| Input
Option |
Description |
| Product
ID |
The
product ID is used to connect a group of individual products. This
is not the product stock code that uniquely defines an
individual product. You may create this code to fit your
needs.
MAXIMUM 20 CHARACTERS: can be any combination of upper and/or lower case
letters, numbers and the underscore ( _ ) character. Do NOT
use spaces or other special characters. |
| Manufacturer |
Enter the
Manufacturer in this field. You should be consistent with your
manufacturer names. LMS creates a dynamic list of manufacturers
from this table. If you have a manufacturer listed three
different ways all three will show up in the manufacturers drop
down search criteria.
MAXIMUM 35 CHARACTERS: Do NOT
use HTML tags in this field. |
| Short
Description: |
The short
description is used to describe the product in any situation
where a list of products are displayed. For instance, if a
person does a search for "Shirts" the resulting page
will show a list of products that match the keyword search. The
short description will be displayed for each product in that
list. Maximum length: 300 characters.
Suggestions:
The Shopper: When a shopper is looking through
your catalog the short description and the thumbnail image will
be their only indication of what the product is. You should use
descriptive language that will let them immediately know if this
is the product they are looking for and compelling enough to
entice them to click to see the detail information.
Search Engines: The short description is used in
the product listing and the alt tag for any images associated
with the product. It is also used in several optional search
engine optimization processes included with LMS ( see Search
Engine Optimization ). Whenever possible, the short description
should contain at least one or more of your primary keywords or
key phrases.
|
| Full
Description: |
This
description is only shown on the product detail page where the Buy
button is displayed. You may use basic HTML tags to format this
information and can hold a maximum of 16Kb of data.
NOTE: This field is used
in our optional Froogle Feed which formats your catalog
product information for a direct data feed into Google's Froogle
database. This feed strips all HTML code from your content
(required by Froogle).
|
| Product
Picture File |
This
field holds the name of the image file displayed in the product
detail page.
LMS lets you choose from three
different layouts for each product: Photo left, Photo right and
Photo center. ( see Product Page Layout below )
If you are using the built-in
image upload feature you do not have to enter anything in this
field. The upload feature will upload the image and rename it to
match the product ID to insure that product images are never
inadvertently overwritten by a file of the same name.
If you are not using the built-in
upload feature, enter the file name of the thumbnail image and
use any standard FTP program to upload the image to the _sitefiles/productimages
folder.
|
| Product
Thumbnail File: |
This is
the name of the thumbnail image file that will be displayed
where the product is displayed in a list with other products.
LMS lets you choose a one, two or
three column layout for all product lists. The following
thumbnail image sizes are recommended for each.
1 column: 150 pixels wide
2 column: 120 pixels wide
3 column: 90 pixels wide
If you are using the built-in
image upload feature you do not have to enter anything in this
field. The upload feature will upload the image and rename it to
match the product ID to insure that product images are never
inadvertently overwritten by a file of the same name.
If you are not using the built-in
upload feature, enter the file name of the thumbnail image and
use any standard FTP program to upload the image to the _sitefiles/productimages
folder.
|
| Additional
Info Title |
LMS gives
you the option of letting your shopper provide information for
each product they buy. For instance, if you are selling
engraving you can request the user to input "Up to 12
characters to be engraved." When you enter copy in the Additional
Info Title the copy is displayed directly above an input
field on the product detail page.
The image below illustrates how
the information is displayed on your product page.
Additional Info Title example
image.
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| Product
Information File Name. |
Many
catalog owners prefer to include minimal descriptive information
on their products in the catalog and provide detailed
descriptions or technical documents in separate HTML pages. LMS allows you to do this with
the More Information Link.
This file must be located in the
_sitefiles/productinfo folder on your web site. You only need to
enter the name of the file in the input filed. If you need to
connect to an external page use the Link to external
Information and External Link URL. |
| Charge
State/Prov Tax checkbox |
If you
have set up a tax table for state or provincial
tax selecting this check box will force LMS to charge the
appropriate tax to any order shipped to the state or province
listed in the tax table. Do not select this option if the
product is not taxable. |
| Charge
Federal Tax checkbox |
If you
have set up a country tax ( Canada Only ) selecting this check
box will force LMS to charge the appropriate tax as defined in
your tax table. |
| Show
product in catalog |
Selecting
this option will force LMS to show the product in your catalog.
This allows you to remove a product from the catalog temporarily
without deleting the product and product child information. |
| Sell
product on web |
Selecting
this option will force LMS to display a Buy button
on the product detail page. If you select Show on web
and do no select Sell on web the product will
display but will not include a Buy button |
| Reason
for "Not For Sale" |
This
field allows you to enter a reason that this item is not
currently available for purchase through the catalog. For
instance, if a product requires customization you could enter
"Call for pricing information" as the reason. This
will show on the product detail page instead of the Buy
button. |
| Charge
Shipping Checkbox |
If you
wish to include this product in your shipping calculations you
need to check this box. |
| Display
Style |
This
dropdown gives you three choices for displaying the product
detail page.
Display Left: If you want to show
your product image to the left with your text information to the
right of the image choose this option. If the text runs longer
than the image it will wrap under the image.
Display Right: This choice places
the image to the right and the text copy to the left.
Display Center: This choice
centers the image and displays the product description under the
image. |
Title
for external link
AND
Link to external information |
These two
fields give you another way to link to product information from
your product detail page. The text you enter in the Title
for external link field will be displayed on the
product detail page as a link to the fully qualified URL
entered
in the Link to external information field. |
Associated
Products: Product ID 1
Product ID 2
Product ID 3
Product ID 4
|
Each
product in your catalog can be associated with up to four other
products. For instance, if you are selling Cell Phones and Cell
Phone AC adapters you can enter the Product ID of the Cell Phone
in the associated product field of the adapter for that product.
If you have chosen to show Associated
Products in the catalog the AC Adapter will show under
the associated Cell Phone every time the Cell Phone product
detail page is displayed. |
Attribute
Title 1
Attribute Title 2
Attribute Title 3
Attribute Title 4 |
LMS
allows you to define up to 4 custom attributes for each product
definition (parent). For instance, you could use the Attribute
Title to define Size, Color, Type or any attribute
specific to the product.
The titles should be as short as
possible to describe the attribute and can be no more than 30
characters. The title AND the values entered in the product
child records are displayed on the product detail page. |
| Image
Upload |
When you
select this box prior to saving your changes the catalog
software will redirect you to a page that allows you to find and
upload a product thumbnail file and a product image file.
Upload form
illustrated below:
 |
| Continue
Button |
Clicking
this button saves your changes and either returns you to the
product listing page or redirects you to the image upload page
if you have chosen to upload an image |
| Cancel
Button |
Clicking
this button returns you to the product listing page with out
saving any changes you may have made. |
