BigCommerce Setup
eCommerce Form
This form, when completed, will link EverywhereBridal to BigCommerce. This form is available to a User with the Owner Level Security.
The integration to BigCommerce requires the API Path, Store Url, and Access Token.
- First, log into EverywhereBridal and go to Administration->Store Setup and select your store.
- Click Setup Ecommerce in the upper right corner.
- In a separate browser tab or window, log into BigCommerce
- Copy the Bigcommerce URL, it will be like
https://store-ipp4cbluwt.mybigcommerce.com/
into the Store Url field in EverywhereBridal. - In BigCommerce, go to Main menu->Settings
- Under API, select "Store-level API accounts"
- Click "Create API account"
- Set Token type to "V2/V3 API token"
- Name it "EWB API"
- Copy the API path from BigCommerce and paste it into the API Path field in EverywhereBridal.
- Under Auth Scopes, set all scopes (including Product) to Modify.
- Click Save. It will display the Client ID, secret and access token. It will also download them in a text file
- Copy the access token from BigCommerce and paste it into Access token in EverywhereBridal
- Save the store setup in EverywhereBridal. The integration is set up.
More Help: BigCommerce API information as detailed by BigCommerce.
Fields
Color Option Style ... Swatch or Dropdown. When uploading inventory styles, there is a field option on the eCommerce form of Retail Inventory eCommerce tab named "Allow stock Sales only?".
When checked the system will only upload colors and sizes of the style that are in stock. No other colors or sizes may be purchased. If unchecked the system does not care and will upload all colors and all sizes shown in the size and color charts attached to the style.
Bigcommerce allows two display options to shoppers on the site for colors. One is drop down of the color names as listed in the color charts attached to the style. The second option Swatches. A swatch is a small square that has a representation of the color as set in the color chart via the color hex code. All colors have a computer color hex code which could represent the actual color and may be entered next to it's color name within the color chart. If you plan on using color hex codes then the swatch option is a good way to go. Otherwise choose drop down.
TIP: You can be creative when using dropdowns or swatches. Through a little custom programming in your theme's Bigcommerce Product Detail page, you can use a drop down and still see color swatches or on color swatches see the color name without hovering over the swatch.
Custom Drop Down. Normally drop down has just the color name, no color background.
Custom Swatch. Normally swatch displays color name when shopper move the mouse pointer over the swatch. This custom feature puts the color name on top of the swatch:
Automatically insert sizes, color, and extra data into description? ... If checked, the sizes, colors and store style is automatically added to the description when uploaded to BigCommerce. Some retailers use this to help with SEO.
Store Url Copied from the BigCommerce store URL
API Path Copied from the API page on Bigcommerce
Access token Copied from the API credentials on Bigcommerce
ClientID Only used for legacy BigCommerce stores
Client Secret Only used for legacy BigCommerce stores