Featured Products

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Managing Featured Products

The Featured Products page allows you to view all the featured items for your store.  These featured products are displayed in the storefront and shown in their respective categories with the default sort being "Featured", they appear first on the page.

To access this feature, go to Manage > Featured Products using the admin menu. A page similar to the one shown below will appear.  

From this page, you can use the basic or advanced search form to find products and make them featured. In the default search results, you can view all the products that are currently featured, with options to remove them from the featured products list.

Finding and Adding Featured Products

After creating new products, you can make them featured in the store.  There are a few methods available:

  • Search and Assign - to make several products featured at once, find the Featured Products page from the Marketing menu.

  • Batch Edit - to change or update several products, go to the Catalog > Batch Edit > Products page and follow the instructions there.

  • Edit a Single Product - go to the product editing page, which is available from the Catalog > Products page. Select a product to edit. From the default tab named 'Product', find the section named "Additional Settings" and check the box next to "Include product in Featured Listing".

Search and Assign Featured Products

  1. From the menu, go to the Marketing > Features page.

  2. This will bring you to the Search Products form, which is similar to the one shown below.  



    The top section provides common search fields and options that can be used to find a one or more products. If you want additional search options, then click on the Advanced Search Options header to expand a section with additional search criteria. Reference the sample screenshot below:

  3. Using the search form(s) provided to find the products that you would like to be featured.

  4. After entering the search criteria, press the Search button which will drop-down to provide 3 additional filters:

    - All Products: results include all products regardless of their featured setting.
    - Featured Products only: results include only the products that are already set as featured.
    - Non-Featured Products only: results include only products that are not yet set as featured.

    By default, the search results show any products that are currently featured. Reference sample below:

  5. You can use the buttons from the Action column to individually Assign or Remove products, or..

  6. Check the box next to one or more products, or check the box at the top of the first column to quickly select all products in the search results.

  7. This will activate the Update button, which will drop-down to provide 2 options: either Change to Featured Products or Unassign Featured Products the selected products.

  8. The update will take place immediately after selection.

Edit a Product's Featured Setting

You can make several products featured from the Featured Products page, and you also have the option to make a product featured from the product editing page.

  1. Find a product from the Catalog > Products page.

  2. Edit the product and stay on the default Product tab.

  3. Slide open the Additional Settings section.

  4. Check the box next to "Include product in Featured Listing" and make the product featured, or...

  5. Uncheck the box to remove the product from the featured listing.

  6. When finished, click the Save or Save and Close button.

Featured Products Widget in the Storefront

When a product is featured, it will automatically appear as part of the Featured Products widget.  In a default store, this is shown on your home page, but the widget can be added to any location you like.

The featured products will automatically rotate on the page so you can add as many featured products as you like.

Modifying the Widget

  1. Turn ON editing mode to make changes to the widget.

  2. Edit the widget to see many display options available, including number of products to show (Size), the maximum number of columns, and the caption shown as a heading.

  3. Additional options are available to show the product details, such as SKU, Review stars, Summary description, etc.

  4. If you wish to show the widget in a sidebar, make sure to change the Show widget in sidebar option so it will appear in a single column.

  5. Save changes when finished.

  6. Turn OFF the editing mode to see the final result.