Konica Minolta Digital StoreFront User Manual
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Product Management
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Workflow for Featuring a Specific List of Products for Members of a Specific Company
Overview of Managing Product Categories
This section provides an overview of a workflow for featuring a specific category of products (Featured
Category) for a specific group of users (members of a company). The workflow is intended to show how
several elements of Digital StoreFront are related in accomplishing the task.
Workflow: Administrator wants to offer a list of products on the site for members
of Company A:
1.
Publish the products you want users who belong to Company A to see to a category (if necessary,
add a new category on the Manage Categories page; see
Manage Categories
for help on creating a
category).
2.
Make sure the intended buyers for the products are indeed in Company A.
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To do this, go to the Reports page and select Report Category: Business, Report Type: User
List, and Companies to include: [target company whose users you want to see the products].
Review the list.
3.
Determine what storefront Company A is associated with.
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To do this, go to the Storefront Customization page and locate the company in the Associated
Companies column). If Company A is not associated with a storefront, select a storefront to
associate it with and click the companies icon
and select the company to associate with it.
If you to create a new storefront for Company A, click Add Storefront (and follow the steps in
To add a storefront
.
4.
Go to the Storefront Customization page and click the name of the storefront associated with
Company A to open it for editing in the Storefront Management page.
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In the Content: panel make sure the Default Products & Categories box is unchecked.
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Click Manage Homepage.
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Specify the necessary Category Information (see
To customize a storefront layout - manage
homepage
if you need help with this step). Click Next.
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On the 2: Featured Categories page, click Add Categories and select the category you want to
have featured on the storefront and then click Next. (The Featured Categories will now be
displayed on the Manage Categories page as a storefront category represented with this purple
roof house icon
.
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On the 3: Featured Products page, click Add Products and select the products you want to have
featured on the storefront and then click Finish.
5.
Log on as a member of that company and ensure you can see the categories and products on the
storefront.