You’ll notice many references throughout the program to working with HTML or XHTML code. Though many of you may work with web pages, you may have no experience with the
programming format that they use. There are excellent tutorials for such things on the Internet, but when in doubt, simply use the program you use to work on your site. Programs like
Microsoft Front Page™ and others allow you to simply type the text you want and it will format it into HTML code that you can simply copy and paste into your ClickCartPro interface.
Many experts recommend purchasing introductory books on HTML programming and using a simple text editor like Notepad to program your site’s HTML.
If you are unfamiliar with the HTML or XHTML programming languages, you may want to hire a local expert to consult with you on your web site. Kryptronic also provides experts for hire that can help you shape your web site’s message and presentation. Simply contact
Display Options/Display Skin
Choose the skin that should be displayed for this category. If you do not select a skin to display, the application or namespace default skin will be used.
Like HTML programming, creating your own skin can be pretty tricky business. You may save yourself a great deal of heartache by hiring an expert either locally or at
Category Image
This image is used in category displays. It is normally situated to the left of the Category title and description.
To add a new image, you can either enter the name or browse your hard disk and upload a specific file.
Main Category Indicator
This indicator when set to true treats this category as a main category to be displayed on the online store splash (intro) page. If it is set to false, this category is to be considered a sub- category of another category. This can be assigned via the Related Categories menu that is covered on the bottom of this page. Related Categories appear within the main page of any Main Category.
Sub-Category Display Controls/Sub-Categories To Display per Row
If you’ve created sub-categories to be placed within your main categories, you will choose here how many to display horizontally per row. You have choices ranging from one sub-category per horizontal row to four sub-categories.
Sub Category Display Type
This entry allows you to select how your sub-categories are displayed. The default display method shows a thumbnail (small) image and a title. You can also choose both a thumbnail image and description or simply a title and description with no image.
Product Display Controls/Products to Display Per Row
If there are products within this category, the Products to Display per Row designation below controls how many products are displayed horizontally when viewing this category. Like the Category indicator, you can choose between one and four products per horizontal line.
If there are products within this category, the Product Display Type designation controls which product category view display to use when presenting those products. Also like the category display, you can choose from the following:
Default
Displays Title and Image
Description and Add Button
Displays Title, Image, Description, Quantity and an Add Button.
Image And Description
Displays Title, Image and Description
No Image
With Add Button
Displays Title, Image and Add Button
Product Multi-Add Indicator
This field allows you to control whether this category uses a product multi-add display. If this field is set to true, the product display type and number of products to display per row values for this category are ignored. Instead of using those values to display products for this category, this category will present a display list that allows a user to add multiple products to their shopping cart or wish list from the category page.
Related Categories
Related categories are displayed as sub-categories of this category in the main page of each category. Enter a single ID or a comma-separated list as seen below. If you need a list of all of your categories, simply click on the blue link and that will launch a complete list of your
categories and their specific IDs.
Category Sort Order
This window allows you to determine the order in which your categories will display on your web page. “0” would be first, followed by “1” in ascending order.
Category Visibility/Category Visibility Selection
This field allows you to control the users who can view this category. You can set this category up to be viewed by everyone, only users belonging to the groups you specify using the Category Visibility Groups field, or to be hidden from everyone.
Category Visibility Groups
This checkbox allows you to specify certain groups for which this category should be made visible. It will only be active if you select “Specific User Groups Only” in the Category Visibility Selection above. Here are your visibility choices:
admin - Backend Administration affiliate – Access For Your Affiliates
reports - Backend Reports (Administration)
superuser - Backend Superuser (Your Web Designer, Corporate Officers) users - Basic Account (Your customers)