PDG Commerce Introduction
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Basic PDG Commerce Functions
Home/Enter Store
PDG Commerce provides users with the option of utilizing the software to
dynamically generate their entire website, or to utilize existing static pages
for the non-storefront/catalog pages on the site (e.g. home page, about page,etc.).
The links below will provide an example of a PDG generated "home" page, based on the information
you provide within the Design/Company Info section of the PDG Administrator.
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Show Products & Categories
PDG Commerce provides users with the option of utilizing the software to
dynamically generate an online catalog, or to add "add to cart" links to existing
site pages. If you are working with an extremely large database, or if you would like to
go live with your site in a very short period of time, using Commerce's StoreBuilder function
can save you a tremendous amount of time. When a user clicks on a StoreBuilder link, Commerce
will then generate a listing of all products within the webstore, in typical "search result"
format, and will provide a listing of all the categories/subcategories within the webstore for
the user to begin narrowing the results.
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Order/More Info
This is usually the initial link which calls PDG Commerce into action from an existing
product page on your website. It displays the chosen product on Commerce's "item" page and
allows the customer to specify the quantity and options for the product. Usually this link is
placed somewhere adjacent to the product description or image on your static pages that you
have created yourself.
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Add to Cart/Buy Now
If your products do not have option attributes and the typical order is for a quantity of one,
you may choose to skip Commerce's "preadd" step by using Commerce's add action. Note: although
Commerce's add action will always add a quantity of 1 by default, the user will be presented with the option
of recalculating the number when they view the contents of their cart.
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Search
If you would like to allow your customer to search for specific products, the search action will generate
a page allowing the customer to search for products based on keywords, sku numbers, product descriptions,
price range, and product category.
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View Cart
This type of link allows customers to view the contents of their cart at anytime, from
any place in your Web store that you place the link.
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Checkout
This type of link allows customers to proceed to checkout at anytime, from any
place in your Web store that you place the link.
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Register
This type of link allows customers to register for the web store. The user will assign themselves
a user name and password that can be used to retrieve their billing and shipping address information.
Merchants may also elect to extend special pricing and discount offers to select users or groups of
users, with a customer's eligibility determined based on their log in credentials.
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Log In
This type of link allows customers to log in to the web store in order to retrieve billing and
shipping address info, as well as in order to receive any special pricing and discounts offered to
their customer category.
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Log Out
This type of link allows customers to log out of the web store.
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