Getting Started~Before building an EROL store, it is important to understand how it is constructed. There are three essential building blocks for creating an EROL Store - these are Pages, Items and Templates.
Pages
Your EROL store is comprised of a Toolbar Frame, Menu Frame, Page Frame and Basket Frame. Pages can be created for each of these frames within the Build Manager.
These pages can then be linked, like most websites, to form an interactive series of pages through which the customer will navigate your store.
Our EROL 'Demo Store' shows these pages in a real store situation.
Items
In order to build your store you need to add Items to these Pages. In EROL, these take the form of:
- Display Items: Generally used for Graphics e.g.: Your Logo
- Link Items: Very often used for menu links e.g.: Home, Next, Contact, etc. - or a call to action, such as 'See our Special Offers'. These can appear as Graphics or HTML.
- Product Items: Consisting of a picture of the product on sale, its name, description, price and Buy button.
Item Templates
The way an Item is displayed on the page depends on the Item Template you assign it. EROL provides you with a default template for all Items, which you can edit and/or override as you please.
Layout Tables
These enable you to set the number of Items per row on the Page. In the example below, the top two products are in a Layout Table set to '2'. A new Layout Table is then added, set at '1' items per row. This can be repeated down the Page as many times as you wish, allowing for infinite design possibilities.
Basket
If you want your customers to see their Basket being filled as they shop, you should include the Basket Frame
Product Items added to the basket by the customer can be shown in the Basket Frame as Graphics or Text.
...now you understand the basic concept of working with EROL, click Build Manager to start creating you own store.
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