Managing Products

Managing Products
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You can browse all products by selecting categories from the left hand column when the Products tab is selected in the left-column. Since products can be in multiple categories, the same product may appear in several categories.

Additionally, you can view all products that belong to no categories by clicking on the root Product Categories item.

Creating a Product

To create a new product, click the Create Product tab in the right-column. You will then be prompted to choose the type of product to create (if you have more than one to choose from).

Next you can enter the details for the new product, including its price and categories. To save the product, click the Save Product button. If any fields have errors you will be prompted to fix the fields before the product is saved.

Once you have saved your product you will be taken to a summary page for the product.

Editing a Product

To edit a product you can either click the edit icon when viewing a category or click the Edit Product tab when viewing the product you want to enter. Update any details as required then click the Save Product button to save your changes.

Note

In order to edit the price of a product you must instead use the pricing management tab.

Managing Product Pricing

To manage the pricing for a product, click the Manage Pricing tab when viewing a product. This page allows you to set a different price for a product based on the quantity being purchased. If you want to charge less for people who buy 4 or more of a product, you would enter the base price for 1+, and then 4 in the next row and the price for the 4th and subsequent items.

Click the Save Pricing button to save your changes.

Managing Product Files

You can assign any number of files from the File Manager to a product by clicking on the Manage Files tab when viewing a product.

Select any files as required then click the Save Files button to save your changes. These files are then available for output when displaying a list of products or a single product's details.

Managing Product Availability

To manage the availability of a product, click the Manage Availability tab when viewing a product. This allows you to set the quantity you have in stock, as well as the date range when a product is available to be purchased.

When setting the product quantity a summary of existing quantities in use is shown.

Click the Save Availability button to save your changes.

Deleting a Product

To delete a product, either click the delete icon when viewing a product category or click the Delete Product tab when viewing the product you want to delete.

You will be prompted to confirm that you want to delete the product. Click the Yes, delete this product button to confirm deletion.