Konica Minolta Digital StoreFront User Manual
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Product Management
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The procedure for importing a group of template-based products into the system is similar to that of
adding any other product (document) to your online catalog (see
Importing Products
).
To create an XMPie product in Digital StoreFront
1.
Go to Administration > Products to open the Manage Products page.
2.
Click Create Product.
3.
On the Create New page, type a Product Name for the product.
4.
From the Type pull-down list, select XMPie VDP.
5.
Click Next.
6.
On the Progress
Information | “Information” page:
a.
Product Name—Name of the product for administrative purposes. It can be the same as the
displayed name. This is the only field required to make a product. The product name can
include up to 50 characters.
b.
Display As—Can be a more buyer-friendly name of the product that will appear to buyers on
the product pages on the storefront.
c.
Product ID—Product code or SKU. The product name can include up to 50 characters.
d.
Direct Product Link: A hyperlink to the product.
e.
Type—Display only product type that you selected on the previous page.
f.
Brief Description—Enter descriptive text for the product that will be displayed to buyers on the
storefront. This brief product description is augmented by a longer description that is displayed
on an entire page when user click for more information on a product.
There is a 2,000-character limit for HTML text.
HTML text characters add up quickly, so when possible keep formatting simple.
Most of the controls on the text editor will be familiar to users of word processing
packages such as Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect. A few of the controls that might not
be so familiar are:
Control
Description
This displays the text editor workspace in
design mode, which means it will be displayed
WYSIWYG (“what you see is what you get”).
This displays the text editor workspace in
HTML mode, which means you can use
standard HTML formatting tags to define how
your text will appear (e.g., <b>Sale!</b> will