Web Catalog Overview

​ ProfitSystem offers a feature to create web pages (HTML) files from inventory that may be posted to a web site for the world to see. The web pages may include descriptions, price and up to 4 pictures of the item. A person browsing the web catalog may request more information concerning an item via the click of a email button. This email function will ask for contact information, include the inventory item information and send the email to the shop. ​ There are several steps involved in the set-up of the Web Catalog: ​ 1. Identify the inventory style size/color/widths to include in the catalog. Mark these items by checking the 'Show in web catalog' checkbox on the Inventory - SCW form. 2. Insert pictures/images of the inventory style into the Image database of the Inventory Details/Style form. The first four (4) pictures added will be used in the Web Catalog. If a picture file is larger than 16.7 megabytes, it will not be uploaded. 3. Change the Retail Selling Price 1, if needed, since this is the price placed in the Web Catalog. Next insert a detailed description in the Web Catalog Description field on the Inventory - Statistics Tab. 4. Execute the Web Catalog function located at Main Menu-> Housekeeping-> Create Web Catalog 5. Copy or FTP all the Web Catalog pages to the web site. Link to the Web Catalog from your existing site.

There are several options that are configured on the Create Web Catalog form prior to creating a web catalog.

Web site HTML templates folder...Specifies the directory where the web templates are located. Should be \TPSWINS\WebTemplate\ by default. URL to shop home page...The URL for the web site for your store. A link is included on the main page of the web catalog site to go to your main site. For example: http://www.thebridalshop.com Shop name on web site..The name of your shop. This is included on the main page of the web catalog. For example: The Bridal Shop Web site title...The name for the web catalog site. For example: The Bridal Shop Outlet Store Email address for 'Request more info'...The email address that request more info emails should be sent to. For example: sales@thebridalshop.com. From the web catalog customers by default can request addition info from each item's web page. This request is sent by email via the email info entered on this form. ​ The Request more info template utilizes a free CGI mail program included with ProfitSystem called Mailform. The template has been created to work with this program. For programming details see the section below, ​ When setting the 'Request more info via' to Mailform, the Mailform program requires the that SMTP service be running on the same computer as the web server. Also, MailForm does not support authentication with the SMTP server. MailForm must be able to use the SMTP via the web server's 127.0.0.1 IP address, with no username or password. ​ Create web site...The site can be created locally on a computer, or it can be created and automatically uploaded to a web server at BBL Systems, Inc. If On My Computer is selected, the following four options are enabled.

Create web site in folder...Specifies the directory where the web site will be created. For example: \INETPUB\WWWROOT\

Home page file name..The filename to use for the main page of the web site. If the web catalog is a sub-part of a bigger site, then typically you will already have a default.html or index.html as a main page. In this case, you'll want the web catalog main page to have a different name, and the main web catalog page will be linked to from your main site. For example: INDEX.HTML

Request more info via..Simple Email is the only option. When Simple Email is selected and the user enters their contact info into the Request More Info block for a dress, an email is composed on the users computer which contains the details of the dress and is addressed to you. It is up to the user to actually send the email.

In either case the email will be sent to 'Email address for 'Request more info''

URL to web site...The full URL to the web site where it will be hosted. For example: http://outlet.thebridalshop.com