Editing a store

To edit a store in the storefront:

 

1.Login to the Multifront administration website. The Dashboard page is displayed.

 

2.On the top menu, click Stores under Settings. The Stores page is displayed listing all the available stores in the storefront.

 

3.Click Manage on the store to edit it. The Manage Store page is displayed.

 

4.Click on the following tabs to configure the store:

 

General
Catalog
URL
Profiles
Display
Units
Countries
Shipping
Analytics Code
SMTP
Mobile Settings

 

 

1. To configure the general settings, click on the General tab and and then click on Edit Store Settings. Manage Store page is displayed.

 

Enter the following details:

Brand Name: Enter the brand name.
Store Name: Enter a name for your store. For example, enter Matt's Pizza Store.
Locale: Select a language from the drop-down list.
Select a Logo:
Select Upload New Image. Select a Logo Image is displayed.
Click Browse. The Choose file dialog box opens.
Choose a location and enter the filename of the logo image to upload. Only JPG, GIF and PNG images are supported.
Click Open. The location of the image is displayed.
Enable Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for this store: Select to use a Secure Certificate for checkout. Important: If enabled, ensure that you have installed a valid certificate for the storefront to function.
Administrator's Email: Enter the email address of your site administrator or webmaster. For example, enter webmaster@yoursite.com
Sales Department Email: Enter the email address of your sales department. For example, enter sales@yoursite.com
Customer Service Email: Enter the email address of your customer service department. For example, enter customerservice@yoursite.com
Sales Department Phone Number: Enter the phone number of your sales department. For example, enter 1-800-123-1234
Customer Service Phone Number: Enter the phone number of your customer service department. For example, enter 1-800-123-1234
Default Customer Review Status: Select the default status of customer reviews from the drop-down list. Selecting Active will post the customer's review on the site immediately. Selecting Do Not Publish. Require Moderator Approval will require that you approve reviews before they are posted.
Default Order Status: Select the default order status from the drop-down list.
Require Order Approval: If selected, order status can be set only after it is approved.
Include taxes in product price: Select to show the product prices inclusive of taxes.
Enable Persistent Cart: Select to enable the cart's persistence.
Enable address validation: Select to enable address validation.
Require validated address: Select to enable require to validate address.

Click Submit. The Stores page is displayed.

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2.To associate this store to a catalog, click on the Catalog tab and then click on Associate Catalog. Associate Catalog to Store page is displayed.

 

Enter the following details:
Catalog: Select a catalog from the drop-down list to associate it to the store.
Theme: Select a theme from the drop-down list.
CSS: Select a CSS from the drop-down list. If not sure, leave at Default.
Locale: Select a language from the drop-down list.

Click Submit. The Manage Store page is displayed with the newly added URL listed in the URL tab.

 

Note: Selecting Add new catalog from the Catalog drop-down list will take you to new create catalog  page. You can add your new catalog there.

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3. To associate this store to an URL click on the URL tab and then click on Add Domain. Add New URL page is displayed.

 

Enter the following details:
URL Name: Enter a fully qualified URL. For example enter http://www.mysite.com
Enable this URL: Select to enable this URL for the store.

Click Submit. The Manage Store page is displayed with the newly added URL listed in the URL tab.

 

Note: This feature is not supported in Single Store edition of Multifront™. Please upgrade to the Multi-Store edition to enable this functionality.

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4. To add profiles to this store, click on the Profiles tab and then click on Add Profiles. Add Profiles to Store page is displayed.

 

Enter the following details:
Select Profile: Select a profile form the drop-down list.
Is Default Anonymous: Select if this is the default anonymous profile.
Is Default Registered: Select if this is the default registered profile.

Click Submit. The Manage Store page is displayed with the newly added profile listed in the Profiles tab.

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5. To configure the display settings click on the Display tab and then click on Edit Display Settings. Edit Display Settings page is displayed.

 

Enter the following details:

       

Maximum number of columns to display in the catalog: Enter a number between 1 - 10. This determines the maximum number of columns to display in the catalog listing. For example, enter 4 to display four columns.
Maximum number of thumbnail columns: Enter a number. This determines the maximum number of thumbnail columns.
Use Dynamic Display Order: Check this box to automatically update the display order of products so that the most popular ones show first in category and search lists.
Maximum Width or Height for LARGE Image size: Enter a width or height in pixels. This determines the width or height of the image when the  user clicks on the Large Image link. For example, enter 450 to display the large image at 450 pixel width. If this option is set too large your catalog may have trouble displaying the products within the bounds of the page.
Maximum Width or Height for MEDIUM Image size: Enter a width or height in pixels. This determines the width or height of the image in the Product page. For example, enter 250 to display the Product image at 250 pixel width. If this option is set too large your catalog may have trouble displaying the products within the bounds of the page.
Maximum Width or Height for SMALL Image size: Enter a width or height in pixels. This determines the width or height of the image in the Product/Department page. For example, enter 150 to display the Product image at 150 pixel width. If this option is set too large your catalog may have trouble displaying the products within the bounds of the page.
Maximum Width or Height for CROSS-SELL Image size: Enter a width or height in pixels. This determines the width or height of the image in the Department page. For example, enter 100 to display the Product image at 100 pixel width. If this option is set too large your catalog may have trouble displaying the products within the bounds of the page.
Maximum Width or Height for THUMBNAIL Image size: Enter a width or height in pixels. This determines the width or height of the thumbnail images in the Product page. For example, enter 50 to display the thumbnail images at 50 pixel width. If this option is set too large your catalog may have trouble displaying the products within the bounds of the page.
Maximum Width or Height for SMALL THUMBNAIL Image size: Enter a width or height in pixels. This determines the width or height of the small thumbnail images in the Product page. For example, enter 35 to display the thumbnail images at 35 pixel width. If this option is set too large your catalog may have trouble displaying the products within the bounds of the page.
Image not available path: The image specified here will be displayed when a product image is not available.

Select Keep Current Image to retain the current image.

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To change the image, select Upload New Image. Select an Image field is displayed.

Click Browse, under the Product Image section. The Choose file dialog box opens. Choose a location and enter the filename of the product image to upload. Click Open. The location of the image is now displayed next to the Browse button. 

Note: Only JPG, GIF and PNG images are supported. Make sure your image is 1.5 Mb in size or less.

The following settings control the "Shop by Price" search functionality. Based on the values entered below, a price range will be displayed for the user to select.
Price Range Minimum: Enter the minimum price.
Price Range Maximum: Enter the maximum price.
Price Increment: Enter the price increment.

Click Submit. The Manage Store page is displayed with the newly edited details listed in the Display tab.

 

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6. To configure the units setting click on the Units tab and then click on Edit Unit Settings. Edit Unit Settings page is displayed.

 

Enter the following details for units setting:
Weight Unit: Select the weight unit from the drop-down list.
Dimensions Unit: Select the dimensions unit from the drop-down list.
Enter the following details to specify currency type for your storefront:
Active Currency: Select the currency from the drop-down list.
Currency Suffix: Enter a currency suffix. For example, enter US $.
Click Submit.The Manage Store page is displayed with the newly added details listed in the Units tab.

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7. You can create stores that cater to a particular country or a group of countries. To associate countries to this store click on the Country tab and then click on Add Countries to Stores. Add Countries to Stores page is displayed.

 

To search for countries follow the steps below. Else, go to the next step to directly select the countries:
Enter a keywords under Search Country.
Click Search. All countries meeting the above search criteria will be displayed under Countries List.
From the Countries List:
Select countries to associate them to this store and
Select countries to ship products from this store.
Click Submit. The Manage Store page is displayed with the newly added countries listed in the Countries tab.

 

Note: To delete a country associated to a store: On the Countries tab, click Remove on the country to delete its association to this store.

 

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8. To configure the shipping setting click on the Shipping tab and then click on Edit Shipping Settings. Edit Shipping Settings page is displayed.

 

Enter the following details for Shipping Origin Settings:
Shipping Origin Address 1
Shipping Origin Address 2
Shipping Origin City
Shipping Origin State Code
Shipping Origin Zip Code
Shipping Origin Country Code
Shipping Origin Phone
Enter the following details to retrieve FedEx shipping rates. Note: Please signup for an API account with FedEx® first.
FedEx® Account Number: Enter your FedEx® account number.
FedEx® Meter Number: Enter your FedEx® meter number.
FedEx Production key: Enter your FedEx® production key.
FedEx Security Code: Enter your FedEx® security code.
Select FedEx Drop-Off Type: Select a FedEx® drop-off type from the drop-down list.
Select FedEx Packaging Type: Select a FedEx® packaging type from the drop-down list.
Use FedEx Discount Rate: Select to use FedEx® discount rates.
Add Insurance: Select to add insurance.
Enter the following details to retrieve UPS shipping rates. Note: Please signup for an API account with UPS first.
UPS User Name: Enter your UPS user name.
UPS Password: Enter your UPS password.
UPS Access key: Enter your UPS access key.
Click Submit. The Manage Store page is displayed with the shipping settings listed in the Shipping tab.

 

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9. To configure the analytics code click on the Analytics Code tab and ten click on Edit Analytics Code Settings. Edit Analytics Code page is displayed.

 

Site Wide Javascript (Top): Enter the JavaScript code here. This will be added to the top of every page on the site.
Site Wide Javascript (Bottom): Enter the JavaScript code here. This will be added to the bottom of every page on the site. If you are using Google Analytics paste your tracking code here. This will automatically enable the eCommerce tracking feature of Google.
Site Wide Javascript (except Order Receipt page): Enter the JavaScript code here. This will be placed at the bottom of every page on the site except the receipt page.
Order Receipt Javascript: Enter the JavaScript code here. This will be added to the order receipt page.
Click Submit. The Manage Store page is displayed with the analytics code settings listed in the Analytics Code tab.

Note: Google Analytics is a free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to a website.

 

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10. To configure the SMTP mail server settings click on the SMTP tab and then click on Edit SMTP Settings. Edit SMTP Settings page is displayed.

 

SMTP Port: Enter the SMTP port number.
SMTP Server: Enter the IP address or name of your SMTP email server. This and the following two settings are required to send email receipts and notifications from your storefront. For example, enter mail.yoursite.com
SMTP Server UserName: Enter the username for your SMTP Email server.
SMTP Server Password: Enter the password for your SMTP Email server.
Click Submit. The Manage Store page is displayed with the SMTP settings listed in the SMTP tab.

Note: The above settings are required to send email receipts and notifications from the storefront.

 

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11. To configure the mobile settings click on the Mobile Settings tab and then click on Edit Mobile Settings. Mobile Settings page is displayed.

 

Mobile Theme: Select a Mobile theme from drop-down list.
Splash Image:
Select Keep Current Image to keep the current image.
Else select Upload New Image. Select a Splash Image is displayed.
Click Browse. The Choose file dialog box opens.
Choose a location and enter the filename of the logo image to upload. Only JPG, GIF and PNG images are supported.
Click Open. The location of the image is displayed.
Search & Select Department:
Click on the search icon. All the available departments is displayed in a pop-up window.
Click on the department you want to associate this catalog to.
Click Submit. The Manage Store page is displayed with the mobile settings displayed in the Mobile Settings tab.

 

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See Also:

Viewing stores

Adding a store

Copying a store

Deleting a store