Integrating Your Online Store with WebSite Tonight
Quick Shopping Cart offers templates and themes that match those in our WebSite Tonight product. By applying the same template to both applications, you can maintain a custom Web site in WebSite Tonight and run a matching eCommerce site with Quick Shopping Cart, giving your customers a seamless and enjoyable shopping experience.
To integrate your Quick Shopping Cart and WebSite Tonight accounts, you need to select a matching template within each application. For a list of matching templates, see Matching Templates with WebSite Tonight.
Using our navigation editor, you can also customize your site links to closely tie your Quick Shopping Cart and WebSite Tonight site accounts together.
To Select Your WebSite Tonight Template
To begin the integration process, select a template for your WebSite Tonight site. If you have an existing template applied to your site, ensure there is a matching template in Quick Shopping Cart.
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- In the My Products section, click WebSite Tonight Accounts.
- In your Account list, click Launch next to the WebSite Tonight account you want to modify.
- From the Design menu, select Template and Color.
- From the Category list, select the category for your template.
NOTE: From the Page list, you can advance to any additional pages to view more templates.
- Select the template you want to use.
NOTE: Only resellers can use Reseller templates. If you choose to use a Reseller template, you are prompted to enter your Reseller Prog ID.
- To make a backup copy of your Web site before you change the template, select Back up Web site before changing template.
- Click OK.
- Click OK to confirm the template change.
- From the Select a Color Theme area, select the color you want to use.
- Click OK.
For additional information on modifying the look of your site, see Changing the Template or Color Scheme of Your Web Site.
To Associate Quick Shopping Cart with Website Tonight
After selecting a WebSite Tonight template, you can customize your navigation to allow customers to more easily move between your Web site and your storefront.
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- In the My Products section, click WebSite Tonight Accounts.
- In your Account list, click Launch next to the WebSite Tonight account you want to modify.
- From the Add-Ons menu select Quick Shopping Cart.
- In the Choose Quick Shopping Cart Account list, select the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to associate with your WebSite Tonight account.
- In the Navigation button title to display on home page of Web site field, enter the text you want to display on the navigation button that points to your Quick Shopping Cart site. Online Store displays by default. If you want to change the text, you can highlight and delete the existing text, then add your own.
- Click OK.
NOTE: You must publish your Web site for changes to take effect.
To Select Your Quick Shopping Cart Site Template
Each Quick Shopping Cart template has two versions. Version A is specifically designed toward a focused theme, while version B is more general, allowing greater customization for a look that can be applied to a wider variety of storefronts.
To Select a Template for Your Storefront
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- In the My Products section, click Quick Shopping Cart.
- On the Quick Shopping Cart page, click Open next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
- Using the Advanced Builder, from the Storefront menu, select Templates.
- To preview a template, click the thumbnail image of the template.
- Select a template for your storefront, and then click Save.
NOTE: You must publish your storefront for changes to take effect.
To Customize the Quick Shopping Cart Menu
After selecting a Quick Shopping Cart site template, you can customize your menu bar to link back to your Web site.
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- In the My Products section, click Quick Shopping Cart.
- On the Quick Shopping Cart page, click Open next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
- Using the Advanced Builder, from the Storefront menu, select Menu.
- In the Main Menu, click Add to open the Menu Item editor.
- Enter the required information:
- Page
- Select WebSite Tonight.
- Label
- Enter a label that defaults to your WST home page (for example, Home or Home Page).
- WST Account
- Select the account to which you want to link the menu item.
- Target
- Specify the window or frame in which you want the page to open.
NOTE: If you purchased your WebSite Tonight site in a different Go Daddy account than the account with which you purchased your Quick Shopping Cart site, your WebSite Tonight site will not display in the WST Account menu. To remedy this issue, in the Page menu, select Custom, and enter the URL that points to your published WST site.
- Click Save.
NOTE: You must publish your storefront for changes to take effect.