You can group your products into categories to make it easier for customers to find them. After you create a category, it can be shown on your Print Store as a web page with a gallery of the products that are in the category or you can choose to display your category page with a pricing calculator with buttons when multiple options are available for ordering. Here are a few examples of ways to setup your products on PrintNow:
- Create categories to show product browser gallery with filter options to display multiple products
- Create categories to show pricing calculator with options.
- Create product page to show pricing calculator with options.
- Pricing calculator options are Browse, Upload, Create, or Design Service
Add Category
- From your PrintNow admin, go to Stores/Categories.
- To add a category click “Add”.
- Name: Enter the name of the product category you want to show.
- Parent: If it’s a subcategory and not a main category select its parent.
- Pricing: Default base price selection for this category.
- Attributes: If you have an attribute group to display for this category assign one here.
- Thumbnail: Upload a thumbnail for your category if your using default All products page.
- Published: Toggle on to publish your category.
- Use Alt. Master Page: Option if you have more then one category layout
- Click Save to post changes.
Edit Existing Category
- From your PrintNow admin, go to Stores/Categories.
- Click Actions Icon and Edit to modify basic details.
- Click Actions Icon and Edit CMS to modify content and category details.
- Click Save.
Export all categories as a Excel spreadsheet
- From your PrintNow admin, go to Stores/Categories.
- Click Export ALL to download .xlsx file format.
- Open .xlsx file in Microsoft Excel or Google Docs.
- Columns you can edit are: Name, Published, Display Order, Url, Heading, Title, Keywords, Description.
Import changes to EXISTING categories using a spreadsheet
- You can make changes to the existing categories you exported.
- Make sure you didn't delete or change the data in the Name column. PrintNow uses the Name column to map the product and post changes to existing data.
- To Import all saved changes click Import All
- Select File and click save to upload and post changes to your product data.
Import NEW categories using a spreadsheet
- You can use the existing category you exported as a guideline to create new categories.
- To Import NEW products click Import New
- Select File and click save to upload New products.
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