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Hi,
Please post reply to group on this one.
We need to know a couple of things prior to upgrading from Manager 6.3 to
Pro 7.
1) Does Pro 7 allow you to specify where new products will be added on the
page (before or after existing products)? Currently, when new products are
added, they are added after the existing products on the page by default. I
realized the Arrange items will fix this issue, but it's a major hassle to
keep rearranging items everytime a new one is added.

2) Is there a feature to add a "New item" graphic along side the product
(without HTML coding involved).when is new product is created? If not, then
what's the best way to do this...html??

Regards,
-bob.

Robert Toeppner wrote:

Hi,
Please post reply to group on this one.
We need to know a couple of things prior to upgrading from Manager 6.3
to
Pro 7.
1) Does Pro 7 allow you to specify where new products will be added on
the
page (before or after existing products)? Currently, when new products
are
added, they are added after the existing products on the page by
default. I
realized the Arrange items will fix this issue, but it's a major hassle
to
keep rearranging items everytime a new one is added.

2) Is there a feature to add a "New item" graphic along side the product
(without HTML coding involved).when is new product is created? If not,
then
what's the best way to do this...html??

Regards,
-bob.

In response to question #1, Jim said, "There is no way for ShopSite to know
which products are "new" because there is no date put into the database for
when a product is added".

Being this is the case, why is it automatically defaulting to add to the end
of the list?
Is this something that should be recommended to the ShopSite developers for
a recommendation on a future version??

The logic here is that newer products should be the first thing that
customers (especially returning customers) should see on the top of the list
by default.

Any thoughts, work-arounds (beside the page database upload), or feelings on
this would be appreciated.
Regards,
-bob.
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Robert Toeppner wrote:

Hi,
Please post reply to group on this one.
We need to know a couple of things prior to upgrading from Manager 6.3
to
Pro 7.
1) Does Pro 7 allow you to specify where new products will be added on
the
page (before or after existing products)? Currently, when new products
are
added, they are added after the existing products on the page by
default. I
realized the Arrange items will fix this issue, but it's a major hassle
to
keep rearranging items everytime a new one is added.

2) Is there a feature to add a "New item" graphic along side the product
(without HTML coding involved).when is new product is created? If not,
then
what's the best way to do this...html??

Regards,
-bob.

Why Not just make a page just for new products and assign products to the
page
accordingly? Then let them fall where they will on the regular category
pages?

Robert Toeppner wrote:

In response to question #1, Jim said, "There is no way for ShopSite to
know
which products are "new" because there is no date put into the database
for
when a product is added".

Being this is the case, why is it automatically defaulting to add to the
end
of the list?
Is this something that should be recommended to the ShopSite developers
for
a recommendation on a future version??

The logic here is that newer products should be the first thing that
customers (especially returning customers) should see on the top of the
list
by default.

Any thoughts, work-arounds (beside the page database upload), or
feelings on
this would be appreciated.
Regards,
-bob.
-------------------------------------
Robert Toeppner wrote:

Hi,
Please post reply to group on this one.
We need to know a couple of things prior to upgrading from Manager
6.3
to
Pro 7.
1) Does Pro 7 allow you to specify where new products will be added
on
the
page (before or after existing products)? Currently, when new
products
are
added, they are added after the existing products on the page by
default. I
realized the Arrange items will fix this issue, but it's a major
hassle
to
keep rearranging items everytime a new one is added.

2) Is there a feature to add a "New item" graphic along side the
product
(without HTML coding involved).when is new product is created? If
not,
then
what's the best way to do this...html??

Regards,
-bob.

In response to question #1, Jim said, "There is no way for ShopSite to know
which products are "new" because there is no date put into the database for
when a product is added".

Being this is the case, why is it automatically defaulting to add to the end
of the list?
Is this something that should be recommended to the ShopSite developers for
a recommendation on a future version??

The logic here is that newer products should be the first thing that
customers (especially returning customers) should see on the top of the list
by default.

Any thoughts, work-arounds (beside the page database upload), or feelings on
this would be appreciated.
Regards,
-bob.
-------------------------------------

Robert Toeppner wrote:


Hi,
Please post reply to group on this one.
We need to know a couple of things prior to upgrading from Manager 6.3

to

Pro 7.
1) Does Pro 7 allow you to specify where new products will be added on

the

page (before or after existing products)? Currently, when new products

are

added, they are added after the existing products on the page by

default. I

realized the Arrange items will fix this issue, but it's a major hassle

to

keep rearranging items everytime a new one is added.

2) Is there a feature to add a "New item" graphic along side the product
(without HTML coding involved).when is new product is created? If not,

then

what's the best way to do this...html??

Regards,
-bob.

The ShopSite Pro page options for automatic page arrangement allows you
to sort products by Name, SKU, Price, or Product Description. One way to
add a time factor to this is to include an HTML comment at the beginning
of one of these fields containing the date you add the product, then use
that field as the product sort field in the page settings. For example:

!-- 2004-02-18 --

-Loren



Robert Toeppner wrote:
In response to question #1, Jim said, "There is no way for ShopSite to
know
which products are "new" because there is no date put into the database
for
when a product is added".

Being this is the case, why is it automatically defaulting to add to the
end
of the list?
Is this something that should be recommended to the ShopSite developers
for
a recommendation on a future version??

The logic here is that newer products should be the first thing that
customers (especially returning customers) should see on the top of the
list
by default.

Any thoughts, work-arounds (beside the page database upload), or
feelings on
this would be appreciated.
Regards,
-bob.
-------------------------------------

Robert Toeppner wrote:


Hi,
Please post reply to group on this one.
We need to know a couple of things prior to upgrading from Manager 6.3

to

Pro 7.
1) Does Pro 7 allow you to specify where new products will be added on

the

page (before or after existing products)? Currently, when new products

are

added, they are added after the existing products on the page by

default. I

realized the Arrange items will fix this issue, but it's a major hassle

to

keep rearranging items everytime a new one is added.

2) Is there a feature to add a "New item" graphic along side the
product
(without HTML coding involved).when is new product is created? If not,

then

what's the best way to do this...html??

Regards,
-bob.