Output Settings

This section allows the administrator to specify the default behavior of the storefront, by specifying the sort order and the per page settings of various listings.

• Order products by – this setting specifies the default primary sort order for the product listings. It applies both on the front-end, and in the Administrative Console – in the catalog. The first dropdown allows to select the field (an attribute of the product), and the second dropdown – the direction of the sorting.
• Then by – this setting specifies the default secondary sort order. It is set in the same way as the primary, and used when the primary order values are ambiguous. For example, when the primary sort value is ‘Title’, the secondary order will be used to sort among products with the same name (title).
• Number of products per page – specifies the default number of products shown per page. This value applies both to the front-end and to the Administrative Console. In the latter, this value can be changed for each session through the View menu.
• Number of products per page on a short listing – this setting is similar to the ‘Number of products per page’, but it applies to the front-end short product lists only. It can be overridden by setting the tag attributes in the appropriate templates.
• Number of days for a product to be New – this setting specifies the number of days, from the date of creation, during which the product will be automatically marked as ‘New’ by the system. This setting will only apply to the products with the ‘New’ flag set to ‘Automatic’.
• Minimum rating for a product to be Pop – this setting specifies the minimum rating of a product for it to be automatically marked ‘Popular’ by the system. This setting will only apply to the products with the ‘Popularity’ flag set to ‘Automatic’. Note, that for a product to be “popular” it will need to meet the “minimum votes” requirement set below.
• Minimum number of votes for a product to be Pop – this setting specifies the minimum number of votes required for the product rating to be effective. Usually, when only a small number of users have voted on a product, its rating will not be statistically accurate - it is likely, that only biased users have voted. When a larger number of users vote, the rating becomes more accurate. This setting affects the “popularity” property of a product – products with less than the required number of votes will not be considered “popular”, even if their rating is high enough.
• Number of Top Sellers products – this setting specifies the maximum number of automatic “Top Seller” products in the database. A “Top Seller” product is the one that has more Qty Sold than the other products. For example, if this option is set to “2”, the In-commerce system will pick the two products with the most sales and mark them as “Top Seller”. (Of course, this will change real-time as the products are purchased, or as this setting changes). Please note, if more than one product has the same number of sales and it is the maximum, the system will still enforce the maximum Top Seller requirement; therefore, there may be situations – although they are very rare - when a product with the most sales is not marked as “Top Seller”.
• Display Editor Picks above regular products – this setting will force all products, marked as ‘Editor’s pick’ to be displayed above the other products, regardless of their priority or sort order. Among themselves, ‘Editor’s pick’ products will be sorted according to the regular rules.
• Allow Duplicate Rating Votes - this setting specifies the period during which the same user cannot rate the same product again. The time can be entered in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years. If it is set to zero, the users can rate products without this limitation. Please note, that regardless of this setting, the same user will be able to rate another product immediately after the first rating (i.e. it only applies to the rating of the same product).
• Reviews per page – this setting specifies how many reviews will be listed on one page on the product details page.
• Allow Duplicate Reviews – this setting specifies the period during which the same user cannot submit another review on the same product. The time can be entered in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years. If it is set to zero, the users can submit reviews without this limitation. Please note, that regardless of this setting, the same user will be able to submit a review on another product immediately after the first review (i.e. it only applies to the reviews of the same product).
• Manufacturers per page - this setting specifies how many manufacturers will be listed on one page on the storefront.
• Manufacturers per page on a short listing - this setting specifies how many manufacturers will be listed on one page on the storefront, whenever they are listed in a short view.