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Within the Homepage Content link you will find the material that makes up your homepage. Your homepage is divided into three sections, column 1 (far left), column 2 (middle), and column 3 (far right). Your homepage content is created by homepage blocks. You can have a homepage block that contains HTML or plain text, a category grid that contains links to categories on your site, a product grid which contains product images and links to products on your site, and many more options.
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Types of homepage blocks available to you:
Category Grid - A grouping of categories (that already exist on your site) arranged in a grid format displaying the icon images set within each category.
Category List - A list of categories on your site, as a default a category list is displayed on your homepage in column 1.
Category List 2 - A list of categories on your site that allows images to be displayed instead of text. To implement this feature you must also set menu images and active menu images within the category. (Go to the Products tab, then Categories link on the left menu. Next edit each category and under the Menu Tab section select images for the Menu Image as well as the Active Menu Image and save changes.
Category Rotator - A homepage block that contains one category to be displayed on your site, the more categories you place within this block the more will rotate as your site is refreshed.
Coupon Search Box - A box that will allow customers to enter coupon codes to search on your site.
HTML Rotator - A editable area where text, HTML, images, etc can be placed on your site. Similar to a Category Rotator, an HTML Rotator will rotate content as your site is refreshed in a browser to display other content within the HTML Rotator homepage block.
Mailing List Signup - A box that will allow customers to enter their email addresses to join your mailing list.
Product Grid - A grouping of products (that already exist on your site) arranged in a grid format displaying the small images set within each product.
Product Rotator - A homepage block that contains one product to be displayed on your site, the more products you place within this block the more will rotate as your site is refreshed.
Search Box -A box that will allow customers to search for items on your site.
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| 1) | To edit the content within any of the 3 columns you must click on the homepage block's edit button. You will see each block has their own set of edit/delete buttons. |
| 2) | Now you will see the "Edit Homepage Block" page. Depending on which type of homepage block you have chosen to edit this page will vary. |
| 3) | Once you have made changes click ok, and then ok again to save the changes. |
| 4) | To move homepage blocks within each column simply click the up/down arrows within the box attached to each homepage block (that contains the edit, delete buttons). |
| 1) | First choose which column you would like to add content. |
| 2) | Next click on the drop down menu directly below the "New" button which is located at the top of each of the columns ( 1, 2, 3). |
| 3) | Once you have chosen which type of homepage block you would like to add (Category Grid, Category List, Category List 2, Category Rotator, Coupon Search Box, HTML Rotator, Mailing List Signup, Product Grid, Product Rotator, Search Box) click on the word to highlight it. |
| 4) | Next click the new button located at the top of the window. |
| 5) | Now you will be brought to the "Edit Homepage Block" page where you may edit, add, create new, content to the type of homepage block you are adding. When you are finished editing the new block click the "OK" button which will bring you back to the Content link page. |
| 6) | The homepage block you have added will automatically be placed at the bottom of the column. |
| 7) | To move the homepage block up click the "up" arrow located above the edit button which is attached to the block. |
