Store Settings Section
Below is a reference of the individual settings located in your Store Settings page. This page can be accessed using Settings > General > Store Settings.
When viewing the Store Settings page, you will see the page sorted into individual tabs at the top. These headings will then contain their individual configuration settings.
Store Tab
The Store Tab is the default tab that will be selected when first navigating to the page. It will contain the following settings:
Store Information
Here's where you'll configure general information about your store. Your settings here are:Store Name
The name of your store or business. It will be used as the main title tag for all browser tabs as well as inserted dynamically in all store generated emails. Furthermore, if no logo is present on the store, the Store Name will be used on the store's global header.Store Slogan
(optional) Here you can enter a slogan or catchphrase for your store. It will also be used for the main title tag on browser tabs. As with the Store Name, if no logo is present on the store, the slogan will appear below the store name on the store's global header.Store Logo
This field will allow you to upload and select an image for the store's logo. The logo will appear on the global header of each page and will also be used for HTML emails coming from the store. Note that - if a logo is specified - the Store Name and Store Slogan information will not be seen on the global header, but will still be used for the titles (on tabs) as well as emails.Manage Domain & Store Url
This button will take you to the Domain Settings page, which will allow you to manage the domain's settings and DNS records.
Merchant Information
Here's where you'll enter the store's Company Information including street address and phone contact information.Company Name, Address and Phone numbers
This information will appear on your invoices and emails generated by the store. The contact information entered here will also appear on your store's "Contact Us" page.Email
The email entered in this field will be used as the FROM email for the various notifications (password reminders, CRM ticket notices, etc) sent to you and your customers from the store. Ideally, this email address should be something @yourdomain since it will be seen as your store's main email address when messages are received and to also avoid SPF conflicts. Click here for more information.Invoice Logo
This section of the Store tab will also contain an area for your store's invoice logo which will allow you to specify the version of your store's logo that will appear on invoice emails and pages.Invoice Terms
Information entered here will appear on the store's generated invoices.
Regional Settings
This section will allow you to control regional settings of your store. Your settings are:Store Time Zone (GMT/UTC)
This is the time zone you will be specifying on your store's order timestamps. When viewing your actual order invoices, the time stamps will reflect this time zone specification. Please click here for more information.Currency Symbol
Use this field to specify the desired currency symbol for your store. (i.e. $, £, or ¥)Decimal places on price
This new feature will allow you to designate how many decimal places your product prices will contain. This can be useful if your products are small products that have fractional values ($0.045) but must be ordered in bulk.Currency Code
Use this drop-down menu to select the standard 3 letter currency code that will be used for your online payment gateway. For example:USD - US Dollar
CAD - Canadian Dollar
EUR - Euro
Display Options Tab
The Display Options tab will contain settings that control certain display aspects of your store's products. Your settings here are as follows:
Global Options
These settings are for controlling several of the global elements on the store pages.Hide Categories
This checkbox will hide your categories from the navigation menus on your pages.Hide Subcategories
Similar to the above, however this option will hide only the Sub-Categories from your site.Show Selected Categories Only
This would hide the sub-categories from navigation unless the parent category is selected.Enable Flyout Cart
(CORE THEMES ONLY) When Enabled, visitors clicking on the view cart tab of your store's frame will see their cart shown in a small popup window which can be used to proceed to checkout or continue shopping.Hide Coupon
On the shopping cart preview page, your customers can add a coupon (from a promotion or gift certificate) and apply it to the order. This setting will hide the coupon field from the customer.Hide Browse by Manufacturer
Use this option if you'd like to hide the manufacturer browse option from your site's navigation bar. (Only will work if you have manufacturers specified and products linked to them.)Hide Menu Links
Use this setting if you'd like to hide the menu links at the top of your pages.Hide Links (Extra Pages)
If you have any extra pages specified in your store's "Site Content" section.Hide Browse by Price
This option will hide the "Browse by Price" function from your store's navigation bar menu.Edit Settings
Use this link to edit the price ranges for the Browse by Price function.
Home Page
These settings will control certain aspects of the products as they appear on your store's home page.Home Page Product Sorting
This field will specify the default sorting for the products listed on your home page as "Home Specials."Product Columns
Use this to set the number of columns that will be used to display your items marked as "Home Specials."Number of Home Page Specials
How many items will be displayed on the home page as "Home Specials"Randomize Home Specials
This setting will allow you to randomize the products that will display on your home page when they are configured as "Home Specials." Each time the page is refreshed, a different set of home special products will appear. To enable it, mark the checkbox.Randomize from All Products
If the previous checkbox is marked, this one will appear. This setting will randomize your home specials from your entire product catalog instead of only products specifically marked as Home Specials.
Category Page
These settings will control certain aspects of the products as they appear on your store's categories.Product Columns
Use this to set the number of columns that will be used to display the items listed in your individual categories.Subcategory Columns / Category Page
Use this field to specify how many columns will be used to display your category's sub-categories.Browse By Mfg / Default Sorting
This field will specify the default sorting for the browse by Manufacturer page.Products per Page
This will control the default number of items that will display on your category pages before the page is split into page number navigation. (e.g., page 1, page 2, etc.)Hide "Order By"
When viewing category pages, your customers can sort the category views by Price ("Low to High" or "High to Low"), Newest or Name. Marking this checkbox will hide this option altogether.Edit Settings
Use this link to edit the "Order by" options as needed.
Product Page
These settings will control aspects of the way individual products are displayed and shown:Thumbnail Image Size
Use these fields to determine how your product thumbnail images will be re-sized (in pixels).Product Page Image Size
Use these fields to determine how your product listing images will be re-sized (in pixels).Large Image Size
Use these fields to determine how your main images will be re-sized (in pixels).Hide prev/next on product page
This is the ability to have Previous and Next navigation links applied on product listing pages. This will allow navigation through the items also contained in your product's category when viewing a product listing. Use this checkbox to hide/enable this feature.Hide options dropdown title
By default, when using drop-down product options, the drop-down will first list the option's title as the first listing in the menu. For example, if you have an option for "Color" and the choices are red, blue, and yellow, the drop-down will show the title of the option "Color" as the first listing in the drop-down box. Marking this checkbox will hide the option's title from the drop-down and favor the first option listing instead.Enable Product Page Zoom
This setting will be used to determine which product image zoom feature you'd like to use when the product's listing image is clicked. Your choices will be 3DZoom feature available on all versions after 3.2 and "none" to specify no zooming.Hide options additional value
Use this checkbox if you'd like to hide any additional costs your individual product options may have. By default, this setting is set to show a price when the option has an additional cost to it.Hide Advanced Options out of stock
When using Advanced Options with Inventory Control, this setting will hide the options when they are out of stock.
Related & Upsell Products
These settings will control aspects of the way the store's related and upsell products are displayed and shown.Product Columns / Related Products
Use this setting to control how many columns will be displayed when specifying Related items on your product listings.Randomize Related Products
Similar to the Random Home Specials option, but this one will apply to your related products. To enable it, mark the checkbox.Number of Products
Enter the number of products you would like to display as Related and Upsell items on your product pages.Randomize From All Categories
Marking this checkbox will randomize related and upsell items from all of your store categories.Product Columns / Up-sell Products
Use this setting to control how many columns will be displayed when specifying Up-Sell items on your product listings.
My Account
These settings will control aspects of the way the store's related products are displayed and shown on the shopper's My Account Page.Items on Account Page
Marking this checkbox will display related items on the shopper's My Account page.Number of Products
Enter the number of related items to display on the My Account page.Product Columns / My Account
Select the number of columns to use for the related item display on the My Account page.
Search
These settings will control aspects of your store's search functionality and display.Product Columns / Search Page
This will control the number of columns used to display product listings when a search result is returned on your store's search bar.