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Where can I find instructions and tips?

Use the built-in hints to edit any data. When you hover over the help icon, a tooltip will be displayed.


On each page of the control of any function there is an instruction or a link to the instruction.
The main list of questions is located in the Instructions.
You can use text search to find answers to most of your questions.

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Design

A potential buyer who has visited your company's website for the first time will definitely have his own opinion on a subconscious level, which will determine the perception of the company itself in the future. This attitude will affect the subsequent actions of the visitor: he will become your client, or he will prefer to contact another company.

Use our design editor and design your site beautifully and conveniently for visitors. If you do not have experience in website design, then you can use our set of styles or templates and design a website in just a few clicks.


Structure

  • Create a clear site structure and easy navigation by dividing products into Categories.

  • If you use personal categories in the Store, be sure to create a main category, inside which you will add subcategories. This is necessary for a more understandable and convenient, for visitors, site structure. This data is displayed in a "category tree" or when navigating through categories. For example, create "Store" - as the main heading for the Russian version of the site.

  • Use Hotlist.biz built-in menu generators. This will help you make your site navigation slick. For example, if you have created categories in a store, then using the Generator, you will receive a multi-level drop-down menu with their list, which you can place on the left of your site. You can also place a list of products on any page, for example, on the main page, specifying the required parameters of the displayed products (availability, language, category, price and other marks).

  • On the Hotlist.biz platform, you can create categories, fill them with products by specifying "Variety" in the products (color, size, weight or other parameters), create a product type and fill in the characteristics of products, and create your own search filter for each type of product.



    • Below you will find practical examples of working with the most important functions of the Hotlist.biz service.

    Advertising and promotion

    In order for potential customers to know about your company, you need to disseminate information about you, as well as promote your site. There are several main ways to promote a website: contextual advertising and promotion in search engines.
    Use initial guidelines for website promotion, or order promotion from our partners.
    Advertising is the engine of commerce.



    Website development

    To begin with, in order to create your site, you need to register, fill in the data about you, and be sure to specify the domain. You can either park your own domain upon request, or connect a free domain in the "Domain for site" field.

    After assigning a domain for your site, you can use the design editor. In the design editor you will find a set of thematic styles, color schemes, and you can also independently create absolutely any design for your site.

    In addition to a set of ready-made styles, you can use our template catalog.

    Setting the start page

    You can set as a start page, a list of your products, a specific catalog category, an index page, or something else.
    In the example, we'll look at setting up the index page.

    How do I set the index start page?


    First, you need to create a page named index. To do this, in the Admin Center, or in the Admin Panel, select "Pages" - "Add page".

    (Example of Expanded Admin Panel)
    Select the site to which you are creating the page, and specify the name of the page - "index".

    Index - in the future will be the address of the page, with the prefix .htm, for example, if you create a page with the name "name", then to open it, just enter /name.htm after your site address.

    Now we will specify it as the main page. To do this, open the "Admin Panel" - "Pages" - "Specify the main page for the site".

    After you have installed the main page, you need to clear the cache. To do this, open the home page of your site, and click "Clear cache" on the right in the top menu.

    You can set other types of start page in the same way, for example, a specific category of a store, or a list of your products, or an article directory, etc.

    Menu Control

    You can create and manage your own menus.

    How to create a menu?


    In the Admin Center, or in the Admin Panel, select "My Blocks/Menus" - "Add Block/Menu".


    Select the type of menu to create. The function menu is a menu with predefined functions. Your menu - a menu with your data.



    Paste the data into the menu and specify the location of the menu.




    You can specify the position of the menu, as well as the pages on which to show or hide it. In addition to the standard position within the content, you can position the menu in the header or footer (bottom) of the site.





    Main menu control


    In the list of your menus, select the menu labeled "main menu".


    Add or remove the necessary items in the menu, save the changes.



    (Example of the main menu)
    To create a multilevel menu, delete or hide the menu marked as "main menu" and create a new menu specifying the location of the "Header".
    Paste in the code for the layered menu, and save the changes. For example, after inserting when from menu generator for store categories, we get the following menu.



    Store Categories

    You can create categories and subcategories.

    Create a store category


    To get started, we recommend that you create a main category in which you will create subcategories.
    Open the store category editor in the Admin panel, and click "Add category".


    Select your site and click "OK".
    Then enter the name (this will be the address for your category). For example, for the main category, create a group "Shop" name "Store".



    Select the main category, set a name and title for the category. If you have not created the main Category yet, then for a more convenient site structure, first create a "Store" heading in the language you need. If you set the name "store", then the created category in the address bar of the browser will have the following address http: // YOUR DOMAIN / en / pers_shop / shop /

    You can add products to the created categories, as well as use Blocks / Menus, for example, with Search filters, specifying the path in which to display filters, dividing by product types and categories.
    The category tree will contain "Store name"> "Store"> "Child category name".


    Setting a category for a product


    After creating categories, you can specify them when creating a product in the line "Category".


    Creating a list of categories for the menu


    You can create a menu with a list of all categories, as well as the number of products in them.



    To create a menu with a list of categories, you can use the menu generator. To do this, in the Admin Center, or in the Admin Panel, select "Menu" - "Store categories widget".
    Select the option you need to generate.
    Copy the generated code (or the automatic replacement code [MENU....]) and paste it into a new menu that you can create in the "Menu Editor" and place it, for example, on the left.
    When using the automatic replacement code in the menu, the list of categories and the number of products will be updated automatically.


    Recommendations:

    If you have created a personal "Store" category as the main one, you can use the "start-X" parameter so that the subcategories are immediately displayed in the menu. For more details see the Menu Generation page.

    If you need to change the style of the generated menu, then use the htmlonly parameter, while Javascript and CSS style must be inserted separately. To do this, click "Generate ..." and after copying the JAVASCRIPT, paste it into any of your created menu (or create a menu). So that the created menu is not displayed in the view of the building block, it is enough to indicate its position in the Footer (Bottom of the site) or Header (Header of the site). The CSS code of the generated menu should be inserted into the "CSS Styles" tab in the design editor.

    There you can also change the design of your menu.


    If you place a block/menu with categories by generating it using the [MENU:shop_categories:start-0:vertical:htmlonly] code (specifying «vertical»), then this item will be added to the main menu in the mobile version. start-0 - you can replace it with the ID of the starting category.
    If there is an item in the main menu with the same name as the title of the Block/Menu, then in the mobile version it will be replaced, and it will also be opened when you click on it. If there is no Item with the same name, then a block/menu with a list of categories will be added after the first item in the main menu. You can enable or disable the option to add Categories to the mobile version in the Design Editor, in the Main Menu tab - Mobile Button.

    Product Types and Search Filter

    What are product types and how to create them?


    Product types are a way to separate different groups of characteristics. For example, you can create a Product Type - "Sneakers" and specify many parameters for it. In parallel, you can create many other types of products, for example: laptop, refrigerator, TV, clock and any others.

    Let's create the Sneakers group as an example. To do this, open Admin Panel, Store, Product Types and Feature Values. Enter your site and fill in the Product Type name.
    Let's add a few characteristics for example. For example, Color, Purpose.


    To add a Feature, click "Add More Feature".
    First, specify the names of the characteristics, because if you need to set predefined values, please save them first.


    Now, for example, let's assign values ​​to the "Color" property. Open the product type you created and click Change Value Variants. Enter values ​​and click save.




    Specify the characteristics of the product


    When adding a product in the "Product Type" line, select the desired product type.


    When you change the product type, a list of possible values ​​will automatically appear.


    Once you have created product types and defined characteristics, you can create your own search filter with which you can search for your products.


    Field types for characteristics


    You can create different types of fields to be used in the search form.
    Input - A one-line value in which you can enter any data that will be searched. For example, PRICE. Also, if this is a numeric value, then you can specify settings for the request, for example "Price from", then all products with a price higher than the one specified in the request will be displayed during the request. The price must also be set in the characteristics of the product.


    Select - Many options for values, with the ability to select only one value.


    Checkbox - Many options for values, with the ability to select multiple values.


    Thus, creating various types of products, you can set a large number of characteristics and set possible options for values for them.


    Search filter


    The created product types and characteristics for them can be displayed in the form of a search filter. To do this, click "Create Menu" in the Admin Panel, in the "Menu" tab.
    Clicking "Create Functional Menu" select "Search with Filter by Product Type"


    Specify a position for the menu without changing its name. For example, let's display it on the left.


    We now have a menu created.


    When changing the product type, the values of the characteristics will be displayed. Using them, buyers will be able to more quickly find the products they need.
    In order to immediately display the filter opened for search, specify in the text of the block / menu «ID» of the created product type, as well as the text «autopath». For example «12345autopath».


    Variety

    You can add a wide range of varieties to your products. In the variety, you can specify any parameters, insert images and specify the parameters for changing the price. You can use your own values for each product. When adding a product, in the line "Variety", indicate the name of the variety, price and other parameters.

    When adding a variety, you can indicate how much the price will change, or different articles. To add a variety, just click "Add a variety" in the product parameters editor.

    When viewing the list of varieties in the product description, you can use HTML and insert images, select the image number.
    Thus, you will have a flexible system of parameters, and you will be able to sell various modifications of the same product (Color, Weight, Options and others).

    Delivery

    You can specify delivery parameters for each country, city and postal service. By specifying the postal service, you can set the note and the delivery price.

    To add a delivery service, open "Store", "Shipping" and click "Add country and shipping methods".

    After specifying the country, add cities and save the changes. After that, you can set the values (list of possible delivery methods).


    When placing an order, the buyer can choose the desired delivery service.

    After placing an order, you will be able to install TrackNo and a link to track the parcel. For each delivery method, you can also set an automatic filling of the link for tracking the parcel.
    Additionally, a simplified editor of delivery methods has been implemented with the ability to change the fields required for filling. You can enable Choice of delivery method in the Checkout Form. This can be done in the settings, in the "Store", "Delivery" tab.




    The currency in which the shipping cost is indicated corresponds to the main currency of the site. In order to change it, go to "Settings", and in the "Store" tab, specify the main currency for your site.



    You can also individually arrange information on delivery methods for all goods or individually for each.

    Manufacturers/ Producers

    You can create your own list of manufacturers, and indicate them to your products. To create a brand (manufacturer), go to Amdinmenu, "Store", "Edit Manufacturers" and click "Add Manufacturer". Select a site and set a name for the manufacturer of your product.

    After creating a manufacturer, you can specify it in the product editor in the "Manufacturer" line.

    After you specify the manufacturer for the product, it can be displayed in the product description.

    In addition to the link to the manufacturer in the product description, you will have your own heading, with a list of all the products of this manufacturer. You can also specify descriptions about manufacturers and create multi-level lists with information about them ...

    The address to this manufacturer will be "http://YOUR DOMAIN/en/producer/toshiba/"

    You will be able to create multi-level lists of your brands. For example: Appliances - Toshiba, Sony, Apple ...
    We recommend that you create a main heading called "Manufacturers" and add a list of manufacturers and brands to it.

    Tabs

    You can use tabs to describe products.

    You can set the names for the tabs in Settings, in the "Store">"Product View / Tabs / Variety" tab.

    You can also place "Reviews" in one of the tabs. To do this, check the box "Show comments in the tab".

    Comments will be displayed in the tab. You can customize the methods of commenting in the "Settings", in the "Comments and Social Plugins" tab.


    Forms to Submit

    In addition to the usual built-in feedback form on your site, you can create full-fledged multifunctional forms for sending various data.
    Form data can be sent not only to your site, but also to any third-party server. In the form, you can specify the type of data to be sent, and the type of encoding, and labels for buttons, and the text of messages in case of an error or successful processing, and specify a protective image, and much more.
    Form fields can be flexibly configured, specify the check for compliance with the data type, mandatory filling, and much more ...

    For example, you can create a form for ordering a site indicating the required fields:

    In the form, you can send any data, as well as files.

    The result of the example form is shown in the image below.