Administration

Administration

1-Click Upgrade - AutoUpgrade

This module makes it really easy to upgrade PrestaShop to its latest version.

See the "Automatic Update" chapter of the "Update PrestaShop guide to learn more about this module: http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS15/Automatic+update.

Artichow

This module enables a graphic library that can be used in order to create stats graphs.

CloudCache CDN

Supercharge your Shop with the CloudCache.com Content Delivery Network (CDN).

Here are numerous benefits of installing the CloudCache Plugin:

• Higher SEO Rankings. Google uses page speed as a key factor in their ranking algorithm. Faster loading pages earn higher rankings in search results, which means more traffic to your site and more money for you.
• Increase your Conversions. Amazon found that if your site loads 100 milliseconds slower the site loses 1% of their revenue. This reason alone is enough to worry about your web page load time. 
• Thrive During Traffic Spikes! In case you become famous overnight (i.e. your shop is mentioned on TV), your sales would skyrocket, but your server might crash from the load; we help you to load balance your websites influx of traffic. 
• Custom SSL made Easy. The SSL acceleration offloads up to 70% of your server CPU power.
  

Google Chart

This module enables a graphic library that can be used in order to create stats graphs.

Note: The graphic library used by this module has been deprecated by Google, and will probably stop working on April 20th, 2015. See https://developers.google.com/chart/image/.

Import/export a theme

The "Import/export a theme" theme module is a native module, and should be installed by default. This is a special module that enables you to import a theme and install it (and its attached modules), or to export a theme and its modules from your shop in order to share it with the world.

Find this module in the module list (in the "Modules" page), and configure it to reach its configuration screen. This screen presents you with 3 methods to install a new module: from your computer, from a public website, or from your own FTP server. It also gives you a method to export your module in a correct format.

Importing a theme

Whatever the method, the process remains the same: indicate the location of the theme's Zip archive, then click "Next".

A quick summary is displayed in the next page.

Click "Next" again to validate your choice. The theme is now installed, and PrestaShop asks you if you wish to install modules that were imported along with the theme, what you would rather do with the current modules configuration, and how you would like the images configuration to be taken into account.

Click "Next" one last time. A final confirmation page presents you with all the changes applied to your PrestaShop install. Click "Finish" to end the process.

Exporting a theme

This section is only available when there is at least one theme installed on your PrestaShop site.
Exporting a theme is very useful when you want either to back the theme up for safety, and create an archive of the theme for a friend or in order to make it available on the Addons marketplace (http://addons.prestashop.com/). Not only does it generate a complete Zip archive of your theme, but it also adds many information in an XML files, which is very useful both when uploading to Addons, and when important to another PrestaShop site.

Select a theme and click on "Export this theme". A configuration form appears where you can set the exported themes parameters: author, modules, theme name, compatibility version, etc.

Once all the parameters are correctly set, click on "Generate the archive now". You will quickly get a file to download from your browser. Save it on your hard-drive, then give the save file a proper name. From there on, you can easily share this theme, and if it is your own creation, you can start selling it on PrestaShop's Addons website at http://addons.prestashop.com/.

Mail alerts

PrestaShop enables you to alert your clients by e-mail in certain cases, e.g., when a new order is placed in your shop, or if a product is almost out of stock. Clients can enter an email address at which they will be contacted when the product becomes available again. Click "Install" then "configure" to configure the module.

When you check the "Product Availability" box, a field appears on the product page of your shop when the product is out of stock. It asks your customers to leave their contact information so that they may be contacted when you shop will have this product back in stock.

In the "Mail Alert" section, you can specify whether you wish to be alerted of each new order. To do so, check the box labeled "New Order".
If you want to be alerted when a product reaches a level of stock that you set, select "Out of stock" and set the value at which you wish to be alerted.

Mail alerts can be sent to multiple addresses at the same time. To do so, list each e-mail address that will receive the notification (one e-mail address per line. To move to the line, press the Enter key on your keyboard).

Merchant Expertise

This module was specifically designed to help PrestaShop users keep track of their progress as e-merchants, see how much they’ve grown and progressed over the days, months and years. It is installed by default.

This module adds system of badges and points, broken down into three levels, all of which are integral to success in the e-commerce world:

• Features. Your use of key e-commerce features such as Site Performance, Catalog Size, Employees and SEO.
• Achievements. Your completion of specific key e-commerce goals such as number of Customers, Orders and Revenue.
• International. Tracks your presence in key International Markets such as the Americas, Oceania, Asia, Europe, Africa and Maghreb.

The more progress your store makes, the more badges and points you earn. There is no need to submit any information or fill out any forms. We know how busy you are; everything is done automatically. Use this tool to drive your business, view your progress and reflect on your great achievements.

Newsletter

Your customers can give you their e-mail address either by entering it in the Newsletter block located on the homepage or by checking the "Yes" box to subscribe to the newsletter when they register. You need these e-mail addresses in order to do some marketing. Click "Configure" in order to bring the needed page up.

Upon registration, your customers have two choices related to the newsletter: The first one to subscribe to the newsletter, the second to receive offers from your partners (Opt-In).

The first section enables you to collect all the email addresses recorded by the newsletter block on your homepage, by clicking the button "Export .CSV file". A notification will appear, asking you to click on a link to download the file containing the addresses.

Four pieces of information will be present in this file. The customer id, e-mail address, the day of registration, and the IP address. If you use this data with software such as Microsoft Excel, you can sort the information as you wish.

The second section, named "Export clients", enables you to filter your customers' e-mail addresses. You can then filter the clients by country of origin by selecting "Customer Country" from the drop-down menu, and then selecting the country you want. Filtering by country is particularly useful for sending newsletters in the right language and for adapting your offers.

You can then take more information into account, when exporting the e-mail addresses. Use the field "Newsletter's subscribers" to select one of the following three items:

• The first "All customers" enables you to select all the e-mail addresses of your customers who open an account on your shop. That is to say, those who do want to receive information from your part, as well as those who do not. Be careful what you did with it, then.
• The second, "Subscribers", enables you to select only those customers who do want to receive a newsletter from you.
• The third "Non-subscribers" enables you to select only those customers who do not want receive a newsletter from you.

Next is the "Opted-in Subscribers" field, where you can filter the contacts based on their desire to register for messages from advertising partners. Similarly, three choices are available:

• The first, "All customers", enables you to select all the e-mail addresses of your customers who open an account on your shop. That is to say, both those who do and do not wish to receive information from your part.
• The second, "Subscribers", enables you to select only those customers who do want to receive a newsletter from your partners.
• The third, "Non-subscribers", enables you to select only those customers who do not want receive a newsletter from your partners.

Once you have filtered the e-mail addresses to export, click "Export .CSV File" to retrieve all addresses. As before, a notification on a green background appears asking you to click and download the file. This file contains six types of information: The customer ID, Last Name, First Name, email address, IP address, and date of registration. You can then use this information to send your marketing campaigns.

PrestaShop Cleaner

This module is very useful when you are done exploring PrestaShop for the first time, and you are ready to start adding your own content.

You must first remove all the demo data that was installed along with PrestaShop: products, categories, client, orders, etc.

The configuration page has three sections:

• Catalog. This will erase all the data from the current catalog, even the items that you added yourself. Check the box and click the "Delete catalog" button to start the process.
• Orders and customers. This will erase all the currently registered orders and clients, even the ones that you created yourself. Check the box and click the "Delete catalog" button to start the process.
• Functional integrity constraints. One click on the "Check & fix" will check your database and make sure that everything is correctly set, and will try to fix what is not.

Simple HTML table display

This is used by the statistics system in order to display data in a grid.

Visifire

This module enables a graphic library that can be used in order to create stats graphs.

Watermark

This module enables you to add a watermark to images from your shop. This limits their diffusion on the Internet.

The configuration page notifies you right away of which settings are currently missing.

• Watermark file. The chosen image must be in GIF format.
• Watermark transparency (0-100). 100 amounts to a non-transparent image, which means that your logo will be very visible, but it will also completely hide part of the whole picture. The default setting, 60, is usually a good compromise.
• Watermark X align. Select where your watermark should appear on each of your images, here on the horizontal axis.
• Watermark Y align. Select where your watermark should appear on each of your images, here on the vertical axis.
• Choose image types for watermark protection. The type of images to which the watermark should be applied. You really only need to choose the biggest sizes, as these are the ones most likely to be stolen.

Once you have saved your settings, the configuration is completed but the watermarks are not yet added to your shop's pictures. Go to the "Preferences" menu, and open the "Images" page. There, click the "Regenerate thumbnails" button, near the bottom of the page. PrestaShop will process all your pictures (as selected in the configuration), and your watermark image will appear on the pictures that you selected.

XML/SWF Charts

This module enables a graphic library that can be used in order to create stats graphs.