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Catalog Editor

The Catalog Editor is used to create and edit product catalogs. Product catalogs are organized in a hierarchy, such that a product catalog can contain products and/or other (child) product catalogs.

The Catalog Editor interface is located at /store/admin/editor/catalogeditor.html.

Basic Properties

1. ID - is any URL friendly text. This should be something that will not be changed in the future because that will cause your links to be moved. For example: If you have an ID of electronics then the URL will be /store/catalogs/electronics.html
2. Name - This is a name that can be used for headers and page titles.
3. Ordering - This is the method of sorting used to display products from this catalog. You may choose either 'Random' or 'Price' from the dropdown box.
4. Short Description - This is a short piece of text that can be pulled into a listing of catalogs to describe the catalog. This is optional.
5. Edit the Full Catalog Description - Allows you to edit the HTML page that is sometimes called a landing page. The HTML pages are stored in the /store/catalogs/ directory.
6. Edit Products - A product can be associated with one or more catalogs.
7. Edit Features and Details - Some sites will want to associate a number of properties with a catalog node.
8. Loaded Images - A catalog page can be associated with three types of images. thumb, medium and original. Here is an example where thumbnail images are stored: /store/catalogs/images/thumb/catalogid-100.jpg

Data Storage

Data is stored in an XML file located here: /store/catalogs/catalogs.xml 

<catalog id="index" name="ACME" >
<shortdescription>ACME Demo Products</shortdescription>
<catalog id="webstore" name="ACME Store" quickship="false">
<catalog id="electronics" name="Electronics" quickship="false">
<shortdescription>The future is here!</shortdescription>...