Shopping Cart Option Files

This page contains screen shots of the forms that you will use to ADD and DELETE option files for the shopping cart section of your website along with a detailed instructions on how to use them. The description for each box on the form is in bold so you can easily find them. Note the actual screens you will use are larger than the screen shots seen here. They have been reduced for this page so the description can be included next to them.

When to Use Option Files

Option Files will allow you to add a popup photo to an item so you can show a closeup of something or some detail that is not apparent in the main photo that goes with the item. This will place a link at the bottom of the description for the item that the customer sees. Clicking on that link will open a new window with the popup photo in it.
Option Files will also allow you to add Choices to an item. For example if the item is available in red, yellow, and green you should use an option file to allow the customer to choose which color they want. The option file will insert a drop down at the bottom of the description the customer sees that will contain the choices.

We will use the following example to demonstrate creating an option file:

You have T-shirts with an original graphic design on them, you also have an option of adding rinestones to the design but that if you do you want and extra $5 for the shirt. Making two separate shopping items for the various choices is redundant and can be annoying to the customer. A simple drop down with the choices is much better. In our example we will have a photo with the plain shirt in the shopping item but we also would like the customer to be able to see the shirt with the rinestones so we will put in a pop-up photo for the shirt with the rinestones so the customer can see a good close up.

Adding Option Files to the Shopping Cart

First you will be presented with a screen to select what options you want in your option file. You can select up to 4 pop-up photos and up to 9 choices in a drop down for each shopping cart item. In the screenshot below you can see space to enter one pop-up photo and two drop down choices.

Option File Name Give this file a name in our example we will use tshirt for the file name. In order for the customer to see our options we must put the option file name in the appropriate place in the shop item. So instead of 'blank' on the shop item in the option file box we will now want to put 'tshirt'. You can do this when you enter the item in the first place or you can go back and edit the item to add it. Note: When you put the option file name in the shopping cart item, if you have put in a file name for an option file that doesn't exist or is incorrect a big bold error will be displayed when the customer goes to your shop so it is a good idea to check these as you enter them to make sure you haven't make any mistakes.

Pop-Up Photos

Photo File Click the Browse button to find the photo on your hard drive. (You can enter the file name manually if you like but you must enter the entire path to it. To avoid errors I recommend using the Browse button.)
Link Text Enter the text you want for the link to pop up the photo. This link will appear in the long description for the item. In our example we will use 'See Rinestone Shirt' for the caption.

Drop Down Choices

You will get a table that has a line for each Option/Choice which you wish to give the customer. The columns for each choice are Text for Choice In our example we would 'Printed Shirt' in the 'text for choice' on the first line and 'Rinestone Shirt' in the 'text for choice' on the second line
Amount to add to Shop item Price This is for how much you want to add to the base price of the item if the customer chooses this choice. In our example we would enter 0.00 on the first line for the 'Printed Shirt' choice and we would enter 5.00 on the second line for the 'Rinestone Shirt' choice. If all the choices are the same price do not enter anything in this box.

What you enter into this box will depend on what you enter for a price in the price box on the shop item when you enter it under 'ADD ITEMS'. There are a couple of ways you can do this.
1. You can enter 0 for the price in the shop item. In this case you should enter the price of each option in this box on the option file.
2. You can enter the price of the lowest priced option in the price on the shop item. In this case you would add the increase in price for each of the higher priced options in this box. This is our example
3. You can enter the price of the highest priced option in the shop item. In this case you would enter a negative value in this box equal to the discount for that option. For example if you put the price of the Rinestone shirt in the shop item ($15) you would want to put -5 in this box for the printed shirt and 0 in this box for the Rinestone shirt.
Total price for Choice In our example lets say that the printed shirt is $10 and the rinestone shirt is $15. We would then enter 10.00 on the first line for the 'Printed Shirt' choice and 15.00 on the second line for the 'Rinestone Shirt' choice. This is always the actual price the person is going to pay for the option.

When you have completed entering all the choices you click on the 'Add Option File' button.

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Deleting Option Files

When you select this option you will be presented with a list of all the option files that are available to delete. Simply click on the trashcan icon next to the option file you wish to delete. You will be asked if you really want to delete the file. If you do click the 'OK' button and the file and any associated photos will be deleted.

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