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• Miva 10 Create a New Product

Create a New Product

You can add and manage products for your website easily in the catalog area of the Miva admin.

On this Page

• Adding a Product
• Details Fields

Adding a Product

1. To add a product, click the Catalog heading on the left side of the page, or click the Products button on the front page of the admin.

2. Click Add Product on the right side of the screen. The Add Product screen appears.

3. On the Add Product screen, fill in the fields with information about your product. Fields in bold are required. When finished, you can click the Add button to add the new product and go back to the product main screen, or the Add+ button to add the new product and stay on the Add Product screen to add another product.

Details Fields

Product Code

The Product Code is a product’s unique identifier in your store’s database. The code can be whatever you want it to be, but it must adhere to the following rules:

• The Product Code must be unique.
• It may be up to 50 characters long, but shorter codes will make some screens and reports easier to read.
• Keep in mind that customers may be able to see product codes, depending on your store settings.
• The Product Code is NOT case sensitive so: CANDY, Candy, cAnDy or candy would all be considered duplicates and only one would be allowed.
• Product Codes can contain letters, both upper and lowercase, numbers, dashes and underscores. For example: RULER-12in or Pen_Black_3pk would both be allowed.
• Product Codes cannot contain spaces, decimal points, quotation marks or slashes. For example: RULER-12” or Pen Black 3pk would NOT be allowed.

Product Name

The Product Name is the name that customers will see in your store. It is a descriptive label and will appear in many areas of your store, including the major heading for the product details screen.

• The Product Name can be up to 100 alphanumeric characters long, and can be changed at any time.
• Upper- and lower-case letters, along with numbers, spaces and symbols, can be used in the Product Name.
• Product display order can be determined by name. This can be either ascending or descending order on the product list screen, and within categories.

SKU

Stock Keeping Unit – an optional identifier you may have for your products.

• SKUs are often used to track inventory in accounting or back office systems.

Category Code

Use the Category Code field to assign the product to a category in your store.

1. Click the Look Up button.
2. In the Category Lookup box that opens, select your desired category and click OK.

Canonical Category Code

Use the Canonical Category Code field to assign a root category for a specific product.

Alternate Display Page

Use the Alternate Display Page field in order to use multiple templates for products. For example, you could use one product display template for DVDs your store sells and another product display template for t-shirts.

Price

Enter the Price for the product. This is the price that will normally appear in the story. Discounts may be applied, based on this price, when the product is offered to customers who are members of a Price Group, or when the product is offered as an upsale product.

Cost

Enter the Cost for the product. This amount may be different from the Price entered above. This field can be useful in various reports.

Weight

Enter the Weight of the product. This amount should be the “shipping weight” of the product, which is the product plus any required packaging. This is important because shipping charges are usually based on the combined weight of the product(s) ordered.

With the 10.11 release the Miva admin now supports weights to eight decimal places. This update is especially helpful for stores that sell small products in mass quantities and allows for improved shipping rate accuracy. To expand the number of decimal places, go to Settings>Store Settings>Store Details and adjust the Minimum Precision of Displayed Weight setting.

Description

The description is how you explain a product to customers on the product screen of your store.

• The description can be as long as you like
• The description can be entered as plain text to use the default formatting, or as HTML code, to format the description exactly as you like.
• If Rich Text Mode is enabled, you can apply formatting or insert tables and images directly into the text box.

Taxable and Active Boxes

Before clicking Add or Add+, check the Taxable and Active boxes.

• The Taxable box should be checked if the product is subject to taxes.
• The Active box MUST be checked for the product to appear on your website. If it is not, the product will be in your catalog, but will not appear on your site.