The following resources are available to your web developer(s) and designer(s) as guides to learn how to modify the look and feel of your webstore, and how to modify the existing functionality of pages within your webstore:

• How to Choose the right designer
• Web designer qualification tips
• Web designer resources
• Webstore design best practices

Tasks to Complete

• Review Supported Fields - There are a number of fields that are integrated from your ChannelAdvisor account to your store. You will be setting up these fields in your inventory and creating a template that maps those fields to your store inventory. 
  
  Please refer to the Supported Fields Table for a full list of all fields supported by ChannelAdvisor.
   
• Add Additional Data Using Custom Attributes - Attributes are custom fields used to describe your products and are an important part of organizing your inventory.  Your account is preconfigured with a number of attributes already like price and title, but d ue to the number of ChannelAdvisor clients selling a variety of products through the system, it is almost guaranteed that all of the fields needed to describe your items will not be included in the default fields on an inventory item record. In order for you to best describe your items, we have included the ability to create custom fields that can be used to describe your products.
  
  Please refer to the  Using Inventory Attributes page for more information.
   
• Assign a Label to your Inventory - Labels are a way to dynamically group inventory items together. In order to designate your inventory for your Premium Webstore you must assign a label. 
  
  Please refer to the Grouping Inventory Using Labels page for more information.
   
• Add Filtered Navigation (Optional) - Designers can now implement an out-of-the-box Filtered Navigation (aka Reductive Navigation) in the Premium Webstore.  This gives consumers the ability to navigate through products on the site by selecting the criteria that matters to them, such as a color, brand or price range. Please refer to the Adding Filtered Navigation to Your Premium Webstore page for more information.

Note: Inventory will be sent up to the store approximately once every 60 minutes. The next scheduled inventory update can be found in your ChannelAdvisor account under Webstores > Premium Webstores > Overview . On this dashboard you will see a time / date stamp for the next item update.

Configure Settings

Begin by navigating to your Webstores > Premium Webstores > Settings view in ChannelAdvisor and completing the applicable setup fields. 

Please refer to the ChannelAdvisor Premium Webstore Settings page for more information.

Map the Template

Similar to other marketplaces supported by ChannelAdvisor, you can define how you want your product data to appear on your Premium Webstore using a template. You can determine how product data is published on your Premium Store by pulling the information from available inventory fields, using static text for all products, applying business rules, or using lookup lists. You do not have to fill out all fields on the template if you are not going to use them.

For additional information on templates in ChannelAdvisor visit the Mapping Templates page.

For information on how to best map your Premium Webstore template refer to the ChannelAdvisor Premium Webstores Settings page.

Tasks to Complete

At this point you will have received an email from your support contact giving you the URL and login information for your webstore.  The format of the URL will be http://(placeholder).ChannelAdvisor.com/panel/signin.aspx and t he placeholder will be a unique string for your webstore.  This is where you will go to access the admin console to begin implementing the setup tasks outlined below. You can also find this URL in the Premium Webstore Setup Guide in ChannelAdvisor.  To access the Setup Guide, go to Webstores > Premium Webstores and click on your webstore's URL link (after Premium Webstore: in the Status area)

Complete the steps below within the ASPDotnetStorefront console by refering to the specified pages within the Strategy and Support Center as well as the ASPDotnetStorefront Manual.

1. Review AppConfig Parameters Overview - Review this ASPDotnetStorefront Manual page to learn how AppConfig Parameters are used in your webstore. As you go through the steps to setup your storefront you will be updating these parameters and will need to know how these changes will effect your store.
2. Setup Payment Methods and Gateways - Review this SSC page for additional information on payment methods and gateways that are currently supported by ChannelAdvisor and to view the related documentation in the ASPDotnetStorefront manual for setup details.
3. Setup Shipping Methods - Review this SSC page for additional information on shipping methods that are currently supported by ChannelAdvisor and to view the related documentation in the ASPDotnetStorefront manual for setup details.
4. Configure Tax Settings - Review this SSC page for additional information on configuring tax settings and to view the related documentation in the ASPDotnetStorefront manual for configuration details.
5. Setup Topic Pages - Topic pages are free form content blocks that can be displayed on your site. These are often used for FAQ pages, policy pages, special instructions, etc. Review this ASPDotnetStorefront Manual page to learn how to learn how to create and manage topic pages.
6. Manage Entities - Review this ASPDotnetStorefront Manual page to learn how to add additional content for your categories, departments, distributors and manufacturers. 
   Note:  Do not manually create categories, manufacturers, departments, or distributors in your webstore. These will be created via the inventory integration.
7. Product Manager Tool - Review this ASPDotnetStorefront Manual page to learn how to make product or entity changes using the Product Manager tool. This tool allows quick and easy administrative access to all of your products and entities.
   Note:  Do not manually create products in your webstore. These will be created via the inventory integration. 
8. Product Ratings - Enabling the product ratings option allows customers to make comments on your products. This can serve as an enhancement not only to your sales, but also your SEO performance. Review this ASPDotnetStorefront Manual page to learn how to manage your product ratings.
9. Inventory Control - Review this ASPDotnetStorefront Manual page to learn how to customize your store inventory controls including showing / hiding out of stock items and displaying quantities on prodcut landing pages.

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Before launching your premium webstore it will be important to initiate certain steps to insure a smooth transition from your previous hosting company as well as an overall smooth launch of your premium webstore. You will need to request some information from your current hosting company as well as setup your account to run order tests on your store. At this point your inventory should be successfully loaded into ChannelAdvisor, you should have settled on a web designer and be actively working on your store design and you should have completed the necessary settings within ChannelAdvisor and ASPDotnetStorefront. 

View the Order Testing and Hosting page for further details.

Tasks to Complete

1. Modify the ChannelAdvisor Template
2. Request 301 Redirect Setup
3. Complete Hosting Configurations
4. Update AppConfig Parameters in AspDotNetStorefront
5. Setup a C-Name Record

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