The “Configuration” section of the admin interface is used for configuring various parameters of your shop such as store information, information related to shipping and packaging, defining parameters for product images, etc.
In order to start configuring the store, choose option “Configuration” from the main menu.
Figure 76: Choosing option "Configuration"
The “Configuration” screen will be displayed.
Figure 77: "Configuration" screen
The following options are available inside the “Configuration” menu.
My Store – section for defining general store information such as store name, store owner, etc (see section Defining My Store information)
Minimum Values – section for defining minimum number of characters that the user must enter inside various input fields in the system (see section Defining Category/Products Display Order)
Maximum Values - section for defining maximum number of characters that the user must enter inside various input fields in the system (see section Defining Maximum Values)
Images – section for setting up dimensions for various images displayed inside the store (see section Defining Images)
Customer Details – section for to defining information that will be displayed to the user within the page with his account information (see section Defining Customer Details)
Shipping/Packaging – section for defining options related to shipping and packaging your products (see section Defining Shipping/Packaging)
Stock – section for defining all relevant information about your stock such as whether the application should check the stock level prior to allowing checkout (see section Defining Stock Information)
Logging – section for defining parameters related to logging information about your store such as log destination, log date format, etc. (see section Defining Logging)
Cache – section used for defining whether your store i.e. website will use the cache option as well as the location of the cache directory (see section Defining Cache)
E-Mail Options - section used for defining options related to the way emails are sent within the store such as transport method, whether the email addresses should be verified through DNS, etc. (see section Defining E-Mail Options)
GZip Compression – section for enabling or disabling Gzip compression which is used for compressing data transferred between server and client (see section Defining GZip Compression)
Sessions – section for defining information related to the sessions within the store such as whether cookies should be used, etc. (see section Defining Sessions)
WYSIWYG Editor 1.7 – section for defining which sections of the store will use the “What You See Is What You Get” (see section Defining HTMLarea 3.0)
Site Maintenance – section for defining the store behavior while the site maintenance is performed (see section Defining Site Maintenance)
Wallet – the functionality which allows the customers to upload the funds upfront and then use them in the shop subsequently; the amounts for purchased products are then automatically substracted from the wallet (see section Defining Wallet)
Affiliate Program – section for section defining various parameters for your affiliate program such as rates per sale, payment threshold, the payment method for paying affiliates, etc (see section Defining Affiliate Program)
Dynamic MoPics – this module allows displaying of the larger image inside the popup window after the user clicks on the thumbnail image (see section Defining Dynamic MoPics)
Customer Referral - section allows you to manage available customer referral options, create new referral options and modify the existing ones (see section Defining Customer Referral)
Customer Occupation – see section Defining Customer Occupation
Customer Interest – see section Defining Customer Interest
Define MainPage – this option allows you to modify texts on the main page (see section Define MainPage)
Information Pages – this option allows you to manage and modify the content and hierarchy of information pages (see section Managing Information Pages)
Cross Sales – this module allows you to suggest similar products to the customers while they are choosing and buying what they originally intend (see section Creating a new information page)
In order to create a new information page, click on the “new” button after choosing “Information pages” from the “Configuration” menu.
Figure 166: Creating a new information page (step 1/2)
The following screen will be displayed.
Figure 167: Creating a new information page (step 2/2)
The following parameters are available inside this screen:
Page Name – input field for entering the name of the information page
Level 1/2 – choose the desired navigation level for the new page (note: if you choose the “Level 2 page” option, the pull down menu for choosing the appropriate level 1 parent page will be displayed)
Level 1 parent page – pull down menu for choosing the desired level 1 parent page in case the new page is level 2
Description – text area for defining the content of the page
After setting the desired parameters, click on the "save” button and the new information page will be created.
Figure 168: Example of the created page