Windward WebStore

Administration::Appearance

Segments are sections of HTML, text and Windward codes that affect the appearance of specific areas of the page that is ultimately displayed to the user. Segments are not themselves complete HTML documents.

Templates are HTML documents that are displayed to visitors to your site. While templates resemble segments in that they consist of HTML, text and Windward codes, they are unlike segments in that they are complete documents. When a visitor views a given page, it is usually composed of a combination of one or more segments placed within a template.

Themes are packages of segments, settings and templates. Once you have your store looking the way that you want it to, be sure to export it as a theme and then download the file to your local hard drive. You can restore your saved theme at a later date, or install a completely new theme. Beware, though, that installing a theme completely overwrites the data that defines your current appearance, so if you've done any customization, you should be sure to do an export before experimenting with new themes.

Themes

Install Theme

Here you will be presented with thumbnail views of three(3) pre-canned, Windward supplied site templates. These templates allow you to get your store front end up and running quickly with minimal effort. The templates are generic and try make themselves available for any given industry. Some minor tweaking to make the site look and feel specific to your needs will be required.

Export Current

Following this link will create a backup of your site in its current state, allowing one to restore at a later date.

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Segments

Miscellaneous

There is only one configurable segment under this heading. When a user first visits your site, if present, the contents of this segment will be used to replace the <ww:content> tag within your default.html file.

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Cart Related

In this segment you will set the HTML code used to display your shopping cart for when a shopper is either:

viewing their cart while shopping
checking out and completing their online order.

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Category Related

In this segment you will set the HTML code used to display the Category Tree created by the e-commerce application. The Category Tree is typically used in providing a method for shoppers to view your site inventory filtered by inventory category.

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Inventory Related

Screen shot taken from inventory settings on WECS 2.5.48.

In this segment you will set the HTML code used to display the inventory list returned for a given category, search result, or other list of inventory items. You will also set the code used to handle page navigation if more then one page worth of inventory items are present.

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Invoice Related

In this segment you will set the HTML code used to construct the emailed invoices as well as the HTML coded used to display a customers invoice history.

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