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Selecting a Template for Your Storefront

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Last Updated: December 18, 2008 10:49 AM

When you set up your Quick Shopping Cart storefront, you need to select a template to determine how your site will look. Some template designs offer two versions. For those designs, version A is specifically designed toward a focused theme, while version B is more general, allowing greater customization for a look that can be applied to a wider variety of storefronts.

To Select a Template for Your Storefront

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Shopping Cart.
  3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Open next to the account you want to modify.
  4. Select the Templates tab.
  5. In the Store section, click Change Template to activate the Template Selector.

    NOTE: If you have not yet assigned a Quick Shopping Cart Template, click the Dashboard tab, and then click Assign in the Quick Shopping Cart section. The Site Links page displays, where you can select the Quick Shopping Cart site you want to assign to your Dashboard. Click the Templates tab to return to the Templates page.

  6. In the Available Templates area, you can do one of the following, and then click a template thumbnail to select it:
    • Scroll through the templates available in the Category you previously selected during setup.
    • Click Filter and complete the following for a more advanced search:
      Category
      Select a category that best describes the type of site you want to build.
      Templates that work with
      Click the icon(s) that represent the product(s) for which you want to use the template, and then click Update. For example, if you want your Web site to match your shopping cart, select both Site and Store so only templates that work with both display.

    NOTE: In the Available Templates area, change the color scheme of your template by clicking one of the color swatches next to the thumbnail of the template.

  7. Click OK.

NOTE: You must publish your storefront for the changes to take effect.