The Channel node allows you to create new channels and shops.
To create a channel:
Click New channel structure
Provide a name and optionally an icon
Decide if this channel is a channel or a shop
Click Save
Channel settings
When you create and/or edit a channel you also have access to number of settings which are used to configure channel behavior. Most of these settings are general, but the Shop Information-tab is only relevant for (and available on) shops.
The General-tab contains basic settings for the channel:
Setting
Use
Comments
Name
Set the channel name
Icon
Set the channel icon
The Shop Information-tab contains settings which are relevant for Shops, which is to say channels that are designed to work with a DynamicWeb 10 frontend.
The Languages section controls which languages you can select in website ecommerce settings where this shop is the default shop
The Order settings control
Which order flow to use by default for orders associated with this shop
The stock settings control which stock locations are available, and you can set a default stock location and stock states collection
The images tab is used when your solution uses image patterns to assign images to products.
To set up image patterns:
Check use method
Select the folder where you images are located - optionally check search in subfolders to also match images in subfolders to products
Specify a main product pattern and a variant product pattern. These are used to set the primary image for master products and variants
If relevant, create a number of additional patterns to match against
Patterns can be constructed using the following product fields:
Field
Example
Comment
ProductID
{ProductID}.jpg
ProductNumber
{ProductNumber}.jpg
ProductName
{ProductName}.jpg
ProductManufacturer
{ProductManufacturer}.jpg
VariantID
{VariantID}.jpg
VariantComboName
{VariantComboName}.jpg
VariantOptionLevel
{VariantOptionLevel1}.jpg
The name of the variant option added to the product, e.g. Green for VariantOptionLevel1 and Large for VariantOptionLevel2.
VariantOptionIdLevel
ProductEAN
{ProductEAN}.jpg
Custom product fields
{ProductFieldSystemName}.jpg
Please note that only product fields are supported, not product category fields or product group fields.
Some notes:
You can use any combination of these fields - e.g. {ProductNumber}_{VariantOptionLevel1}.png
You can add several patterns to a pattern field by separating them with ;
The Advanced information tab is used for two things:
Selecting a product index to auto-build when products are edited and saved under this channel
Please note DynamicWeb solutions use Lucene for indexing, in which the index does not register deletes when being auto build, deleted entities are only registered when the index is fully rebuilt
Selecting completion rules and languages to calculate completeness in this context
To create a channel: