The catalog menu is divided into the following sections

1) Categories

Here you can get a list of the categories aswell as add / edit a category

The add / edit screen has the following fields: (per language installed)

* Category name - Displays frontend

* Metatag Description - For Search engines, Added to your description meta tag

* Description - displays on the top of the category page frontend

* SEO Keyword - This is used with the URL Rewriting, so you can have a url like www.site.ext/shop/mycategory

* Image (using filemanager to prevent overwriting)

* Sort order - the order the categories display frontend.

2) Products

Here you can list your products, aswell as filter by name, model, category, status, stock

The add / edit screen is divided into tabs, they are as follows

• General
  
  • This handles the language specific areas
  • Product Name
  • Meta Tag Description
  • Tags - These are displayed in teh Tag Cloud Module aswell as on the product and are inserted as keywords in the keyword meta tag
  • Description - Html product description
• Data
  
  • Model
  • Location
  • SKU
  • SEO Keyword - used for teh URL Rewriting
  • Image
  • Manufacturer
  • Vendor
  • Required shipping true / false
  • Featured product true / false
  • Date Available
  • Stock level
  • Out of stock status
  • Status
  • tax class
  • Price
  • Dimensions - can be set in different units
  • Weight - can be set in different units
  • Assign to Category(s)
  • Assign Download(s)
  • Assign Related Product(s)
• Options
  
  • Here you can set different product attributes for your product, each with / without stock control and pricing adjustments
• Discount
  
  • Here you can set different discounts based on customer group and quantity ordered along with a start and end date
• Special
  
  • Here you can set a Special per customer group along with starting and ending dates
• Image
  
  • Here you can load additional images for your product

3) Manufacturers

Here you can manage your manfucturers, each manufacturer can be assigned a name, SEO Keyword and image

4) Vendors

Here you can manage your vendors, each vendor can be assigned a name, SEO Keyword and image

5) Downloads

Here you manage your downloads, this section allows you to update existing downloads for your products without having to reset the products or orders as each update automatically updates the products and orders attached to the download

6) Reviews

Here you can manage and approve reviews placed on products in your store.

7) Information

Here you can add information pages, (terms and conditions is linked in here) along with SEO Keywords for the URL rewriting