Additional Modules

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Find this feature

From the Main Menu of your Site Manager, click Customize Storefront (in the Appearance column), and then click Additional Modules.

 

 

Introduction

Use this screen to specify which features or modules are available to your shoppers.

 

 

Instructions

?         To enable a feature, select that feature’s checkbox and click Apply.

?         To disable a feature, deselect the checkbox and then click Apply.

 

 

Shopping Cart Options

The shopping cart function allows shoppers to purchase from your site.  If you disable this feature, visitors cannot buy from your site.

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The wish list option allows shoppers to add items they want to buy in the future to a list, and to share that list with other people.  If you disable this feature, visitors cannot use the wish list.

 

The hit counter displays the number of visits made to your home page.  You can set the number of visits in the Set hit counter to box.

 

 

Mobile Notification

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The mobile notification feature allows your shopper to subscribe to text message notifications (Short Message Service or SMS) sent to their cell phone.

If you disable this feature, shoppers cannot sign up for SMS notification.

 

 

Product Zooming

Product zooming shows a close-up of the product picture when a shopper hovers over the image.

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If you disable this feature, shoppers do not get a zoom of the product images.

 

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Example of product zooming

 

 

Live Chat

This feature adds the ability for your shoppers to chat live with you through your storefront.

 

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The chat options appear on product pages and the Contact Info page.

 

If you are signed in to your chat software when a shopper selects one of your chat options, they can initiate a chat with you to ask questions or give feedback.

To use this feature, you must have an account with either MSN Live Messenger or Yahoo Messenger.

 

Set up MSN Live Messenger

1.    Sign in to your account with MSN Live Messenger

2.    Go to the MSN Live Messenger Web Settings page

3.    Select the Allow anyone on the web to see my presence and send me messages box, and then click Save

4.    Click Create HTML (a link under Web Settings on the left of the Web Settings screen)

5.    Choose which display you would like (IM window, Button, or Status icon), choose a size and theme, and then copy the HTML code at the bottom of the screen

6.    In your Site Manager, click Customize Storefront, then Additional Modules, then the Live Chat tab

7.    Click Add New Tool

8.    Enter a name for this chat feature

9.    Paste the code into the Code box in your Site Manager

10.  Click Add

 

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Code pasted in Site Manager

 

 

Set up Yahoo! Messenger

1.    Sign in to your account with Yahoo! Messenger

2.    Click Pingbox

3.    Click Create a Pingbox and follow the instructions to create it.

4.    In your Site Manager, click Customize Storefront, then Additional Modules, then the Live Chat tab

5.    Click Add New Tool

6.    Enter a name for this chat feature

7.    Paste the code into the Code box in your Site Manager

8.    Click Add

 


Yahoo Code pasted in Site Manager

 

 

 

Repeat Orders

The repeat orders feature allows your shoppers to repeat previous orders.

If you disable this feature, shoppers won’t be able to duplicate previous orders without manually recreating them.