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You can post all of your questions directly on our forum, http://www.prestashop.com/forums/
Training
This PrestaShop guide is intended to be a practical companion to the PrestaShop software. If you would like to learn even more, PrestaShop offers three different training sessions. They are available for anyone who wishes to perfect and to master the PrestaShop software.
We offer three various courses, contingent on you needs and expertise:
- Basic User Course to master everyday uses of PrestaShop and to familiarize yourself with all of the features of the software. It is aimed at retailers who manage their online shops with PrestaShop. Length of Training : Half a day.
- Development Course to gain a perfect understanding of PrestaShop’s software architecture and to autonomously execute specific features. Length of Training : 2 days
- Integration Course to master the layout of a PrestaShop online store and to learn the nuances of integrating a draft. Length of Training : 2 days
If you would like to receive further information and the requirements of participation, please address your training questions to: [email protected]
Connecting to the PrestaShop back-office
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To create a category, fill out this form:
First of all give your category a name then determine if it is “displayed ” or in other words if it will be accessible to your customers or not. For example, you may want to postpone showing a new category to your customers because you have not quite completed it. If you are creating a subcategory belonging to a category other than the welcome page, choose the category under which it will appear in the drop-down menu “Parent Category.” Click on “Browse” to upload an image from your computer, in order to illustrate your category.
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At the bottom of the catalog page, under “Products in this category” you can manage the products in your store. See the screen shot below. Once you have created your category, you will be able to add products by clicking on “ dd "Add a new product ” form with several tabs will appear We will ex plain it step by step.
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Fill out the general product information
The first thing to complete is the product information. This is the name that will appear in the search results. Next to the field you will find a flag, which enables you to choose the language into which you wish to edit or create the name.
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Tip: Packs allow the site administrator to simplify preparing orders. They also allow customers to take advantage of special prices and offers.
Create a Downloadable Product
Check the box “Is this a downloadable product?” if you sell downloadable goods, such as mp3s or PDF documents. A form appears:
- Choose the file that you’re making available to your customers by clicking “Upload a File” then find and select it on your computer.
- Filename. Choose a name for your file.
- Number Number of downloads. Indicate how many times this file can be downloaded after a customer purchases it.
- Expiration Date. Indicate the date after which the file will no longer be available for sale. When filling out this file, remember to write in the date as YYYY-MM-DD.
- Number of Days. Once your customer has bought the file from your store, you can limit the number of days he has until he can download his file. You must fill out this field in order to save your product.
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Default Category and Catalog Display
The default category will be used when an article is filed under several categories.
This serves mainly to clarify which category to use in case your customer arrives at your site from a search engine. The name of the category will appear in the product’s URL. For instance, "telephone" can appear under the category of "brand" (Apple, Samsung, Nokia, etc.) and also under the category of "characteristic" (smartphone, flip-phone, etc.).
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To access this information click on the sentence below:
The following fields are shown:
These fields allow you to directly optimize your catalog’s visibility on search engines
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- To add one or more images to your product click the “Browse” button, then select a photo from your computer to upload.
- Write a file name in the “Caption” field once you have uploaded the image.
This is the name that search engines will use to reference your product. You must thus give it a name that corresponds to the product description. This way, your product will appear with ease in search engine results. - Check the box that says “Cover” if you want this uploaded image to be used as the default image, and appear automatically on the product page of your shop.
Once you have uploaded several images, you can choose to modify the image order by clicking on the arrows in the “position” column and define a different cover image by clicking on the icons under the column “cover image” (see bottom of the screenshot).
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To access this feature you must click on the “Attributes and Groups” tab under "Catalog".
Managing attributes and varieties varieties
To add a group of attributes, or in other words to add a group of variation possibilities (colors, capacity material, etc.), click on “Add attributes group”, fill out the form that appears and save.
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