Introduction

This article helps you learn how to perform monthly product maintenance yourself.

This article is broken in to two parts:

·        Distribute existing products in to proper departments

·        Add this month’s new products to your site

o       Separate instructions for Full Catalog sites, and 250 and lower product sites

Instructions – Distribute existing products

Step 1:  Enter Department Products

Click on the  link under the Products column

From the Site Manager’s Main Menu

From the Products Menu

The link will appear in one of the two places above

Step 2:  Choose Department

Select the department you wish to copy products from (probably the New Products department).  Pull down the menu and click on the department name to select it.

Step 3:  Choose Products

Check  the boxes next to the products you wish to move to another department.

Step 4:  Select Destination Department

Using the “Child Department to transfer products to” menu, select the destination department, and then click the  button.

Products can only be transferred from and to Child Departments – Parent Departments cannot contain products.

After clicking Transfer Products, the site will ask if you want to transfer the products.  Click the OK button.

This moves all of the selected products to the new department.

Instructions – Add New Products

Full Catalog sites

Step 1:  Enter New Arrivals

Note:  If you have a site other than a Full Catalog site, skip down to the second set of instructions.  This set of instructions is for members with a Full Catalog site.

Click the New Arrivals link to display this month’s new products.  This opens the New Arrivals page in a new window.

From the Site Manager’s Main Menu

From the Products Menu

The link will appear in one of the two places above

Step 2:  Select Products to Add

Check  the available products that you would like to add to your site.  (Alternatively, you can use Select all to select the products on this page.)

Step 3:  Choose Destination Department

Pull down the menu to select a destination department, and then click the  button.

Note:  There may be additional pages of new products – if this is the case, switch to the other pages, and add the products from those pages also.

Instructions – Add New Products

250 Products and smaller sites

Step 1:  Enter New Arrivals

Note:  If you have Full Catalog site, scroll up to the first set of instructions.  This set of instructions is for members with 250 product or smaller sites.

Click the New Arrivals link to display this month’s new products.  This opens the New Arrivals page in a new window.

From the Site Manager’s Main Menu

From the Products Menu

The link will appear in one of the two places above

Step 2:  Note Product Numbers

Write down (or otherwise record) the product numbers of the products you wish to add to your site.  When done with this step, close the New Arrivals page.

Step 3:  Add New Products through the Product List page

From the main menu, click the Products Link to enter the Product List page.

Click the Add SMC product link.

Enter one product number that you wish to add, and then click the  button.

On the following page, make any changes you would like (including what department to add it to) and then click the  button.