The Shopping.com feed is hosted on your server and polled (and read) by the Shopping.com servers at regular intervals.
Output Filename
Type in the name of the file to store the Shopping.com information to (including the directory). This is the name of the file that Shopping.com will be expecting on your website (name registered when your Shopping.com account was set-up). This file must end with .csv (e.g. PrimeGoodsShops.csv).
Server to upload Shopping.com Feed to
Click on the Get Actinic Settings to use the same settings as your Actinic website.
It is best to host this on your own server (maybe in a subdirectory), for example, feeds. Leave the connection type as Use passive FTP unless you have problems connecting to the server.
The Username and Password are the name and password that you use within Actinic to upload your site (if you are hosting the file on your own server).
Delivery Costs
The options in this section are used to define the
possible shipping costs for each item. There are 3 main categories of delivery
options.
Free Delivery
No additonal amounts are added to the item’s price.
Fixed Price Charge
You always add this amount to each item’s price. You can enter a price at which the
delivery is free.
Calculated Delivery Charge
The delivery charges are calculated using the settings that you specified within Actinic. You must select a single option for Calculate by, Zone, Class and any Free delivery.
Properties
You can Add, Edit or Amend your properties. When you Add or Edit a property the following dialog is displayed :
Variable
The property type can either be a standard Shopping.com type or you can specify your own.
NOTE : If you want to override the default values generated from your Actinic product details you can do this by supplying your own values (fixed or from a CustomVar). You can override the following values by selecting the relevant Standard Variable (in the Variable section). For example, to use a different image for the product when displayed in Shopping.com (from your Actinic shop) you would select the image_URL Standard Variable. You would then define a fixed value or use a CustomVar to get the image to display (for example, http://www.ObeliskHoldings.TV/graphics/house3.gif).
product name
Name of product. This defaults to the product name provided in Actinic.
product description
Description of product. This defaults to the main product description defined
in Actinic.
image url
Image to use for the product. This defaults to the image defined in Actinic
for the product.
product url
HTML page to display when the product is clicked on. This defaults to the product
page within your Actinic shop.
price
Cost of the product. This defaults to the calculated price within Actinic.
shipping
The calculated delivery cost. Theis is based upon the calculation specified
in the options page.
Value
To have the same value for all of your products select the Use Text option. To have a different value for a shop section select Section under Type. To have a different value for each product select Product as Type. If Use CustomVar has been selected you should select a CustomVar (defined within Actinic and values assigned for each product) to retrieve the information from.
If you are using Actinic V8 you would create CustomVars by creating Variables in the Design Library. You would normally create these in the General Group. Also add in a Default value to use for the product. This will be used if a Custom Var hasn’t been used for a product.
Advanced features
Use
the !!SectionTree!! macro to use your Actinic section layout for the product's
value. There
are more advanced ways to include information from Actinic (or from different
fields). See the Advanced
Features section
for more details