Configure > Store

Mobile Store Settings

Mobile shopping is on the rise, and will likely surpass shopping from the personal computer.  Increase new sales and provide your customers a better shopping experience by giving them alternate mobile view of your store.

In the AbleCommerce Gold R2 version, a new mobile store will be activated automatically when a mobile device is recognized.  The user is instantly switched over to a smaller, more navigable version of your store that makes it easier to view products and create a simple order.

Due to the complexity of some features, like shipping items to multiple addresses, the current version of the mobile store templates do not support them.

NOTE:  AbleCommerce Gold R10 now includes a Responsive Website Theme.  If you do not want to maintain a separate mobile store, then a Responsive theme may be something you wish to use instead.

Mobile Store Status

1. From the Configure Store page or using the top-menu, go to Configure > Store > Mobile Settings.

2. Find the Mobile Store Status section as shown below.
   
   

3. By default, Mobile Browsing will be disabled.  When this feature is enabled, without the Responsive theme, then your customers will be accessing the /mobile/ store with a mobile device.
   If the Responsive theme is in-use, then mobile support is not applicable.

4. Click the SAVE SETTINGS button when finished.

Catalog Display

These are the settings to control display elements.

1. From the Configure Store page or using the top-menu, go to Configure > Store > Mobile Settings.

2. Find the Catalog Display section as shown below.
   
   

3. The value entered for Page Size determines the number of items to be displayed on category pages containing multiple listings.  
   Navigation to each additional page will be enabled as needed.

4. The Display Type setting allows you to change between a Grid Display (columns and rows) or a Row Display only.

5. Click the SAVE SETTINGS button when finished.
   
   Here is an example of the Grid Display on a mobile device emulator:
   
   

Product Display

1. From the Configure Store page or using the top-menu, go to Configure > Store > Mobile Settings.

2. Find the Product Display section as shown below.
   
   

3. To use a product's Summary description instead of the Standard description, check the box next to Use Summary.

4. Click the SAVE SETTINGS button when finished.
   
   The Summary description and Standard descriptions from the Product Editing page:
   
   
   
   When the Summary Descriptions are used, the mobile user may have a MORE INFO button available to take them to the full Standard description.