Ecommerce Online Store - Design - Configuring your nsCommerceSpace Mobile Design
Overview
Navigating to the Mobile Design Section
Configuring Your Mobile Design Header Options
Configuring Your Mobile Design Promotional Products
Configuring Your Mobile Design Footer Options
Introduction
Merchants with the Premium version of nsCommerceSpace can quickly enable a mobile optimized version of their store. When enabled, the feature will recognize a select number of mobile devices and render an optimized version for that device.
Devices currently supported include:
- All versions of iPhone™
- All versions of Blackberry™
- All versions of Android™ operating systems
Navigating to the Mobile Design Section
1. Login to your Ecommerce Control Panel.
2. Click the Design section.
3. Click Mobile Design.
- Customers using the Starter or Standard package will not be able to access this section.
Configuring Your Mobile Design Header Options
Learn more on how to configure the various settings within your mobile design. After navigating to the mobile design section, you will be presented with the following options.
1. Mobile Template: Enable/Disable - Will activate or deactivate your online store for the above mentioned mobile devices.
2. Upload Logo Image - This area will give you an opportunity to upload a new mobile logo or remove it. After a logo has been uploaded, a preview area will show the logo. We recommend a 250px wide and a 88px high logo. These are the optimal dimensions for most smartphones.
3. Phone Number - This field accepts a valid phone number, which will enable a click to call option in the header of your mobile phone only. If this field is left empty, the graphic is removed from your mobile design.
4. Email Address - This field accepts a valid email address for your mobile design. This will enable users who want to email you from their phone, can click this header link. If this field is left empty, the graphic is removed from your mobile design.
Configuring Your Mobile Design Promotional Options
This section of your mobile design is intended to offer products that a user on a mobile phone may want, versus a desktop user. These may be specials you are running or products a person on the go desires.
1. Available Product List - This is a list of products created in your online store. You can filter by Product Name, check the box next to them, and click the add arrows.
2. Product Lists - These are the selected products that will display on your mobile homepage. Due to mobile constraints, this is limited to 3 products and can be configured:
- Color - You can dictate the color of the Promotional Message, to draw a users attention to it.
- Promotional Message - Allows you to enter plain text to promote a message. The field is optional.
- Sort - Allows a merchant to determine the order of the promotions.
- Remove Selected - Will remove any promotional products with a checkbox next to it.
- Remove All - Will remove all promotional products from the mobile design.
Configuring Your Mobile Design Footer Options
This section of your mobile design will give you flexibility to offer a universal footer message. You can enter up to 4 lines of characters, up to 40 characters per line. This field will not accept HTML and will be center aligned by default.
By default, the software will also:
1. Display a copyright with the current year.
2. Show your company name configured in your Operations>Settings.
3. If enabled, show the Powered by nsCommerceSpace message.
4. Give users a “View Full Website” option that will give users the option to view your full online store.
- If a user selects this option they will also have the ability to revert back to the mobile design.
