Shopsite Pro 7 questions before upgrade

[Robert Toeppner]

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.

[Jim]

Bob,
You can try out a demo of ShopSite 7 by going to this URL
http://shopsite.com/demo.html
The Tina's Toys is a manager store so you can see the new features for
manager in that store.

Answers to questions
1. Nothing has change in this regard in ShopSite 7. You could always
create a page database upload file with the proper arrangement of
products and arrange the products in that file. 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.

2. There is no "New Item" graphic functionality. The easiest way to do
this would be to create a custom product template for new items and have
the template include the image.

To get the html for an image you want to include with a product or page
you can go to the Images section of the back office, Upload the image.
Then select the image from the list and Edit image attributes. Copy
the entire text in the edit field and just paste that where you want it
in your page or product or in a custom template.

A couple of new features in version 7 that make things easier are: 1.
you have the ability to have images in subdirectories making it easier
to keep track of a large number of images. 2. There is new Copy Page and
Copy product functionality so that you can duplicate an existing
Page/product and then just make any minor changes that might be required
for the new pages.

You can see a list of new features in version 7 at:
http://www.shopsite.com/help/7.0/en-US/ ... tures.html

Jim

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.

[Robert Toeppner]

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.

[Chris]

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.

[Robert Toeppner]

We do have this page, where this will happen. Thanks for the input!

"Chris" <sawdust@mlcswoodworking.com> wrote in message
news:4033D929.F0CB303C@mlcswoodworking.com...

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.

[loren_d_c]

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.

[Robert Toeppner]

i like this idea!
"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c1133v$8dr$1@support.shopsite.com...

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.