How do I add items to my ecommerce website?

Summary

This article explains how to add items to your website.

This article is only applicable to users who have a Catalyst E-Commerce Store. If you are interested in advertising your stock online please Contact your Platinum dealer or our sales team on 0116 230 1500 or by using our website sales contact page for more information

More Information

• Go to " Systems Reports & Parameters Maintenance Options Platinum O and Catalyst Findit Platinum O+ Site Maintenance".

Adding a New Page

• Select the 'page' from the "Pages" list on the left under which you want this new page to appear.
• Click [Add] or Press <F6> to create a new page.
• Enter the name of the page in the "Page title" field.
• If you wish to have text appear at the top of this page enter this into the "Sales text" field, within this box you can use HTML tags to enhance the look of this text. Click here to see a list of tags you can use.
• If you wish to add an image to this page :
  • Click the "Images" tab.
  • Click the [Add] button.
  • You will now be asked for the location of the images (This location will be remembered for the next time you want to add an image - Always put your images to add to Platinum in one location).
  • Select if you want to [Move] or [Copy] the image (This will be remembered for next time). If you choose [Move], the original photo file will be deleted.
  • Choose the image (You can select the Thumbnails option to list the images in this location).
  • Your image will now be added to the end of the image list.
• If you choose not to add an image to this page then it will default to the 'NoImage' image on the website.
• Click [Done] and [Apply] to save this new page into your website configuration.
• If you want to move where this page will appear in your website's navigation select the page from the "Pages" list on the left :
  • Click the [Up] or [Down] arrows to change the order of the "Pages".
  • Click the [Left] or [Right] arrows to move this page to be a sub-category of another page.
  • The indentation of these "Pages" identify if a page is a sub-category of another page.

Deleting a Page

• Select the 'Page' from the "Pages" list on the left.
• Click [Remove] or Press <F10>.
• Press [Yes] to delete this page.

Adding Items to a Page

• Select the 'Page' you wish to add items to.
• Click the "Items" tab.
• You can search for the items you wish to add to this page by using any or all of the following options:
  • Stock Codes beginning with characters.
    • Enter at least the first character of a stock code into the "Code starts with" field and click [Apply] or press <Enter> to search.
  • Stock Desriptions containing characters.
    • Enter the characters to search for into the "Description contains" field and click [Apply] or press <Enter> to search.
  • Items supplied by a specific supplier.
    • Enter the supplier's account code or search in the "Supplied by" field and click [Apply] or press <Enter> to search.

See also

• How do I Setup my Carriage Charges?
• How do I Edit the Terms on my Website?
• How do I Configure Emails from my Website?
• How do I Set the Price Code to be used on my website?

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