Using the Preferences Manager
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Last Updated:
September 17, 2008 9:09 AM
In Quick Shopping Cart, use the Preferences Manager to make changes to your storefront elements. Changes take effect after you publish your store.
To Change Your Storefront Preferences
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- In the My Products section, click Quick Shopping Cart.
- In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Open next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to modify.
- Using the Advanced Builder, from the Storefront menu, click Preferences.
To Update Display Preferences
- In the Display Preferences section, update any of the following items:
- Show Quick Search
- Displays the Quick Search box.
- Sort results by
- Indicates the order in which to sort search results.
- Allow Search by Manufacturer
- Allows customers to search products by manufacturer.
- Show Add to Cart on search results page
- Displays the Add to Cart option on your search results page.
- Show category list on sidebar
- Displays a list of categories in your storefront's sidebar. If you enable this option, you must enter a Category List Label (the name of your master category list).
- (Required) Category List Label
- Displays as a heading above categories listed on your storefront.
- (Required) BreadCrumb Start Label
- Displays the name of the first location in your BreadCrumb links.
- Continue updating other preferences on the page, or click Save to indicate you are finished.
To Update Product Display Preferences
- In the Product Display Preferences section, enter or change any of the following:
- Price Label
- The name for the item's regular price.
- Sale Price Label
- The name for the item's sale price.
- Adjusted Price Label
- The name for the item's adjusted price.
- Show Manufacturer
- Displays the product manufacturer's name in the Product Details page.
- Show item number (SKU)
- Displays the product's item (SKU) number.
- Product Image Enlargement
- Select an option for handling image enlargement:
- Nothing prevents users from viewing larger images.
- 'Click to Enlarge' Text allows users to view a larger image by clicking a hyperlink under the product image.
- Interactive Image Viewer allows users to view images in a separate window and to zoom in and out while viewing.
NOTE: To view images in the Interactive Image Viewer, you must upload images larger than 365 pixels wide and 465 pixels high, using JPG, PNG, or BMP format.
- Continue updating other preferences on the page, or click Save to indicate you are finished.
To Update Our Products Display Preferences
- In the Our Products Display Preferences section, change any of the following:
- Show product price on Our Products (Category) page
- Displays prices on your Our Products (Category) pages.
- Show Add to Cart on Our Products (Category) page
- Displays the Add to Cart option on your Our Products (Category) pages.
- Show product count with category label
- Displays the number of products available in each category.
- Continue updating other preferences on the page, or click Save to indicate you are finished.
To Update Home Page Preferences
- In the Home Page Preferences section, specify whether you want top-level categories to display on the Home page.
- Continue updating other preferences on the page, or click Save to indicate you are finished.
To Update Shopping Cart/Checkout Preferences
- In the Shopping Cart/Checkout Preferences section, enter or change the following:
- Continue Shopping Label
- This label indicates visitors can click the button to continue shopping. Enter the text you want to display as the link.
- Override Continue Shopping Destination
- Allows you to override the default Continue Shopping destination to take visitors to a specific URL of your choice. If you enable this option, enter the URL to which you want to send visitors who click Continue Shopping.
- Display Special Instructions
- Allows customers to provide special instructions during checkout. If you enable this field, enter the field label that displays during checkout.
- Continue updating other preferences on the page, or click Save to indicate you are finished.
To Update Order Preferences
- In the Order Preferences section, specify when you want to remove items from the inventory list:
- Invoice
- Item is removed from the inventory list after the payment is processed.
- Created
- Item is removed from the inventory list when the order is placed (before the payment has been processed).
- Continue updating other preferences on the page, or click Save to indicate you are finished.
