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This tutorial is designed to quickly get your store open for business and selling over the Internet. It is recommended that you follow each of the steps in the order they are presented.
This tutorial will guide you through the following topics:
Pre-requisites
Before beginning this tutorial please ensure that the Znode Storefront application is properly installed and tested successfully on your computer. See the installation guide for more details.
Step 1: Login to the storefront dashboard
| 1. | Open a web browser to the URL http://www.yourdomain.com/admin where www.yourdomain.com should be replaced with your storefront’s domain name. Note that if the website is installed in your local machine then the domain name would be “localhost” |
| 2. | The Storefront Management Login page is displayed. |
| 3. | Type your administrator user name and password. The default user name is "admin" and the default password is "admin". When the storefront is first installed the default user name is "admin" and the password is "admin". |
| 5. | Upon successful login, the Storefront Dashboard page is displayed. |
Step 2: Updating store settings
| 1. | From the Storefront Dashboard page, click Global Settings under Settings. The Global Settings page will be displayed. |
| 2. | Enter all relevant details. |
| 3. | Click Submit. The Storefront Dashboard page will now be displayed. |
Step 3: Adding product categories
| 1. | From the Storefront Dashboard page, click Categories under Catalog. The Product Categories page is displayed. |
| 2. | Click Add New Category. The Add Category page is displayed |
| 3. | Enter the details for this category . |
| 4. | Click Submit. The Select Next Step page is displayed. |
| 5. | Click Back to Category List. The Product Categories page is displayed. The newly added product category is displayed in the list. |
| 6. | Repeat steps 1 through 5 until all the categories are added. |
Step 4: Adding products
| 1. | From the Storefront Dashboard page, click Products under Catalog. The Products page is displayed. |
| 2. | Click Add New Product. The Add New Product page is displayed. |
| 3. | Enter the details for this product. |
| 4. | Click Submit. The Select Next Step page is displayed. |
| 5. | Click Add another Product. The Add New Product page is displayed. |
| 6. | Repeat points 3 through 6, till all the products are added to the storefront. |
Step 5: Adding shipping options
| 1. | From the Storefront Dashboard page, click Shipping Options under Settings. The Shipping Options page is displayed listing the current shipping options. |
| 2. | Click Add New Shipping Option. Add a Shipping Option page is displayed. |
| 3. | Enter the shipping details. |
| 4. | Click Submit. The Shipping Options page is displayed listing the newly added shipping option. |
| 5. | Repeat points 2 through 4, till all shipping options are configured on the storefront. |
Note: You must add at least one shipping rule for each shipping option in order to use it in your storefront. Shipping rules determine shipping costs based on quantity, weight and other parameters.
Step 6: Adding shipping rules
| 1. | From the Storefront Dashboard page, click Shipping Options under Settings. The Shipping Options page is displayed listing the current shipping options. |
| 2. | Click View on the shipping option for which you want to add shipping rules. Shipping Option page is displayed listing its general information and the shipping rules applicable for this option. |
| 3. | Click Add New Rule. Add a Shipping Rule page is displayed. |
| 4. | Enter the details for this shipping rule. |
| 5. | Click Submit. The Shipping Option page is displayed listing the newly added shipping rule. |
| 6. | Repeat points 3 through 5 till all shipping rules are added for this shipping option. |
| 7. | Repeat point 2 through 6, till shipping rules are added for all shipping options in the storefront. |
Step 7: Adding tax rules
| 1. | From the Storefront Dashboard page, click Tax Settings under Settings. The Tax Rules page is displayed listing the current tax rules for the storefront. |
| 2. | Click Add Tax Rule. Add a Tax Rule page is displayed. |
| 3. | Enter the details for this tax rule. |
| 4. | Click Submit. The Tax Rules page is displayed listing the newly added tax rule. |
| 5. | Repeat point 2 through 5, till all tax rules are added to the storefront. |
Step 8: Configuring payment options
| 1. | From the Storefront Dashboard page, click Payment Options under Settings. The Payment Options page is displayed. |
| 2. | Click Add New Payment Option. Add a Payment Option page is displayed. |
| 3. | Enter the details for this payment setting. |
| 4. | Click Submit. The Payment Options page is displayed listing the newly added payment option. |
| 5. | Repeat points 2 through 3, till all payment settings are configured on the storefront. |
Note that final payment in the shopping cart checkout is disabled in the Free Trial version of the storefront.
Step 9: Testing the storefront
| 1. | Open a web browser to the URL http://www.yourdomain.com (note there is no "/admin" at the end of the URL) where www.yourdomain.com should be replaced with your storefront’s domain name. Note that if the website is installed in your local machine then the domain name would be “localhost". |
This is just a start! There are many more things you can do with your storefront. Specifically if you sell products that come with different attributes such as clothing which has size and color, you will want to view the section on Managing the Catalog. Remember to test your catalog and ordering process thoroughly before turning the site live in production.
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