Storefront General Settings

This page contains all the information necessary to understand the general settings of the storefront.

To edit the settings of your Storefront, go to Setup Administration System Options Storefront Configuration

 

Initially, set the Storefront Page Title. This is the title of your Storefront home page, and the name that appears on the tab of the browser when visiting your Storefront.

 

URL Settings


  • Storefront Base URL - The address of your Storefront

  • Storefront Alias - In this field, specify the folder where the site is located.

  • Storefront Host Header - If this is enabled, the value of the Alias is used as the Storefront Host Header, and replaces the Base URL.

 

Setup Settings


The Setup Settings section contains various basic options for your Storefront.

 

Anonymous Access


Allow users to visit and browse your Storefront without having to log in. Please see the page Enable Anonymous Access for more information.

  • Allow self-registration - Allow users to register themselves, rather than having to register each user manually. For more information, please see the page: Enable Users Self-Registration

  • Requires Approval - Enable this option to receive notifications and grant or deny approval for user registration applications. For more information, please see the page:Activating Approval Step for self-registered users

  • Show prices to anonymous visitors including the tax - Enable this option and specify the tax type and the percentage to display to users who have not logged in. This option is only available if the option Include Taxes in Prices has been enabled in the previous section.

 

Self-Registration


In this section, you can specify the options that apply to customers who register through the Storefront, provided that the option Allow self-registration, described above, has been enabled.

  • Payment Method - Set the default payment method for self-registered users. For self-registered users, we strongly suggest selecting a payment method that requires payment using a credit card. For more information on payment methods, please refer to this page: Payment Methods

  • Enable Prorate Billing - Check to enable prorate billing for self-registered users and specify the billing day. For self-registered users, we strongly suggest having this option unchecked for enforcing our system to generate an invoice on basket checkout and request payment for the completion of the order.

  • Partial Charges Invoicing - If the previous option is selected, specify whether to issue invoices for partial charges on the billing day or the order day

  • Auto Invoice Notification - If this option is selected, an automated invoice notification message will be dispatched to the customer(s).

  • Allow Registration of Resellers - If this option is selected, resellers can register by themselves.

  • Currency that customers pay with - Specify the default currency for self-registered users

 

Sections Activation


In this section you can enable the following options:

  • Suggestions to customers - Select whether to display suggested products in a separate section. Products are suggested based on buying behavior, or complementary products. Please see the page Enabling Cross Selling for more information.

  • Enable Most Popular Products Section - Set whether to display the most popular products in a separate section. Product popularity will be calculated based on the contents of orders. within the time period specified.

  • Enable New Products Section - Select whether to display products marked as new in a separate section.

Optimization Options (caching)


We support two levels of caching for increasing Storefront performance:

Level 1: Storefront Configuration 24 hours caching

By enabling this caching option, the following settings are cached:

  1. Banners (for all users)

  2. Custom footer (for all users)

  3. Navigation Menu (only for anonymous users)

  4. Product Catalogue folders on the home page (only for anonymous users)

Level 2: Storefront Configuration & Anonymous Access 24-hour caching

By enabling this option, the following settings are cached:

  1. All Level 1 settings.

  2. The products in offers, new, features, and popular home page sections (only for anonymous users).

  3. The products in "Apps & Services" section (only for anonymous users).

 

Google Analytics


Activate Google Analytics for your Storefront in this section.

Note for On-Premise customers:

If you have not yet upgraded to 3.28.101 please see the page: