Products & Catalogs

• 1. Catalogs
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Add Main Catalog
  • 1.3 Add Sub-catalog
  • 1.4 Edit Main Catalog
  • 1.5 Edit Sub-catalog
  • 1.6 Transalte Main Catalog
  • 1.7 Translate Sub-catalog
  • 1.8 Delete Main Catalog
  • 1.9 Delete Sub-catalog
• 2. Products
  • 2.1 Add
  • 2.2 Edit
  • 2.3 Translate
• 3. Settings
  • 3.1 Catalog
  • 3.2 Produkt Templates
  • 3.3 Crosslinks

v12.1 - Last Mod.: 03/09/2023

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With the SITEFORUM Online Shop you can offer and sell your products and services. Manage catalogs, products, orders and proposals and create catalogs hierarchically with different templates.

1. Catalogs

You create catalogs and sub-catalogs to distribute your products to the catalogs and to categorize and arrange your online shop. You can create as many catalogs and sub-catalogs as you need.
Following catalog structure is possible:

Notebooks and PCs
|_Software
|  |_Graphics
|  |_Applications programs
|_Hardware
  |_Hard discs
  |_Motherboards

1.1 Overview

Here you create the basis of your online store by creating products and catalogs. In this way, you sort and organize your store, which can be expanded as you wish.

1. Click the button Portal Manager to get to the administrative area.
2. Then click Sales & Support > Products & Catalogs.
3. In the navigation on the left, below Catalogs, click Overview.

You get the following overview as far as catalogs exist already:

• With the selection box All Main Catalogs you can navigate through all catalogs.
• Position By clicking the arrows you can change the positions.
• Language The flag symbolises the language.
• Catalogs Shows the name of the catalog. By clicking the name you get to the sub-catalogs of the chosen main catalog, q.v. 1.3 Add Sub-catalog.
• Sub-catalogs Shows the number of sub-catalogs. Clicking on the number will take you to the sub-catalogs of the selected main catalog. Click on the "+" icon to add a new subcatalog, q.v. 1.3 Add Sub-catalog.
• Products Shows the number of the products located in the catalog.
  By clicking the number you get to the products which are located in the catalog, q.v. 2. Products.
• Actions Shows a list of possible operations to manage catalogs:
  • Translate By clicking the icon you can translate the catalog.
  • Edit By clicking the icon you get to the editing mode.
  • Delete By clicking the icon you can delete the catalog.

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1.2 Add Main Catalog

Create new catalogs here and equip them with the desired parameters: Name, access assignment to specific user groups, language, shipping methods, etc.

1. In the overview click the +Add button.

2. Enter a name for the catalog in the Name mandatory field.
3. Activate in the area User Group(s) the user groups which should get access to the catalog.
4. From the selection box Language choose the standard language of the catalog.
   Activate the checkbox only one language behind if this language should be the only one.
5. From the selection box Representation choose the template, which describes the layout of the products in that catalog.
   Note: You can individually add and adjust these templates, so-called Design Templates, in the Design area, q.v. Support Designer > Design.
6. Activate the checkbox Price list view to list products not dependent on a layout template but in a price list view.
7. Mark in the area Shipping method the shipping method. To select several shipping methods keep the Ctrl button pressed.
   Note: You can define individual shipping methods in the shop preferences, q.v. Support End User > Sales & Support & Shop Settings.
8. Click the button Save when ready.

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1.3 Add Sub-catalog

1. Choose in the overview the main catalog in which you want to add a sub-catalog.
2. Click the green + button in the Subcatalogs column or the blue number in the Subcatalogs column.

3. Click the +Add button in the overview, which is located in the upper right corner.
4. Enter a name for the subcatalog in the Name mandatory field.
5. In the User group(s) area, activate which user group(s) should have access to the catalog.
6. Use the Language drop-down list to select the language of the catalog.
   Activate the checkbox as the only language behind if the selected language should be the only possible language.
7. Activate the checkbox Price list view for this catalog to display products directly in a price list view instead of depending on a layout template.
8. Use the Representation drop-down list to select the desired intro template that will define the layout of the products that will be included in this catalog.
   Note: These templates, so-called design templates, can be created and edited individually in the Design area, see Support Designer > Design.
9. Select the shipping method in the mandatory field Shipping methods. To select multiple shipping methods, hold down the Ctrl key.
   Note: You can define several of these individual shipping methods in the store settings, see Support End User > Documentation > Sales & Support & Shop Settings.
10. Click the Save button when you have made all the settings.

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1.4 Edit Main Catalog

1. Choose in the overview the catalog you want to edit.
2. Click the Action icon and select Edit.

3. Do the desired changes, q.v. 1.2 Add Main Catalog.
4. Click the button Save when ready.

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1.5 Edit Sub-catalog

1. In the overview, select the main catalog that contains the subcatalog you want to edit.
2. Click on the number in the Sub-catalogs column.
   The overview of the Sub-catalogs appears.

3. An overview of the subcatalogs opens. Select the subcatalog you want to edit.
4. Click the Action icon and select Edit.

5. Do the desired changes, q.v. 1.3 Add Sub-catalog.
6. Click the Save button when you have made all the settings.

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1.6 Translate Main Catalog

1. Choose in the overview the main catalog you want to translate.
2. Click the icon Actions and choose Translate.

The Translations tab opens:

• Flag The flag symbolizes the language.
• Language Shows the language of the catalog.
• Name Shows the corresponding translation.
• Action to manage existing translations:
  • Edit By clicking the icon you get to the editing mode.
  • Delete By clicking the icon you can delete the translation.
• Translate By clicking the button you can translate the catalog to a new language.

3. Click the Save button when you have made all the settings.

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1.7 Translate Sub-catalog

1. Choose in the overview the main catalog which contains the sub-catalog you want to translate.
2. Click on the number in the Sub-catalogs column.
   The overview of the Sub-catalogs appears.

3. An overview of the subcatalogs opens. Select the subcatalog you want to translate.
4. Click the icon Actions and choose Translate.

The Translations tab opens:

• Flag The flag symbolizes the language.
• Language Shows the language of the sub-catalog.
• Name Shows the corresponding translation.
• Action to manage existing translations:
  • Edit By clicking the icon you get to the editing mode.
  • Delete By clicking the icon you can delete the translation.
• Translate By clicking the button you can translate the sub-catalog to a new language.

3. Click the Save button when you have made all the settings.

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1.8 Delete Main Catalog

1. Choose in the overview the main catalog you want to delete.
2. Click the icon Actions and choose Delete.

3. An orange confirmation prompt appears.
4. Click the OK button if you want to delete the catalog.

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1.9 Delete Sub-catalog

1. Choose in the overview the main catalog which contains the sub-catalog you want to delete.
2. Click on the number in the Sub-catalogs column.
   The overview of the Sub-catalogs appears.