Building a shop

[TonyHSE]

Hi...does anyone now a smart way of building a shop? I need to transfer lots of goods which are currently listed on MS Excel schedules. Ta

[jont]

You can import data from a spreadsheet. The "easiest" and safest method is to export a test file from Actinic File | Export and then open the file to check on the fields and headers etc and then you can map your exisiting spreadsheet accordingly.

Try a search on this forum as it has been covered many times with all the pitfalls and things to look out for

[BevS97]

I havent' found the export format particularly useful when importing - the export format is in a hierarchial structure whereas when I import I just use a flat file.

I populate the following fields in my import file

"Section text", This is in the format Section|Subsection|Sub Sub Secction
"Short description", The name of the item
"Price", Price in pennys so £1, would read 100
"Description", Longer description of item
"Extended info image", Large image
"Extended Info Text" Text on popup page
"Image fileName", thumbnail image
"Generate popup page", 1
"Display by image", 1
"Image clickable", 1
"Shipping Data" weight in grams

I have my shop set up so it pops up with a larger image and further text when you click on the image, some of these fields may not be relevant to you if you don't want to do that.