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Menu

Introduction

Menus are a list of links that are usually displayed as the main navigation for a website. A menu allows to do the following things:

  • Create sub-menus
  • Change order of pages in the menu
  • Create links to category pages which can directly take the customer to respective product pages.

Menu placement can be decided as per requirement. In case of SOI, the menu is displayed horizontly at the top of the website.

In this section of the manual, we will see how multiple options can be added to the menu along with deciding the position/order of the same.

Product Categories

Product categories help in organizing the products. Categories are the primary way to group products with similar features. You can also add sub-categories if desired. We refer to them as levels.

  • L1 - Parent Category
  • L2 - Sub-category
  • L3 - Sub-sub-category

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The category levels become part of the menu options. Let's see how to add options to the menu.

Add Menu Options

  1. Go to ShadesofIndia
  2. Login with the credentials
  3. Click on Products on the left side panel.

  4. Go to -> Categories -> this will take you to a list of added categories.

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  1. Click the L1 Category which needs to be displayed on the menu.
  2. Go to -> Thumbnail -> to upload a category image if required.

  3. In the Order for Sorting Menu Items -> add a number value which will decide the position of the category in the menu.

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📝 Note : Only by adding a number to this field will display the category in the menu.

  1. Click -> Update to save changes.

💡 Important Tips

  • The above steps have to be followed for displaying L2 and L3 options under the menu.
  • Selecting a L1 category is mandatory in order to display L2 & L3 options.

Accessories Menu Option

The drop down menu for the Accessories menu displays only the L2 level along with images. Clicking on the image will take the customer to the product listing page of that sub-category.

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For this purpose, the below two fields have to be updated for the L2 categories to be displayed:

  1. Thumbnail
  2. Order for Sorting Menu Items

Sale Menu Option

The sale menu option is displayed only during an ongoing sale. Only the L1 and L3 levels are displayed under the Sale menu.

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Add Categories/list under Sale

Follow the below steps to display categories under Sale menu:

  1. Click on Products on the left side panel.
  2. Go to -> Categories -> this will take you to a list of added categories.
  3. Click the L1 & L3 Categories which needs to be displayed on the menu.

  4. Tick ✅ the Sale check box respectively.

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  5. Click- > Update to save changes.

Last update: January 20, 2021