Features
Core features and components of the dvee application.
Login to the admin panel yourdomain/panel to access these features.
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Managing item categories
1.1 Managing item categories
Categories are used for item classification and to defined item attributes. There are 3 levels that classify an item; category, sub-category and type.
illustration of an item's categorywomen > bottoms > leggingsYou can add or remove categories at any level but removing categories at higher levels will also remove its associatiated sub-categories. For example deleting the category "women" as illustrated above will also delete the sub-category "bottoms" and the bottoms type "leggings" and any other sub-categories under "women". -
Managing categories attributes
1.1 Managing categories attributes
Attributes define an item's characteristics. These product attributes are defined at the category type level to further distinguish items in the same category. Attributes are also used for filtering and sorting when website visitors are browsing or searching for items
Product manager is the most powerful feature of dvee. It includes an inventory module that is responsible for
creating and mantaining database records for your store items. The main functions are adding new items, editing or deleting them from the store database.
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Adding new items to the store.
1.1 Adding new items to the store
Ensure that you have defined categories for your items before you start adding new items.To add new items to the store, fill a form that requires the item's name, description, price, colors, sizes, quantity, category and images. Images should accurately represent your items. A thumbnail will automatically be generated from the first image that is uploaded; a thumbnail image is a smaller copy of the original and it will appear on product display tiles throughout the website. To change which image is used as a thumbnail, go to edit products.
Adding colors, sizes and quantities. An item's quantity is defined by its size and color. This makes it easy to account for each individual item and also to further distinguish them.
illustration: Adding quantities of a v-neck shirt10 small blue
12 small pink
15 large pink
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Editing existing items in the store
1.1 Editing existing items in the store
An editing form is similar to the adding form and you may change what you previously recorded or what you missed out.Editing the item's category requires you to also re-define its attributes. This is because attributes are specific to each category. read the categories section for more information about categories.Editing and manage your item's images by adding new ones or removing existing ones. You may also change which image is displayed as the thumbnail. A thumbnail is important because it is the image that will represent your item throughout the website. -
Deleting items from the store
Deleting items removes them from the entire store database. All its related information and images are removed, so be sure you want the item gone before you delete it.
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Item inquiries are saved as messages in a mailbox
1.1 Messages in the mailbox
When an inquiry is made on an item, it is saved in the messages mailbox for later viewing, printing or archiving.Deleted messages are sent to the trash. Remember to delete messages from the trash to permanently remove them.
Banners modules consists of two features; banners and slidshow images management
1.1 Managing banner and slideshow images
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Banners management
Banners are images that advertise your store's items. Banners are added under any category and should represent items in that category.- The file should have a maximum file size of 2MB
- The file must be an image of type jpg, jpeg, png or gif
- Check that the images have a minimum dimension of 400*200
- Uploaded images will be saved at assets/images/banner
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Slideshow images management
Slideshow images advertise your store, products or services. These images are displayed as a carousel at the home page and are on of the first things a visitor will see.- The file should have a maximum file size of 2MB
- The file must be an image of type jpg, jpeg, png or gif
- Check that the images have a minimum dimension of 1510*480
- Uploaded images will be saved at assets/images/slideshow
This feature requires read/write access to the assets/images folder at the root of the application.
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