Template items are the elements that your Category list template and Product template consists of. As opposed to landing page elements (images, headlines, text etc.) these elements are generic and will change depending on what Category list og Product you are looking at.
Find below a desciption of the 3 elements that only works with a Category list template
The Category list will present the categories with category picture and name of the category OR the name translated if such exists, as setup in PIM.
Category navigation will dispay the categories as a list. The name of each category will come from the label name in PIM or from the specific translation if such exist.
Product listing will display the available products in the hierarchy below the category chosen on the webshop.
Find below a description of the elements that only works with the Product template.
Recommended products are products that your customers bought together, so if a printer is on occasion bought with a specific toner, this toner will appear as recommended product when the next customer looks at the same printer. This happens "behind the scenes" through a worker that is setup and can be seen here in Chainbox.io:
Content relations will link to any content related through Brand, Category, Product or tags.
Below are examples of relation through Brand, and through Category.
Product documents, typically PDF's are uploaded in the Product Information Management (PIM) system same way as product pictures.
There are two ways of having the documents presented on the webshop
Choosing this template will show only the documents
When adding the element "Product information" template it includes 3 types of information:
Information (long description field in PIM)
Specifications
Documents
Product Image will display the main and secundary images connected to the product in the Product Information Management (PIM) system.
Product information will present 3 types of information if available;
Information
Documents
Specifications
It will also enable the "More information" link. If pressed the page will scroll down to "Information".
Product purchase will add the necessary fields for buying on the webshop, including price with and without VAT (if enabled in the initial setup of the shop) stock-information, and delivery-information if existing in the Product Information Management (PIM) system.
Addons are one or more products defined in PIM, prompting the customer to consider buying those too when presented with them in the product detail page.
For more information on the Addons functionality, see below pagelink:
Attributes with Umbraco functionalityProduct specifications are chosen fields from the Product Information Management system (PIM) that are listed as Product specifications in Umbraco. Only a field that has a value will be displayed as a specification on the webshop.
Specifications in PIM usually come from the set "Specifications" but there is no restriction when it comes to choosing other fields too.
Using the Product specs template, the specifications will be listed on their own as shown below
When adding the element "Product information" template it includes 3 types of information:
Information (long description field in PIM)
Specifications
Documents
Related products are defined on the product-page in the Product Information Management (PIM) system, on the product in question. Multiple items can be listed here.
The following Template item elements can be added both to the Category list template and the Product template.
A Header will in a Category list template display the name of the category, and in a Product template, the name of the product
The category name is displayed. If a translation exists then that will be displayed instead.
The Product name is displayed. If a translation exists then that will be displayed instead.
Attach an image to the template, and choose what image-field in PIM that should feed this. Remember to ensure that all categories affected by this template has content in the chosen PIM-field
Attach an image to the template, and choose what image-field in PIM should feed this, on each product that uses this template. Please note, the field "Image" you see below, is not a default field, but one created for this particular example.
To decide what products are popular there is a worker setup that behind the scenes keeps an eye on how many times a product is sold (sold count as opposed to qty sold), within the latest 3 months.
The calculated popularity is not visible on the product in PIM and can therefor not visually be verified.
This popularity field in PIM can be manually overwritten by entering a numeric value, that will influence result in lists and sorting by popularity. If you wish to lower the popularity rate on a specific product, enter a low value, or enter a high value for products you wish to appear as top of popular product. Products with a manually entered value will then not be influenced by the calculation of the worker.
This manual overwrite is performed in PIM on product details, field "Popularity".
The popular products present on the product-page as a slider, will be the bestselling products within the same category as the product-page we are on, based on sale within the latest 3 months.
Attach text to the template and choose what text-field in PIM should feed the content. Remember to ensure that all categories affected by this template has content in the chosen PIM-field.
Attach text to the template and choose what text-field in PIM should feed the content.
This template can be added both to the Category list template or the Product template. In the example below, it is added to product template.
When adding the Video template to a page, you choose what field in Product Information Management system (PIM) this field should correspond with, and who the provider is: