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The shop builder is the main section where you build up your shops catalogue with department, products and articles. The first page you get to is essentially the home page of your site so whatever you add here will get added to your shops home page.
The shop builder works in a hierarchal structure so works as you see it. If you add a department to the shop builder page, the department will get added to your main navigation. Now if you want to add a sub-department, click on the department you have just created, then create a new department. The same process also works for products and articles. If you click on a product you have just created then add another product, that product will become associated to the original product (May we also suggest) and the same principle applies to articles.
Associate Products & Articles
Now before we go on to creating new departments, products and articles, you will notice some global options which are associate products and articles. Associating products and articles means you can grab an item from one location and also associate it to another location. For example you could have one product in the men’s clothing section and also in a sale department. It’s also a useful tool for moving products or articles around you shop to re-organise them. Simply click on the associate button and you will be presented with a list of departments on the left. Now click on the department and all products/articles within that department will appear in the right hand panel. Now select the product/article you wish to associate and click on associate item(s).
Departments
Title
This is where you enter the name of your department.
Status & Description
From here you can turn the department on or off and set whether you want this department to only be visible to members only (users that have registered on the site). You can also enter a short description which appears when users do a site search and the long description which appears at the top of the department page. You can enter text which explains what the department is about and even upload banners.
Layout
Tradingeye enables you to have different layouts (header/navigation/footer) and templates (body section of the page) for each department. From here you can select which layout/template you would like to use. This feature is really useful as you could create a blue layout for Men's clothing and a pink one for Women's. You will also notice a product list template which if products are associated to that section, will appear as one long list with the posibility of adding one or all of them to the shopping cart.
Images
From this section you can upload images over your department name. Image A will appear in your main navigation while image B would appear over your sub-department link. This could be a logo of a supplier or simply an image to spruce up your navigation.
Search Engine Optimisation
The search engine optimisation section enables you to add your own file name (URL) for your department and also add your Meta title, description and keywords. If you don’t have time to fill this section in you can leave it empty and default values will be entered for you from your global Meta tags which can be found in Settings -> Global Settings -> Text Areas -> Home Page.
Products
Product Basics
From here you can enter the name of the product, its code or SKU, the standard retail and trade price (if wholesale/retail pricing is enabled) and the recommended retail price or R.R.P.
Status & Description
From here you can turn the product on or off and also enter a short description which appears next to the thumbnail and the long description which is the main content area for your product.
Options
From this section you can select if the product is taxable, whether its on sale, if any product options or volume discounts apply and if you want to sell the item by adding an add to basket link and also an enquire now option which will pass the product value to a contact form which is then emailed to the site administrator.
Product Attributes (if enabled)
If products attributes are enabled, this section lets you select which attributes are to be used for this product.
Layout
Tradingeye enables you to have different layouts (header/navigation/footer) and templates (body section of the page) for each product. From here you can select which layout/template you would like to use. You will also notice a product package (bundle) template which if selected, will enable you to sell a group of products as a package.
Default Images
This is where you can upload your product images. Image A is your thumbnail image which appears in your departments, Image B is your main product image which appears when someone clicks on the thumbnail for more information and Image C which is the larger image (if available). You can also upload up to six extra images which appear in a gallery under the product and is very useful for showing your customer different views of each product.
Downloadable File
Tradingeye enables you to sell digital goods such as MP3's, .zip's or even PDF documents. Simply upload a file and when a customer buys the product, a download link will appear in the invoice.
Stock Control (if enabled)
The stock control feature (if enabled) lets you set the stock for each product, allow back orders (i.e. to enable you to sell in minus figures), how many products are on order and their due date.
Postage & Supplier
This is where you can enter your postage and supplier options. Firstly you can select which postage code applies to this product (if enabled). You can also enter the item weight (if using postage by weight), enter any notes for the product (e.g. next day delivery), whether the product should have free postage and also associate a supplier to it which would a) add a supplier logo above the product and b) enable you to use the shop by brand feature (if enabled).
Search Engine Optimisation
The search engine optimisation section enables you to add your own file name (URL) for your department and also add your Meta title, description and keywords. If you don’t have time to fill this section in you can leave it empty and default values will be entered for you from your global Meta tags which can be found in Settings -> Global Settings -> Text Areas -> Home Page.
Articles
Title
This is where you enter the name of your article.
Status & Description
From here you can turn the article on or off and also enter a short description which appears when users do a site search and the long description which is the main content area for your article.
Layout
Tradingeye enables you to have different layouts (header/navigation/footer) and templates (body of the page) for each article. From here you can select which layout/template you would like to use (only one is provided by default).
Images
From this section you can upload an image over your article name instead of just having text.
Search Engine Optimisation
The search engine optimisation section enables you to add your own file name (URL) for your department and also add your Meta title, description and keywords. If you don’t have time to fill this section in you can leave it empty and default values will be entered for you from your global Meta tags which can be found in Settings -> Global Settings -> Text Areas -> Home Page.