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Configure and connect multimedia

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NetStore Backoffice and Administration comes preloaded with the following multimedia types:

  • Audio
  • Image
  • Thumbnail image (used in, e.g., the Product catalogue if you want to see a small image, like Offer or New).
  • Movie
  • Text document

These can be connected to:

  • Items
  • Catalogues
  • Pages

The following is included in this routine:

NetStore provides a default folder for storage of your multimedia, which is created during the installation process. Depending on your configuration the multimedia resources will be stored in the applicable sub-folders.

Example:
../IBSStaticResources/Bo_Resources/IMAGE. In this case, your resource location uses the multimedia type “IMAGE” when storing all your images together. If you do not want to use these folders, you have to set up the applicable new resource locations (and perhaps change your Property files).

Connecting multimedia

The process is similar for each multimedia type, but the following will describe how to connect an image to an item using your own resource location.

Note: If you plan on using the default folder created for you during the installation, then you would bypass steps 1-3.

  1. Click Resource location.
  2. You access the Resource location window. Click New.

    3. Panel image

    Enter the following information:

    ID
    Description
    Location address
    Enter the location where the multimedia will be stored.

    a. If you have several Enterprise/Iptor.com companies with different NetStore instances but same products then item resource location is absolute and should be entered as given below.

    http://10.29.21.82:8095/NS8/IBSStaticResources/Bo_Resources/MINI_IMAGE/

    b. If you have only one instance then item resource location is relative and should be entered as given below.

    /NS8/IBSStaticResources/Bo_Resources/MINI_IMAGE/

    Click OK.

  3. Click Item.
  4. Click the Multimedia button for the applicable item.

  5. Click New.

    6. Panel image

    Complete the following fields:

    Resource type
    Select the applicable type of multimedia from the drop-down list.
    From date
    Defaults with today’s date, but can be changed to that applicable.
    To date
    Defaults with today’s date plus 10 years. Enter the applicable end date valid for displaying this multimedia resource.
    Resource name
    Enter the file name of the resource type.
    Resource location
    Select the resource location from the drop-down list where the multimedia can be found.
    Note: If you plan on using the default folder created for you during the installation you would select None.
    Description database id
    If there is a standard description for this resource, select that applicable from the drop-down list. If one does not exist, you always have the possibility of manually entering the applicable text in Description below. You must, however, select Manual in the drop-down list of this field. See Create and connect descriptions for instructions.
    Description
    Manually enter the applicable text if no description database id is found or applicable.
    Presentation sequence
    You can, optionally, enter the order in which the multimedia should appear.
    Language sensitive
    Check this box for any manually entered description, if you want to provide the description in other languages.
    Default on web
    Check this box if you want the multimedia resource to automatically be shown on the site. This is advantageous for images. However, if you have connected several images, only one will be shown as the default. If you do not check this box, the resource will be shown as a link. The user must click the link to access the multimedia object.

    Click OK. You must now refresh the data on the server for the multimedia to be updated.

Refresh data

Use the NetStore Edition Web Administration tool to refresh the data.

  1. On the Services page, under NetStore, click Administration.
  2. You access the Administration menu page. Click Close/Shutdown NetStore.
  3. On the Shutdown of NetStore page, click Close.
  4. Check Clear site cache.
  5. Click Shutdown.
  6. Click Open to restart.

    7. This image will be available to this user on the Product information page for this item. See the example below:

    Panel image

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