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osCommerce Administration Instructions Go to your website and add /catalog/admin to the address bar like this: http://yourdomainname/catalog/admin Login with your admin username and password: Username Password You will see a blue menu screen. Click on Catalog Folders Folders are created by clicking the "new category" button Within each folder will be your products Note: You cab also have sub categories within the first level folders. Products Products are added by clicking the "new product" button Double click on any one of the folders you see in order to go inside that folder to add or edit the products within that folder category. Use the products already entered as your guide to see how to fill out the form Edit a product listing Click on the product name. You will notice an arrow indicating the product is selected. Click the edit button on the right side of the screen. Change the description, price or photo by editing the form. Add a product listing Click the "new product" button within the category you want the new product to appear. Attributes Click on the "Products Attributes" link on your left side gray menu. You will notice some attributes on the demo products or on the products we added for you if you ordered customization services. If attributes have been added, on the bottom of the page you will see a drop down menu bar with a listing of all the products in your shopping cart. Choose a product to add attributes to it. This is a bit complicated, so call us and we will walk you through how to add attributes if you have difficulty with this at first. Once you get the hang of it is relatively easy to do. Note: You do not need to add attributes unless you want the customer to choose different things for that particular product. Specials You can put a product on special by clicking the "Specials" link on the left side gray menu. Customers To see a list of people who have registered as users click the "Customers" link on the left side gray menu. To view your orders and send customers Invoice Receipts (with price included) or Packing Slips (without price included) click the "Orders" link. You can add a note to each receipt by clicking edit. Managing Orders Procedure: Customer orders product. PayPal, 2CheckOut or the merchant account company you have sends you an email. You go into your shopping cart and click "customers" - "order". Click "edit" to update the order from "pending" to "delivered" Print any invoice for your own records. Other areas: Reports self explanatory Tools To send customer emails and newsletters |