnails	Thumbnail Options There are several different ways to display items in your shopping cart. Typically you would have different categories set up, and when a customer clicks on a category, they would see the items in that category. There are different layouts and display options for how customers see those items. The first option is to select ‘No’ for ‘Display Inventory as Image Thumbnails Only’. With this option the customer sees the items on the category page, with these items showing the entire item description. With this option, you do not link individual item pages. The second option to select ‘Yes’ for ‘Display Inventory as Image Thumbnails Only’. With this option, the customer sees the items on the category page, with the items showing as Thumbnails (reduced size pictures) and the basic information you choose. The thumbnails will then link to the individual item pages, which will have more detailed information. Displaying the image thumbnails is a good way to make items easier to look through. It allows customers to find item they want, and then to click on the item to view it in more detail. You see a similar type of format on EBay and Amazon searching through items, and then clicking on the desired item to see it in more detail. To create thumbnails for your images: 1. Manually to the shop (Inventory > Inventory Main > Edit Item > Item Images) 2. If you have a large amount of images already in the shop you can create Multiple Thumbnails for images all at once: Inventory > Inventory Main > Create Thumbnail Multiple Items
(click here for larger image) With Display Without Display	Display Options No. (Number) of Columns: Adjust the number of columns the thumbnails are displayed in. This options only works if you have selected ‘Yes’ for ‘Display Inventory as Image Thumbnails Only’. For most screen resolutions, a number between 2 and 4 columns usually works best. Format: Number example: 3 Display Below Thumbnail You can choose whether to display the Item Price, Item Title, and/or Add to Cart buttons. If ‘Display… Below Thumbnail’ is set to ‘Yes’ then the option will be displayed below the thumbnail.
(click here for larger image) Category Item Page (Option set to ‘Yes’) Item Page (Option set to ‘No’)	Image Options Show Full Sized Image If this option is set to ‘Yes’ then larger image is shown automatically with item details. The thumbnail will remain on category page. If this option is set to ‘No’, then the thumbnail is shown both on the category and item page. On the category page, the customer will see the thumbnail picture and a link ‘Click for Details’. On the item page, the customer will see the thumbnail picture and a link ‘Click for large image’. If you select ‘Yes’ for ‘Display Inventory as Image Thumbnails Only’ and there is no thumbnail created for your item image, the original larger sized image will show both on the category page and on the individual item page. Instead of seeing ‘Click for Details’ and the thumbnail image, only the original larger image will display. To prevent this from happening, you can create thumbnails for files in the shop in two different ways: 1. If you add the image manually to the shop (Inventory > Inventory Main > Edit Item > Item Images), you also can create a thumbnail as part of the process of adding in the image. 2. If you have a large amount of images already in the shop you can create Multiple Thumbnails for images all at once: Inventory > Inventory Main > Create Thumbnail Multiple Items

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About Affiliate Programs

Posted by admin on March 9, 2012

A good Affiliate Program can be an important piece in your marketing plan.

An Affiliate Program is one way of generating leads to your web site from other web sites your potential customers visit.

This is similar to banner advertisement you probably see all over the internet. Generally though, banner advertisement is done through an advertising agency and you pay a price up front based on the sites traffic and your expected response. With an Affiliate Program, you actually locate web sites that attract the same clientele you are interested in reaching. You will probably want to find complementary sites rather than direct competition. Complementary sites will likely informational sites that contain information your customers are interested in, or other e-commerce sites that sell products or services that are similar to yours. For instance, if you are selling computers, good affiliate sites maybe software web sites, computer discussion boards and office equipment sites. Once you have decided on what types of web sites your potential customers frequent, you must identify specific sites within those categories you wish to be associated with. A good affiliate program will have over 25 sites advertising your site. You will probably want to limit the number of affiliates you have to a number you can monitor though. Remember, an affiliate reflects on your company; if you indiscriminately choose a number of web sites to become affiliates your reputation could suffer; there are many sites on the internet that become affiliates for any site they can. You probably do not want to be affiliated with these sites. Try to target sites you would like your company to be associated with and that you have done business with, or would like to do business with in the future.

Once you have contacted the sites you would like to have in your affiliate program, you will need to create special links for their sites so you can track customers that are coming from each affiliate. The Precision Web shopping cart can do this for you, go to our affiliate program page to find out how. Once you have created unique affiliate links, create a nice image your affiliates can put on their sites rather than a simple text link. For instance, a general affiliate link from Precision Web is http://www.precisionwebhosting.com/index.php?source=abctoyshop.com, ABC Toy Shop could put that link directly on their page, but it would look better if we gave them the following image:

Then, the customer can hyperlink the button to your site using the http://www.precisionwebhosting.com/index.php?source=abctoyshop.com url.

Go to our Affilate Program home page to learn how to manage and track your affiliates using the Precision Web Shopping Cart.

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Search Box Options

Posted by admin on March 9, 2012

Search Box Options
This section of the general settings
allows you to modify your search box options.

Manage > General Settings

Shop Control Panel

Search Box
The search box allows customers to search for items in the shopping cart.
You have the ability to turn this search box on or off. You can also
generate html code to place on your web pages that are not part of the shop (ex.
www.yoursite.com)
Display Categories In Search Box
Choose whether to display the categories in a separate box as part of the
search.
Search Display Style
After the search is completed, this option allows you to adjust how that display
is viewed. It can be set to either "Full Item Display" or just "Text
Links". Full Item display is the default setting. Text links include a
link to the item and also a link to the item’s category.
Show Searched Terms
Typically it is a good idea to show searched terms, but sometimes the Web
Security Scan registers this as a problem.
Banned Searches
Banned Searches allow you make certain terms

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Shipping Options for an Individual Item

Posted by admin on March 9, 2012

Shipping Options (Item)

Navigation:
Inventory Control > Edit Item > Shipping

There
are other shipping options for all of your items under Manage > Shipping.
This section is separate but related to that section as it allows you to set
different shipping options for individual items.

Examples
If you want a standard way of shipping most of your items, but you have a few
items which need to have different shipping dimensions, you are able to edit
those individual item dimensions here. (Product dimension are used with
the "Base + Calculate Rate" option found on the main shipping options page).

If you would like to charge shipping for most of you items, but have a few items
you would not like to charge shipping for, you are able to edit those
individual items under these options.

Options

Shipping

This shipping value is only used if you have
specified the "Base + Rate Specified by Items" in the Manage shipping section.
This allows you to charge different shipping prices for different items.

Weight

The weight needs to be specified in pounds. For example,
1 ounce = .0625 lbs.
2 ounces = .125 lbs.
1/2 pounds = .5 lbs.

Product Dimensions

Enter the product dimensions you would use for shipping the
product. Typically you would use the box dimensions for shipping that particular
product

Charge Shipping Option

If you would like to charge shipping for this item, click ‘Yes’.

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Suggested Items Feature

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View Suggested Items Section

Navigation:
Inventory Control > Edit Item > View Suggested
Items Selection

View
Suggested Items Section

Suggesting Items to your customers is a great way to let
your customers know about other products that they may be
interested in. An example would be if you had an item like a
pair of shorts, you could recommend the matching t-shirt. Your
sales for the matching t-shirt are likely to increase.

To begin, click the ‘View Suggested Items Section’ to
suggest items to your customers which will be seen on the
/shop/cart.php and/or on the item page itself. You can suggest
items manually by product ID, or you can add them by searching
by category. The best way is usually to find the category
containing the product you would like to select, and then
click ‘Show Items In this Category.’ You would then click on
the item desired. To suggest more than one item, repeat this
process, and then when finished click ‘Update Item Data’.

Options
HTML to Display on
Cart Page When This Item is Purchased
This is the
text or HTML that the customer will see on the cart page after
adding this item to cart. Example: Thank you for purchasing
this book.

Item IDs
The Item IDs field allows you to manually
suggest items through the ‘View Suggested Item Ids’. *
Suggested Ids should be comma separated like 1,3,25,100
Typically this field is used for viewing purposes only, as it
is usually easier to add items through the ‘Show Items In This
Category’ button below.

Item Names
The ‘Item Names’ field is for viewing purposes only. You will
see this updated automatically if you add the items via the
‘Show Items In This Category’. If you enter the items manually
under the Item IDs field, this field will not be updated until
you click ‘Update Item Data’ below.

Item Suggestion
Options:
Items listed here will appear on the cart
page after a shopper adds this item to their cart. To create a
suggested items list, select a category from the dropdown,
then click the "Show Items In This Category" button. Then
click the links of the items you wish to suggest. The item IDs
of the clicked items will automatically appear in the
suggestion list text box.

You have the option to select
where the suggested items are seen:
– Just the cart.php
page
or
– Both the item details page and cart.php page

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Google Product Search

Posted by admin on March 9, 2012

Google Product Search
A great way to increase visibility on
the Google search engine is to set up a Google Product Search data feed. It’s a
free service from Google.

Navigation:
Promotion > Export Google Product Search

The steps to set your Google Feed up
are:
1. On your item pages, fill in the Brand, Condition, and Product Type
fields for your Products. For more information on specifying your "Product Type"

click here

2. On this page, make sure all your categories are selected, then click the
"Export & Save to Site" button (preferred method). That will create a product
listing at [http://shopdemo2.precisionwebhosting.com/shop/sitemap/googleproductfeed.txt
]

3. From the Google page at

http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/products/submit.html, click the "Start A
Data Feed" button. (You will not need to start a new data feed each time). That
will take you to the New data feed page.

4. On that New Data Feed page
type in your data feed name ( We suggest googleproductfeed.txt ), and then click
the Save Changes button.

5. Now you will be at their "Data feeds" page
which will list your feed(s). Under the "Upload schedule" column click the
"Create" link (This is easier than the manual upload or FTP methods). That will
pop up a small window where you can specify the frequency and url of your feed.
We suggest a weekly frequency. In the url field paste in the following url:
To save the information you just input click the "Schedule" button.

6.
Now as you save an item you will want to occasionally select the option to
update your Google Product Search feed. Or come to this page after a large
number of updates and resave your feed file to the site.

Save
to Site Option
This option allows you to pull your Google feed from a file saved on a webpage
(the url is given after you click save to site). Once you have saved a file to
this URL, you are able to use this URL in your Google Feed Settings. This is
the preferred method to use.

Save to FTP
This option allows you to FTP directly to your Google
Feed. Once you have entered the appropriate settings, you are able to connect
with your Google Feed.

Save to My Computer
This option allows you to pull your Google feed from a file saved on
you computer. Once you have saved a file to your desktop, you are able to use
this file in your Google Feed Settings.

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Custom Header and Footer

Posted by admin on March 9, 2012

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catetgory 3

catetgory 4

INSERT CART HERE

[email protected] 1-800-555-TOYS � For pre-sales questions call: 1-800-555-TOYS
� ABC TOY SHOP � 121 Main Street, Suite 1 Candyland, CA 90001

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Downloadable Items

Posted by admin on March 9, 2012

Add Downloadable Item

On the Add Downloadable Item page
you can create downloadable items for sale. Some example file types are: MP3
files, e-books, PDF files, images, zip files, and more.

When a customer
buys the downloadable item file, they are given a link to the php download
script along with a password. From there they can download the file for a
limited time. The customer will not know the file’s actual location on your
site.

Inventory > Inventory Main > Add Downloadable Items

Options

Downloadable Item Title

Create the item title.

Description

Enter the description of your product this field. The plain text / HTML option
will allow you to enter plain text or HTML code. The WYSIWYG editor give you the
option to edit the text in HTML format.

Amount

The price for your downloadable item.

Display Product in Cart

If set to ‘No’, this item is
– Not searchable
– Not
in the item’s category
– Available if people have the link
– Available if the link shows up in search engine
– Available if the item
html shows up elsewhere on the site

If option is set to ‘Yes, this item is available throughout the shopping
cart software.

Category Selection

Select the category(ies) you would like to associate with your item. Categories
are helpful for the customer to locate your items.

Google Product Search Values

For help on Google product search:

http://www.google.com/support/merchants/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=160081

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View Order Page

Posted by admin on March 9, 2012

View Order Page

Navigation:
Orders > View

Overview
of the Orders Page
Viewing an
order allows you to see all the customer’s information relating to an
order including Order Details, billing address & shipping
address,
payment information, shipping options, & products on the order.

If you are using the "Secure Checkout" method for payment to manually
process cards, please take note that the payment information is
truncated after 30 days.

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