Working with Attributes in Quick Shopping Cart
Attributes are concise descriptions, such as "durable" or "lightweight," that you can apply to products at your Quick Shopping Cart® online store. Attributes display in a list beneath product titles. They're similar to tags on blog posts, and can let your customers more easily search your catalog.
Once you create attributes, they're available to all products in your Quick Shopping Cart catalog. You can add them from individual product pages. Attributes are optional descriptive labels and do not affect the prices of products. You don't have to assign any attributes to products.
Once you add attributes to your catalog, you can apply them to products.
To Add Attributes
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Quick Shopping Cart.
- In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Manage next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
- From the Manage menu, go to the Catalog section, and then select Attributes.
- Click Add Attribute.
- In the Label field, enter descriptive text for products that have the attribute.
- From the Sort Order menu, select where you want the attribute to display if there's a list of multiple attributes associated with a product. (Attributes with a sort order of 0 display at top of sort, 10 at the bottom.)
- Select whether the attribute is searchable. This lets customers use it as a keyword when they search your catalog.
- Click OK.
Once you create attributes, you can assign them by editing products that require the attributes.
To Assign Attributes
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Quick Shopping Cart.
- In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Manage next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
- From the Manage menu, go to the Catalog section, and then select Products.
- Click the the product you want to modify.
- Expand the Attributes section.
- In the Attributes section, select the attribute you want, and then click Add.
- Optional: In the field next to the attribute you added, enter terms to further define the attribute. For example, if you entered "durable" as the attribute, "unbreakable" further defines it.
- Scroll to the bottom of the Product Editor, and then click OK.
You can copy existing attributes, and them modify them so they're usable with other products. If you don't make changes to the original attributes, exact copies of them add to your attributes list.
To Copy Attributes
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Quick Shopping Cart.
- In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Manage next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
- From the Manage menu, in the Catalog section, select Attributes.
- Next to the attribute you want, click Copy.
- In the Label field, enter additional descriptive text for products that have the attribute.
- From the Sort Order menu, select where you want the attribute to display if there's a list of multiple attributes associated with a product.
- Select whether the attribute is searchable. This lets customers use it as a keyword when they search your catalog.
- Click OK.
You can edit existing attributes to change anything you specified when you first set them up.
To Edit Attributes
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Quick Shopping Cart.
- In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Manage next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
- From the Manage menu, in the Catalog section, select Attributes.
- Next to the attribute you want, click Edit.
- Make your changes, and then click OK.
You can delete attributes if you no longer want to use them. It makes them unavailable to all products. Delete attributes from individual products on the Attributes section of the product pages.
To Delete Attributes
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Quick Shopping Cart.
- In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Manage next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
- From the Manage menu, in the Catalog section, select Attributes.
- Next to the attribute you want, click Delete.
- Click OK.
