Site Maintenance

This section allows multiple sites / marketplaces to be setup and controlled by the system. The following sections are related to the drop-down menus available on this page.

New Site

TBC

Banners

TBC

Categories

From here you can create and modify categories on the website, this only applied to Spitfire e-Commerce Websites.

Create Categories from Stock Groups

TBC

Create or Edit a Category

You can either select the "Create Category" button at the top right or click the Category Name / ID in the list and "Edit" on a current category.

The main options are

1. Category Name
2. Font Awesome Class
   • This uses the "Font Awesome" icons available to produce an icon next to the name in the category structure.
3. Top Level Background Image URL
   • Details TBC. Refer to Support.
4. Top Level Background Image Extra Style
   • Details TBC. Refer to Support.
5. Category Meta Description
6. Category Meta Keywords
7. Category Meta Title
8. Parent Category
   • This Category will become a Sub-Category of it's Parent Category.
9. Associated Product Group
   • Products in this "Product Group" will be displayed under this Category.
10. Category Active
    • Green for Active, Red for Inactive.
11. Default Category
    • Details TBC. Refer to Support.
12. Featured Category
    • If your Spitfire e-Commerce site has a Featured Category section on the Homepage, setting this to Green will display it there.
13. Display in Footer Links
    • Green to display the category in the links at the Footer of every page on the Website.
14. Hide from Navigation
    • Green to hide the category from the top navigation bar.
15. Small Category Image
    • When Categories are displayed in a list, this image will be used in the listing. By default the website attempts to grab a random product image from the category.
16. Remove Small Category Image
    • Green to remove any small category image setup. However, the website will attempt to grab a random product image from the category next time it is navigated to on the website.
17. Display on Homepage
    • If your Spitfire e-Commerce site has a Featured Products section on the Homepage, setting this to Green will display it there.
18. Category Banner
    • When a customer navigates to a category with a product listing, this image/banner will be displayed at the top of the page.
19. Remove Category Banner
    • Green to remove any category banner currently setup.
20. Override Product View
    • Ability to override the default view (List or Grid)
21. Override Product Sort
    • Ability to override the default sort options (Anything other than "Site Default" or "Default" will ignore any options set against the Stock Records for the Display Order)

Other options include

• Category URLs
  • One is automatically created when a Category is created, but you can create more from here.
  • See Site Maintenance -> URLs
• Delete (Category)

Adding Stock to a Category

This is covered under the Stock Section of the User Guide.

Domains

TBC

Edit

TBC

Fix Orders

TBC

Pages

From here you can setup bespoke pages, the various options available are:

1. Page Active
   • Green for Active, Red will display a "404 Not Found" message.
2. Page Name
   • Page Name/Title which is displayed on the main site.
3. Page Meta Description
   • Used in the meta section for search engines / social media sites.
4. Page Meta Keywords
   • Used in the meta section for search engines / social media sites.
5. Page Meta Title
   • Used in the meta section for search engines / social media sites, and also in browsers instead of the "Page Name".
6. Page Template
   • For the most part, you will pretty much select "blank.inc.php" or a customised version of "blank.inc.php" near the bottom.
7. Page Content
   • You can use HTML here.
8. Show Page in Footer Links
   • Green to display, red to hide. By default, pages are displayed.
9. Show Page in Header Bar
   • Green to display, red to hide. By default, pages are not displayed in the menu.
10. Page Type
    • For the most part, you will pretty much select "Text / General".
11. Default Site Colour
    • Unless advised otherwise, it's best to leave this as "Use Site Default".
12. The following settings are fairly bespoke, and may not be relevant to your template or site, only use them if you have been advised it is setup and working. Although there is no harm is setting them up, because if they aren't relevant to your template, they just won't do anything at all.
    1. Show Top Bar Message
    2. Show Top Bar Message Text
    3. Show Scrolling New Products
    4. Show New Products Section
    5. New Products Title
    6. Show x number of New Products
    7. Only show new products under this value
    8. Only show products with images
    9. Show Features Products
    10. Features Products Text
    11. Show Featured Categories
    12. Featured Category Header Text
    13. Featured Category Main Text
    14. Show Middle Message
    15. Middle Message 1
    16. Middle Message 2
    17. Middle Message 3
    18. Middle Button Text
    19. Show Bottom Message
    20. Bottom Message 1
    21. Bottom Message 2

Other Options Include

1. Edit (same options above)
2. Delete (deletes the page and any associated URLs)
3. Page URLs

• • See Site Maintenance -> URLs

URLs

If you are visiting this section directly from Site Maintenance, the list will take a long time to load depending on how many products, categories and pages you have - as they all have a URL. To shorten the time, load it directly from the Pages or Categories listing instead.

Options Available

1. Site URL
   • Make sure you have the trailing forward slash, otherwise it will not work.
2. Page
   • You can select the page to link to from this list.
3. Product / Stock Record
   • You can search for a Stock Record from this list, SKU/Name/etc. will all work.
4. Site Category
   • You can select a category to link to from this list.
5. Page Active
   • Green for active, Red to disable the URL.

Other options include

1. Edit (same options as above)
2. Delete (deletes the URL)

Rules/Criteria in place during the customer experience

• Products - if a URL is not set, it will use /products/ID.
• Categories - if a URL is not set, it will use /categories/ID.
• Pages - if a URL is not set, any link referenced to that page will fail.