customization guide
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CustomPageEditorInCustomPagestherearetwoareas:
1. YourCustomPages(LeftField):Thisiswhereyourcustompagesarestoredforeditinglateraftertheyarecreated.Youwillnoticeagarbagecanicon(DELETE)andpencilicon(EDIT)nexttothetitleofeachPageyouhavecreated.(Theseonlyappearafteryouhavecreatedatleast1page).
2. CreateNewCustomPage(RightField):ThisiswhereyouaddyourcustomizedPagecontent.
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UnderCreateNewCustomPageyoucancreateaTitle,URLandMetaDataandusetheWYSIWYGEditortoaddthecontenttoyourpage.Title,URLandMetaData:
PageTitle:Addingyourpagetitlewillautomaticallycreateaprettypermalink(pageURLusingthetitlewords).SothetitleThisismybeautifulnewcustompagewouldturnintothisurl:Thisismybeautifulnewcustompage.html
PageURL:ThisallowsyoutochangeyourURL,whichisusefulifyouwantyourtitletobedifferentthanyourURL,orifyourtitleisverylong.YoucouldchangeThisismybeautifulnewcustompage.htmltobeautiful.page.html.
MetaKeywords,MetaDescription,MiscellaneousMeta:RefertoCustomization>>MetaTagsformoreinformationonconfiguringtheseareas.
WYSIWYGEditor:Note:Ifyouhoveroverthetoolsthenameforeachwillcomeup.
TheWYSIWYG(Whatyouseeiswhatyouget)HTMLeditorprovidesanediting
interfacewhichresembleshowthepagewillbedisplayedinawebbrowser.ThiseditorworksthesameasbloggingtoolslikeWordpressorDrupalHTMLpageeditors.ItisfairlysimpletofigureoutandyoudontneedtoknowHTML.
TopRowToolOptionsInsertatoken[T](seeTOKENSinnextchapter)andNewDocument[PageSymbol]thiswillclearyourexistingpageandHTML.
TopRowToolOptionsFonts:BOLD,Italics,Underline,Strikethrough;AlignmentofText(left,center,right,justified),StylesFormat(Paragraph,Address,Preformatted,Headings),FontFamily,FontSize.
BottomRowToolOptionsCut,Copy,Paste,BulletedList,NumberedList,Outdent,Indent,Blockquote,Undo,Redo,InsertLink,RemoveLink,AnchorforLink,InsertFile,InsertEmbeddedMedia(Video),InsertImage,CleanupMessyCode,SelectTextColor,SelectBackgroundColor,EditorInsertcustomHTML.
CustomFrontPageEditorThisistheworkspacewhereyoucutandpasteorenteryourcontent.BecarefulpastingcontentfromMSWorddocumentsasthiswillscrambletheHTMLthatappearsandgiveyoufunkycodethatlooksmessedup.PastingfromNotepadisfine.
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AddingImages:
Selectingthe[Image]iconintheeditorwillallowyoutoinsertanimagethatyouhavealreadyaddedtoyourFileManager.SeeFileManageraboveformoreinformationonhowtouseitOneyouhaveyourimagesinsertedyoucanclickonitandalignitusingthe[Align]tools.ToalignimageswithtextusetheseAlignTagsusingtheHTMLeditor.
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AlignLeft:Thiswillalignyourimagetotheleftofyourtext.AlignRight:Thiswillalignyourimagetotherightofyourtext.AddingLinks:AddingLinksisveryeasyusingtheLinkstool.Firstyouneedeithertextoranimageyouwanttocreatethelinkwith.ExampleText:Thesevibratorsaregreat!Highlightthewordvibratorsandclickthe[LINK]tool.AsmallboxwithopenuptoallowyoutopasteintheURLofyourlink.YoucanalsochooseTarget(openinthesamewindow)or(openinanewwindow).Choosingnothingwillopeninthesamewindow.AddtexttoaddSEOtitletagsforyourlinks(thisisthetextthatappearsifyouhoveredoverthelinkonapage).SaveChanges:TheSaveChangesbuttonisatthebottomCustomPageEditor.Makesuretosaveyourchangesasyouwork.AddNewPage:TheAddNewPage(topright)willcreateanewpageforyou.Makesuretosavechangestoanypagesyouareworkingonfirst.
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10. Customization>>CustomizeHomepageorCustomPages,AddingTokensforFeaturedProducts
UsingTokensinCustomPagesWhenbuildingyourcustompagesitcanbeusefultorefertosnippetsofcodecalled"tokens".Tokensareusedincustompagestoadddynamiccontent,suchasFeaturedProductsandWhatsNewandworksimilartoadynamiclistofitems.IntheWYSIWYGHTMLeditor,toprow,thereisa[T]iconthatyoucanusetoinsertatokenwith.Theseinclude:SKU,WhatsNew,BestSellers,Category,Categories,andTwitter.ThereisalsoaFeaturedToken[%featured%]notincludedthatyoucanadd.Tokensmustbesurroundedby[%tokenname%]towork,butcanbeplacedanywhereinthecontentareaofyourcustompagewithoutusingtheeditHTMLsourceeditor.Example:Addafeaturedproductstoken[%featured%]toyourcustompageforquicklyaddingFeaturedProductsinaspecificspot.TheFeaturedTokenworkstogetherwiththeFeaturedProductsunderCustomContent.So,youneedtoaddyourSKUsintheFeaturedProductsarea,toaddyourowncustomproducts,ortheFeaturedProductsontheCustomPagewillbeSextoyfundefaultfeaturedproducts.Usethe[T]TokeniconontheEditortoInsertTokenCodesCurrentTokens:
FeaturedProducts:[%featured%] WhatsNew:[%wnew%] Bestsellers:[%bestsellers%] SKU:[%sku%] Category:[%category%] Categories:[%categories%] Twitter:[%twitter%]
NOTE:Youcanalsojustmanuallyaddthecodeforacertaintoken[%featured%]yourselftoinsertatokeninaspecificspot.
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AdvancedTokenCustomizations:Youcanplace[%featured%],[%wnew%]and[%bestsellers%]oranyothertokenanywhereinthecontentofyourcustompagewithoutdefiningtheparametersanditwilllookjustliketheonesonthefrontpageofwww.sextoyfun.com.Ifhowever,youdontwantasmanyproductsshown,oryoudontwanttheproducttitles,prices,orimagestoshow,orwanttochangethewaythislooks,thenyouneedtodefinetheparameters.Youcanalsoaddspecificelementsorparameterstoatokentocustomizeitsstyle(CSS),suchasoptionortypeorsizewhichusesthefollowingformat:[%tokennameoption=tokenoptiontype=tokentypesize=tokentype%]OptionalParameters:
type=url(displaysurlforthatproduct) type=attrname=[PNAME](displaystheproductname) type=thumb(displaystheproduct'sthumbnailimage) type=pic(displaystheproduct'sfullsizeimage) option=link(displaysthetokeninformationasalinktotheproduct) size=#(limitsthenumberofresultsreturned,withamaximumof25)
RequiredParameters:Usingthe[%sku%],[%category%],and[%categories%]tokensrequiresthatyouuseRequiredParametersinorderforthetokentowork.SKUs:For[%sku%]therequiredparameteristheproductnumberdefinedas:
pnum=SKU#,e.g.:pnum=GT609(SilverBulletproductSKU)Optionalparametersinclude:
type=url(displaysurlforthatproduct) type=attrname=[PNAME](displaystheproductname) type=thumb(displaystheproduct'sthumbnailimage) type=pic(displaystheproduct'sfullsizeimage) option=link(displaysthetokeninformationasalinktotheproduct) size=#(limitsthenumberofresultsreturned,withamaximumof25)
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CategoryandCategories:Forthe[%category%]and[%categories%]tokens,therequiredparameteriscategoryIDdefinedas
cat_id=###,e.g.:cat_id=489(AsSeenonOprahCategory)Category[%category%]:Optionalparametersfor[%category%]include:
type=url(displaysurlforthatproduct) type=attrname=[PNAME](displaystheproductname) type=thumb(displaystheproduct'sthumbnailimage) type=pic(displaystheproduct'sfullsizeimage) option=link(displaysthetokeninformationasalinktotheproduct) size=#(limitsthenumberofresultsreturned,withamaximumof25)
Categories[%categories%]:The[%categories%]tokenswilllistalltheCategoriesinthemenu.TherequiredparameterforthistokeniscategoryIDdefinedas
cat_id=###,e.g.:cat_id=489(AsSeenonOprahCategory)Optionalparametersfor[%categories%]include:
type=custom(displayscustomcategorylistthatyoudefined) option=link(displaysthetokeninformationasalinktotheproduct)
Twitter:Twitterisafreesocialnetworkingandmicrobloggingservicethatenablesitsuserstosendandreadotherusers'updatesknownastweets.Youcanpostyourowntweets,orthoseofotherTwitterusersusingthe[%twitter%]tokenwhichhastheRequiredParameter:user=twitterusername.The[%twitter%]tokenalsohasthefollowingOptionalParameters:
option=sidebar(displaysinlistformdesignedforthesidenavigation) size=#(limitsthenumberofresultsreturned,withamaximumof25)