NetStore provides the following two preloaded catalogues, which are already connected on application level, but not active:
- MainCatalogue (MAIN_CAT) = This catalogue contains sub catalogues (categories) that are displayed on the top section of the home page.
- HomePageCatalogue (HOME_CAT) = This catalogue contains items that are displayed on the home page.
Tip: You can create/connect different main and home page catalogues that will be valid for your application as well as per user and/or user group, when they sign on.
The following is an example of how a main catalogue and home page catalogue can look:
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- Click Catalogue.
- You access the Catalogue window. Click Add new catalogue.
- Catalogue
- Enter the name of the catalogue.
- Description
- Enter the description.
- Valid from date
- Optional entry. Enter the date from which this catalogue is valid.
- Valid to date
- Optional entry. Enter the date to which this catalogue is valid.
- Active
- The default is a check in this box, which means the catalogue will be public as soon as you indicate, via Settings, the type of catalogue it should be connected to (i.e. MAIN_CAT or HOME_CAT).
- Visible root
- If you check this box, the actual catalogue description will be displayed in the structure. If this box is unchecked, the first level underneath will be shown. For example, if the top-ten products are underneath, the user will see these. If there is a hierarchy of ten categories underneath, the user will see the first category.
- Visible details
- Check this box if you want any connected items to be visible in the tree structure on the left-hand navigator.
- Style prefix
- The style attributes (font, size, etc.) used for catalogues are defined in the preloaded CSS style sheet (IBSDefaultStyle.css) under section Catalogue Tree Frame. If want to change these predefined styles, it is recommended that you copy the applicable style in the style sheet, assign the newly copied style a prefix and then make your changes. In this field, you would then enter the prefix portion of the newly changed style.
- Example: The original style you want to change is Cattree. You copy the style and assign a new prefix (XXCattree). In this field you would enter XX.
- Attention codes
- Select the applicable attention code, to be assigned to this catalogue, from the drop-down list.
- Presentation code
- Select the applicable way in which the catalogue should be presented on the site, choosing from:
- Tree view = The entire structure will be visible when expanded. See the fields under Advanced tree view attributes for more options.
- Simple = Only one level at a time will be expanded when the user navigates through the structure.
- Expand tree
- Check this option if the tree should be expanded or collapsed when the user first logs on to the site.
- Open image
- The preloaded Minus.gif file is the default. If you want to use another image to indicate an open tree structure, enter the applicable image name.
- Detail image
- The preloaded Arrow.gif file is the default. If you want to use another image to indicate the details (i.e. items) of the tree structure, enter the applicable image name.
- Closed image
- The preloaded Plus.gif file is the default. If you want to use another image to indicate a collapsed tree structure, enter the applicable image name.
- Number of indent spaces
- Enter the number of spaces in which the details of the catalogues should be indented.
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Complete the following information:
Note: The following settings and the advanced tree view attributes are not applicable for version 8.1 and later. Only versions 8.0 and earlier of NetStore support these settings.
Advanced tree view attributes
Click OK. Exit the routine.