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DISCLAIMER: AspxCommerce holds the right to make corrections, enhancements and

improvements to its product or services at any time without any notice. The information in

this users guide is accurate at the time of writing. AspxCommerce may update the user

guide at any time without any notice. Always make sure to download the latest copy of user

guide from the AspxCommerce website .i.e.www.aspxcommerce.com.
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Content

Welcome to AspxCommerce 1.1 --- 6

Highlights of AspxCommerce 1.1

How do I install AspxCommerce 1.1? --- 9

Logging in to the Shopping cart software --- 22

Introducing the Front end --- 25

Homepage

My Cart

How do I checkout?

Category Page

Product Page

Introducing the Backend --- 40

Accessing the Backend Basic Configuration and Store Settings

Controlling the store access

Setting up the Catalog --- 53

Manage Categories

Adding an item to the Category or a Subcategory

Attributes (Managing Attributes)

Variant Options

Search Terms

Customers --- 77

Manage Customers

Online Customers

Abandon and Live Carts


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Promotions --- 82

Catalog Price Rules

Shopping Cart Price Rules

Shipping and Taxes ---93

Shipping Methods

Taxes

Contents --- 105

Comments and Reviews

Tags

Store Locator

Coupons

Payment Methods --- 120

Reports ---130

Store Sales Reports Shopping Cart

Items Report

Customer Reports

Reviews

Store Tags Report

Store Sales --- 140

Store Orders

Invoices Shipments

Enhance Your Store with Free Modules--- 146

Store wise and Category wise slider banner

Customer Testimonial


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Community Poll

Admin Dashboard --- 164

Changing the Web Stores Theme--- 168


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Welcome to AspxCommerce 1.1...

We hope you enjoy this revolutionary e-commerce experience. AspxCommerce lets youcreate a customizable storefront; manage the products through categories and

subcategories, accept payments through credit cards and ship the ordered products to the

customers. AspxCommerce has everything set up for you, so that you can only focus on

building your fully functional online store right away.

AspxCommerce Overview

Heres an overview of how AspxCommerce works. The figure below shows how the

shopping carts most important component work.


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AspxCommerce is professional, affordable, and easy to use which makes it one of the fastest

growing e-commerce solutions around. There are a bulk of brilliant features we have worked

on AspxCommerce 1.1; have a look around to see all the great features you can use in your store.

Single Click Install

AspxCommerce is built on top

of SageFrame a powerful .net CMS and

framework.The newly enhanced single-

click installation feature makes

installing AspxCommerce 2.0 as easy as

falling off a log by allowing you to create

database right from the front end itself.

Store and Category wise banner

The new AspxCommerce 1.1 version

comes extended with Sage_Banner that

allows you to display unlimited banners

as a slider of images on the top of your

homepage or each category page.

Js and CSS Compression

By default AspxCommerce comes with

CSS and Js Optimization settings enabled.

This setting merges the CSS and

JavaScript files reducing the number of

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

requests. The fewer the request, the

faster the page will load.

Database Optimization andPerformance Tuning

AspxCommerce 1.1 provides great

performance results using various

parameters. We have optimized the

databaseto support; so there is no limit

to the number of products or category you

can add to the store.

Community Poll Module

If youre ever curious about your

customers opinions about store, products,

items; with community poll module

of AspxCommerce you can easily create

poll and collect opinions and

produce viable plans based on the poll

results.

Customer Testimonial

With Testimonialmodule

of AspxCommerce, you can use your

valuable customer testimonials to

increase sales greatly by achieving

customers trust.

Highlights of AspxCommerce 1.1

Google Maps Store Locator

The store locator feature allows you to

set up your store location only by

entering your store information, Google

Maps latitude and longitude coordinates

and youre done. One can search stores

by full address and distance and get

direction to the store.

Perfect Templates

You can choose from a range of stylish

templates; which can be customized to

fit your business needs.

Note:For other salient features of

AspxCommerce, see

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How do I install AspxCommerce 1.1?The newly enhanced single-click installation feature makes installing AspxCommerce 2.0 as

easy as falling off a log.

At the base level, AspxCommerce 1.1 will require the following software:-

Internet Information Server (IIS) .Net Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1(SP1) SQL Express/Server (2005/2008) If you are using SQL server express then you must also install SQL server

management console for SQL server express code of AspxCommerce(http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8961 )

Downloading AspxCommerce 1.1

1. Openhttp://aspxcommerce.codeplex.com/releases/view/78747 or

www.aspxcommerce.comon any of your web browser and navigate to Downloads.

2. Download the install or source version

3. Extract the .zip file and place it on any of your local drive for instance,

D:\AspxCommerce 1.1.

Setting the access permission to the folder

1. Right-click on the root folder of your site (D:\AspxCommerce 1.1)

2. Navigate to Properties>Security.

3. On the Securitytab you will see a list of users who have access to your folder.

4. Add the account and give full access permissions to IIS_IUSERS and IUSER(for

installing AspxCommerce in Windows 7).

Note:Make sure to give full access permission to NETWORK SERVICES, if you

are installing AspxCommerce on Windows XP.
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IISAdding new application and set up (Windows 7)

1. Click the Startbutton, and type IIS or inetmgrin Searchbox and press Enter. The

Internet Information Services (IIS) manager will start.

2. Right click on Default Website inApplication Poolsand select Add

Application as shown in an image as below:-

3. Enter theAliasas for example 'AspxCommerceDemo' and browse for the Physical

Pathi.e., the unzipped file of AspxCommerce 1.1. Click 'OK'.


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4. Click theOk button.

5. Next up, the Alias Name is listed in the Default Web Site.

IISAdding New Application and Set up (Windows XP)

Open IIS and expand the tree to see "Default Web Site". (You can find IIS in Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools.)

Expand the "Default Web Site"node. If you have placed your SF root folder under D:\ you will already see your website

and can bypass this step. If not, you will need to add a virtual directory. Right-click on "Default Web Site".


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Click New >Virtual Directory. Enter an alias"AspxCommerceDemo"(you can give the alias name of your

choice)

Click Nextand enter/browse to the path to the root folder of your website. Click Nextand leave access permissions as it is (should be set to Read/Run

Scripts.) Click Nextand Finish.

How to add a Default.aspx document?

Now that a virtual directory is in place, you will need to modify its properties.

Click on the"Document" tab. An entry for "default.aspx"needs to be added. Add default.aspx and move it to the

top of the default document list as shown in an image as below:-

How to add an Install.aspx document?


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Similarly, add an entry for "Install.aspx".Move it to the top of the default documents list.

Click on the "Directory Security" tab. In the "Anonymous access and authentication control" group box, click "Edit". Make sure that "Anonymous Access" is checked as well as "Integrated Windows

authentication".

How to set the security permissions for the AspxCommerce

installation folder?


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Next, click on the "ASP.NET" tab and make sure that "2.0.50727" is selected for the

ASP.NET version.

Configure the ASP.NET version


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If everything has been configured properly, you will be guided through an install

wizard as shown below:

URL:http://localhost/AspxCommerceDemo/Install/InstallWizard.aspx
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Server:Enter the server name or the IP address of the server where the database islocated.

Integrated Security:Click on the checkbox only if the access to the server is

in Windows Authentication mode. User ID and Password:Enter the user id and password to access the server.

Note:Selecting Integrated Securitycheckbox will not display the User IDand

Passwordfields. Instead Databasefield will be displayed where you need to

enter the database name as displayed in an image as below:-


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Create New Database:Select and enter the database name if you don't alreadyhave a database set up or create a database for AspxCommerce usage only.

Existing Database:Select and enter the database name if you have already set upthe database (when you're to use the existing database in the server).

Click on the button to check the current file permissions and

database connection. When the configuration test succeeds you will be prompted

with a message as shown below:-


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Finally, click on the button to run the script and

complete the AspxCommerce installation.


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Logging in to the Shopping cart software

Take the following steps to login to the AspxCommerce shopping cart software:-

Step.1Open your AspxCommerce store in the internet browser.

Step.2Click onLogin option on the top links, which prompts you with a login box a

shown below:-

Step.3Enter your Username and Password.

Step.4 Click Login; if your Username and Password are correct, the Home

screen displays.

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password, click the

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How to be a registered user?Users can use Register link to register themselves in your store and shop as a registered

user. Click on Register and follow the process below:

User Info

1. Enter the First Name,Last Name,and Email Address.Make sure you put theemail address that is used on a regular basis. Notifications and alerts related to

AspxCommerce will be sent in the same email address in the future.

Create Login

1. Enter the desired User Name this user name will be used at the time you login.

2. Enter the desired Password and Confirm Passwordpassword with both

characters and numbers are recommended.

3. Enter the Security Question and Security Answer this will be used to retrieve the

password in case forgot the password.

4. Enter the Captcha (security code) for verification.

5. Tick mark the Subscribe Newsletter to subscribe for AspxCommerce newsletter.

6. Click to create your user account.


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Homepage(A)Store Logo:Upload the logo for your store here; this will appear in the header bar

at the top of your website, as shown below:-

Click the Browsebutton to locate the file from your computer, followed by Ok.When you are happy with these settings, click Save.

(B)Root Categories and Subcategories:It displays the root categories and

subcategories added in the main navigation menu of the store. See page..for adding

a category and subcategory on your store.

(C)News Ticker:Its a scrolling text that appears at the top of the home page. You can

use news ticker to flash your offers or marketing campaigns to attract customers.

You can change the text in the News Tickerby following the below steps:-

1. Go toAdmin>Pages, which prompts you with a Page Managementpage. Click

the icon as shown below:-

News Ticker


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2. On the next page, you can see four options to manage different settings of a page.

Click on the last tab. i.e. Page Module Settings.

3. Next up you can see a list of modules, click on the icon of the News Tickermodule to edit this particular page module as shown in an image as below:-

4. Click on the option.

5. Enter the details in the new ticker fields as described below:-


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6. Click on the option to save, upon which news ticker will be displayed on

the top of the homepage as below:

(D)Banner Slider:You can display unlimited banners as a slider of images on the top ofyour homepage or each category page.

(E)Recently added items: Latest or new items added on the store is displayed under

recentlyadded items.

(F)Special Items: This block contains the products that are featured as special in your

store.

(G)Best Selling Items:The items which are highly sold are displayed in the BestSeller block.

(H)New Arrivals:A new arrival displays the new store arrivals.

(I) Popular Tags:It displays the verified tags that are submitted by users for the items

in the store. You can click on the tag and see to which item it has been tagged.

Make sure to click on the checkbox to activate the

news ticker.


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(J) Store Locator:The store locator feature allows you to set up your

store location only by entering your store information, Google Maps latitude and

longitude coordinates and youre done. One can search stores by full address and

distance and get direction to the store.

(K)Community Poll:If youre ever curious about your customers opinions about store,

products, items; with community poll module of AspxCommerce you can easily

create poll and collect opinions and produce viable plans based on the poll results.

(L)Subscribe Newsletter:Sending newsletters to your customers is a common

marketing strategy. Use newsletters to provide information of interest to yourcustomer.

(M)Shopping Options:It displays the price ranges of the products that you have in

your store. One can use the shopping options for shopping with respect to the price of

the product. As in the figure we can see 100 200 (1) means you have one product

whose price falls in the range of 100 to 200.

(N) My Compared Items:It displays the items that have been compared.

(O)Recently Viewed Items:It displays the items that have been recently viewed by the

user.

(P) Recently Compared Items:It displays the items that have been recently compared by

the user.

(Q) Featured Products:Displays the images of featured items.

(R) Recently Added Wishlist:It displays the items which the user has recently added intheir Wishlist.

(S) Customer Testimonial:With Testimonialmodule of AspxCommerce, you can use

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(T)Advanced Search:Clicking on it displays an advanced search block, through which you

can search for the items using their attributes. Attributes that are displayed here can bemanaged from the admin panel in Manage Attribute settings. Using this feature helps us to

improve our search criteria. Refer to Manage Attributes to know more about attributes

settings.

(U) My Shopping Cart: Click on the checkbox to display My Shopping Bag option on

your site. It displays a list of all the items that has been added to buyers cart with brief

information.

(V) Top Links:Top links consists of My Account, My wishlist, My Cart, Checkout and logout

options. These links allows your customers to manage their account and makes their

shopping experience much easier.

(W)Select Currency:Choose the currency that you use for your store from the dropdown.

Your Cart

Clicking on My Carton top links displays the items in your cart .

The number in the square brackets [1] signifies the number of items you have in your cart.

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If the user has received any coupon by the store owner (emailed to the user), can enter the

coupon code and get the specified discount set in the coupon. Click on Apply Coupon button

to proceed further.

Click on to checkout.

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Checkout Method:

Select on how you want to checkout Checkout as Guest or Registered User and click on

Continue button.

Checkout as Guest:checkout as an anonymous user who has no registration on the

store.

Register User: checkout as a registered user who has a registration on the store.

Billing Information:

Enter the billing information. Remember, the fields marked with* are mandatory. If you

are checking out as a registered user, your default billing address will appear. Click on

Continue button to proceed further or click on Back button to go back to the Checkout

NOTE: If the user is buying any digital items; the user needs to be a registered

user at the time of checkout.


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Method

Shipping Methods:

Select the shipping method that you prefer. Click on Continue button to proceed further or

click on Backbutton to go back to the Billing Information.

Payment Information:

Select the type of payment. Click on Continue button to proceed further or click on Back

button to go back to the Shipping Method.

Click to use the same billing address as a shipping address. Upon

which you will directly be driven to shipping method tab. Un -

checking it will prompt you with a form to enter your shipping

address details.


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Review:

Review the cart before placing an order. Click on Place Orderbutton to proceed further or

click on Backbutton to go back to the Payment Information.

Additional note acts as an order

review. Registered users can leavenotes about the order or the store.


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Category Page

(A)Category Name:Displays the category name at the top of the category page.

(B)Category Banner:Displays the sliding category wise banner.

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(C)View as:You can choose various options from the dropdown to view category

products as shown below:-

(D)Category Products:Displays all the products added to the category. Clicking on

details option prompts you to the product detail page.

(E)Out of Stock: This option is displayed instead of Add to cartwhenever the stock of

the item is finished on the store. See store settings>general settingsto allow

purchase on items even when its out of stock.

(F)View per page:You can add unlimited items to the category. So, this paging or

paginationoption makes it easier for your customers to navigate to the other

products page of the same category.

(G)Sort by:You can sort out the display of the item from list of the dropdown option asshown below:-


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Product Page

(A)Product Image:Displays the product base image, thumbnail image and

small imagein a slider. Products can be zoomed in and out to seen the quality

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(B)Quick Overview:Displays a small description about the product.

(C)Product Information Tabs: This tab consists of General Information, Is

featured, Is special, Tags and Ratings & reviews about the product.

(D)You may also like:Displays the items that are related to the one you have

chosen or recommends you for the better ones. This block is visible only when

the Related Items in Cartfeature is enabled.

(E)Item Name:Displays the name of the product.

(F)SKU:SKU code is a unique alphanumeric code used to identify a product.

(G)Quantity:Displays the number of the same product remained on the store.

(H)Discount/Tier Pricing:Displays the discounts or tier pricing specified to the

product.

(I) Cost Variant Options:Displays the cost variant of the product in terms of

various options. Refer to variant options to learn about adding a cost variant

option.

(J) Social Share:You can spread a word about the product on some of the

leading social media.

(K)Product Reviews: This is an option to add a comment or reviews for the

product.

(L)Email a friend:Buyers can use this feature to recommend an item or

share it.

(M)Continue shopping:Clicking on Continue shoppingoption lets you skipcheckout and proceed adding other products to the cart.

(N)Wishlist:This option lets you add the product to the wishlist to follow up

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(O)Compare:You can use this option to compare the product pricing, and other

features with the other products to let your customers buy better.

(P)Out of stock: It is displayed after the product stock exceeds from the store.

(Q)Tax:Displays the tax price applied to the product.

(R)Product price:Displays the product original price and discounted price.


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Accessing the Backend

The backend of the AspxCommerce enables you to manage all the configuration and

settings of your store. In order to access the backend, you need to login as an Administrator

or a Super user. If you are using a demo or a portal make sure to login using the provided

login details.

Right after you login to your store, Go to Admin>AspxCommerceto access the backend;

which lands you on AspxCommerce C-Panel.

Basic Configuration and Store Settings

Store Setting enables you to set the design of your store. It includes the visibility, pagesettings, designing, managing customer profiles and much more. To manage your store

settings, on C-Panel go toAdministration>Store settings

Store Settings page contains the following setting tabs: - Standard, General, Media,

Customer Profiles and Others.


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I. Standard Settings:Apply the settings on all the fields as described below:-

Default Image Product URL: - Default image to be displayed in the catalog

in case we have not added any image for items while adding the items in

Manage Items. Click on the Choose File button and select the image to be

uploaded.

My Account URL: - Select the page to be redirected onceMy Account is

clicked in the front-end.

Shopping Cart URL: - Select the page to be displayed once My Cartlink is


Wishlist URL: - Select the page to be displayed once My Wishlistlink is


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II. General Settings: The Following is the brief description of the fields in Store

Settings>General Settings:-

Main Currency:- Select the appropriate currency from the drop down.

Weight Unit:- AspxCommerce has the system defined default weight unit i.e. lbs.

Low Stock Quantity:-Limit the Stock quantity.

Shopping Option Range:-Limit the number of items a customer can buy.

Store Logo:Browse your store logo.

Store Close Information:-Enter the information that is to be displayed to the

customers when the store is closed.

Store Closed:-Click on the checkbox to close the store, no access would be

provided.

Store Not Accessed Information:Enter the information that is to be displayed tothe customers when the store is not accessible.

Cart Abandon time in hours:Set the cart abandon time in hours.

Abandoned carts deletion time in hours: Set the time for abandoned carts to be

automatically deleted from the store in specified hours.

Allow Anonymous Checkout: -Allow anonymous user to checkout.

Allow Multiple Shipping Address:- This enables the shipping in multiple

addresses.

Allow Purchases When Out of Stock: -Click on the checkbox to let customers

order the item even when its out of stock.


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III. Email Settings:

Send E-Commerce Emails From:Enter the mailing address from which the

email is to be sent to the customers.

Send Order Notification: Tick if the notification is to be sent to the

customer about their order.

IV. Media Settings:As a Merchant you can define the size of the product images to be

displayed in the frontend of the store.

The Following is the brief description of the fields in Store Settings>Media Settings:-

Maximum Image Size: - Maximum size of the image to be displayed.

Item Large Thumbnail Image Size:- Set the size for the large thumbnail images.

Item Medium Thumbnail Image Size:- Set the size for the medium thumbnail

images.

Item Small Thumbnail Image Size:- Set the size for the small thumbnail images.

Category Large Thumbnail Image Size : - Set the large thumbnail image size for

category.

Category Medium Thumbnail Image Size: -Set the medium thumbnail image sizefor category.

Category Small Thumbnail Image Size: -Set the small thumbnail image size for

category.

Show Item Images in Cart:-Click on the checkbox to display the item images in the

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Show Item Images in Wishlist:-Click on the checkbox to display the item images in

the Wishlist.

V. Customer Profiles:Apply the following settings to the customer profilesfields:-

Allow Users to Create Multiple Addresses: -Click on the checkbox to allow

the customers to register as a registered user with multiple addresses.

Minimum Order Amount: -Set the lowest order amount a buyer can place.


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VI. Other Settings:

The following is the description of the fields in Store Settings>Other Settings:-

Enable Compare Items:- Click on the checkbox to display My Compared Items

block in the front-end which contains the list of items compared by a buyer.

Enable. Wishlist:-Click on the checkbox to display Recently Added Wish Items

block in the front-end which contains all the items that the buyer has added to their

Wishlist.

Enable. Email Friend:-Click on the checkbox to display an Email a Friend

button on the detailed page of an item. Buyers can use this feature to recommend an

item or share it.

Show Mini Shopping Cart:-Click on the checkbox to display My Shopping Bag

option on your site. It displays a list of all the items that has been added to buyers

cart with brief information. Click on My shopping Bag to view the mini shopping

cart.

Allow Anonymous User to Write Reviews and Ratings: - Click on the checkbox to

display a link Write Your Own Review on the items detail page. The anonymousbuyers can also add their ratings and reviews when this feature is enabled.

Enable Recently Viewed Items:- Click on the checkbox to display a Recently

Viewed Itemsblock in the front-end. It will contain a list of items that the buyer

had recently viewed.

No. Of Recently Viewed Items: -Limit the number of items to be shown in

Recently Viewed Itemsblock. For Instance, if we limit it to 4, only 4 items which

are recently viewed will be displayed in the block.

Enable Latest Items:-Click on the checkbox to display a Latest Itemsblock in

the front-end.

No. of Latest Items: -Limit the number of items to be shown in Latest Items

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Enable Best Seller Items:-Enable it to display the Best Sellerblock in the front-

end.

No. of Best Seller Items: - Best Seller block contain the items that are sold

in great number.

No. of Best Seller Items: -Limit the number of items to be shown in the Best

Seller block.

Enable Special Items:-Displays the Special block in the front-end. This

block contains the products that are featured as special in your store.

No. of Special Items: -Limit the number of items to be shown in the Special

Itemsblock.

Enable Recently Compared Items:-Click on the checkbox to show yourbuyers the items they had recently compared.

No. of Recently Compared Items: -Limit the maximum number of items to

be listed in the Recently Compared Items block.

Enable Related Items in Cart:-Click on the checkbox to display You may

also like block at the bottom of the product details page.

No. of Related Items in Cart: -Limit the maximum number of related items

to be shown in the You may also likeblock.

Note:See Homepage, Category Page and Products Pageon chapter 2 to see

the other settings on the front end.


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Once you have finished updating all of the store settings; click on the button.


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Controlling the store access

There might be instances when your store might be hacked or accessed without your

permission or you may find the need to block the IP addresses.

In order to block any IP addresses navigate to Administration > Store Access.

On IP tab, click the button, which prompts you with a pop up to manage the IP

settings as shown below:

Add New IP Range:Enter the IP range from which it should be blocked.

To:IP range to which is should be blocked.

Reason:Reason for blocking the IP addresses.

Status: Set the status as Active to block the IP. Click on the button.


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To unblock the IP addresses, click on icon on the Actions column and select Edit option

and make changes. Set the status to Inactive and save it.

Likewise, you can also block the Domain Name, Email, Credit Cards and Customers. You canuse the search option provided at the top of every tab.


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Now that you have your store installed and your initial configuration settings

established, its time to set up the heart of your site: Catalog. Catalog is the most

important part of any online store, and with AspxCommerce, you will have complete

control over it. So make the most out of this feature.

Manage CategoriesThe product in any online store is grouped into categories and subcategories.

AspxCommerce lets you add unlimited categories and subcategories.

Adding a Category

Step.1Navigate toAdmin> AspxCommerce>Catalog > Manage Categories.

Step.2Click on the button. There are five tabs for adding a category i.e.

General Information, Meta information, Display settings, Category images and Category

products.

Step.3Enter the General Informationabout the category you wish to add such as

category name, short description and description as shown below:-


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Step.4Enter the Meta Information on the second tab; this is optional but very useful for

search engine optimization of the store. The tab consists of 3 fields which are as below:-

Meta Title:Title that is displayed at the top of the browser. Write Meta title with 60characters max.

Meta Keywords:Enter at least 10 Keyword phrases that you want to target for the

items in the category.

Meta Description:A description about the keyword phrases and title tag of at least

150 characters.

Step.5Next up, enter the Display Settings to set appearance of the items that is to be

shown in the front-end:-

Include in navigation menu:Check if you want to display category in the

navigation menu.

Is Shown in Search:Check to make it available when searching for items.

Is Shown in Catalog:Check to display the category in the catalog along with its sub-

categories.

Active From:Set the date from which the category is to be visible to the customers.

Active To: Set the validity date for the category.

Step.6Set images to be displayed when the user clicks on the category.

Base Image:Browse the image that is to be set as a base image. Small Image:Browse for the image that is to be displayed in small size.

Thumbnail Image: Browse for the image that is to be displayed as a

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Category Product:Displays the list of all the products added to this category along

with their SKU (Stock Keeping Unit), Products name and prices.

You can also search for the products with the following search options:

SKU: A search option for locating a stock-keeping unit (SKU) number.

Name: A search option of names that you have given items, for instance

Everton T-shirt.

Price From: A search option for finding an item from a certain price range.

Price To: A search option for finding an item within a certain price range.

Step.7once you have finished filling up all the fields of adding a category; click on the

button to save the category.

Adding a subcategory

In this section you will learn to add a subcategory to the category that we have just added.

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Step.1On category page, select the category from the Available Categories on which you

want to add a subcategory. We are selecting Fashion.

Step.2Click the button; enter all the required information in the similar

way as described above for Adding a Category.

Step.3 Click on the button to save.

Front end view of the Category and Subcategory

Re-ordering Categories

There might be cases when you may have misplaced the sub-categories into a different category. In such

situation, AspxCommerce provides an easy way to rearrange it by simply using the drag and drop

method.

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Adding an item to the Category or a Subcategory

AspxCommerce includes the ability to associate the product to its specific categories or

subcategories to enable better product management.

Step.1Navigate to Catalog > Manage Items

Step.2Click on button placed at the top right of the page. This opens up

Create Item Settingspage where you need to define the Attribute Setand the Item Typeof the item.

Attribute Set:This lists all the attribute sets that have been created. Select the

associated attribute set for the item or you can select Default if you havent created

any attribute sets. To learn more about attribute set, see Managing Attribute Sets.

Click the sub-category and

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Item Type:Select an item type from the dropdown. By default AspxCommerce

provides Simple and Downloadable item types.

Step.3Click on button to display the Manage Items page which opens the

General Information Tab.

General Information Tab

Name:Name of the product to appear in the frontend.

Note: You first need to define the attribute of a product, before you define

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SKU:Stock Keeping Unit, a number or string of alphanumeric characters that

uniquely identifies the product.

Short Description: A brief description of product.

Description:An accurate product details for the customers.

Weight:Total weight of the product, this is usually used for shipping calculation.

Quantity:Number of product in a stock.

Price

Price:The price of the item that will be displayed in the frontend (selling price).

List Price: This represents the cost price of an item (the actual retail price without

any deduction).

NOTE:Remember when there is zero number of product in stock, Out of Stock is

displayed in the front-end instead of Add to Cart button however, you can still

view the details of the product, add the product to the Wishlist and also compare

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Meta Information

Meta Title:Title of your product page displayed at the top of the browser.

Meta Keywords:Related keywords of the product using which the customers can

find you in search engines.

Meta Description:A short description about the product including the keywords.

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Set Product as New from Date: Specify the date from when you wish to set the

product as New.

Set Product as New to Date: Validity date for the new status of the product.

Visibility:Select Yesto display product in the frontend.

Hide Price:Check if you do not want to display product price in the frontend.

Is Hide in RSS:Tick mark if you want to send it to the RSS.

Is Hide To Anonymous: Click on the checkbox to disable the product access

permission to the anonymous users.

Is Featured

Is Featured:Select Yes from the drop down to display the product as a featured

product on the front end.

Set Product as Featured from Date: Specify the date from when you wish to set

the product as Featured Products.

Set Product as Featured to Date: Validity date for the product to be displayed as a

Featured Product.

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Is Special: Select Yes from the drop down to have the product displayed as a

Special Product in the frontend.

Set Product as Special from Date: Specify the date from when you wish to set the

product as Special Products.

Set Product as Special to Date: Validity date for the product to be displayed as a

Special Product.

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Description: A brief description that will be displayed in the frontend when the

customer hovers on the image.

Display Order:Number display order of the image.

Base Image:Select if the image is to be displayed on the product page.

Small Image:Select if the image is to be displayed in small size.

Thumbnail:Select to display image in a thumbnail.

Is Active:Check to display the image in the frontend.

Remove:Click to remove the image.

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Cost Variant Options

Add the cost variant relevant to the product using the button or add a

new option by clicking the button. To learn more about adding the Cost

Variant Option, refer to Variant Option.

Item Quantity Discounts (Tier Price Options)

Tier price is the one of the best promotional tool that AspxCommerce offers. With tier

pricing you can increase your sale. For example, you sell electronic goods and you want tocreate a promotion where the customers who buy more than 5 particular electronic

devices, the amount of the device will be reduced to some particular amount per unit.

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Related Items

Related items are meant to be purchased in addition to the products your customer is

viewing. Related item appears in the details page of a product at the bottom and also on my

cart details. To associate the product with its related items, select the check boxes that are

related.

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Up-sells

This option enables you to offer the alternative for what the customer has chosen to buy

with the added amount. For example, if a customer has chosen to buy a laptop for $300 and

has added to his cart, you can present a $400 laptop that comes with free USB. If the

customer sees a free item of having a value close to the $100 difference, he may choose the

expensive item. To associate up-sell products to a product, Tick mark the check boxes that

are associated.

Cross-sells

This option enables you to recommend other related product or products the customer

may also be interested to buy. For example, a customer buying a pair of shoe would

appreciate to see a matching handbags or belts. To associate cross-sell products to a

product, tick mark the associated checkboxes.

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Attributes (Managing Attributes)

Attributes are the features of the products such as color, weight, price, manufacturer, etc.

By default AspxCommerce includes all the necessary attributes. You can create your own

attribute or use the default system attributes.

Step.1Navigate to Catalog > Attributes > Manage Attributes , to create an attribute.

Step.2On Manage Attributes page, click on the button.

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Attribute Name:It is the Name of attribute used in the system that appears in the

attribute list in the Attribute Name column, and is used while managing the

attributes.

Type:It specifies the kind of data the attribute will use. For instance, a color

attribute would use the Dropdown so that any color can be selected from the list or

a description attribute would use a Text Area so that you can enter a detail of a

product.

Default Value:Default value to be set if the customer does not select any of the

given option.

Unique Value:If you choose an attribute to be a unique value. The value selected or

entered for this attribute for each item should be different.

Type Validation:It specifies the type of value that you can enter for this attribute.

For example, selecting Alphabets only will allow you to enter only the alphabetswhere as selecting Alphanumeric will allow you to enter both mixture of alphabets

and numeric values. Similarly, if you select Email, AspxCommerce will make sure

that the value entered for each product resembles to an email address. If not, you

will receive a warning message.

Values Required:Select if you want the attribute to be made as a required

attribute. You will receive a warning message if the value is not entered for this

attribute.

Apply To:Select on which item type this attribute should be applied on. You can

select either All Items Type or Selected Items Type. Upon selecting Selected ItemType, a multiple select menu will appear where you can select Item types to which

attribute will be coupled.

Length:It represents the length of the value that can be entered for an attribute. For

example, the length is 7, so the value to be entered should be 7 characters long and

exceeding it will prompt you with a warning message.

Alias Name:Alias name is the name of an attribute in any other culture or language

as you may prefer. For example, you can add the alias name Nom for Name (Nom

means name in French language). This will appear in the attribute list in the

Attribute Alias column and will be used while managing the items.

Alias Tooltip:It is a text message in a small box that appears when the mouse is

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Alias Help: Alias Help is a text that appears beside the type field to ease you with

type or the value to be entered.

Display Order:Determine the position of the attributes with respect to other

attributes.

Is Active:Check to display the attribute while managing the items.

Attribute Front end properties

Show in Grid:Selecting it will enable the attribute to be shown in a grid view.

Use in Advanced Search: Selecting it will create its own search field in the Advance

Search page rather than having one search field for all. For example, if you want

attribute color to appear in the advance search field, then you must firstly select the

field.

Comparable on Front-end: Selecting it will create a row for attribute in the

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Use for Price Rule Conditions:Upon selecting this, you can apply a new pricing

rule for the created attribute through promotions>catalog price rules>condition.

Creating an Attribute Sets

An attribute set is a collection of attributes, customized to fit certain types of products. For

example if you sell different kinds of electronics goods through your site, you would want

to create an Electronic Attribute Set, which includes simple attributes commonly shared

by all of the electronics goods. This may include serial number, color, connectivity type and

warranty. Once you have created each of these attributes (refer to Manage Attributes

section for more details about attributes), you can now associate them to an attribute set.

The Attribute Sets will then be listed at the time of managing items

Step.1Navigate to Catalog > Attributes > Manage Attribute Sets , to create a new

attribute set.

Step.2click on the button placed at the top right of the page.

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By default AspxCommerce contains some of the necessary attributes, that cannot be

deleted and its mandatory for products to contain these attributes. Before setting the new

attribute set, you need to enter the name for a new attribute set and import the existing

attributes. The Name will not be used anywhere in the frontend and can be edited at any

point. Even if you have not defined any of the attribute sets earlier, you can select the

Default attribute set from the Base On drop-down, so that the existing attributes can be

imported which is by default in AspxCommerce.

Step.3Click on to save and you will be directed to the edit page of the newly added

attribute set.

Edit Set Name:This field contains the name of the attribute set that you have

defined previously (e.g., Electronics). You can edit it at any point of configuration, or

later while editing the Attribute Set.

Group: Groups are folders which contains a collection of attributes. By default,AspxCommerce comes with 7 groups: General Information, Price, Meta Information,

Custom Information, Is Special, Is Featured and Unassigned Attributes. These

groups contain various attributes which cannot be deleted but can be placed in

other group simply by drag and drop facility. Accept for the Unassigned Attributes

groups, all the other groups are displayed in a different tab while managing the

items.

Unassigned Attributescontain the attributes that has not been assigned to

groups. Hence, in order activate the attribute, you need to place the attribute

from unassigned attributes to any other groups or create a new group for theattribute. For example, you have created attributes i.e. serial number, color and

warranty for an electronic good and you want these 3 attributes to appear in a

tab while managing the items. To do so, create a new group with the name

Electronics Good and drag the attributes from Unassigned Attributes to

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Creating a new group and placing an attribute on it

Step.1Click on button at the top right of the page and enter a name of the

group in the textbox.

Step.2ClickOKto add the new group.

Step.3a new group Electronic Goods created andappears above the Unassigned

Attributes group.

Step.4Place the attribute from an Unassigned Attributes to its associated group by simply

dragging it. Once it has been associated to its Attribute Set, it no longer appears in the

Unassigned Attribute lists. To disassociate an attribute, drag it back to the UnassignedAttributes list or right-click on the attribute and click on Remove.


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Deleting or renaming the group

Step.1to delete or rename the group, right click on the group and select from Rename

and Delete options.

Step.2Click on replace the existing name with the new one and press enter.

Step.3Right-click on the group and select option to delete the group. Click OK

in the confirmation box that appears.

Step.4 once you are finished, finally click on to save the settings.

NOTE: Attributes form the system groups (General Information, Price, Meta

information...) cannot be moved to any other groups whereas the attributes from

Unassigned Attributes group can be moved to any groups and brought it back.

NOTE: Deleting an attribute will delete the attribute set (group) but not its

attribute; attributes will be placed back to the Unassigned Attribute. You cannot

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Variant Options

While adding products to your site, you may wish to have various cost options for the same

product differing from sizes to colors. Hence, Variant Options tool makes it easier to

configure the cost variation in the products.

Step.1Navigate to Catalog>Variants Options

Step.2Click on button placed at the top right corner of the page.

Cost Variant Option Properties

The following is the functions of the fields that need to be applied on Cost Variant Option

Properties:-

Cost Variant Name: Enter the variant name you wish to add, for instance Size.

Description:Enter the description about the variant.

Type:Select the input type from the dropdown. Display Order:Determines the position of the variant option with respect to other

variant options.

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Variants Properties

Pos:Denotes the indexing number.

Name:Name of the variant options, for example, the sizes can be large, medium and

small.

Modifier/ Type:Determines the cost to be applied. For example, if the customer

chooses to buy a t-shirt of a large size, 50 will be added to its subtotal or if the

customer chooses medium size t-shirt, 35 will be added to its subtotal. The cost can

be applied either in dollar ($) or in percentage (%).

Weight Modifier / Type:Weight modifier is similar to modifier, except that the

cost can be applied to products based on their weight.

Status:Set the option as Activeto apply the cost variants or else it can also be

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Below is the basic control settings and their functions in Variant Properties:-

Adding images to the variant options

Browse the variant option image by clicking on button. For instance, we have

added red and pink t-shirt images for color price variants.

Click on button to save the settings.

Front end view of the Cost Variant Option

NOTE: You can also configure theCost Variant Optionswhile managing the

items.

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Search Terms

The search terms provides a list of all terms that were searched on your store. For example,

customer may search for an item called laptop, the search term laptop will be stored in theSearch Term Manage page. This feature benefits the store owner to know what items the

customers are searching for or which is in demand, accordingly the store owner can

enhance their sale. Search Term Manage page contain 3 columns:-Search Term, No of use

and Action.

Search Term:Shows the searched terms.

No. of Use:Denotes the number of times the particular term was searched.

Action:Click to delete the searched term.

Cost Variationaccording to different

colors.

Note: You can also export the list of search term to excel or CSV file by clicking on

or buttons placed at the top right of the page.

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CustomersAspxCommerce Customers Module provides you with the ability to view list of all the

registered users and online customers of your store. As a store admin you can also provide

a live chart to your customer. Customers module includes Manage Customers, Online

Customers and Abandon and Live Carts.

Manage Customers

The Manage Customers page provides you the list of all the registered customers in your

store. To view the list of customers navigate to Admin>AspxCommerce> Customers>

Manage Customers.

You can also delete the registered customer by clicking icon in the Actions

column and click on button to delete.

Adding a new customer

As a store admin you can also add new customers from the admin panel. To add a new

customer navigate to Customers>Manage Customers.

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Once the new customer has been added, it will be listed in the Customer details of

Manage Customers.

Online Customers

Online Customers Tool lets the Merchant to view the lists of the entire online customers

along with other Session User details. To view the Online Customers navigate to Customer

> Online Customers.

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Online Customers tool contains of two tabs Registered Users and Anonymous Users.

Registered Userstab displays the name of online registered users along with their

Session User Host Address, Session User Agent, Session Browser, Session URL and

Start Time.

Anonymous Userstab displays the information about the user who is online but

hasnt registered yet.

Abandon and Live Carts

One of the most advanced tools provided by AspxCommerce is Abandon and Live Carts.

This feature tracks the online customers who has logged into your store. This displays the

items added by the customers in their cart. You can use this feature to increase your sale.

For example, a registered customer has added an item to the cart and attempts to place an

order but fails due to some network or browsing problem. The customer may contact store

merchant, the merchant in that case can use the Abandon and Live Carts to check the item

that was added in the cart and place an order for the customer.

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Abandon and Live Carts page contain two blocks Live Carts and Abandoned Carts. LiveCart lists both registered and anonymous users in your store with the details of items

added in their cart. Live Cart list the customers till the specified time; the registered users

are again shown in the abandoned cart after its time span in live cart where as anonymous

users will be removed from the live cart. Abandoned Cart displays the total number of

items a customers have in their cart along with their name and subtotal. The list of

customers displayed in the abandoned cart will be removed after its time span.

Note: The data in the Abandoned and Live Cart remains for 5 hours by default. You can

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PromotionsAn AspxCommerce Promotions module enables you to create a complete separate shopping

experience for your wholesale customers while hiding it from the other non-wholesale

customers. AspxCommerce provides two configurable options to enforce Pricing Rule by

User Id and or by User Groups. These are Catalog Price Rules and Shopping Cart Price

Rules.

Catalog Price RulesCatalog Price Rule allows administrator to create a variety of Rule for offering discounts to

your customer based on their purchasing. Catalog Price Rule is applied before the product

is added to the cart.

Step.1Navigate to Promotions > Catalog Price Rules

Step.2Click the button to add a new price rule. On the next page you will

be prompted with 3 tabs to adding a new price rule .i.e. Rule information, condition and

action.

Catalog Price Rule Information

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Rule Name:Enter a Rule name.

Description:Enter the Description of the Rule.

Roles:Select the User or Group to whom this rule is to be applied.

From Date:Enter a date for the rule to take effect.

To Date:Enter the date till when the rule should be effective.

Priority:Set the priority value of a rule. The priority value allows you to change the

order of which the system processes the rule action/conditions. For example, lets

say you want a 10% off for all the T-Shirts and 5% off for only the green ones. So

when a customer buys a T-Shirt of cost $100, the first priority value i.e., 10% will be

applied. But when the customer buys a T-Shirt of green color, both the rules will be

applied. First 10% will be discounted which comes to $90 and then the second

priority value i.e., 5%will be discounted on $90, which comes to $85.5. However, if

you prioritize the 5% rule.

Click the button to save the price rule.

Catalog Price Rule Condition

Once you have set up the information for price rule you can set the Rules conditions. This

rule is useful when you have two or more conditions to be applied for a product.

Click on theConditionTab. The first rule appears by default: If All of these conditions is TRUE.It determines if

all the conditions that you define are true.

Click the icon to display a selection field. A list of product attributes will be

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Condition Control Settings

Upon clicking on , selected product attribute will offer option to apply different

combination control limits such as: IS, Is Not, Greater Than, Is One Of, Less Than and

many more.

Click on , to combine more product attribute conditions.

Now that the conditions are created that applies on this rule, we now need to define the

Actionthat will be taken when the Conditionsare met.

Catalog Price Rule Action

Tip: You can further combine moreproduct attribute conditions by

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Select one of the discount options from the Apply field:-

Apply: Select one of the options from the drop down list.

By Percentage of the Original Price:Discounts product by the percentage

of the original price. For example, if the products original price is $350 and

discount value is 10, so the 10% will be deducted from the original price

which comes to $315.

By Fixed Amount: Discounts product by the fixed amount that has been

defined in the value field. For example, if the products original price is $350

and the discount value is 10, the amount after deduction will be $340.

To Percentage of the Original Price:Discounts product to the percentage

of the original price. For example, if the products original price is $350 and

the discount value is 10, 10% of $350 is 35, so the product price will be $35.

To Fixed Amount: Discounts product to the fixed amount that has beendefined in the value field. For example, if the products original price is $350

and the value defined in the value field is 10, the product will be charged $10.

Enter the value by or to which the product should be discounted.

Click on checkbox to stop processing other rules that has been created.

Click the button to save the rule. Catalog Price Rule will be shown in the

catalog page before adding the item to the cart as shown in an image as below.

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You may have stores at various locations and you may want to apply different rules

for different stores. The list of all your stores is listed. Select the store to which this

rule is to be applied.

Select the User or Group to whom rule is applied.

Enter the date from when the rule is to be in effect.

Enter the date till when the rule should be effective.

Set the priority value of a rule. The ordering of priority is important because the

result of one rule can be used by the other rule. For example, if you have a rule

which discounts some product by 10% and another rule which discount the same

product by $20, the second rule will use the price discounted by 10% as the input.

Tick to set the rule as active.

Now that you have set the Cart Rule Information, you can now create the

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Shopping Cart Price Rules Condition

This defines Shopping Cart Rules conditions to describe the conditions that touch off the

rule.

Select the Condition option in the Cart Pricing Rule tabs.

The first rule appears by default: IF of these conditions are . This specifies the

rule is to be generated if all of the defined conditions are true. You can also set the

condition where only the selected conditions should be true.

Click the icon to add a condition. Conditions available are Item Attribute

Combination; Items sub selection, Condition combination and Cart Attribute. For

example, lets create a discount of 20% for the sub total of equal or more than $500;

select the Subtotal.

Each selected Attribute offers the option to apply different combination control

limits such as: IS, Is Not, Greater Than, Is One Of, Less Than and many more.

Click on , to combine more product attribute conditions.

Note: Please see Condition Control Settings above for understanding the functions of the

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Shopping Cart Price Rules Action

As we have created the rule and the condition, now we need to create the Action what is

to be done when the defined condition or conditions is true.

Click onActionoption to configure the Action for the shopping cart price rule.

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Percent of Product Price Discountdiscount by the percentage of the

original price. For instance, the 20% discount is to be applied if the sub total

in the cart is equal or greater than 500, so, if the sub total in the cart is $500,

deducting 20% will comes to $400.

Fixed Amount Discount discount by subtracting the given value from the

original price. Entering the discount value as 40 will reduce $40 from the

original price.

Fixed Amount Discount for Whole Cartdiscount the original price by

subtracting the given value. Entering the discount value as 50 will deduct the

$50 form the sub total.

Buy X get Y free (discount amount is Y) - discounts by Y amount i.e., buy X

quantity of items and get Y quantity free.

Enter the discount amount. Enter an amount to limit the maximum number of products to which the

discount applies in the Maximum Qty Discountis applied to field.

Enter an amount to specify of how often the discount is applied in

Discount Qty Step (Buy X) field is selected.

Click on Apply to Shipping Amount checkbox to apply discount to

shipping cost.

Step.6 Select the appropriate Shipping Discount option from the

following:-

By Percentage off:discount by the percentage of the original price.

By Fixed Amount:discount by the fixed amount.

Click on Further Rule processing checkbox to stop processing other

rules that has been created.

Click the button to save the settings of Cart Rule Information,

Condition and Action.

Note: Maximum Qty Discount is applied to Percentage of product price discount and

Fixed Amount Discount in Apply fields.

Note: When the price in the Pricing Rules is greater than price of the product in cart, the

Pricing Rule will not be applied.


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Shipping and TaxesWhen you have an online store, people are most likely to visit your online store from across

the country and place orders. Orders can be paced from any part of the country; when

orders are placed from other parts of the country, you need to dispatch them to the

customers desired addresses. So, in order to assist you to dispatch the order that is placed

from other parts of the country, AspxCommerce provides you with a feature - shipping

method that lets you use the various shipping services that you may have in your country

(DHL, FedEx, UPS, etc.,).

Shipping Providers

Shipping Providers is the means of transportation that you will choose to deliver the goodsform one point to another. This may include Air Freight Services, Road and Railways

Freight Services and so on. To add the shipping providers navigate to Shipping and Taxes

> Shipping Methods > Shipping Providers.

Click on the button at the top right of the page.

Shipping Provider Service Code:Enter the Shipping Provider Service Code like

DHL. Shipping Provider Name:Enter the mean of transportation Air Freight Services,

Road and Rail Freight Services, Ocean Freight Services, etc.

Shipping Provider Alias Help: Enter alias for shipping provider.

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Click on button. The shipping provider that you have created will appear on

the Shipping Providers page. The shipping provider that you have created will be

listed in the Shipping Services field while adding the Shipping Methods.

Shipping Methods

Step.1Navigate to Shipping and Taxes>Shipping Methods to define custom shipping

methods.

Step.2Click the button to add a new shipping method. This opens

the fields for the general settings of the shipping method.

Name:Enter the name of the shipping method.

Image:Browse an image of the shipping method.

Alternate Text:Any alternate text for shipping method.

Display Order:Define the display order of the shipping method.

Delivery Time:Define the delivery time.

Weight Limit From and Weight Limit To : Define the weight limit of the products

to be applied for shipping.

Shipping Services:Select the Shipping Services from the drop down.

Is Active:Click on the checkbox to display shipping method at the checkout section.


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Step.3Click the button to save the added shipping method.

The newly added shipping method will be displayed in the Shipping Methods

page.

Deleting a shipping method

AspxCommerce allows you to delete all the shipping method at once or only the selective

ones.

Deleting the selective shipping methods:

Step.1Select the shipping methods name that you want to delete and click the

button.


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Step.2Click on OKoption to confirm the delete.

Deleting all the shipping methods at once:

Step.1Select all the shipping methods either by selecting the checkboxes or by selecting

the Shopping Method Name.

Step.2Click the button to delete.

Select the Shipping Method you

wish to delete.

Lets you delete all the shipping method at once.


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Step.3Click on OK option to confirm the delete as shown above.

Setting up the shipping charges

Once, you have added a shipping method, you need to define the shipping charges for the

same.

Step.1On the Actionstab of the Shipping Methods, Click the icon and select Editoption

to set up the shipping charges.

Step.2Click on the Shipping Charge Settingstab which contains 3 sections Cost

Dependencies, Weight Dependencies and Item Dependencies.

Cost Dependencies

Cost Dependencies section is to be defined if you want the shipping cost to depend on

product cost.

Step.1Click the button in the Cost Dependencies section. This opensup the pop up box with Cost Dependencies fields.

More than$:Define the cost value of the product on which the rate value is to be

applied (e.g., 0, whose product cost is more than 0)

Rate Value:Define the shipping cost to be applied (e.g., 50) i.e., the shipping cost

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Rate Type: Select absolute or in percentage from the dropdown.

Step.2Click the button to save the cost dependencies.

Weight Dependencies

Weight Dependencies section is to be defined if you want the shipping cost to depend on

the weight of a product.

Step.1Click the button in the Weight Dependencies section.

More than: Enter a value of the weight (e.g., 10)

Rate Value: Enter the charge to be applied (e.g., 40) i.e., the shipping charge 40

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Rate Type: It can either be absolute or in percentage.

Is per Item: Click on the checkbox only if the rate value is to be applied on

individual item weight and not on the total weight of all the items.

Step.2Click the button to save the weight dependencies.

Item Dependencies

Item Dependencies needs to be defined if you want the shipping cost to be dependent on

the quantity of items.

Step.1 Click the button in the Item Dependencies section.

More than:Enter the number of quantity (e.g., 6)

Rate Value:Enter the charge to be applied (e.g., 1000) i.e., the shipping charge 1000

will be applied if the quantity of items is more than 6.

Rate Type:It can either be absolute or in percentage.

Is per Item: Click on the checkbox if the rate value is to be applied on individual

item weight and not on the total weight of all the items.


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Step.2Click the button to save the item dependencies.

You have created all the shipping charges that will be applied if any of these criteria is/are

met.

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Manage Item Tax Class

Item Tax Classes is associated with the different types of product in your store. Items can

be any electronic goods, apparel or shoes; all these are applicable of different tax rates. So,

in order to apply different tax rates to different items you need to define Item Tax Classes.

Step.1Navigate to Taxes > Manage Item Tax Classes to define Item Tax Classes,

Step.2Click the button to add a new item tax class.

Step.3Define the item class (e.g., clothing) and click the button.

Manage Tax Rates

Tax Rate is associated with different types of taxes that are to be applied on different

products. Taxes can be charged as fixed amount or as a percentage and are automatically

applied to the total order at checkout. AspxCommerce enables you to set multiple taxes for

various kinds of products.

Step.1Navigate to Taxes > Manage Tax Ratesto configure the Tax Rate for the products

in your store.

Step.2Click the button to add a new tax rate. This opens up the fields tomanage the tax rule information.

Tax Rate Title:Enter the Name of the tax rate.

Country:Enter Name of the country to which the tax rate is to be applied.

State/Province:Define the state.

Zip/Post Code:Define the zip/ postal code


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Is Zip/ Post Range: Click on the checkbox if the tax rate is to be defined in

different range. If so then enter the range.

Rate Type:Select the rate type to be applied. It can be applied either in Absolute ($)

or in Percentage (%).

Tax Rate:Enter the tax rate value.

Step.3Click the button to save the added tax rate.

Manage Tax Rules

Tax Rules is a combination of Customer Tax Class, Item Tax Class and Tax Rates. Tax rulesis the amount of tax that is to be paid if you are the specified class of customer, who has

bought this class of item at the given rate.

Step.1Navigate to Taxes > Manage Tax Rules to set a Tax Rule for an item,

Step.2Click the button to a new tax rule.


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Tax Manage Rule Name: You will see the name of the Tax Rule while applying the tax rate

for an item in the Manage Itemsection.

Customer Tax Class:Select the customer tax class i.e., the type of a customer. Item Tax Class:Select the item tax class i.e., the type of a product.

Tax Rate:Select the tax rate that is to be applied on the above selected customer tax

class and item tax class.

Priority:Set the priority of the tax rule.

Display Order:Determines the tax rules position in the list of tax rule.

Step.3Click the button to save the added tax rule.


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ContentsAspxCommerce offers different tools that allow the customers to generate content. As a

Merchant you are able to control and manage this content. Comments and Reviews and

Tags are the user generated contents used in AspxCommerce.

Comments and ReviewsAspxCommerce includes the special recommended system Comments and Reviews to

suggest products to the clients. Which means, a customer can create a review about each

products placed in your catalog.Review lets your customers share honest feedback on your

site, directly in the purchase path. Buyers reviews include a star rating on a scale of one-to-

five (five being the best) as well as a text-based, descriptive review field to discuss their

opinion, their customer service experience, and overall satisfaction.

Navigate to Contents> Comments and Reviewsto view the ratings and review that

the buyer has placed. This displays the page with the list of all the ratings and

reviews.

The list contains the following columns:-

Nick Name:Lists the name of the user.

Total Rating Average:Displays the rating rate; the scale is from one-to-five, five

being the best.

View from IP:Lists the IP address of the user.

Review Summary:Lists the reviews.

Status:Lists the review status which can be Approved, Pending or Disabled. Whenthe buyer submits the reviews, by default the Status will be pending and will not be

visible. Hence, the admin needs to approve the review to post it in the frontend. To

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Adding a new review from the admin

AspxCommerce also facilitates you with the ability to add the review from the back-end.

Step.1Click the button to add a new rating and review.

Item:Select an item from the dropdown for which you want to add ratings

and review.

User Name:Select the name of the user. Detailed Rating:Rate the items based on their price, value and quality.

Nick Name:Name of the user.

Summary of Review: Enter the summary of the review.

Review:Enter your review.

Status:Select the status- Disabled, Pending or Approved.


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Step.2Click button to save the review. The ratings and review will be listed on the

comments and review page.

Manage Item Rating Criteria

By default, AspxCommerce comes with 3 criteria price, value and quality. Rating a

product based on their value, price and quality sometimes may not be enough. For instance,

a t-shirt can be rated for its print and quality lifespan apart from price and value. Hence,

AspxCommerce provides you the flexibility to add new criteria are based on your needs.

Adding a New Rating Criteria

Step.1Navigate to Content > Comments and Reviews > Manage Items Rating Criteria

and click the button to add a new criterion.

The Following is the brief explanation of the fields used in Adding New Rating Criteria:-

Criteria: - Enter the criteria that you want to add for instance, print.

Is Active:-Click on the checkbox to display the criteria on the front-end.

Step.2Click the button. The added criteria will be listed in the Manage Rating

Criteriapage along with the default criterias.

TagsA tag is a keyword or phrase that is added to products to make it easy for you to find them

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anonymous user can add tags to the products. Each product has an Add Your Tags field at

the bottom of the page in your store. You can add tags to or remove tags from your entry

anytime and you can add multiple tags on an entry. Tags will be visible to everyone

browsing the products and will display in a block on the product info page. When a tag is

added to any product, tag is sent to the Pending queue which has to be Approvedto be

displayed on the product info page. After the tags being approved will be displayed in the

popular tags block.

All Tags

Step.1Navigate to Content > Tags > All Tagsto manage the entered tags.

A Manage Tagspage is displayed which contains a list of all the tags that was submitted

by the customer in the product page.

The list contains the following columns:-

Tags: -Lists all the tags that were submitted in the frontend.

User Count: -Denotes the number of users who submitted the same tag.

Item Count:-Denotes the number of times the same tag has been entered.

Status:- Displays the status of the tags i.e. approved, disabled or pending.

Action:-You can either edit or delete the tag. To do the same simply click on icon

and select the appropriate option. Following page displays if you click the Edit

option. Make the necessary changes and click the button to update the status.


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Pending Tags

When any new tag is added to any product, that tag is sent to the Pending queue which has

to be approved to be displayed on the product page.

Step.1Navigate to Content > Tags > Pending Tags, This opens the Manage Pending

Page which lists all the pending tags.

Approving the Pending Tags

Step.1Click on the icon and select Edit option to approve the pending tags,

Step.2Select Approved option from the status drop down to display the tag on the

frontend, Click the button. OR

Step3:Tick marks the checkboxes of the tags you want to approve and click on Approve All

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Store Locator

The store locator feature allows you to set up your store location only by entering your

store information, Google Maps latitude and longitude coordinates and youre done. One

can search stores by full address and distance and also get direction to the store. Hence, it

is a very helpful feature for stores who want to add their personal store page where they

can add their address, Google map and store description.

Adding a Store

Step.1 on dashboard, go toAdmin>AspxCommerce>Contents>Store Locator.

Step.2 On store locatorpage, by default AspxCommerce store location will be set. So, toadd you own store location; click on option as shown in an image as below:-

Step.3 you will be prompted with a box to set up stores General Information and

Location Information. On the General Informationtab enter the store name and

descriptionas shown below:-


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Step.4 next up on the Location Informationtab; enter the details as shown in an image asbelow:-

Step.5 Click the button to save the Store location. The newly saved store location

will replace the default store location.

Enter the latitudeand longitude

details of your store acquired from

Google maps.

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