Blank Product Display

This article describes how to set up the display of blank products in stores. Blank products in this context are products available for sale that are yet to be decorated, or if permitted, for sale without decoration. These settings may be overridden by affiliates when you permit them to do so.

Prerequisites

• You must have administrator access to use this feature

To configure Blank Product Display:

1. Log into your DecoNetwork Website.
2. Browse to Admin > Products.

   Select Blank Product Display.

   

   

   The main work area displays your present blank product settings, which are directly editable.

   

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3. Configure the settings as required.

   Allow blank product purchase

   
   • Allow blank product purchase: lets you choose to enable or disable the ability to buy blanks from online stores. Business Hub operators are not affected. If No is selected, products cannot be added to cart without decoration. If Yes is selected, these additional options will be available for you to configure:
     • Show 'Add to cart' button: lets you choose whether to automatically display the 'Add to cart' button in product display listings and the view blank product page.
     • Allow stores to customize this setting for their own site: tick this checkbox to allow affiliate store owners to customize the availability of the 'Add to cart' button on their own site. When the checkbox is ticked, the "Show Add to Cart Button" setting will be enabled in the View Blank Product widget.

   Product display options

   
   • Product display option lets you choose how a product will load when the product thumbnail is clicked in a store.
     • Product details page: displays the details page for the product.
     • Designer with the cheapest decoration process: loads the product in the Designer with the cheapest decoration process set as the process to use.
     • Designer with the cheapest decoration process on first area selected: loads the product in the Designer with the cheapest decoration process set as the process to use on the first area selected.
     • Designer with no decoration process: loads the product in the Designer with no decoration process selected.
   • Allow stores to customize this setting for their own site: tick this checkbox to allow affiliate store owners to customize the product display options on their own site.

   Pricing display options

   
   • Price types to display lets you set what is included in the prices displayed in stores for a blank product listing.
     • Options are:
       • Decoration pricing only: displays only the total decorated product price (blank plus decoratoin) for each available decoration process.
       • Blank product pricing only: displays the price of the blank product only.
       • Both decoration and blank product pricing: displays the prices for both the blank product and the price of the decoration service for each available decoration process.
     • Allow stores to customize this setting for their own site: tick this checkbox to allow affiliate store owners to customize the pricing type display options on their own site.

       If this checkbox is ticked, you will be able to change this setting at the store level via the Show prices for option in the Blank Product Listing Widget Properties.

       Click here for instructions on how to edit the properties of the Blank Product Listing Widget.

   • Price levels to display lets you set which price level will be displayed in stores for a blank product listing.
     • Options are:
       • As low as (cheapest unit price including quantity discounts): displays the best possible unit price for the product, taking into consideration the highest quantity volume discount level.

         Price display example

         
       • Starting from (unit price for minimum quantity): displays the unit price of the product for the minimum quantity that can be purchased.

         Price display example

         
       • Both 'as low as' and 'starting from': displays both the best possible price for the highest quantity and the unit price for the minimum quantity.

         Price display example

         
     • Allow stores to customize this setting for their own site: tick this checkbox to allow affiliate store owners to customize the pricing level display options on their own site.

       If this checkbox is ticked, you will be able to change this setting at the store level via the Price level display option in the Blank Product Listing Widget Properties.

       Click here for instructions on how to edit the properties of the Blank Product Listing Widget.

   Default thumbnail image

   
   • Default thumbnail image lets you set which uploaded product image will be used for the product thumbnail.
     • Sales Image 1: the first image uploaded as the sales image for the product in the product's configuration.
     • Product Image 1: the first image uploaded as the product information image for the product in the product's configuration.

   Product size display options

   
   
   • Multiple sizes display: lets you set how multiple sizes are displayed for products that support them.
     • Show 'Add Size' option: displays a size drop-down with a quantity field and also an 'Add Another Size' option which adds size and quantity fields, allowing the customer to specify additional sizes.
       
     • Show all available sizes: displays quantity fields for all available sizes at once.
       
   • Size variant display: lets you choose how sub-sizes are displayed on your site.
     • Show size variants in table: displays the sub-sizes in a table format.
     • Show size variants in rows: displays sub-sizes in individual rows.
   • Products set to Default Size: lets you choose whether or not you want products to be initially set to the default size when loaded in the Designer.
   • Size Name Display: lets you choose what to display for the size name in the storefront.
     • Show size code: displays the size code, e.g. XL
     • Show size name: displays the size name, e.g. X-Large
4. Click Save when done.