Lesson 3 Entering Categories & Subcategories
If you are not at the Store Editor screen for abc store, then start the program and go to the Main Zilron StoreCreator screen.
Click on the Edit Store button.
Click on abc on the next dialog.
Click on the Select button. This should take you to the Store Editor screen.The above steps will not be repeated in subsequent lessons as we assume you are familiar with selecting the store and going to the Store Editor screen.
At the Store Editor screen, below the Category Edit section you will find the three buttons (Add, Edit, Remove) pertaining to categories and subcategories.
Note: To move from fields to fields, you can either use the mouse or press Tab or Shift-Tab (hold down Shift key and press Tab key).
To add a category:
Click on the Add button.
Leave the Sorting ID as 0. The program by default sorts the categories in alphabetical order. You can however sort the categories according to these Sorting IDs.
Enter ABC Complete desktop systems in the Category Name box.
Enter ABC Own Brand Computer Systems in the Category Desc box.
Enter any description in the Full Desc.
Leave the optional Icon Image and Large Image blank.Later for your own store, if you wish to insert any image (*.gif or *.jpg), just click on the Insert button and locate the image from your hard drive.
You can also view the image by pressing the View button.
Click on the Save button (top).
Add another category for the printers.
Click on the Add button.
Enter ABC Printers in the Category Name box.
Enter ABC Own Brand printers in the Category Desc box.
Click on the Save button.
On the Store Editor screen, you should now see the two categories.To add a subcategory:
Click on the Add button.
Leave Sorting ID as 0.
Enter ABC Pentium I Systems in the Category Name box.
Enter ABC Own Brand Basic Pentium I Systems in the Category Desc box.
Click on ABC Complete desktop system as the Parent Category.
Click on the Save button.Note the ABC Pentium I Systems now becomes a subcategory of ABC Complete desktop system.
Repeat the above steps to create more subcategories to the above categories or subcategories.
Click on Save button on the Store Editor screen.
Exit this Store Editor to the Main Zilron StoreCreator screen.The Computer Store
Now select the computer store. This store data is included in your program.
(At the main Zilron StoreCreator screen, Edit Store>click on computer>Select)You should see the Store ID, Company and Store Name on the top right section.
In the Category Edit box, you would see a total of 5 categories and 18 items.
Click on the little box (a box with either or + sign) next to the Computers, click it again to see how it toggles between displaying and hiding the subcategories that belong to the Computers Parent Category.The Printers does not have that little box because it does not have any subcategories.
Click on the Printers, you can see the list of items in the bottom section.
Click on any of the subcategories of the Computers, again in the bottom section you will see the list of items pertaining to the selected subcategory.In the next lesson, we will learn how to enter items and create fields and subfields.