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Help Center: How do I maintain my online store?

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To manage the products in your online store, always begin by going to your online store's administration site to log in, and clicking on 'Catalog' in the main admininstration menu.

  Select Catalog from the admin menu

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To create a new category:
Click on the 'new category' button. The form shown at right will appear.
Type in the new category name next to the British flag.
Add an image for the category if desired by using the 'browse' button.
Leave 'sort order' blank, and click on 'save'.
Creating a new category

To add or edit a product:
Select the category in which you wish to edit a product by clicking on the yellow folder on the left or the blue arrow on the right.

Add a new product by clicking on the 'new product' button.

When you see the blue arrow at the end of a line, that means that the information you see on the right side of the screen refers to that product. You can preview any product by clicking on the paper icon on the left.

How to add a product How to edit a product
You must click the 'insert' or 'update' button to save your new product information.
To edit a product, click on the 'i' under 'Action' so it becomes a blue arrow, and then click on the 'edit' button.

Adding a new product
Products Status: Check 'in stock'.
Product's name: Type the product name next to the British flag.
Tax Class: leave as none.
Product Price (Net): Type the price without the dollar sign and as a decimal followed by four placeholders. (Ex: $5 becomes 5.0000 or $4.99 becomes 4.9900) Products Price (Gross) will fill in automatically.
Product description: Type the description in the box next to the British flag. You can use HTML code here (<br> for line breaks, <b></b> for bold, <i></i> for italics, etc.).


Products Quantity: mark '1000' unless there is a specific limited quantity.

Products Image: If the product has an associated image, click on 'Browse' to select the image in your computer. It will be uploaded when you have finished entering all the other information and have clicked 'preview.'

Product Weight: Add if applicable. If not (for example, for an e-book), enter '0.00'. This will help determine the shipping costs.

Adding a new product

Adding a new product
Click on 'preview' to see what your product will look like. If you have changes to make, click the 'back' button, make your changes, and then click on 'preview' again. If everything is correct, click on the 'update' (if you are editing a product) or 'insert' (if you have created a new product) button.

To move a product into another category:
Select the product you want to move (there should be a blue arrow by it to show it is selected) and click the 'move' button. A drop down list of categories will appear. Select the new category, and click 'move'.
Moving a product into another category

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