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See the "Automatic Update" chapter of the "Update PrestaShop" guide to learn more about this module: http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS16/Automatic+update.

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Database Cleaner

This module enables you to tie your PrestaShop store with your Google Analytics account.

First, you must choose the API version you want to use:

  • The 1.3 version will require you to enter your Google Analytics e-mail, password and profile.
  • The 3.0 version will require you to enter your Google Analytics Client ID, Client Secret and profile.

We recommend the 3.0 one, since the 1.3 one is deprecated. In order to have the 3.0 version work, you must enable OAuth access by following these instructions: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/config/mgmt/v3/mgmtAuthorization

Incentivibe

Incentivibe is a cost-sharing program which pools businesses together so they can share the prize cost of big contest prizes with other businesses and motivate their individual visitors to become a lead, fan or follower for a chance to win that prize.

You must be signed up to their service in order to use it.

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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. This will check your database and make sure that everything is correctly set, and will try to fix what is not.
  • Database cleaning. This will help reduce storage space and improve disk access efficiency.

Be very careful: any action triggered by clicking on one of these buttons is irremediable. Be sure to have a fresh backup of your database available first.

Email alerts

PrestaShop enables you to alert you and your clients by e-mail in certain cases:

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Merchant 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).

Google Analytics API

This module enables you to tie your PrestaShop store with your Google Analytics account.

First, you must choose the API version you want to use:

  • The 1.3 version will require you to enter your Google Analytics e-mail, password and profile.
  • The 3.0 version will require you to enter your Google Analytics Client ID, Client Secret and profile.

We recommend the 3.0 one, since the 1.3 one is deprecated. In order to have the 3.0 version work, you must enable OAuth access by following these instructions: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/config/mgmt/v3/mgmtAuthorization

Image watermark

This module enables you to add a watermark to all the product images on your shop. This limits their circulation on the Internet – and hopefully deter people from stealing them.

Note

If you intend to export your products on Google Shopping, know that on this service, the usage of promotional text / logos and watermarks in the images is not allowed. You may only upload images which are free of any added watermarks / logos.
Learn more about the Google Shopping policy here: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/2700371?hl=en&ref_topic=2701481

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 types of pictures that you selected.

Incentivibe

Incentivibe is a cost-sharing program which pools businesses together so they can share the prize cost of big contest prizes with other businesses and motivate their individual visitors to become a lead, fan or follower for a chance to win that prize.

You must be signed up to their service in order to use it.

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.

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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.

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Newsletters

This module was built to export a CSV file of the e-mail addresses that your customers registered in your system.

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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.

Export

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Customers

This second section enables you to filter your customers' e-mail addresses before you export a CVS file of their data. For instance, filtering by country is particularly useful for sending newsletters in the right language and for adapting your offers.

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This module enables the NVD3 charting code for your own uses, providing you with ever so useful graphs.

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. This will check your database and make sure that everything is correctly set, and will try to fix what is not.
  • Database cleaning. This will help reduce storage space and improve disk access efficiency.

Be very careful: any action triggered by clicking on one of these buttons is irremediable. Be sure to have a fresh backup of your database available first.

Watermark

This module enables you to add a watermark to all the product images on your shop. This limits their circulation on the Internet – and hopefully deter people from stealing them.

Note

If you intend to export your products on Google Shopping, know that on this service, the usage of promotional text / logos and watermarks in the images is not allowed. You may only upload images which are free of any added watermarks / logos.
Learn more about the Google Shopping policy here: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/2700371?hl=en&ref_topic=2701481

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 types of pictures that you selected.

Zingaya

Zingaya enables online calls - right from a webpage (your website, your social media page, your banner or email message). No downloads. No phone.

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