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E-COMMERCE WIZARD TUTORIAL

Part II: Building the Storefront

The Storefront


The Storefront is the collection of shopping cart web pages created to be your online store. These pages contain all the components of Product management, Shopping management, Catalog management and some elements of Order management. 

 

Design


The E-Commerce Wizard does not create the storefront pages automatically. So whether you choose to design your storefront from scratch or use a template, it is necessary that you do the following:

  • First, that you familiarize yourself with HTML coding.

  • Second, that you use some kind of web page editor like Front Page or Dream Weaver. 

*We DO NOT provide support for any of the links or products listed above. The end user is responsible for learning and acquiring the skills necessary.

 

The only design requirement is providing for a space where the Product Catalogues will fit. The example below shows the white space block where the catalogues will fit.


This is a sample of how a storefront page may look like:

 

Inserting Catalogues in your Storefront Pages


As you had read in Catalog Management, you must create Product Catalogue links to construct your online store. Part of your job is to generate these Catalogue links and place them in the storefront pages.

1. Select the right combinations as instructed in the Shopping Cart Link Page:

 

2. The Generate Links button will create a string of characters resembling this example:

http://site113.webhost4life.com/petewilson/sc/showcatalog.asp?CategoryLevel=1&Cat1=Telephones&CategoryName=Telephones

3. The result will be a display similar to the one shown.

4. Place the link generated inside one of your storefront pages.

This is the most delicate process of building your shopping cart. The web page may not look as desired the first time your try it. Please learn the mechanics to familiarize with the assembly process.

Go to Shopcart Management

  1. Open the html code of your storefront page and split it in half

  2. Edit my Header: Add the top half of the code where html cuts the top half.

    x
    x

  3. Edit my Footer: Add the bottom half of the code where html continues the page.

  4. Insert link generated

  5. Click on Save Changes

The Shopping cart software will reassemble your code along with the product catalog link as shown below.

Sample of product catalogue once inserted inside a storefront page.

 

Examples


See a working models of shopping cart: UMAstore.com

 

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 See how all the shopping cart components come together

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E-Commerce Wizard


1.
Product
    Management

B. 
Add/Mod Category
C.
Add/Mod Product
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2. Shopping Cart
    Management

A. 
Customize
B.
Edit My Header
C.
Edit My Footer
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3. Catalog
    Management

A.
Customize
B.
Generate Links
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4. Order
    Management

A.
All Orders
B.
CC Orders
C.
Other Orders
D.
Shipped Orders
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