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Welcome to the Control Panel section.

How do I add a product?
To add a product to your store..
  1. Log into your Control Panel
  2. Click Manage Products
  3. Click Add product
  4. Enter a Product Name, Product Code (optional), Choose a Category for this product to go in (or make a new one), set a Product Price
  5. If you are using a different image, click the change link above the photograph of a camera. You can browse your computer for a photograph to upload. Once you have done this, click Upload File
  6. Click Save
How do I add my own categories?
At the core of your product catalogue is categories - every product on sale in your store must belong to a category so buyers can browse to them before purchasing - so to add a product you must have categories. To add a category:
  1. Log into your Control Panel
  2. Click 'Manage Categories'
  3. If you are creating a sub-category (a category within a category) click the 'parent' category. Otherwise skip step 3 (this step)
  4. To the right, you will see a box, with New Category Name - simply type the category name into this box
  5. Click Add
This will add a category to your store.
How do I upload my own images for products?
You can add images to your products to make them more appealing to your customers.
  1. Log into your control panel
  2. Click 'Manage Products'
  3. Click 'edit' next to the product you wish to add an image to
  4. Click the 'change' link next to the main image in the centre of the page
  5. This will take you to your personal gallery
  6. Using this page you can either select an existing image from your gallery or choose to upload a new image from your local computer.
  7. To upload an image press the browse button and locate an image on your local computer using the file locator box that will appear.
  8. Once you have found an image to upload click the 'Open' button then press the 'Upload' button.
  9. Once you have made your choice you will be returned to the edit product page and the new image will be loaded into the 'Xtra Images' section.
  10. Click Save and visit your WebStore to view the new product (with new image)
How do I add special offers?
To add special offers to your WebStore you simply need to set certain products to be on special offer.

To do this follow these simple steps.

  1. Log into your control panel
  2. Click 'Manage Products'
  3. Click 'edit' next to the product you wish to put on special offer
  4. Once the edit product page loads - notice the additional product menu that appears below the main menu on the lower left of the screen. You may need to scroll down to see it.
  5. Click the 'special offer' option on this extra menu
  6. Using this page you can set the product you are currently editing to be on special offer.
  7. Choose whether to set a percentage discount or simply set a new special offer price.
  8. Make your choice and Press the 'SAVE' button to commit the changes. So long as you set a special offer on the product it will automatically appear on your WebStores special offers page. The system will also automatically load a special offer graphic overlay whenever the product appears on your WebStore to draw attention to it.

How do I add related products?
Yes, you can add related products. These will typically appear below your product's description and additional images (if you have set any up), and are a great way to up-sell. To add related products, go to edit your product, and below the left-hand main menu, a sub menu appears with options relating to that product. Click on related products to add related products.

How do I add options such as size/colour etc?
It is simple to add options to your products such as size, colour, optional gift wrapping etc.

To do this follow these simple steps. (in this example we will add an option called 'colour' with choices of red/green/blue)
  1. Log into your Control Panel
  2. Click 'Manage Products' from the menu
  3. Click 'edit' next to the product you want to add options to
  4. When the 'edit product' page loads - notice the additional product menu that appears below the main menu on the lower left of the screen. You many need to scroll down to see it.
  5. Click 'product options' on this additional menu
  6. The product options page will load that lets you add options to the product your are currently editing
  7. To add an option - hover your mouse over the 'new option' button.
  8. Choose to add an option from the common templates or add a new blank option of your own. We will click 'blank option'
  9. Once you have made the selection the new option will be added to the product and loaded into the tree to the left.
  10. Click the new option to edit the name (we will set to 'colour'), whether it is an enforced option (yes our customer needs to let us know what colour they want) or whether you want to add it to your templates to re-use in the future. We may need this colour option for other products so we will check the (Add 'my templates') checkbox so we can re-use it in the future.
  11. Click the option items to edit the option name or associated cost. We will edit the two default options to read 'Red' and 'Green' respectively - pressing save as we go. Choosing a colour has no additional cost in this case so we will set cost to 0.
  12. We will click the '[click to add]' option to add a new option - we will rename this option to 'green'. There we have it - we have added an option called 'colour' and we have given the options as red, green and blue.
  13. Remember to click 'SAVE' as you make changes to ensure they are committed to the database.
Go check out the product on your WebStore and you will see the newly added product options.

How do I add many images for one product?
You can add extra images to your products. These are commonly visible underneath your product description when somebody views the product in detail. To add extra images follow these simple steps..
  1. Log into your control panel
  2. Click 'Manage Products'
  3. Click 'edit' next to the product you wish to add extra images to
  4. Click the 'add' link next to the 'Xtra Images' label to the top right of the page
  5. This will take you to your personal gallery
  6. Using this page you can either select an existing image from the gallery or choose to upload a new image from your local computer.
  7. Once you have made your choice you will be returned to the edit product page and the new image will be loaded into the 'Xtra Images' section.
  8. Click Save and visit your WebStore to view the new product (with extra images)

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