Getting Started¶
This document explains the first steps after the shop has been installed. For
the installation process please refer to Installation. If
you want to know more about single data fields within the forms below, you can
just click on the Help
menu, which opens the context aware help.
Note
If you don’t have a working LFS instance yet, you can just use our demo shop at http://demo.getlfs.com. Please be aware that we reset the database every two hours.
Enter Shop Preferences¶
- Browse http://localhost:8000/manage.
- Login, if you aren’t yet.
- Browse to
Shop / Preferences
. - Go to the
Shop
tab. - Enter the
Name
. This is the name of the shop, for instanceACME Inc
which is used on several places, e.g. as part of the meta title of all HTML pages. - Enter the
Shop Owner
. This is the full name of the shop owner. - Enter
From E-mail Address
. This e-mail address is used as sender for all e-mails which are sent from the shop, e.g. the order confirmation mail to the shop customer. - Enter
Notification E-Mail Addresses
. To this addresses all notification messages will be sent. For example, if an order has been submitted. - Click on the
Save Shop
button. - Go to the
Default Values
tab. - Select the default
Price Calculator:
. This is the default for all products, if the price calculator is not explicitly selected on a product. - Select
Invoice Countries
andShipping Countries
. All selected countries will be available to the shop customers for selection. - Select
Default Country
. This country will be preselected as default country. - Click on the
Save Default Values
button.
Add Product Taxes¶
- Go to
Shop / Product Taxes
and click on theAdd Product Tax
button. - Enter the
Rate
(in percentage), for instance 19.0. - Click on the
Add Tax
button. - You can add more taxes by clicking on the
Add Product Tax
site action and executing steps 2 to 3.
Add Delivery Times¶
- Go to
Shop / Delivery Times
and click on theAdd Delivery Time
button. - Enter
Min
, the minimal delivery time. - Enter
Max
, the maximal delivery time. - Enter the
Unit
of this delivery time. - Click on the
Add Delivery Time
button. - You can add more delivery times by clicking on
Add delivery time
link and executing steps 2 to 3.
Add Categories¶
- Now go to
Catalog / Categories
. - Click on the
Add Category
button. - Enter a
name
and aslug
. - Click on the
Add Category
button. - Go to the
Data
tab. - Enter a
Description
. This will be displayed within the detail view of a category. - Click on the
Save Data
button. - Go to the
View
tab. - Select the
Category Template
, In this caseCategory with Products
which means the assigned products of the category will be displayed. - Click on the
Save View
button.
Add Products¶
- Now go to
Catalog / Products
and click on theAdd Product
button. - Enter
name
and aslug
. - Click on the
Add Product
button. - Go to the
Data
tab - Enter the
SKU
of the product. This is the unique id of the product - taken from your ERP for instance. - Enter the
Price
of the product. - Enter a
Short Description
. This will be displayed when the product is displayed within a overview, e.g. when a category displays it’s assigned products. - Enter a
Description
. This will be displayed within the detail view of a product. - Click on the
Save Data
button. - Go to the
Categories
tab - Select the above entered category and click
Save Categories
. - Go to the
Images
tab - Click
Choose Files
, browse to your images and select all images you want to upload. You will see an upload indicator and all images will be uploaded. - Go back to the
Data
tab - Check the
Active
check box. Only active products are displayed to the customers. - Click on the
Save Data
button. - Click on
Goto Product
to visit the new product.
Set Default Locale and Currency¶
Go to lfs_project/settings.py
and change LFS_LOCALE
to your needs (the
default one is en_US.utf8
). This will activate the correct currency and
number formats at the same time.
Usually there are several locale installed on your computer. In order to check which ones, please open a terminal and type:
locale -a
To install an english locale (on Debian/Ubuntu) please enter:
sudo apt-get install language-support-en
Note
After you have changed the locale you need to restart your instance to make it active.
What’s Next?¶
- Add more categories and products.
- Add accessories to your products.
- Add related products to your products.
- Add variants.
- Manage taxes.
- Manage shipping methods.
- Manage payment methods.
- Manage delivery times.
- Manage stock information.
- Add some portlets to your shop and/or categories.