Store Settings

The initial screen is where you configure your general Store Settings AND merchant settings for payment processing.

Store Page Title - Enter the title of your store page(s) that will be displayed in the title bar and tabs of your visitor's browsers.  This generates the 'Title' meta tag for the store page.

Store Template - Just like you can associate a template for each page on your site, you can associate a template for your store page(s) here.

Store Contact - This is the contact person who is 'in charge' of the store.  All inquiries will be routed to this person.  This list will show you the administrators of your site. You can setup new administrators within the system > Settings > Users area.

Functions:

Allow Checkout - enable this option so that your store will be enabled, as well as, so your payment processing entry form will display at the bottom of this screen.  If you do not turn this option on your store will function as an online catalog allowing visitors to navigate your store's products, but would not see any add to cart and checkout functions.

Allow Manual Checkout - No credit card is charged. You will receive an email with the customers information and will then need to handle finalizing the order manually.

Members Only Manual Checkout - If certain member profiles should only be granted access to checkout manually, select this option and then click on the 'Set Manual Checkout Permissions' link.  You will be displayed your groups from your main People tab and will select the groups / profiles that should be allowed manual checkout permissions.

Allow Product Inquiries - this allows your visitors to ask questions about your products.  The questions will be emailed to the Store Contact person you set below. The questions will also be databased so that you can access them within the Store > Activity > Inquiries section of the system.

Allow Product Comments - this allows your website visitors to post comments about this product so that other visitors can read these comments when viewing your products. This can be moderated within the Store > Activity > Comments section of the system.

Send to Friend - this allows customers to enter a from and to email address with a brief message to help tell someone else about your product.

Allow Wishlists - this allows your website visitors to create and maintain wishlists stored with their profile on your site. These can be viewed in the Store > Activity > Wishlists section of the system.

Product Detail Image Thumbnail Size: This is the default setting for images displayed when viewing the product's details.  Generally, these are larger than the list view thumbmail size.

Product List Image Thumbnail Size: This is the default setting for images displayed when viewing a list of products.  Generally, these are smaller than the Product Detail Image Thumbnail Size.

Payment Processor Settings

If you are using Google Checkout as your payment processor, within the 'Checkout Settings' that is now displayed complete the following steps:

  1. Select the "Production" processing mode.
  2. Paste in EXACTLY the Merchant ID and KEY values you copied from Google.
  3. Login to your Google Checkout account and go to Settings > Integration
  4. Paste the Integration URL from SiteWrench into the "API callback URL" field
    NOTE: Use this Integration URL for an active store: https://secure.sitewrench.com/checkout/notification.aspx
  5. Save. You are now ready to begin accepting payments!
NOTE: If you are using Authorize.Net for your payment processor, see the following article: Authorize.Net


Tax Rates

This is where you setup the tax rates for your store.

To add Tax Rates:
  1. Click the 'Add New' button. Start by setting up the country you're doing business in, then adjust the sub-regions within that country.
  2. Click on the existing percentage to adjust the tax rate for a specific sub-region. (i.e. State Tax Rates).  Once you have entered the adjusted rate, click 'Save'.
  3. When you are finished adjusting all the sub-rates for the current country, click the 'Back to Rates list' link.
  4. If you need to add more country tax rates, complete steps 1 - 3 above.
To edit a tax rate click the 'edit' link to the left of the country you are wanting to edit.  Next, make the necessary adjustments by following steps 2 and 3 above.

To remove an entire country's tax rate, check the box to the left of the country's name and then click the'Archive' button.  To remove a sub-region's tax rate, click the 'edit' link to the left of the country you are wanting toedit.  Next, uncheck the box to the left of the sub-region's name and click the 'Save Details' button.

Shipping Rates

This is where you setup shipping rates for your store. The idea is tocreate a rate (ex. Express Service) and setup the costs associated withthat service based on product weight. Be sure all of your weight rangesare seamless and don't have gaps between them. For example: "Sample A"0-1.9 lbs, "Sample B" 2-3 lbs.

Note: These settings are based on the shopping cart's total combined weight.  You will adjust each product's weight individually.

To create a new Shipping rate:
  1. Click the 'Add New' button. Enter the appropriate information and select the country you're shipping to, then adjust the sub-regions within that country.
  2. Click on the existing shipping rate for a specific sub-region. (i.e. States).  Once you have entered the adjusted rate, click 'Save'.
  3. When you are finished adjusting all the sub-rates for the current country, click 'Save' and then click the 'Back to Rates list' link.
  4. If you need to add more shipping rates (new weight ranges for the same service or new services altogether), complete steps 1 - 3 above.
To edit a shipping rate click the 'edit' link to the left of the country youare wanting to edit.  Next, make the necessary adjustments by followingsteps 2 and 3 above.

To remove a shipping rate, checkthe box to the left of the rate's name and then click the'Archive' button.  To remove a sub-region's tax rate, click the 'edit'link to the left of the rate you are wanting toedit.  Next, uncheck the box to the left of the sub-region's name andclick the 'Save Details' button.

Product Detail Templates

This is where you setup sets of custom fields that you can use on yourproduct display. For example, you might have products where thedimensions are critical. You could create a template alled "Dimensions"and setup "length," "width," and "height". Then simply fill in theblanks when you setup your products.

To add a new detail template:
  1. Click the 'Add New' button
  2. Enter the name of your new template.
  3. Start entering your Labels and clicking save. If you need to re-order your labels, click the 'Reorder Labels' button.
  4. When you are finished, click the 'Back to Template List' link.
To edit an existing template or label, click the edit link to the left of the template name. If you would like to edit the template name, click the edit link to the right of the template name.  If you would like to edit labels within this template, you will need to click the delete link to the left of the label, and re-enter  your label following steps 3 and 4 above.

To remove a label within the template, click the edit link to the left of the template's name and then click the 'delete' link to the left of the label's name.  When you are finished, click the 'Back to Template List' link.

To remove a template set altogether, checkthe box to the left of the template''s name and then click the'Archive' button.

Product Variations

This is where you configure options for a product. A good example wouldbe a shirt that comes in multiple sizes. The size would be the ProductVariation and the various sizes are the Variation Options. You can set this up as a template so that when you are adding and editing your products, its a simple '1 click' to add this template to that product, thus saving you time!

To add a new variation:
  1. Click the 'Add New' button
  2. Enter the name of your variation (i.e. size)
  3. Start entering your Labels for the variation (i.e.: Small, Med, Large) by clicking the 'Add New' button under Existing Options. If the price or weight of the product should adjust based on the option, enter that information. Click 'Save'. If you need to re-order your labels, click the 'Reorder Labels' button.
  4. To add more options follow step 3 above.
  5. When you are finished adding options to the variation, click the 'Back to List' link.
Toedit an existing variation or option click the edit link to the left ofthe variation name. If you would like to edit the variation name, clickthe 'Rename' link to the right of the variation name.  If you would like toedit options within this variation click the edit link to the left of the option and follow steps 3 - 5 above.

To remove an option within the variation, click theedit link to the left of the variation's name and then click the trashcan icon to the left of the option's name.  When you are finished,click the 'Back to List' link.

To remove a variation altogether, click the trashcan icon to the left of the variation's name.

Tags

This is where you can manage the tag sets for your store. To create a new set of tags, click 'New Set'.

To add tags to a set click the 'Add Tags' link. Type the name of the tag and click save.

To delete tags, click the trashcan icon beside the tag name that you are wanting to delete.

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