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Kentico CMS allows you to integrate the e-commerce data with documents. You can mark any document as a product under one of the available product types and define its product properties.
There are two ways how you can enter the products:
1.Go to CMS Desk -> Content -> Product, check the Mark document as product box and choose Create a new product.
2.Go to CMS Desk -> Tools -> E-commerce -> Products and enter all your product details. Then go to CMS Desk -> Content -> Product, check the Mark document as product and select an existing product.
Every product has the following properties:
•Product name - product name displayed on the website and in the shopping cart.
•Product type - defines the type of product. You can choose from five different types, specifically the general type (i.e. product) and four specialized types derived from this general type (i.e. membership, e-product, donation and bundle).
•Product number - product number (serial number or SKU number) for your records.
•Description - product description used for special product listings.
•Price - product price in the main currency.
•Department - the department that is responsible for this product.
•Manufacturer - the manufacturer of the product.
•Supplier - the supplier of the product.
•Image - URL of the product image. When a file is uploaded in the field, two icons are displayed next to it: 1. Edit (
) - if the file is an image, clicking the icon opens it in the built-in image editor. If the file is not an image (which would not make sense as no product image could be displayed), the metadata editor is opened after clicking the icon. 2. Delete (
) - removes the file from the field.
•Enabled - indicates if product can be added to the shopping cart.
•Public status - status of the product displayed to site visitors - e.g. Available immediately.
•Internal status - status of the product displayed only to the site owners - e.g. Products going off-sale. Invisible to the site visitors.
•Needs shipping - indicates if the product needs shipping.
•Package weight - weight in your chosen unit.
•Package height - height in your chosen unit.
•Package width - width in your chosen unit.
•Package depth - depth in your chosen unit.
•Sell only if items are available - indicates if customers can purchase only quantity that is in stock (checked box).
•Available items - number of items available in stock.
•Availability (days) - number of days required for processing the order (e.g. the order may require 1 day so that you get the product from the distributor).
•Max items in one order - defines the maximum number of items in one order.
Here you can see list of the custom fields available for all products. You can specify the custom fields at CMS Site Manager -> Development -> System tables ->Ecommerce - SKU.
Please note that the Custom fields tab is visible only if there are some custom fields defined.
You can specify Tax classes for every product - you can choose any number of taxes that apply to the given product.
On the Volume discounts tab in the Product properties dialog, you can define discount that applies to the ordered product when the customer purchases specified amount of the product.
For every volume discount line, you need to enter:
- minimum amount - number of ordered items from which the discount applies
- discount value - relative or absolute discount for the given minimum amount
When the customer updates the number of ordered products, the discount is automatically calculated and the customer is displayed with the final price. For more details please refer to the Discounts overview chapter.
Here you can specify option categories (e.g. size of clothes) - you can choose any number of categories that assign to the given product. Customers are asked to choose their product configuration before the product is added to the shopping cart.
For further information please refer to the Product options chapter.
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Assigning product to document
In Kentico CMS, products are defined separately from the documents. When you want to display a product on your website, you firstly choose a document that will act as a container for the product and then you assign the given product to the chosen document. While creating document, you can also choose to create document and product at the same time and product will be assign to the given document automatically.
The fact that products are defined separately enables them to be independent of the document structure of a specific website. This allows you to use the same product on multiple sites.
Please note: Should you want your products to be created automatically or to get its product field value directly from the document field value, please refer to the Mapping document fields to product properties chapter. |
