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Adding Categories - The First StepOn your site, sub-categories can be shown in two different ways. You can choose an expandable menu which allows your sub-categories to pop out in a window when the mouse is over the main category name. The other option is to show it as a non expanding menu. This will allow the user to click on the main category they wish to enter and the category page will then show the menu with all of its sub-categories. These settings can be changed from the More Settings - Menu Options button in the My Web Pages section of the Fortune3 Wizard.   Category Fields - Basic Info Name: This is a required field. This is the field that represents your category. Your web store's navigation menu contains the category Name field for each category on your Tree. Therefore, because of the space limit for the menu, this field is limited to 24 characters. Description: This is a required field. Use this field to write a description for your category and possibly the type of products it contains. Click on Edit HTML to edit the description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. This field will support general HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of the text and is limited to 250 characters (see HTML Tags for more details). For larger category descriptions, you may use the Additional Description field. Additional Description: Use this field to add a larger description for your category. This field will support a much larger number of characters than the Description field. The "Place Additional Text" drop-down menu will allow you to choose where you want the Additional Description to show up on each of your category pages. It can either come up before the list of products, or after it. Click on Edit HTML to edit the additional description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. This field will support general HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of the text and is not limited in its number of characters (see HTML Tags for more details). Image: You may Browse for an Image if you would like your Category to be represented by an Image. Images can have a maximum file size of 500kb. That size should be large enough for an image that is up to 1200 pixels wide and in normal-high resolution. The only acceptable image file types are .jpg .jpeg .gif and .png. More Info: 
Category-based Discounts can also be incorporated into each of your categories. Each of your categories may offer a percentage discount for a 2nd product purchase for products within the same category (Products beyond this point may reflect a 2nd product discounted by a percentage - Buy one, get the 2nd Product Discounted by ___%). For each product and set of options within this category, you will be able to select whether or not that product is eligible for this discount. The discount will be advertised on your category pages and on the product pages for each of the products that participates in the discount. Important Note: When using this discount option, the least expensive product of the two will be the one the discount will apply itself to, not necessarily the "Second" chosen product. Show Category On:
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Webpage Meta Tags/Properties: In this area, you can designate your own custom Webpage Meta Tags and assign a filename for this category's web page(s). If you do not wish to do this, leave these text areas blank, and the software will create default values for these fields based on the information you have entered into the Name and Description fields for this category - and though these default values will not be visible on the software itself, they will be on your site. You can specify the web page's Title, Description, Keywords and Filename. This is mainly available for you to optimize your pages for search engines. If any of these fields are left blank, FORTUNE3's default optimization will be used for that field on this category's web page(s).
Search Toolbar Options The FORTUNE3 Wizard allows you to customize the way the Search/Sort Toolbar looks, functions, and the filtering and sorting options it contains on each of your categories, for more help concerning "Search Toolbar Options" please click here. Copy Setting to All Categories: Clicking this button will copy the "Search Toolbar Options" of the of the category you are currently inspecting to all other categories in "My Products" Tree. When finished, click on "Save & Close". You can continue adding categories and sub-categories until the desired structure of your E-Commerce Webster's navigation menu is complete. |
Adding Products / Editing ProductsThe FORTUNE3 E-Commerce & Shopping Cart Wizard software features two ways of adding Products: Either add a product by entering the product information manually or by using the "Import Products from Spreadsheet" feature. To enter a product manually, select the "Product Category" target (on the category that you want to add the product to), then right-click on it and select "Add Product" or "Add Product with Options" (If your product has options such as sizes, colors, etc., then choose "Add Product with Options", otherwise if your product is a simple product without any options, choose "Add Product"). Proceed by filling in the corresponding entry-forms on the Product Properties screen (click for help). You may also right-click on the "Product List" panel to add a product, but a product created on the Product List will not appear in the tree or on the site until it is copied and pasted or dragged and dropped into a "Product Category" on the Tree. 
Editing Products: The FORTUNE3 E-Commerce & Shopping Cart Wizard software features 3 ways of modifying existing Products: By editing the product information manually, by using the "Import Products from Spreadsheet" feature (which will update all existing products), and by using the Bulk Changes tool. To edit a product manually, right-click on it and select "Properties (Edit)" or double-click on it with your mouse. Proceed to making your changes into the Product Properties screen (click for help). The Product List: The FORTUNE3 Shopping Cart & E-Commerce Wizard software features a linear product list. All of the products in Product Tree appear in the "Product List", but on this "linear" list, the products and categories are not related to each other. Furthermore, products that may have once existed on the Tree but have been deleted will remain in the "Product List" unless they are removed from the list manually (by right-clicking on it and clicking on "Delete"). This is in case you delete a product by accident, or delete a product and want to easily bring it back at a later time. Additionally, products that are imported from a spreadsheet but weren't imported into a category on the Tree will be listed on the "Product List" ONLY. You may easily drag and drop or copy and paste these products from the "Product List" into any category in the Tree in order to bring them back into your web store. You can display the list by clicking on "Show Product List" from the top bar. Drag the  Arrow icon to expand or shrink the "Product List" horizontally (to allow for more organizing space). 
Use the "Product List" to quickly find a product, to get access to a product's data entry form, and to...
NOTE: Products deleted from the "Product List" window will also be deleted from the Product Tree and from the E-Commerce web site, online store and shopping cart. If a product is ONLY on the product list, it will not show up on the site. |
Product Properties Screen
Product Fields The Product Properties screen is divided into 6 Tabs that contain different types of fields and information that can be configured into each product. The 6 Tabs are: Basic Info, More Info, Webpage Info, Additional Images, Tabs, and Custom Fields. Basic Info SKU - This is referred to as a stock keeping unit. This will be the reference number for this item within your web store and is therefore a required field. Your products will mainly be represented by their SKU number on your order reports in the Administrative Site. SKU Numbers for each product MUST be unique. The Product SKU field has a limit of 50 characters. Please avoid having the first character of the SKU be a zero ( 0 ), as this may cause problems while importing/exporting the products. UPC Code - This is an optional field used for barcode references or for possible shopping cart customizations to integrate a web store with accounting and inventory programs that are tied to an in-store scanning device. This is not displayed to your customers. Product Name - This is a required field. This is displayed by default on any part of your site that lists this product. HTML web pages for products created on your site will be named after the Name of the product unless you specify a filename in the Webpage Info tab above. The Name field does not need to be unique. The Product Name field has a limit of 50 characters to keep your product filenames from becoming too long. Description - This is a required field. Write a short to medium description for your item - larger descriptions and specifications should be entered into the "Additional Description" field explained below. The description is displayed on your category pages for categories that contain this product (this is why it shouldn't be too long) and on this product's individual web page. Click on Edit HTML to edit the description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. This field will support general HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of the text and is therefore not limited in its number of characters (see HTML Tags for more details). Mfg. / Brand - This optional fields allows you to input the manufacturer or brand of the product. This field can be used to search through your products, filter results, and sort results, see "Search Options" for more information. Additionally you can also create menus with the information entered into this field in the "Menu Options" section, allowing your customers to browse through your catalog "By Brand" directly from your main navigation menu (in addition to browsing by your categories). For more information please click here. Mfg. Part # - This field allows you to input the manufacturer's part number, which is used to reference the part for product feeds. Additional Description - This is an unlimited field for a large description or additional product information, available for notices or other information of interest to a buyer. Click on Edit HTML to edit the additional description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. This field will support general HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of the text (see HTML Tags for more details), and will appear on this product's individual web page only. Product Image - Optional but Recommended. This is the main image for this item (note that you will have space for 6 additional images per item). If you do not select an image, instead of the image a square will appear on your site saying "Image Not Available", or a default generic image will be displayed for your product. Images can have a maximum file size of 500kb. That size should be large enough for an image that is up to 1200 pixels wide and in normal-high resolution. The only acceptable image file types are .jpg .jpeg .gif and .png. When adding the image to your product, add the full-size version of the image, not the thumbnail. The FORTUNE3 software will automatically produce a high-quality thumbnail for each image you add that will be used when displaying multiple products on one web page. Try to use images of the same width X height proportions for each specific product, as keeping the same proportions for each image will ensure that the category pages' layout will be displayed uniformly. Pricing Information - This drop-down menu and its subsequent fields allow you to specify the form of pricing of the product. The different options in the drop-down menu change the way in which the products price is displayed and calculated, the options are as follows; Use Retail Price (Regular Price), Use Sale Price (On Sale Price), Use Price Per Qty (Set Prices by Order Qty), This Product is Free, Do NOT Show Price, Display Call for Price, Add to Cart for Price, and Donation (customer defined). Regular Price - This is the basic price of your item, and is the retail price at which retail customers can purchase this product unless there is also an On Sale Price defined for this product (in which case customers can purchase this product at the On Sale Price). This field is required unless the "Set Prices by Order Qty", "Display Call For Price", "This Product is Free", "Do Not Show Price Info", or "Donation" options are selected. On Sale Price - This is an optional field that will offer the item at a Reduced Price instead of the Regular Price. It will override and visually cross out the Regular Price during shopping and it will advertise the savings (You Save: $____). To enable this, the box "Use Sale Price" must be selected. If this is enabled, this product is considered to be a Special Offer. Set Prices by Order Qty - By selecting this option, you can set a price for a product according to the quantity that is added to the shopping cart of this particular item. Just select Use Price Per Qty and fill out the table according to the prices per quantity to be ordered similarly to the below image: 
This Product is Free - If selected, the product will have no cost other than shipping and handling, or the cost of any options selected. Do Not Show Price Info - If selected, the software will not show a price for this product, and the product will not display anything that relates to the price. Visitors will not be able to order this product on your Retail Shopping Cart if this is selected. Display "Call for Price" Message - If selected, the software will not show a price for this product, instead the product will display "Call for Price". Visitors will not be able to order this product on your Retail Shopping Cart if this is selected. Add to Cart for Price - If selected, the software will not show the price of this product until it has been added to the cart. Donation (customer defined) - If selected, the software will allow the customer to enter or define their own price for purchasing this product (used for donations, and other scenarios).. Avg. Cost - This is an optional field that allows you to input the cost of producing or acquiring the product. The cost is used for profit reporting purposes. Unit of Measure - This is a required field. This field represents the unit of the product or the amount of the current product that the customer will be buying at the specified price. This will be displayed on your product's price in the shopping catalogs as well as invoices similarly to $ ___ / Each. This field defaults to Each, but other examples include Box, Dozen, Lb., Foot, Meter, Gallon, Pair and others. Setup Fee - This is an optional field that allows you to add an additional setup fee to the price of the product. The setup fee will be combined with the product's price once it is added to the cart, but will be displayed as a separate fee from the Regular Price or On Sale Price. Wholesale Price Levels (1 - 5) - Defines 5 different prices for this product on your Wholesale shopping cart. By using the Administration Site's "Manage -> My Wholesale Customers" interface, each wholesale customer can be assigned to one of the five price levels available. Wholesale customers will then be able to order this product at their assigned Price Level. These fields will be disabled if your Wholesale shopping cart is not activated in the "Wholesale Options" screen of the Wizard's "My Company" section. Weight and Dimensions- These are used to calculate shipping costs and consolidate the number of products in a shipment or box and must be relatively accurate if you are to get accurate shipping quotes from live carriers. Please set the dimensions of the items as they are packaged and shipped, not necessarily as they are. Entering 0 in ANY of these fields will result in no shipping costs for your orders if you are using the shipping carriers to calculate your shipping costs live. See Box Consolidation and Shipping Information for more information. Display Weight & Dimensions to Visitors - Checking this box will display this Product's weight and sizes to visitors on the Product's Specifications section (under the Additional Description) on this Product's Page. More Info 
Tax Information State Taxable Product - This Checkbox will only show if your business is in the USA. If this box is un-checked, the online store will prevent this product from being taxed even if the customer is in a taxable state. Otherwise, the product will be taxed in states where "Sales Tax" has been specified. This is checked by default. GST/HST Exempt- This Checkbox will only show if your business is in Canada. If this box is checked, the online store will prevent this product from being taxed GST or HST Sales Tax even if the customer is in an HST Province in Canada. Otherwise, Canadian customers will be taxed GST and HST according to your "Sales Tax" setup. This is un-checked by default. PST Exempt - This Checkbox will only show if your business is in Canada. If this box is checked, the online store will prevent this product from being taxed PST Sales Tax even if the customer is in a PST Province in Canada. Otherwise, Canadian customers will be taxed PST according to your "Sales Tax" setup. This is un-checked by default. Price Includes VAT / % VAT - This Checkbox will only show if your business is outside of the USA and Canada. If this box is checked, the online store will prevent this product from being taxed VAT even if the customer is in a VAT taxable country. If your product should not charge VAT, or its price already includes VAT, checkmark this option and enter the percentage of VAT tax that is included in the product's price (to be shown to customers on the site). Otherwise, leave this option un-checked and the product will be taxed in countries where "VAT Sales Tax" has been specified. This is un-checked by default. Order Qty Limits Retail Min. - The smallest quantity of this product that can be ordered on your retail site. This product may not be added to shopping cart without at least x amount. This field is set to 1 by default. Retail Max. - The largest quantity of this product that can be ordered on your retail site, regardless of the quantity in stock defined in the Admin Site's "Manage -> My Inventory" interface. This field is set to 999999999 by default. Wholesale Min. - The smallest quantity of this product that can be ordered on your wholesale site. This product may not be added to shopping cart by wholesale customers without at least x amount. This field will be disabled if your Wholesale shopping cart is not activated in the "Wholesale Options" screen of the Wizard's "My Company" section. This field is set to 1 by default. Wholesale Max. - The largest quantity of this product that can be ordered on your wholesale site, regardless of the quantity in stock defined in the Admin Site's "Manage -> My Inventory" interface. This field will be disabled if your Wholesale shopping cart is not activated in the "Wholesale Options" screen of the Wizard's "My Company" section. This field is set to 999999999 by default. Shipping Preferences
Downloadable Product - If the product you're selling is a downloadable file (a digital product), you can use this to browse for the file on your computer to be attached to this product. It will be uploaded to the site when you do the overall upload. You can use this feature if you sell digital products such as music or MP3 files and software files. When your customers purchase a downloadable product, they will be sent an e-mail containing a link to download the file directly to their computer. Their order confirmation screen will also contain a link to download the file directly when they complete their purchase. The file download will be active for 10 days under a hidden URL, and will be in an encrypted URL format so that people cannot access the file download from your site unless they order the product. Because this type of product does not require shipping, there will be no shipping associated with an order containing only downloadable products. NOTE: Be aware that it is illegal to share/sell files or programs that you do not own the copyright or reproduction rights to. FORTUNE3 is obligated to investigate any complaints of copyright violations and shut down any site that violates copyright laws. Webpage Info 
Webpage Meta Tags - In this area, you can designate your own custom Webpage Meta Tags for this product's individual web page. If you do not wish to do this, leave these text areas blank, and the software will create optimized default values for these fields based on the information you have entered into the Name and Description fields for this product - and though these default values will not be visible on the software itself, they will be on your site. You can specify the web page's Title, Description, Keywords and Filename. This is mainly available for you to optimize your pages for search engines. If any of these fields are left blank, FORTUNE3's default optimization will be used for that field on this product's individual web page.
Webpage File Name - The name of the html file for this product's web page. Simply enter the name, do not enter .html at the end. If the filename you enter has already been assigned to another category or product, or if your category is divided into several pages (because there are too many products to fit in one page), the system will automatically add a number to the end of the filename (Filename_2.html). Leave blank to use FORTUNE3's Default Filename for this page (which is based on the product's name). Show Product on:
Product Icons - Using these options will display small icons on the product's individual web page.  Icons in Order: Hot Deal, Bargain, Fast Shipping and Great Idea. Additional Images Additional Product images - In this window, you can add up to six additional images to display different angles, colors or for whatever use you would like. Images can have a maximum file size of 500kb. That size should be large enough for an image that is up to 1200 pixels wide and in normal-high resolution. The only acceptable image file types are .jpg .jpeg .gif and .png.  Tabs If you have different sections of information and would like to use tabs to display this information for the product in a clean fashion, you can do so by using the Product Tabs feature. Click on "Tabs" on the Product Properties screen. Tabs are sections with information. Users will be able to click on a Tab in order to view the information that is within that tab and easily switch between the tabs that contain different information without navigating away from the page they are on. 
Custom Fields Creating Custom Fields - Custom Field Names Custom Fields are text fields for your products that are not included in the software, that you may use to better describe your products to your customers. For example, if you are selling diamonds, you may add custom fields like Clarity, Cut, Color, etc., and then specify the description for each field on each product. Another example is if you are selling books, you may add custom fields like Author, ISBN, Publisher, etc. Aside from displaying on your site, Custom Fields can also be used to set up a new Menu on your main menu i.e. as a menu for Browse by Publisher (see "Menu Options"), or to filter the results in the Search Page or Search/Sort Toolbar in each category page (see "Search Options"). First, you must specify the Custom Field Names by clicking on "Custom Field Names" button in the top bar of the "My Products" section. Here you will add the names of the custom fields you would like to have for your products. Custom fields for your products will display on the bottom of the individual product pages. You can add Fields that will not display on every product, but will on certain products only. Only those products where you enter a value into the custom fields will display these fields.  
Custom Field Values Once you have added the fields you want to be able to use, you can input the information you want displayed in each field for each specific product. You will find this window by clicking on the "Custom Fields" button of each product's Properties window. If you leave a field blank, the field will not display.  The end result of the fields entered on the previous page will look like this on the bottom of the product's individual web page: 
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Products with OptionsIf a Product with Options is offered on your Online Store, customers will have the ability to customize several options before adding the product to the shopping cart. Some cases include computers, clothing, food-restaurant, etc. A customer can order a computer by selecting from various monitors, video-cards, hard-drives and other options that you offer. A T-shirt can be offered in several colors and sizes. To add a Product with Options, select the "Product Category" target (on the category that you want to add the product to), then right-click on it and select "Add Product with Options". Enter the information For instructions on how to fill out the Product Properties Screen, click here. If you had already added your product, but not as a Product with Options, but as a regular Product, you can easily turn it into a Product with Options by right-clicking on the product's icon, and clicking on "Change to Product with Options". Your icon will then change, and by clicking on the plus sign (+) to the left of it, you can extend it to see the "Options" icon underneath it. Proceed by adding your Groups of Options, click here for instructions. You can also do the opposite and change a Product with Options into a Product by right-clicking on the product's icon, and clicking on "Change to Product". Be aware that when you do that, you will permanently remove all of the Options that are associated with that product. 
Fill in the product's information and then click on "Save and Close".
The Wizard will then automatically Prompt you if you would Add a Group of Options to this product. 
What to do here? If you want to present several options (such as sizes, colors, or optional accessories) for your customers to choose from before ordering this product, click on Yes. Otherwise, if you simply want to copy/paste options from another product, click on No and you will return to the tree view. Otherwise, you may have added a Product with Options when you should have simply added a Product, if that is the case, click on No and then when you are back in the tree view, right-click on the product and "Change to Product". |
Group of OptionsYou can have an unlimited number of Groups of Options within a product. For example if you wanted to ask customers to select both color and size for your product, you would need to have 2 separate Groups of Options, one that contains several options for selecting a size, and one that contains several options for selecting a color. To add a new Group to any Product with Options, right-click on the "Options" icon located Product with Options, and click on "Add Group of Options". You can also simply right-click directly on the Product or Product with Options icon and click on the "Add Group of Options" (even though the product is not the parent icon, the Wizard allows this for more flexibility). Fill out the Group of Options screen based on your needs. All fields are described below:  
Group of Options Fields The Name and Description Fields are required and will be displayed as your question to the customers on this Product's ordering page. For example, use something like "Select a Size" if this Group of Options will be used for a size selection. Fill these fields out in a similar fashion to the image above. Click on Edit HTML to edit the description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. The Description field will support general HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of the text and is therefore not limited in its number HTML Tags for more details). Additional Description - Larger space for a wider description available for notices or other information of interest to a buyer. Click on Edit HTML to edit the additional description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. This field will support general HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of the text and is therefore not limited in its number of characters (see HTML Tags for more) First Option For this Group of Options always disclose (print on order form) the Customer's Selection - If this checkmark is checked, invoices for orders will always show which option was selected by the customer for this product. If this is un-checked and the Customer orders the item with the First Option selected, the invoice will not say which option was selected. Customers Cannot Order the First Option in this Group - If this checkmark is checked, the shopping cart will not allow customers to order this product with the First Option selected. Only after they select one of First Optionis something like "Please Select One". Image - Browse for an Image File only if you want to display an image in the same area where you are asking your question to the customers on this Product's ordering page. Images can have a maximum file size of 500kb. The only acceptable image file types are .jpg . Option Settings 
Display Options Using a -Select Either Drop Down List, Radio List, Check Box, or Qty Field. Each type is shown below:  Radio List Sample: 
Check Box Sample:  Qty Fields 
Qty Fields - If this option is selected, all of the options will appear as a list with a quantity field next to each option, therefore, customers will be able to order multiple quantities of multiple options at the same time (as opposed to ordering each option from its own product page) NOTE: You should only use the Qty Fields option for one (1) Group of Options per Product. Do NOT use this option for more than one Group of Options within the same product, as this will cause ordering confusion with customers and yourself (because of possible option combinations). If you have the "Qty Fields" Option selected you will have several additional options available to define the options within the product in relation to pricing and calculations of weight and dimensions for shipping. Use Product + Options Pricing and Dimensions - If this option is selected the product and the option will have separate pricing, dimensions, and weight that will be added together when calculating the item's price and shipping cost. Only Use Option's Pricing and Dimensions - If this option is selected the option overrides the product, all information concerning pricing, dimensions, and weight will be pulled from the added options' fields when calculating the item's price and shipping cost, and the price, dimensions, and weight of the parent product will be ignored. Use Parent Product's Pricing and Dimensions for Each Option - If this option is selected, each option's price, dimensions, and weight are derived from the information entered on the parent product. For example, if your product is $10 and weighs 2 Lbs, each option in the Group will cost $10 and weigh 2 Lbs when ordered. When you select this option, you cannot enter a Price Variation,Dimensions or Weight Variations on any of the Options inside this group. This option is useful when you have products with options that vary in price based on the quantity, as the price of each option will be based on the additive quantities of the selected options and calculated based on the Price Per Qty table ranges specified in the parent product.. More Info 
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Discounts Will the Options within this Group of Options Earn the Discounts Offered with a 2nd Product Purchased - If "Yes" is selected, any category discount assigned to the parent categories will affect the price variation of each of the options within this group (buy one, get 1 and __% off). For more help regarding category discounts please click here. |
OptionsYou can have an unlimited number of Options inside any Group of Options. To add a new Option, simply right-click on the Group of Options that you want to add the new option to, and click on "Add".   SKU - The SKU Number for this product with this option selected. Does not need to be unique unless you plan on using the inventory or accounting systems. This will only be displayed to customers if they click on the option to view its details. UPC Code - This is an optional field used for barcode references or for possible shopping cart customizations to integrate a web store with accounting and inventory programs that are tied to an in-store scanning device. This is not displayed to your customers. Name - This is the text that will appear and be displayed as your option (either on the scroll-down list, radio list, check box, or next to the quantity field). Description - Enter a description for this option. Click on Edit HTML to edit the description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. This field will support general HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of the text and is therefore not limited in its number of characters (see HTML Tags for more details). This will only be displayed to customers if they click on the option to view its details. Additional Description - Larger space for a wider description available for notices or other information of interest to a buyer. Click on Edit HTML to edit the additional description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. This field will support general HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of the text and is therefore not limited in its number of characters (see HTML Tags for more details). This will only be displayed to customers if they click on the option to view its details. Use this Option to Ask Customer a Question -If selected the "Description" field will change to "Question Text", allowing you to ask your customer a question that must be typed into a textarea if this option is selected. For example, you can use this if the option you are adding is something like "Engrave your Product", where the customer must enter the text for engraving. In this case, enter something similar to "Enter Engraving Text" into the Question Text. This is similar to the Ask a Question feature, but instead of on being on the Product level, it is on the Option level (the text field will only be available if this option is selected). Required - This checkbox can only be selected if you checked the "Use this Option to Ask Customer a Question" checkbox the the left. It makes the textarea question a required fields that the customer must input in order to add the product to the cart. Unit of Measure - This is a required field. This field represents the unit of the option or the amount of the current option that the customer will be buying at the specified price. This will be displayed on your invoices similarly to $ ___ / Each. This field defaults to Each, but other examples include Box, Dozen, Lb., Foot, Meter, Gallon, Pair and others. Image - Browse for an image for this option. The image will only be displayed to customers if they click on the option to view its details. Images can have a maximum file size of 500kb. That size should be large enough for an image that is up to 1200 pixels wide and in normal-high resolution. The only acceptable image file types are .jpg .jpeg .gif and .png. Price Variation - By specifying an amount and selecting Add or Subtract in the entry-screen of an Option, it is possible to calculate the final price of a Product with Options. It takes into account the prices of the Options that the buyers include before adding the product to the shopping cart. A floating window with the selected options' price will automatically appear on the Product's page when there is a Price Variation so that customers know the price of the product as they are ordering it before adding it to the cart. The Price Variation is disabled for the Option because the Option should have its price included in the product's price, unless the option is displayed as a check box or a qty field. If your Group of Options has "Qty Fields" selected and you have selected "Only Use Option's Pricing and Dimensions", you will be forced to enter a price for each option because the product's price is ignored (not used when customers order it) and is replaced by the Price Variation entered for the option itself. Set Prices by Order Qty - By enabling this option, you can set a price for this option that is based on the quantity that is added to the shopping cart of this option's parent Product, with this option selected. The pricing will be based on how many are ordered of this particular option. Just check-mark the box and fill out the table according to the prices per quantity to be ordered similarly to the image below. 
Wholesale Price Levels (1 - 5) - Defines 5 different price variations for this option on your Wholesale shopping cart. By using the Administration Site's "Manage -> My Wholesale Customers" interface, each wholesale customer can be assigned to one of the five price levels available. Wholesale customers will then be able to order this product with this option at their assigned Price Level. These fields will be disabled if your Wholesale shopping cart is not activated in the "Wholesale Options" screen of the Wizard's "My Company" section. Shipping: Attached / UnAttached - Specifies if an Option requires additional packaging aside from the Product with Options itself; For example, monitors shipped separately from computers would be Unattached and thus calculated separately when shipping. Please note that UnAttached does NOT mean that it is shipped in a different box, simply that it is a separate unit from the product (as if the product and the option were 2 separate products). Additional Weight - Additional weight of the option. The weight is added to the product's weight when this option is selected and is included for the Shipping Cost Calculation. Dimensions (LxWxH) - Length, Width and Height are only required when UnAttached shipping is selected. They are used to Calculate shipping costs. The same rules apply as in the Additional Weight mentioned above with regards to how your Group of Options is configured, and when this field is available, required or optional. If your Group of Options has "Qty Fields" selected and you have selected "Only Use Option's Pricing and Dimensions", you will be forced to enter a weight and dimensions for each option, because the product's weight and dimensions are ignored (not used when customers order it) and are replaced by the Additional Weight and Dimensions entered. Ask a Question This feature allows you to ask customers questions that must be typed in related to the product they are purchasing, further customizing their order. The question appears in a textarea field within the product page that is to be filled out by the customers if the field pertains to them, or if you choose, can be made a required field. Because a Question is treated as an Option, the Question Properties screen is very similar to the Option Properties screen, varying only in the labels/titles of some of the fields. Right-Click on the desired Product, and click on Add "Question".  
SKU - The SKU Number for this product with this question filled in. Does not need to be unique unless you plan on using the inventory or accounting systems. This will not be displayed to customers. UPC Code - This is an optional field used for barcode references or for possible shopping cart customizations to integrate a web store with accounting and inventory programs that are tied to an in-store scanning device. This is not displayed to your customers. Question Text - This is the text that will appear and be displayed as your question to the customer. Additional Description - Larger space for a wider description available for notices or other information of interest to a buyer. Click on Edit HTML to edit the additional description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. This field will support general HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of the text and is therefore not limited in its number of characters (see HTML Tags for more details). This will only be displayed to customers if they click on the question to view its details. Unit of Measure - This is a required field. This field represents the unit of the question or the amount of the current option (question) that the customer will be buying at the specified price. This will be displayed on your invoices similarly to $ ___ / Each. This field defaults to Each, but other examples include Box, Dozen, Lb., Foot, Meter, Gallon, Pair and others. Image - Browse for an image for this question. The image will only be displayed to customers if they click on the question to view its details. Images can have a maximum file size of 500kb. That size should be large enough for an image that is up to 1200 pixels wide and in normal-high resolution. The only acceptable image file types are .jpg .jpeg .gif and .png. Price Variation - Allows you to alter the price of the product if the question is filled in by the customer. By specifying an amount and selecting Add or Subtract in the entry-screen of a Question, it is possible to calculate the final price of a Product with Options. It takes into account the price of the question that the buyers fill in before adding the product to the shopping cart. A floating window with the selected questions' price will automatically appear on the Product's page when there is a Price Variation so that customers know the price of the product as they are ordering it before adding it to the cart. Set Prices by Order Qty - By enabling this option, you can set a price for this question that is based on the quantity that is added to the shopping cart of this question's parent Product. Wholesale Price Levels (1 - 5) - Defines 5 different price variations for this question on your Wholesale shopping cart. By using the Administration Site's "Manage -> My Wholesale Customers" interface, each wholesale customer can be assigned to one of the five price levels available. Wholesale customers will then be able to order this product with this question at their assigned Price Level. These fields will be disabled if your Wholesale shopping cart is not activated in the "Wholesale Options" screen of the Wizard's "My Company" section. Shipping: Attached / UnAttached - Specifies if a question requires additional packaging aside from the Product with Options itself. Additional Weight - Additional weight of the question. The weight is added to the product's weight when this question is filled and is included for the Shipping Cost Calculation. Dimensions (LxWxH) - Length, Width and Height are only required when Unattached shipping is selected. They are used to Calculate shipping costs. |
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Add "Question"Right-Click on the desired Product, and click on Add "Question".
SKU - The SKU Number for this product with this question filled in. Does not need to be unique unless you UPC Code - This is an optional field used for barcode references or for possible shopping cart customizations to integrate a web store with accounting and inventory programs that are tied to an in-store scanning device. This is not displayed to your customers. Question Text - This is the text that will appear and be displayed as your question to the customer. Additional Description - Larger space for a wider description available for notices or other information of interest to a buyer. Click on Edit HTML to edit the additional description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. This field will support general HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of the text and is therefore not limited in its number of characters (see HTML Tags for more details). This will only be displayed to customers if they click on the question to view its details. Unit of Measure - This is a required field. This field represents the unit of the question or the amount of the current option (question) that the customer will be buying at the specified price. This will be displayed on your invoices similarly to $ ___ / Each. This field defaults to Each, but other examples include Box, Dozen, Lb., Foot, Meter, Gallon, Pair and others. Image - Browse for an image for this question. The image will only be displayed to customers if they click on the question to view its details. Images can have a maximum file size of 500kb. That size should be large enough for an image that is up to 1200 pixels wide and in normal-high resolution. The only acceptable image file types are .jpg. Price Variation - Allows you to alter the price of the product if the question is filled in by the customer. By specifying an amount and selecting Add or Subtract in the entry-screen of a Question, it is possible to calculate the final price of a Product with Options. It takes into account the price of the question that the buyers fill in before adding the product to the shopping cart. A floating window with the selected questions' price will automatically appear on the Product's page when there is a Price Variation so that customers know the price of the product as they are ordering it before adding it to the cart. Set Prices by Order Qty - By enabling this option, you can set a price for this question that is based on the quantity that is added to Product. Wholesale Price Levels (1 - 5) - Defines 5 different price variations for this question on your Wholesale shopping cart. By using the Administration Site's "Manage -> My Wholesale Customers" interface, each wholesale customer can be assigned to one of the five price levels available. Wholesale customers will then be able to order this product with this question at their assigned Price Level. These fields will be disabled if your Wholesale shopping cart is not activated in the "Wholesale Options" screen of the Wizard's "My Company" section. Shipping: Attached / UnAttached - Specifies if a question requires Product with Options itself. Additional Weight - Additional weight of the question. The weight is added to the product's weight when this question is filled and is included for the Shipping Cost Calculation. Dimensions (LxWxH) - Length, Width and Height are only required when Unattached shipping is selected. They are used to Calculate shipping costs. |
Common OptionsThe FORTUNE3 E-Commerce Shopping Cart Wizard software allows you to create a "Group of Options" that will be common throughout every "Product with Options" in a category branch in order to avoid having to add the same options to every product. By adding Common Options, you will be able to save time if all products within a certain Category should offer the same options to customers. Right-click on a "Product Category" and select Add "Common Options"; Follow the steps similar to adding a normal Group of Options (click for help), keeping in mind that all Groups of Options that you add under the Common Options will be reflected on every Product with Options in the category. You may add many Groups of Options to a single set of Common Options, simply by right-clicking on the Options icon Common Options, and clicking "Add Group of Options". 
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Custom FieldsCustom Fields are text fields for your products that are not included in the software, that you may use to better describe your products to your customers. For example, if you are selling diamonds, you may add custom fields like Clarity, Cut, Color, etc., and then specify the description for each field on each product. Another example is if you are selling books, you may add custom fields like Author, ISBN, Publisher, etc. Aside from displaying on your site, Custom Fields can also be used to set up a new Menu on your main menu i.e. as a menu for Browse by Publisher (see "Menu Options"), or to filter the Search Page or Search/Sort Toolbar in each category page (see "Search Options"). First, you must specify the Custom Field Names by clicking on "Custom Field Names" button in the top bar of the "My Products" section. Here you will add the names of the custom fields you would like to have for your products. Custom fields for your products will display on the bottom of the individual product pages. You can add Fields that will not display on every product, but will on certain products only. Only those products where you enter a value into the custom fields will display these fields.
Custom Once you have added the fields you want to be able to use, you can input the information you want displayed in each field for each specific product. You will find this window by clicking on the "Custom Fields" tab on each product's Properties window. If you leave a field blank, the field will not show up for this specific product.
The end result of these fields will look like this on the bottom of the product's individual web page:
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Gift Certificates: Adding Gift Certificates:Minimum Amount: Enter the Minimum Dollar Amount (or other currency) for ordering a Gift Certificate on your site. Anything less than this amount cannot be ordered.  
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Image Options
Product Pages Image Zoom Method: The Fortune3 Wizard allows you to choose from 3 different zoom types (the way the image is presented when a customer mouses over or clicks on a product's image). You can view a sample of each zoom method by clicking on View Sample. Select the radio button corresponding to the Zoom Type you would like to use for your products. Image Sizes: You can choose the size of the Thumbnails and Medium-Sized Thumbnails that get displayed to represent your products and categories on all of the category pages that display the thumbnails. You can either choose a preset size or specify the sizes. Product Page Image Max Size: This drop-down menu determines the size of a product's image size as it appears on the product page, before being Zoomed in (the Medium-Sized Thumbnail). When a customer clicks on this image, depending on your zoom type, the image will be presented in it's original full size (your original image as it was uploaded). The default value for this is Manual 270 X 900. Product Thumbnail Max Size: This drop-down menu determines the size of a product's image thumbnail as it appears on category pages or any page that lists multiple products. The default value for this is 150 X 150. Category Image Max Size: This drop-down menu determines the size of a category's image size as it appears on the category's page in full size. The default value for this is 150 X 150, since displaying a larger category image can sometimes distract your customers and take the attention out of the products that the category lists. Category Thumbnail Max Size: This drop-down menu determines the size of a category's thumbnail as it appears on your category pages as Related Categories or any page that lists categories (such as your Index page). The default value for this is 150 X 150. |
Bulk Changes
The "Bulk Changes" screen contains 4 main sections that allow you to specify what you would like to change: What to Update, Update Price Amounts, Update Text Values, and Conditions. What to Update - Select the type of item you would like to update in bulk. The 4 options are Categories, Products, Group of Options, and Options. You may only make bulk changes to 1 item type at a time. What you select here will determine what fields you will be able to update (since each type of item has different fields available). Update Price Amounts - Only fill this portion if the bulk changes you would like to make are changes to price fields for the selected item type. For example, you may want to make bulk changes to the Regular Price, On Sale Price, Wholesale Price Levels, Cost, or Setup Fees. Next to the Change: label, select the field that you would like to update, and the remaining options:
Update Text Values - Only fill this portion if the bulk changes you would like to make are changes to any of the text fields (any fields other than price fields) for the selected item type. For example, you may want to make bulk changes to Names, Descriptions, Weights, Meta Tags, or other settings. Next to the Change: label, select the field that you would like to update, and the remaining options:
NOTE: You must either Update Price Amounts or Update Text Values, but you cannot do both at the same time. Conditions - This section allows you to specify the conditions that an item must meet in order for the changes you are making to affect it. You can add more than 1 condition to your update, using the AND and OR selections to specify whether you want all conditions or any conditions to be met in order for an item to be affected by the Bulk Changes. Select and enter your conditions and click on "Add". Your conditions will appear on the bottom panel so you can review them before running your update. If you have made any mistakes to a condition, you can select it and click on the "Delete" button to remove it and re-add it properly. Save Update String / Load Update String - Allows you to save the entire Bulk Changes settings that you have specified on the current screen, for use at a later time. The settings will be saved as an .f3s file and can be loaded at any time by coming back into the Bulk Changes screen and clicking on "Load Update String", and selecting the .f3s file that was saved. |
Using 'Cut', 'Copy', 'Paste', 'Paste
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The Product Tree - Bringing it all TogetherThe example below portrays a Computer Selling Company. Inside the main Product Category "Computers" there are sub-categories; one of which is called "Desktop Computers". Inside "Desktop Computers", there are several "Products with Options". Each of these represents a particular type of computer to be sold on the store. One of the products is named "Lenovo 3000 K100 57061334 Intel Desktop Computer". This "Product with Options" has an "Options" icon under it. The "Options" icon contains two "Groups of Options", which are: "Processors"and "Memory". Each one of these offers its own options to customers (For example; "Processor" offers 2 options to customers: "Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.6 Gigahertz Processor" and "Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.3 Gigahertz Processor"). In addition, the Product Category "Desktop Computers" also has a set of "Common Options" which will ask customers to choose a monitor when ordering any desktop computer, including the Lenovo desktop mentioned above. The Lenovo desktop will in total offer the customers to select from three (3) sets of options - the monitor, the processor, and memory. This product will offer the customer different alternatives to choose from before adding the product to the shopping cart. Customers can essentially choose which monitor, processor and how much memory they want from the available options. The same concept can go for other types of products with different options, such as a t-shirt that comes in different sizes and colors. 
Moving Products, Categories and other icons within the Product Tree: As we stated before, the E-Commerce and Shopping Cart Wizard software will organize your online catalog based on the hierarchy of the "Product Tree" that you create. You can move, cut, copy and paste any product, category or icon available on the tree (where permitted). To move any icon down, simply select the icon, then click on the 'Move Down' button located at the bottom the tree panel. Proceed similarly to move it up. You are also given the option to 'Move to top' or 'Move to bottom', which will move the selected icon to the top or bottom position of its parent icon. 
Along with using the "Move Up/Down" Buttons, you can also drag and drop or cut/copy and paste items if you want to easily add them or move them to a different category location. You should take into consideration that your online store's menu will be built according to the position of the category icons on the tree. Regardless of your business industry, the FORTUNE3 E-Commerce and Shopping Cart Wizard software allows for as much or as little complexity and detail as you wish to provide to your online store and E-Commerce shopping cart. Search in Tree: By clicking on the "Search in Tree" button on the bottom of the "My Products" section, or by pressing Ctrl + F on your keyboard, you will be taken to a screen where you can easily search for any item in your tree, whether it is a category, product, option, or cross-selling product. 
Enter the keyword(s) or search phrase for of the items that you want to search for and select your search options: Direction - Select the direction for your search. The search will start from the location of the item that is currently selected in the tree, in the direction that is selected. If you have "Entire Tree" selected in the Search In section below, this option is disabled, because the direction can only be searched down, so when searching for an item in the entire tree, select an item in the tree that is above the item that you are searching for (or select the first item in the tree), and then go to the Search in Tree screen and perform your search. Search For - Select the type of item that you are searching for. Search In - Select where you would like to search in the tree. "Entire Tree" will search the entire My Products tree for your search term, in the Down direction (the search will start from the location of the item that is currently selected downward). "Current Category and Sub Categories" will perform the search only inside of the currently selected category and its sub-categories or the category that the currently selected item is in, in the Direction that you select. "Current Category Only" will perform the search only inside of the currently selected category or the category that the currently selected item is in, in the Direction that you select. Click on "Find Next" until you find the item that you are looking for. The found items will be highlighted in the Product Tree with a light blue on the icon. The Tree will automatically scroll down to the section in the tree where the found result is, and any parent icons will be automatically expanded so you can view the results properly. |
Import Categories from SpreadsheetNOTE:If you are working with a CSV file, you can use Excel to turn it into an ".xls" file to be imported. Proceed as Follows: TIP:To see the proper format of a category spreadsheet, manually add a few categories and sub-categories to the "My Products" section, and then export the data to an Excel file by going to "Import / Export - > Export Categories to Spreadsheet". For details about each of the importable fields and their proper format, please review the Category section further below. Click on the "My Products" icon to display the "Product-Tree". Select "Import/Export" from the top menu bar, and choose "Import Categories from Spreadsheet". Click on the "Browse" button and select the import file (.xls) from your computer; the corresponding data fields will appear on the left-panel. On the right panel are the FORTUNE3 fields for categories. One by one, click to highlight the imported field from your spreadsheet; locate its compatible field on the right-panel and highlight it with a click. Click on the "Match Fields" button. Once you finish matching all of the fields, click on "Import". You may also click on the "Try to Match all Fields" to have the software try to match all of the possible fields for you, but this will only work if your fields (columns) are named with the same names as the software uses and Exports the products as (through Export Categories to Spreadsheet). NOTE: If you had previously matched the fields from this spreadsheet and clicked on Save Selection and saved the selection file (.f3s), click on Load Selection and select the .f3s file. 
If you plan on importing the spreadsheet again in the future and would like to avoid matching up the fields every time before importing, click on "Save Selection" once all fields are matched and save the .f3s file in a destination on your PC. You will later be able to click on "Load Selection" and browse for the saved .f3s file to save time on future imports.  Once you finish matching all of the fields, click on "Import". Once the import is complete, you will be given confirmation of what was imported properly or warnings about any errors that occurred during the import. You will also be given the option to view one ( 1 ) or two ( 2 ) log files. If there were any errors during your import, you will initially be shown an error log that displays which category or categories had the error(s), and what the errors were during the import. If you cannot figure out what the errors mean or how to fix them, please copy the errors and contact FORTUNE3 Customer Support with the details. Once you close the error log, the successful import log will be shown containing details of what was imported properly. If no errors occurred during the import, you will ONLY be shown the successful import log containing details of what was imported properly. NOTE:The system will not import duplicate categories into the same parent category. Based on the name, it will replace the existing information instead. If you are importing categories to update information on categories that already exist, only import the required fields / columns, and the ones that you are updating. To avoid issues, do not import fields that you are not updating and are not required. The software will ONLY update the fields that are being imported for categories that already exist; fields that are not imported will remain as they were before the import. Category Import Fields: Listed below are all of the importable fields for Categories. We recommend that you read the section below along with the section on Category Fields - Click Here.
Export Categories to a Spreadsheet The FORTUNE3 Shopping Cart & E-Commerce Wizard software facilitates the creation of a (".xls") file containing the Categories and Sub-Categories that are in your online store and E-Commerce web site: By using the "Export Categories to Spreadsheet" feature you can export the Category information from your shopping cart onto a spreadsheet file that can be imported by your accounting or any other software, or back into the FORTUNE3 Wizard after being modified to make bulk changes to your categories. Just follow these instructions: Click on the "Import/Export" button located on the top menu bar. Select the Export Categories to Spreadsheet option, then specify a destination folder and provide a name for the (.xls) file. Click on the "Save" button. Your spreadsheet file will be created and saved in the specified location on your PC. 
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Import Products from Spreadsheet:NOTE: If you are working with a CSV file, you can use Excel to turn it into an ".xls" file to be imported. Proceed as Follows: TIP: To see the proper format of a product spreadsheet, manually add a few products to the "My Products" section, and then export the data to an Excel file by going to "Import / Export - > Export Active Products to Spreadsheet". For details about each of the importable fields and their proper format, please review the Product Import Fields section further below. Click on the "My Products" icon to display the "Product-Tree". Select "Import/Export" from the top menu bar, and choose "Import Products from Spreadsheet". Click on the "Browse"button and select the import file (.xls) from your computer; the corresponding data fields from your spreadsheet will appear on the left-panel. On the right panel are the FORTUNE3 fields for products. One by one, click to highlight the imported field from your spreadsheet; locate its compatible field on the right-panel and highlight it with a click. Click on the "Match Fields" button. Once you finish matching all of the fields, click on "Import". You may also click on the "Try to Match all Fields" to have the software try to match all of the possible fields for you, but this will only work if your fields are named with the same names as the software Exports the products to (through Export Product Tree to Spreadsheet). NOTE: If you had previously matched the fields from this spreadsheet and clicked on Save Selection and saved the selection file (.f3s), click on Load Selection and select the .f3s file. If you DO import the Category to Move to field, the Categories must already be in place prior to the import. If you did not import the Category to Move to field:
Export Product Tree to a Spreadsheet / Export Product List to a Spreadsheet The FORTUNE3 Shopping Cart & E-Commerce Wizard software facilitates the creation of a (".xls") file containing the Products that are in your online store and E-Commerce web site: By using the "Export Product Tree to Spreadsheet" feature and the "Export Product List to Spreadsheet" feature you can export the Product information from your shopping cart onto a spreadsheet file that can be imported by your accounting or any other software, or back into the FORTUNE3 Wizard after being modified. Just follow these instructions: Click on the "Import/Export" button located on the top menu bar. Select the Export Product Tree to Spreadsheet option, then specify a destination folder and provide a name for the (.xls) file. Click on the "Save" button. Your spreadsheet file will be created and saved in the specified location on your PC. Export Product Tree to Spreadsheet is different from Export Product List to Spreadsheet. The Export Product Tree to Spreadsheet feature will ONLY export the products that are in the tree, meaning products that are only on the Product List and not under a category on the Tree will not be exported to the spreadsheet. Export Product List to Spreadsheet will export all products from the Product List to the spreadsheet and because it does not relate products to categories, it will not export the Category to Move to, Webpage Title, Webpage Description, Webpage Keywords, and Filename fields. Only the Export Product Tree to Spreadsheet feature will export these fields. 
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Import Options from Spreadsheet:NOTE: If you are working with a CSV file, you can use Excel to turn it into an ".xls" file to be imported. Proceed as Follows: TIP: To see the proper format of an Options spreadsheet, manually add a few products with several options to the "My Products" section, and then export the data to an Excel file by going to "Import / Export - > Export Options to Spreadsheet". For details about each of the importable fields and their proper format, please review the Options Import Fields section further below. NOTE: Options are imported along with the Groups of Options to which the options belong to. Every option must be imported with the fields for the Group of Options that it belongs to. Click on the "My Products" icon to display the "Product-Tree". Select "Import/Export" from the top menu bar, and choose "Import Options from Spreadsheet". Click on the "Browse" button and select the import file (.xls) from your computer; the corresponding data fields from your spreadsheet will appear on the left-panel. On the right panel are the FORTUNE3 fields for options. One by one, click to highlight the imported field from your spreadsheet; locate its compatible field on the right-panel and highlight it with a click. Click on the "Match Fields" button. Once you finish matching all of the fields, click on "Import". You may also click on the "Try to Match all Fields" to have the software try to match all of the possible fields for you, but this will only work if your fields are named with the same names as the software Exports the options to (through Export Options to Spreadsheet). NOTE: If you had previously matched the fields from this spreadsheet and clicked on Save Selection and saved the selection file (.f3s), click on Load Selection and select the .f3s file. 
If you plan on importing the spreadsheet again in the future and would like to avoid matching up the fields every time before importing, click on "Save Selection" once all fields are matched and save the .f3s file in a destination on your PC. You will later be able to click on "Load Selection" and browse for the saved .f3s file to save time on future imports. 
Once you finish matching all of the fields, click on "Import". Once the import is complete, you will be given confirmation of what was imported properly or warnings about any errors that occurred during the import. You will also be given the option to view one ( 1 ) or two ( 2 ) log files. If there were any errors during your import, you will initially be shown an error log that displays which category or categories had the error(s), and what the errors were during the import. If you cannot figure out what the errors mean or how to fix them, please copy the errors and contact FORTUNE3 Customer Support with the details. Once you close the error log, the successful import log will be shown containing details of what was imported properly. If no errors occurred during the import, you will ONLY be shown the successful import log containing details of what was imported properly. NOTE: The system will not import duplicate options within the same Group of Options in the same Product with Options. Based on the SKU, it will replace the existing information instead. If you are importing options to update information on options that already exist, only import the required fields / columns, and the ones that you are updating. To avoid issues, do not import fields that you are not updating and are not required. The software will ONLY update the fields that are being imported for products that already exist; fields that are not imported will remain as they were before the import. Options Import Fields: Listed below are all of the importable fields for Options. We recommend that you read the section below along with the section on Options Fields - Click Here and the Group of Options Fields - Click Here.
Export Options to Spreadsheet The FORTUNE3 Shopping Cart & E-Commerce Wizard software facilitates the creation of a (".xls") file containing the Options and Groups of Options that are in your online store and E-Commerce web site: By using the "Export Options to Spreadsheet" feature you can export the Option information from your shopping cart onto a spreadsheet file that can be imported by your accounting or any other software, or back into the FORTUNE3 Wizard after being modified. Just follow these instructions: Click on the "Import/Export" button located on the top menu bar. Select the Export Options to Spreadsheet option, then specify a destination folder and provide a name for the (.xls) file. Click on the "Save" button. Your spreadsheet file will be created and saved in the specified location on your PC. 
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Import Custom Fields from Spreadsheet:NOTE: If you are working with a CSV file, you can use Excel to turn it into an ".xls" file to be imported. Proceed as Follows: TIP: To see the proper format of a Custom Fields spreadsheet, manually add a few custom fields to products in the "My Products" section, and then export the data to an Excel file by going to "Import / Export - > Export Custom Fields to Spreadsheet". For details about each of the importable fields and their proper format, please review the Custom Fields Import Fields section further below. Click on the "My Products" icon to display the "Product-Tree". Select "Import/Export" from the top menu bar, and choose "Import Custom Fields from Spreadsheet". Click on the "Browse" button and select the import file (.xls) from your computer; the corresponding data fields from your spreadsheet will appear on the left-panel. On the right panel are the FORTUNE3 Custom Fields. One by one, click to highlight the imported field from your spreadsheet; locate its compatible custom field on the right-panel and highlight it with a click. If you do not see any fields on the right side except for the SKU field, use the first row of the spreadsheet to import the Custom Field Names by check-marking the "Update/Create Field Names with First Row"option. Update/Create Field Names with First Row - Place a check in this box if you would like the software to automatically add the Custom Field Names that have not been previously entered to the system or to update the Custom Field Names that have been previously entered to the system. If this is checked, the first row of your spreadsheet should contain the names of your custom fields as you want them to be displayed. Click on the "Match Fields" button. Once you finish matching all of the fields, click on "Import". NOTE: If you had previously matched the fields from this spreadsheet and clicked on Save Selection and saved the selection file (.f3s), click on Load Selection and select the .f3s file. 
If you plan on importing the spreadsheet again in the future and would like to avoid matching up the fields every time before importing, click on "Save Selection" once all fields are matched and save the .f3s file in a destination on your PC. You will later be able to click on "Load Selection" and browse for the saved .f3s file to save time on future imports.  Once you finish matching all of the fields, click on "Import". Once the import is complete, you will be given confirmation of what was imported properly or warnings about any errors that occurred during the import. You will also be given the option to view one ( 1 ) or two ( 2 ) log files. If there were any errors during your import, you will initially be shown an error log that displays which category or categories had the error(s), and what the errors were during the import. If you cannot figure out what the errors mean or how to fix them, please copy the errors and contact FORTUNE3 Customer Support with the details. Once you close the error log, the successful import log will be shown containing details of what was imported properly. If no errors occurred during the import, you will ONLY be shown the successful import log containing details of what was imported properly. NOTE: The system will not import duplicate Custom Fields within the same Product. Based on the SKU and Custom Field Names, it will replace the existing information instead. Custom Fields
All other fields will need to be matched at your discretion, depending on what Custom Field Names you have available and which Custom Fields you want to use on each product. Export Custom Fields to a Spreadsheet The FORTUNE3 Shopping Cart & E-Commerce Wizard software facilitates the creation of a (".xls") file containing the Custom Fields that are in your online store and E-Commerce web site: By using the "Export Custom Fields to Spreadsheet" feature you can export the Custom Fields information from your shopping cart onto a spreadsheet file that can be imported by your accounting or any other software, or back into the FORTUNE3 Wizard after being modified. Just follow these instructions: Click on the "Import/Export" button located on the top menu bar. Select the Export Custom Fields to Spreadsheet option, then specify a destination folder and provide a name for the (.xls) file. Click "Save"button. Your spreadsheet file will be created and saved in the specified location on your PC.  |
Import Products Tabs from Spreadsheet:NOTE: If you are working with a CSV file, you can use Excel to turn it into an ".xls" file to be imported. Proceed as Follows: TIP: To see the proper format of a Product Tabs spreadsheet, manually add a few Product Tabs to your products in the "My Products" section, and then export the data to an Excel file by going to "Import / Export - > Export Product Tabs to Spreadsheet". For details about each of the importable fields and their proper format, please review the Product Tabs Import Fields section further below. Click on the "My Products" icon to display the "Product-Tree". Select "Import/Export" from the top menu bar, and choose "Import Product Tabs from Spreadsheet". Click on the "Browse" button and select the import file (.xls) from your computer; the corresponding data fields from your spreadsheet will appear on the left-panel. On the right panel are the FORTUNE3 fields. One by one, click to highlight the imported field from your spreadsheet; locate its compatible custom field on the right-panel and highlight it with a click. Click on the "Match Fields" button. Once you finish matching all of the fields, click on "Import". NOTE: If you had previously matched the fields from this spreadsheet and clicked on Save Selection and saved the selection file (.f3s), click on Load Selection and select the .f3s file. All of the Product Tabs will automatically be attached to their respective products (based on the SKU). 
If you plan on importing the spreadsheet again in the future and would like to avoid matching up the fields every time before importing, click on "Save Selection" once all fields are matched and save the .f3s file in a destination on your PC. You will later be able to click on "Load Selection" and browse for the saved .f3s file to save time on future imports. Once you finish matching all of the fields, click on "Import". Once the import is complete, you will be given confirmation of what was imported properly or warnings about any errors that occurred during the import. You will also be given the option to view one ( 1 ) or two ( 2 ) log files. If there were any errors during your import, you will initially be shown an error log that displays which category or categories had the error(s), and what the errors were during the import. If you cannot figure out what the errors mean or how to fix them, please copy the errors and contact FORTUNE3 Customer Support with the details. Once you close the error log, the successful import log will be shown containing details of what was imported properly. If no errors occurred during the import, you will ONLY be shown the successful import log containing details of what was imported properly. NOTE: The system will not import duplicate Product Tabs within the same Product. Based on the SKU and Tab Caption, it will replace the existing information instead. Product Tabs Import Fields
Export Product Tabs to a Spreadsheet The FORTUNE3 Shopping Cart & E-Commerce Wizard software facilitates the creation of a (".xls") file containing the Product Tabs that are in your online store and E-Commerce web site: By using the "Export Product Tabs to Spreadsheet" feature you can export the Product Tabs information from your shopping cart onto a spreadsheet file that can be imported by your accounting or any other software, or back into the FORTUNE3 Wizard after being modified. Just follow these instructions: Click on the "Import/Export" button located on the top menu bar. Select the Export Product Tabs to Spreadsheet option, then specify a destination folder and provide a name for the (.xls) file. Click "Save"button. Your spreadsheet file will be created and saved in the specified location on your PC.  |
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