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eCorner eCommerce Solutions FAQs - Questions & Ideas Centre Building an Online StoreBuilding an Online StoreTips to help you build your ePages online store. Click on this section for some helpful hints and tips on how to build your online store. How do I keep my place when editing products?This is a question that we get asked a lot. Have you had the situation where you have lots of products and when you open one and edit it after the save it goes back to the beginning of the product list. Or maybe you even have to start the product search again.Download the Quick Start Guide.You can download the Quick Start Guide (158KB) which is a section from the MBO Manual.Show pictures of your productsImages (photos) are really important to the overall appearance and success of your online store. Shoppers want clarity and enough information to make a purchasing decision.Provide detailed descriptionsThe product descriptions need to give as much information as possible.Check all text areasCheck all text areas that the visitors will see.Keep your colours and fonts consistentMake sure that you use a standard font, colour and size through out the store.Don't use framesDo not put your website into a "frame".Catch your visitors' attentionPlace promoted products in the top part of the page to catch your visitors' attention.Make things easy to findAn online store should be as easy to use as a bricks-and-mortar shop.Legal contentMake sure that all the legal content is up to date and availableHow can you upload extra images?To upload extra images in the home page and in the category pages, follow the steps in this PDF file.Creating product variationsTo create product variations, follow the steps in this PDF file.Adding links to categories on the home pageTo add links to categories on the home page, follow the steps in this PDF file.Making the height of your header match your banner sizeHow can you adjust the height of your header so it matches to size of your shop banner?Hiding the Search box in category pagesIf you don't have a lot of products in a category you can hide the Search box at the top of the category page. Centering products on the homepageYou can try this trick if you want to centre products on the homepage. How to change the background colour in category listsTo change the white background for the product images in the category view, you can use the following "hack". What to do if you have a lot of product variationsIf you have a lot of product variations it can be very tedious to update them, so here's a tip to make your life easier. Adding free text to the navigation areasWe have a cartridge that allows you to add free text to the left or right navigation areas. Hiding the breadcrumbsYou can hide part or all of the breadcrumbs at the top of pages by following these instructions. |
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