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- Basic settings: it contains all you need to create a product quickly and easily. If however you need to add more details to your product, then you should have a look at the others tabs.
- Quantities, Combinations or Virtual product: define you product quantities and other stock-related options. When your product has combinations the tab will be renamed Combinations. This is where you manage all your combinations. On the other hand, if you have a virtual product, this is where you upload its associated file, if any.
- Pricing: refine your pricing with specific prices or price per unit (among other pricing options).
- SEO: manage the meta description or product URL to make sure it's optimized for search engines.
- Options: additional functionalities to manage your product's visibility, its references, attached files or suppliers. It is also here that you can set up the customization.
Basic settings
Images
The "Images" tab on the left is for including photos on your product page. You image section is on the top-left part of the "Basic settings" tab. You should upload all the images for this product, including all of its combinations (color, size, shape, etc.).
To add one or more images to your product:
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Drag and drop your images directly from your folder, or click on "select files" (or anywhere in the image section in fact) to search and open the folder containing your images. You can select as many images as necessary by keeping the Ctrl-key pressed while selecting files, or you can make your selection one by one.
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The default maximal size for an image file is set by PrestaShop according to your server's PHP settings. This size can be lowered in the "Images" preference page, "Product images" section.
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Cover image
The uploaded images appear
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as thumbnails. The first one will be your default/cover image
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for the product. That cover image will also appear automatically on the product page of your shop.
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change which image is your cover image by clicking on the image's thumbnail: the settings for this given image will appear. There you can check or uncheck "Cover image" to define whether the image should be the cover or not.
Zoom and Caption
When you click on "Zoom" the image will appear in its real format, in case you want to have a closer look at it.
Each image can have a caption: use it to briefly describe the image (and the product). If you have several languages, don't forget to translate it!
Once you have uploaded all your product images, you can modify the image their order by drag-and-dropping each table row when the mouse cursor changes to a "movable" cursorimage. You can also add more images by clicking on the "+" icon, or dropping it.
Summary and Description
Describing your product well is essential, both for the customer (the more information, the better) and search engines (it will help your shop appear in more search requests).
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