RetailPlus:Documentation
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Overview
Content types
Retail+ comes with five build in Content types
- Article
- Product
- Slideshow entry
- Testimonial
Of course Retail+ also supports the rest of Drupal's default content types: Blog and Basic page as well as the Webform content type.
Article
An Article post, similar in form to a story, is ideal for creating and displaying content that carries images and informs or engages website visitors. Time-sensitive content like news, press releases or blog posts may all be created with a article post entry. By default, an article entry is automatically featured on the site's initial home page, and provides the ability to post comments. It has the option to be displayed in the front page slide show. It provides the ability to attach an image which is automatically adjusted to fit into the websites layout. Article post enables free tagging (just like labels), taking taxonomy one step further.
Product
A Product entry is ideal for creating and displaying products. It features options like being promoted on the front page slide show, adding product descriptions and more. It provides the ability to attach one or multiple images, which are then automatically adjusted, along with their thumbnails, to fit into the website’s layout.
Slideshow entry
A Slideshow entry is ideal for creating commercial banners as well as messages for your website. Use it to promote any page of your website or URL into the front page slide show. It can carry a title, a teaser and an image linking to an internal path or external link.
Testimonial
The Testimonial entry is perfect to showcase the words of love from your users and customers. Use it to easily publish testimonials on your site. A special View Block and a View Page are already configured to show them off perfectly.
Image handling
Retail+ comes with pre-configured image presets ready to be used. All the content types, Article, Blog entry, Product, Slideshow entry and Testimonial make use of this and produce all necessary thumbnails and other derived images.
Just upload your images and Retail+ will use them for the Front Page and any other place where a derived image is needed.
Pre-configured Blocks
Retail+ comes with a set of pre-configured ready-to-use blocks and view blocks:
Front page Slideshow
This view block collects and displays the promoted to Slideshow Articles, Products, Blog entries and Slideshow entries.
Latest Additions - main
This view block collects and displays automatically the latest published Products. This block is by default assigned into a quicktabs block.
Latest Products - sidebar
This view block collects and displays automatically the latest published Products. This block is by default assigned into a quicktabs block.
Featured Products
This view block collects and displays the Products that have enabled the "Featured" and "Promoted to front page" checkboxes. This block is by default assigned into a quicktabs block.
Offers - main
This view block collects and displays the Products that have the "Offer" checkbox enabled. This block is by default assigned into a quicktabs block.
Offers - sidebar
This view block collects and displays the Products that have the "Offer" checkbox enabled.
Free Shipping Products - main
This view block collects and displays the Products that have the "Free Shipping" checkbox enabled.
Free Shipping Products - sidebar
This view block collects and displays the Products that have the "Free Shipping" checkbox enabled. This block is by default assigned into a quicktabs block.
Similar
This view block collects and displays automatically the similar Products with the current displayed Product.
Testimonial Slider
This view block collects and displays the promoted to front page Testimonials.
Looking for offers?
Ready made, html block that also displays a simple subscribe form.
Companies in our Store
This view block collects and displays the first 6 taxonomy terms of the "Companies" vocabulary.
Twitter Updates
Connects with a given twitter account and displays automatically the latest tweets.
Popular Tags
This view block collects and displays the tags of the "Tags" taxonomy vocabulary of your site.
Items In Your Watchlist (only Personal Edition)
A link to your watchlist.
Google Map - contact page
This block displays the corresponding Google map configured through the theme settings.
Other ways to contact us
Ready made, html block with all contact information.
How to
Add a new Article or Blog Entry
- Select "Add Content" and click on the content type you want
- Enter a title
- Enter the Subheader body
- Enter the body text
- Upload as many images as you like
- Optionally enter the taxonomy tags you prefer
- Optionally upload a teaser image and enable the "Promoted on slideshow" checkbox to display the current Article or Blog Entry to the front page slideshow.
Add a new Product
- Select "Add Content" and click on "Product" link
- Enter a title
- Enter the Description of Product
- Enter the body text
- Enter the Specifications text
- Upload as many images as you like
- Optionally select the Product type
- Optionally select the Company
- Optionally select if the product should be included in the Featured, Free Shipping or Offers views
- Optionally upload a teaser image and enable the "Promoted on slideshow" checkbox to display the current Product to the front page slideshow.
- [Commerce]Add new Product to Store or connect existing Product from Store with the current Product node. Note that different Store product types have different attributes.
Add a new Testimonial
- Select "Add Content" and click on "Testimonial" link
- Enter a title
- Enter the Body text
Promote a Product to the Latest Additions block
In order to promote a Product to the Latest Additions view block you should enable the "Promoted to front page" checkbox of the corresponding node.
Promote a Product to the front page Featured block
In order to promote a Product to the front page Featured view block you should enable the "Promoted to front page" and the "Featured" checkboxes of the corresponding node.
Promote a Product to the Offers views
In order to promote a Product to the Offers view block you should enable the "Promoted to front page" and the "Offer" checkbox of the corresponding node.
Promote a Product to the Free shipping views
In order to promote a Product to the Sponsored view blocks you should enable the "Sponsored" checkbox of the corresponding node.
Promote a Testimonial to Testimonials Slider
In order to promote a Testimonial to the Testimonials Slider view block you should enable the "Promote to front page" checkbox of the corresponding node.
Publish a post to the front-page slideshow
Product, Article and Blog Entry
- Create a new or edit an existing Product, Blog Entry or Article
- Make sure you have uploaded the Slideshow image using the Teaser image field
- Check the "Promoted on slideshow" option
Your image will automatically be uploaded and resized to fit in the Slideshow. Your post now is part of the front page Slideshow.
Slideshow entry
- Create a new Slideshow Entry
- Enter the title and upload an image using the Slideshow entry image
- Set the Slideshow entry path. It can also be an external link.
- Make sure the Promoted on slideshow check box is enabled.
All customizations regarding the mobile menu can be found at the theme settings.
To change the default responsive menu rendering and display the menu as a select follow the instruction below.
- Disable the Responsive multilevel menu option in the theme settings
- Enable the sf-Smallscreen plugin in the superfish-menu block settings
The result will look like this
Configure the affix implementation
The affixed presentation of your call to action buttons (Add to cart / Add to watchlist) is configured for the default header and admin menu height.
If you make changes that modify the height of these regions you should also change the corresponding theme settings so that the affix implementation works as expected.
- With a tool like Chrome's web inspector find the height of the header when it is affixed at the top of the page
- Also find the height of the admin menu when logged in
- Enter these values in the corresponding fields of the theme settings
