From the Products Menu, click Manage Products. 

This is the preferred place to make product changes within the admin console. While there are other bulk edit pages discussed elsewhere in this manual, this page gives quick, easy access to all of your product properties from one screen. 

1. Use the Filters section to locate a product by Product ID, Name, or SKU. Optionally, use the dropdown menu to display (or hide) products which have been deleted.
    
   
   
2. From the product grid, you can click the column headers to sort by ID, Name, or SKU. You can also check/uncheck boxes to publish or delete products.
   
   
3. To copy a product, click the Clone button. This will create a copy of an existing product that can be modified independently from the original.
   
   
4. Click the Variants button to manage a product's variants.

Adding a product

1. From the Products page, click Add New Product.
    
   
   
2. Fill out the form fields with information about your new product. At a minimum, there are a few required fields that must have information in order to save the product, these are marked with a red asterisk (*) next to the required fields on the Main tab. See below for more information about each field.
   
   

   Main

   *Name  The product's name. This is visible to all shoppers.  *Product Type General type or classification of product. *Manufacturer Choose from a list of Manufacturers. Create new Manufacturers in your admin console on the Products > Brands/Manufacturer page. Distributor Choose from a list of Distributors. Create new Distributors in your admin console on the Contacts > Manage Distributors page. SKU The product's SKU. This is visible to all shoppers. Manufacturer Part # This value will be sent in distributor emails if populated (optional) *Published Determines whether or not the product appears on the front end of the site. *Page Display Choose from a list of page layouts. This setting will adjust the layout of the product detail page. Column Width Determines the number of columns that variants are displayed in (this field is only used by Page Displays that are designed for multiple product variants) Tax Class Determines the tax % that will be calculated for this product. Learn more about Taxes here. Quantity Discount Table If a discount table is selected here, shoppers will get a discount based on the quantity of the product purchased. *Show Buy Button If this is set to No, the Add to Cart/Wishlist buttons will not be displayed on the site. *Requires Registration to View If this is set to Yes, the product will only be displayed on the site after shoppers have created an account and logged in. *Is Call To Order If this is set to Yes, Add to Cart/Wishlist buttons are hidden, and a "Call to Order" prompt is displayed to customers. *Hide Price Until Cart If this is set to Yes, the product price will not be displayed on the site. The price can only be seen after the product is added to the cart. *Exclude from Product Feeds Prevents DotFeed from exporting the product details to Comparison Shopping Engine feeds. *Is a Kit If this is set to Yes, additional product configuration options will be made available. *Track Inventory by Size and Color If this is set to Yes,  inventory will be tracked individually for every size/color combination set up on the product variant(s) (Using this method will not work with Kits tied to the variant) Color Option Prompt Text to display to shoppers for attributes they may choose instead of "Color:" Size Option Prompt Text to display to shoppers for attributes they may choose instead of "Size:" Requires Text Field If this is set to Yes, a text field will be displayed on the product detail page for shoppers to enter personalization details or other custom information, using the field prompt: "Customization Text" (see Prompt: common.cs.70 ), unless a different value is entered in the "Field Prompt" box. If this is set to "No" and a value has been entered for the "Field Prompt", then the text box displayed will not be required (optional). Field Prompt How to label the text box if "Requires Text Field" is set to Yes. See "Requires Text Field" for more information. Max Length Maximum number of characters allowed in the text field. Default Variant Information Price  The price that will be displayed to shoppers Sale Price If this field is populated, the product detail page will list the normal price with the sale price underneath Weight Variant weight, used for shipping calculations Dimensions Size (height x width x depth) of the package the item ships in (in the format N x N x N or NxNxN) Current Inventory Number of this item on hand Colors You can use the Color/Size fields to define user-selectable attributes that change the product variant (for example the size and color of a t-shirt). Values defined here will be listed as dropdown menus on the product detail page. You can also specify SKU suffixes that will be added to the product SKU on receipts to indicate which attributes were chosen. You can also specify price modifiers for these attributes by enclosing them in brackets immediately after the attribute name. Example: a shirt with a base price of $12 for the medium size would be $10 for small, or $15 for large: Sizes: Small [-2.00], Medium, Large [3.00] These fields can be called something other than Color and Size, using the “Color Option Prompt” and “Size Option Prompt” attributes on the product. Note: Avoid using quote marks (") in the attributes as they can cause Add To Cart to fail when using the Limit cart to quantity on hand feature. Color SKU Modifiers Sizes Size SKU Modifiers

   Images

   On the images tab, you can upload images to display for your products. Icon images display in category-level views (where many products are shown at once) and a few other places if the store is configured to do so. Medium images show on the main product detail page, and large images show in a separate window if customers click the View Larger Image link on the product detail page. By default, the software will resize images uploaded through this page to the standard sizes – 150x150 for icons, 250x250 for mediums, and 500x500 for larges. To change these sizes or other Image Resize settings, go to Settings in the admin console and choose “IMAGERESIZE” from the Setting Group dropdown.   The Multi-Image Manager links allow you to upload multiple images of a certain size. On the product detail page, customers will be able to cycle through the multiple images. The top field on this page, labeled “Image Filename Override” allows you to specify a filename for the software to use for this product's images (by default, images are saved as productID.jpg). This is useful for bulk-uploading images, which can be faster than loading them individually through the admin site. You can specify a filename in this field (with extension), and then FTP your images to the following folders: /images/product/icon/filename.jpg /images/product/medium/filename.jpg /images/product/large/filename.jpg See here for information on configuring the software's image resize tools.

   Summary

   This field can contain a short description of the product. It it used on some of AspDotNetStorefront's product & entity page layouts.

   Description

   This field stores your product description and is displayed to shoppers on the product detail page.

   SEO

   The fields on the SEO tab are used to generate the meta information for your product pages. This information is part of what most search engines use to index your site's pages, so you should take the time to put good information here. Available fields are:  Page Title Keywords Description Alt Text

   Product Feeds

   This field is used to store product descriptions in plain-text format. Some Comparison Shopping Engines do not permit rich text or HTML product descriptions. If you are using DotFeed, the DotFeed engine will automatically use a description stored in the Product Feed description field.

   Mappings

   On this tab, you control where each product appears on your site and (if desired) who can see it. In the Category and Department columns, simply check the box(es) for the entities you'd like your product to appear in. Any shopper who navigates to those areas of the site will find this product. In the Affiliates and Customer Level columns, you can set whether or not members of each of these groups will be able to view this product (see here for more information on product filtering).

   Store Mapping

   This section appears when you have configured multiple stores on AspDotNetStorefront. Simply check the box next to each store that should advertise the product.

   Options

   Related Products Insert Product IDs (not names) here. These products will be displayed in a special box at the bottom of the main product's page Upsell Products Insert Product Ids (not names) here. These products will be displayed in a special box at the bottom of the main product's page and can also be displayed on the shopping cart page Upsell Product Discount Percent If a customer adds an upsell product to the cart from the parent product's detail page, the discount here will be applied. If they add this product from its own page, the discount will not apply Requires Products Insert Product IDs (not names) here. If a customer adds this product to the cart, the required product(s) will be added as well On Sale Prompt If your product has a sale price set, this dropdown determines which prompt precedes that sale price. New sale prompts can be created at Products > Manage Products > Sales Prompts

   Custom Fields

   This section contains 7 unique fields that accept HTML and can be used to store additional information about your product. By default, these fields are not displayed on the store, but could be optionally used in a custom skin design.

 

Variant Properties

Main

Property Name Description Variant Name Name of this product variant (optional). This value will be appended to the parent product name if filled in SKU Suffix This value will be appended to the parent product SKU on receipts and during checkout )optional) Manufacturer Part # This value will be sent in distributor emails if populated (optional) GTIN Used for unique product identification. This field holds up to 14 characters and can be used for EAN, UPC, ISBN, etc. Published Determines whether or not the variant appears on the front end of the site Restricted Quantities If your variant can only be purchased in certain quantities, list them here (ie: If you sell by the dozen – 12, 24, 36, etc) Minimum Quantity Smallest quantity customers are allowed to add to the cart Price The price that will be displayed to customers Sale Price If this field is populated, the product detail page will list the normal price with the sale price underneath Customer Enters Price If this is set to true, customers can set their own price for the product (often used for donation or gift card products). NOTE: This option does not work for kit or pack products! Customer Enters Price Prompt Label for the text box customers enter their price in on the product detail page. NOTE: This option does not work for kit or pack products! MSRP For internal use only Actual Cost For internal use only Is Taxable Determines whether or not this variant is taxed under the class set for the parent product Shipping Has a cost is set by default, shipping charges will be determined based on the store's configured shipping calculation. To override the store shipping calculation, select Is free, or Is not required. Is Ship Separately If using realtime shipping, this instructs the carrier to calculate the cost of shipping this item in its own box. This is done by sending the product dimensions, instead of just the weight that is usually sent to the carrier Is Free Shipping Set whether or not the item gets free shipping, or if it doesn't even need shipping at all (such as a service or digital product) Is Download If the product is downloadable, select Yes. See here for more information on downloadable products. Download is Valid for Number of Days Number of days the product will be available for download.  Download Location The relative path to the download file (only applicable if Is Download is set to Yes) Condition Available options are: New, Used, Refurbished. Weight Variant weight, used for shipping calculations Dimensions Size (height x width x depth) of the package the item ships in (in the format N x N x N or NxNxN) Manage Inventory Click Manage Inventory to adjust the quantity on hand.

Images

See Images section under Parent Product Properties above for full details. Variant images will only show when using certain XmlPackages for display (Page Display attribute on the parent product).

Description

The Description tab is where product variant information is entered. This information will only show when using certain XmlPackages for display (Page Display attribute on the parent product). This tab uses the Telerik RAD editor, and can accept HTML code. To insert HTML, click the “<>” button at the bottom of the editor.

HTML-Free Description

The plain text (no HTML allowed here) in this box will be used for descriptions in product feeds.

Attributes

On the Attributes tab, you can define user-selectable attributes that change the variant (for example the size and color of a t-shirt). Values defined here will be listed as dropdown menus on the product detail page. You can also specify SKU suffixes that will be appended to the base SKU on receipts to indicate which attributes were chosen.  You can also specify price modifiers for these attributes by enclosing them in brackets immediately after the attribute name. In the example below, a shirt with a base price of $12 for the medium size would be $10 for small, or $15 for large: Sizes: Small [-2.00], Medium, Large [3.00] Note: These fields can be called something other than Color and Size, using the  Color Option Prompt and Size Option Prompt attributes on the parent product (see above).

Recurring

The Recurring tab allows you to define a product that customers can automatically re-order on a recurring basis. See this page for more information about recurring orders.