User Manual for Administration - Ecommerce | Page 5

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unique to the product.
Image: Select the main product image. Click the photo to bring up the Image Manager, then
select photo from your computer.
Data Available: Sets the date when you want the product to show on the front of your site
to customers.
Dimensions: If you ship by a method that charges by package dimensions, the length, width
and height of the product.
Length Class: Whether the numbers you entered in Dimensions are inches, millimetres etc.
Weight: If you ship by a method that charges by weight, the weight of the product.
Status: Select Enabled for product to appear in your store, or Disabled to hide.
Sort Order: Sort order determines what order the products are displayed in this product’s
category. Leave blank for alphabetical order.

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Manufacturer: If you have specified manufacturer or brand names in “Catalog ->
Manufacturers”, then you can select the manufacturer or brand name you want to display
here.
Categories: If you have specified category names in “Catalog -> Categories”, then select the
category name you want to display here.
Stores: If you have set up multiple stores in System - Settings, select store name(s) in which
you want this product to display here.
Downloads: If you have uploaded a file for customers to download after purchase, such as
an eBook or music file, select the file name from this box.
Related Products: To suggest related products when customers are viewing this product,
begin typing the product name in the box, then select the related product from the dropdown list that appears.

Attribute:
Attributes are features of the product that can be used to compared products side by side by
the customer; this is used when deciding on which item to choose using Product Comparison.
Attributes must be previously set up in “Catalog -> Attribute Groups and Attributes.”
Attributes for a product could be for example, the type of material that the product is.
To assign an attribute to a product you must enter the name of an attribute that has been
created already in the Attribute box, and then in the ‘text’ box, you need to type what the
attribute is. An example would be choosing ‘Material’ as the Attribute, and then typing in Glass