Editing Help and Best Practices
Filenames
Replace all spaces, underscores (_) or other weird characters with a hyphen (-).
Make all filenames all lowercase.
Image Filenames
Use the above convention but if you can please rename the file to something meaningful. For example if it's product images, maybe the SKU (if it is a definite one you use) or probably better the name of the product and variant. e.g. diecast-truck-yellow-1932-1.jpg
Add a number or letter to the other names if there are multiple images of the same thing.
The reason is that you can do a search within the images already uploaded if you need to use them again somewhere. Potentially much easier to find it back compared with looking for IMG_1278.jpg :)
Having said that, I'd always make sure you keep the originals separate form the site. They are resized on upload to the site, so you will want to always keep copies of the originals.
Products
If it's a specific Product (not a Product Type) use the singular version of the word. e.g. Exhaust Deflector NOT Exhaust Deflector - even if there are multiple variants.
SKU's
Every product and product variant MUST have and SKU and it MUST be unique.
Products Section
The products section is broken down into two levels:
- Product Types (Categories)
- Products
The top level page (Products) shows a summary of the Product Types - e..g. 'Bling'
Clicking onto the Bling link takes you to a Product Type page that lists all products of that type.
Product Fields
There are a bunch of expected fields for the basic product. If there are variants of the product (e.g. exhaust deflectors that are marked differently), then they can be added into the 'Variants' section of that product. Each variant can have individual:
- sku
- image
- price
- price before special
- inventory (defaults to 1)
SKU
Important: Every product or variant requires a unique SKU (Stock Keeping Unit).
Convention. Have gone with all caps with hyphen separator followed by 3 character code (eg. EDR for exhaust deflector).
If one variant (version) of product only - 'AJAYS-EDR'
If several variants add a number after the 3 character code - e.g. 'AJAYS-EDR-1'
Weight
Used in shipping calculation. Must be in grams.
Sort Number
Relates to order of how products are displayed on the product summary for that product type.
Options
When there are other types of options (e.g. size), we can wire up snipcart so the selection is made there. So it's the same product just with a different option. Will look at when need it.