Link Options

The shopping cart has a number of links that are
customizable.  These links appear toward the upper
right part of the screen and are separated by bars. 

Display ‘View Shopping Cart’ Link

View the ‘Shopping Cart link’
that appears on pages.

‘Home’ Link

Choose whether to display the
‘Home’ link that and also choose the URL for the Home link. 
The default for the home link iswww.yoursite.com/shop.

Display Account
Login Link in Shop
To
display the  ‘Login’ link in shop, select ‘Yes’ under
this option.  For this option to work, you must be
using Account Type Checkout. To change your checkout type
navigate to: Manage > Checkout type / Payment Options Then
change the Checkout format to ‘Customer sets up account on
checkout’

Show Paging on Top of the Cart

If you have a
category with multiple items, the this options allows you to
show or hide the page numbers for being displayed on top of
the cart pages.

Continue Shopping Button

Display Continue Shopping Button

The ‘Continue Shopping’ Button
is a button that is designed to help customers navigate your
shopping cart.

You are able to select whether it appears on the Cart,
Checkout, and Confirmation pages.

‘Continue Shopping’ Button URL

If this is not filled in, it
will default to shop main entrance.

Error redirector URL

This is the absolute url (eg
http://sitename/a.html) used to redirect in case of any
errors.

Continue URL on the Finished Secure
Page

The absolute url (eg http://www.sitename.com/a.html) where
the user will be directed by clicking continue shopping in
the finished secure page

Make Continue Button a History Button

This option affects the cart
page and is a helpful feature to have enabled.  After a
customer places an item in their cart, they will be taken to
the cart page.  If the ‘Continue button’ is a history
button, it will take them back to the page where they added
an item to cart (item or category pages). 

If the ‘Continue button’ is not a history button, the button
will default to shop main entrance.

Add to Cart Button




Use Image as the
Add to Cart Button: 
You can customize your
‘Add to Cart’ button by using an image.  

Add to Cart Image URL:

Enter the image url (Use
http://….) or alternatively specify an image name that
will be searched from the images dir

To find the
image url follow these steps:

1. In your browser, browse to a page on your website
   that shows the image you want.
2. Right click on the Image and select "Properties".
3. Select the image url text from the popup by
   selecting it with your mouse. Then copy that selected
   url with <Control> C.
4. On the newsletter page click the image insert icon.
5. Click in the image url field, then paste the copied
   URL using <Control> V.
6. Click the insert button on the popup.

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image)

Background

You can use the "Background" field in order to specify the background color or
image to use when displaying your items within the shop. The "Background" value
is used in the shop pages when there is nothing in the "Custom HTML Header"
field, and it is used on the secure pages which do not use the "Custom HTML
Header".

Using a Background Image

To use a background image you would insert the
complete url ( beginning with http:// ) of the image that you’d like to use as a
background.

The image to the left is called background.jpg. If I set it as my background
image it would create the page that looks like what is displayed to the right.

Using a Background Color

To set a background color you would click the "Click
here to select background color" link and then select your desired background
color from the color map. Alternately, if you know the color code for the color
you would like to use, you simply type it in.

Using a Background Color for Secure Pages

The next field is ‘Background Color’ for the secure pages where your customers
will enter their credit card information. Since this is a secure page, your
background image cannot be displayed there because it is not secure (http:
address vs. https: address). In this example, I set the background color to
#666666 (grey) (see picture to the right) and the result is the checkout screen
displayed at the right.

Color Guide

To the left is a visual of how the colors correspond to an
actual shop.

A few tips:
The Form Header Color does not appear on the item pages, but
rather on the checkout and following pages. It is important to note if you
choose a color for the Form Header Color similar to the Font Color that the type
in the Form Header Field will not show up and your customers may be confused.
Finally, the Form Title Color is the secondary row on the forms. Again, it is
important that this color is not closely matched to your font color.

Page Subtitle
The "Page Subtitle" field appears on your shop page. It is on the same line as
the "Home" and "View Shopping Cart" links. The "Page Subtitle" appears on the
Billing Information and Checkout pages, and, if you are not using the "Custom
HTML Header" field, then it also appears on the item display pages, and the Cart
page (the page that shows up after you click the "Add To Cart" button for an
item). You could use the subtitle line for text like "The best selection of
…", etc. Or, this field can be left blank.

Character Encoding 
The "Character Encoding" field is used
to specify the character encoding for the shop display. A good selection for the
Character Encoding is "UTF-8" as this will work with almost all languages and
special characters: e.g. the copyright character.

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3 Columns

2 Columns

2 Columns beneath image

1 Column

Miscellaneous Options

Display Product Details Listing Style
If ‘3 Column’ is selected, the item page will be divided into 3 columns
(Picture/Descriptions/Price & Add to cart button).

If ‘2 Column’ is selected, the item page will be divided into 2 columns
(Picture/Descriptions, Price & Add to cart button).

If ‘2 Column with Item details below image’ is selected, the item page will be
divided into 2 columns (Picture/Descriptions, Price & Add to cart button) 
The item details would be under the image instead of to the right.

If ‘1 Column with Item details below image’ is selected, the item page will be
divided into 1 column (Picture, Descriptions, Price & Add to cart button) 
The item details would be under the image.  The only difference between
this and the 2 column below image is that this one has the ‘Add to Cart’ button
underneath the Quantity.

 

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More Misc. Options

Here there are options to edit whether to show a regular price & a sale price,
or just one price.  You’ll also be able to choose whether to show the
weight of an item, and you can also choose whether to display the SKU/Part No.
for an item.

Product Listing Per Page
For the category pages, this options allows you to set how many products
per page. 

Order Confirmation Email Format
Select the format for your Order confirmation emails.  Html has a
more updated look, while text is plain. 

Display Item Suggestions on Cart page
This option allows you to select whether to use thumbnails or full size
images for your item suggestions.  (This option only works if you suggest
items for a particular item)

Item Suggestions – Default Thumbnail Width in Pixels 

Changing the Thumbnail Width in Pixels changes the width of the columns, while
changing the thumbnails per row changes how many links/thumbnails there are per
row.

Display Shipping Calculator & Shipping Calculator Text:

These options allow you to display a shipping calculator link & the text to
display on the Shipping Calculator page.

Add to Cart Button Mode
Configure the shop to show "Add to Cart" button for each product or
single button "Add Products to Cart" for all products available at the page.

 

This is where you will dictate 3 things: 1st, whether your customers will
create an shopping ‘account’ with your online store which is accessed with their
email addresses and passwords they create themselves; 2nd, whether your shop
will interface with one of the
7 real-time credit card gateways our shop interfaces with; and 3rd, if your
customers can have purchases sent to addresses other than their billing
addresses.

For a shop using the "No account setup on checkout. " Format ,
on a reorder at a later date by a customer who had previously ordered , the
shopper would still need to enter in their address information again (image to
the right). If you choose to have your customers create accounts, all billing
and shipping addresses are saved and the customers must only enter their email
addresses and passwords to check out. If you have many return customers, having
them create their own accounts may be convenient and helpful. If many of your
customers are one-time customers, there is probably no need to have accounts
created.

Click here to see how these choices affect your
cart

Next you will find a drop down menu that allows you to choose
which merchant gateway you will interface the shop with
(for real-time credit card processing) or if you will have the information
stored securely with the ‘Secure Checkout’. Everyone who wishes to accept
payment by credit card will need a way to process the cards, be it in real-time
through a gateway, or with a traditional terminal utilizing the ‘Secure
Checkout’.

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If you choose ‘Secure Checkout’ (which stores the complete order with credit
card information securely in the ‘View Pending Orders’ section of your shop
owner’s panel) you will not need to fill any other fields and you may move on.

If you choose to utilize any of the real-time checkout options, you will need
to sign up for an account
(click here to learn how).

If you have an Authorize.net account
Click here to learn about the simple setup.

If you have the VeriSign PayFlow system,
Click Here to learn about the simple setup.

If you have the CardService Int’l Basic LinkPoint system,
Click Here to learn about the simple setup.

If you are using PayPal,
Click Here to learn about the simple setup.

If you use the Echo Online, Ion Gate, WorldPay Jr. or Transact Secure
solution, simply choose the appropriate Type from the drop down menu and enter
your Username from their company in the ‘Credit Card System Username/ID’ field.
That is all there is to it; the other fields do not apply to you.

Visible – Show customer when they are ordering more than is in stock and display a custom message, ALLOW THEM TO ORDER, also email "admin" when stock is low. This option, similar to ‘Transparent’, will always allow customers to order products, but unlike ‘Transparent’ will inform the customer if he or she is buying a product which is out of stock.

You can see in the image to the right, the message states ‘The item ‘Electric Train Set’ has less in stock than the quantity you ordered – SOLD OUT’. You can see the left, the ‘SOLD OUT’ part is the custom message we have entered.

Restricted Hidden – Do not show out of stock items to customers, also email "admin" when stock is low.

This option will simply not show any out of stock items on your site.