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Chainbox Webshop
Chainbox Webshop
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  • Umbraco backoffice extension
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          • Configure opening hours
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          • Default footer configuration
            • Custom footer setup
        • Products
          • Product category settings
          • Product restriction setup
          • Indexing and search setup
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          • Stock setup
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        • Checkout
          • Cart settings
          • Voucher, gifts & fees setup
          • Delivery/shipping setup
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        • System documenttypes
        • Landingpage documenttype
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    • User management
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  • Webshop frontend
    • Introduction: Webshop frontend
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        • Product category listing
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      • Checkout process
        • Shopping cart
        • Billing and shipping information
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          • Email receipt
      • Content & landingpages
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      • Header and footer
    • Functions
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      • Pricing
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      • CSV import
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      • Worker controls
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  • Webshop worker
    • Introduction: Webshop worker
    • Built-in tasks
      • Feeds
        • Sitemap
        • XML Shoppingfeeds
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      • Chainbox.io integration
        • PIM data
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  • Chainbox.io integration
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      • Home
        • Overview
        • Product views
          • Create a view
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            • Options
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        • Change view
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          • Resources
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        • Export csv
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  • Tutorials
    • The initial shop configuration steps
    • Setting up a content area
      • Example landingpage
      • Example landingpage collection
        • Article collection page
        • Brand collection page
    • Setting up a new category list template
    • Setting up a new product template
    • Create product restrictions
      • Examples, restriction by customer fields
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    • Creating a new language node
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Product categories for your webshop are created and maintained in PIM

It is an option to have multiple category hierarchies corresponding with multiple webshops. If that is the case, switch between the hierarchies by using the dropdown menu in the top. Only one category hierarchy can be shown at a time.

When marking a category in the tree structure, any subcategories will show in the detail window as well as the 20 first products in the category, with option to load more.

Category ID

The category ID is the unique identifier of the category. This means, that of two or more categories are called the same, the

Category URL

The first time a category is visible in the webshop, the URL is created based on the category name or the localized name in PIM if such exists. Because the category name is not a unique identifier, there is a build-in function to secure, that two identically named categories, will not receive identical URL's.

If a second category is created with a name that already exists, the category hierarchy and the category ID will be added to the URL as shown below.

Special characters that will be changed in URL's

Special characters do not work well in URL's and will automatically be translated this is relevant to both category and product URL's:

  • "æ" = "ae"

  • "ø" = "oe"

  • "å" = "aa"

  • ">" = "-greater-than-"

  • "<" = "-less-than-"

  • "=" = "-equals-"

  • " " = "-" (Space becomes "-")

  • "é" = "e"

  • "è" = "e"

  • "½" = "-a-half"

  • "+" = "-plus-"

Other special characters such as "&", "/" "¤" will - with few exceptions - be changed to "-".

Example:

Category "døre & vinduer" is changed to: "doere---vinduer" in the URL created.

Changing Category URL's

There is always the option to delete and re-create categories if URL's unintentionally got weird.

Alternatively Chainbox can assist in rename URL's if needed

Example of categories in PIM
Example of categories in webshop
Category overview
Category URL name comes from the category label or category name if such exists
To keep the category URL's unique, the category hierarchy_categoryID is added to the URL if a similar URL already exists