Collections

• Where do I find my collections?
• What is the collections list?
• How do I search my collections?
• What is a collection?
• How do I create a new collection?
• How do I delete a collection?
• How do I edit a collection?

Where do I find my collections?

Your tags are located in your Aero admin console.

• Step 1 - Hover over the Catalog Management button in the left hand menu

• Step 2 - Select Collections from the Catalog Management menu

What is the collections list?

Your Collections list shows your current Collections. You can view the individual Collections within a group by clicking on the attribute group name, or the arrow icon.

How do I search my collections?

• Step 1: Hover over the Catalog Management button in the left hand menu

• Step 2 - Select Collections from the Catalog Management menu

• Step 3 - Enter your search term in the Searchinput at the top of the page

• Step 4 - Click 'Search'

What is a collection?

Collections are dynamic groupings of products in your storefront. Unlike tags or categories that group based on fixed properties, Collections allow greater flexibility.

How to define Collections

You define Collections based on specific rules. Rules allow you to set the following criteria for your Collections:

• Include specified tags - Include specified manufacturers - Be within a given price range - Be within a given price status - Be published within a given timeframe

Collections are best explained through examples.

Collections example 1

Lets create a Collection called: BOSS Sale

For this, you would specify the following rules:

Rule	Criteria
Limit to price status	Reduced price items only
Limit to manufacturer	BOSS

You would enter these rules in Aero as shown below;

Collections example 2

As another example, you could create a Collection called: Everything Pink Under £2000

For this example, you would specify the following rules:

Rule	Criteria
Limit to tags	Colour: Pink
Limit to price range	0 : 2000

We will enter the rules in Aero as shown below;

How do I create a new collection?

In order to create a new collection for your store first navigate to the collection listings page and click the "+ New Collection" button at the top of the page.

From here you will be presented with the form for creating a new collection.

The form is grouped into sections with non-required sections collapsed.

Collection Information

The first section is the collection name, tags and logo.

• Name- The main identifier for your collection. Namewill be shown on the collection page and on the associated product pages and listings - depending on your theme/configuration.

Rules

The rules section is where we choose which products to show on this page, instead of individually selecting products we apply rules to filter our stores products.

Start by clicking the "+ add rule" button this will display the fields available for you to start to filter your products;

Rule types

There's a number of different rule types available each with their own options

• Limit to tags
  • Tag- Allows you to select tags to include in the Collection
• Limit to manufacturers
  • Manufacturers- Allows you to select manufacturers to include in the Collection
• Be within a given price range
  • From- Allows you to set the lower price threshold to include in the Collection - To- Allows you to set the upper price threshold to include in the Collection
• Be within a given price status
  • Reduce- Allows you to include either reduced or full price items in the Collection
• Be published within a given timeframe
  • Published within- Allows you to include select either a date range or the number of days since an item was published - Number of Days- Available when 'Days' is selected - items published within this number of days will be included in the Collection - From- Available when 'Range' is selected - items published within this date range will be included in the Collection - To- Available when 'Range' is selected - items published within this date range will be included in the Collection

Listing Page Content

The content entered here will be used to populate certain content areas depending on your theme/configuration.

• Summary- Enter a shorter summary of your collection - Description- Enter a detailed description of your collection - Images- Optional - Either drag your collection image file(s) into the box or click to browse files. The images section is broken down into 3 sections allowing you to provide different sized images for different screen sizes.

Both Summaryand Descriptionprovide the following inputs for controlling the content and layout;

• Bold- Embolden selected text - Italic- Italicise selected text - Format- Select from a range of standard formats. - Lists- Select bulletted or numbered lists, and change indent level. - Table- Insert and control a table (supports all standard table operations). - Link- Link or unlink - When you add a link you can choose to open in new tab - useful if the link points away from your storefront. - Image- Add an image by drag and drop or file selection. - Font- Choose from existing fonts or remove a font. - Size- Choose from existing font sizes or remove a font size. - Text Colour- Choose text or highlight colour to apply - select none to remove text or highlight colour that has already been applied. - Properties- Allows you set CSS Class and ID properties - this is advanced functionality for those comfortable working with CSS. - Main text area- This is where you enter you collection description - the detailed collection text that your customers will see.

Listing Page Options

This section allows you to control the products shown on this page by applying various filters;

• Hide categries- Select this to hide categories from your filters list - Hide filters- Select this to hide categories from your filters list - Applicable & available filters- Drag filters from available filtersto applicable filtersto add them to your collection page - Show per page- Enter the number of listings to show on this collection page - Sort by- Select the 'sort by' options that will be displayed on this collection page

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

The SEO section is where you manage the content used by search engines to index your store.

SEO is an important aspect when it comes to customers finding your store when searching for products you're selling.

The SEO section has a number of fields for you to complete;

• Heading- this is the collection name and will be the main heading in most themes. - Page title- used by search engines as the title of this page. - Meta description- combined with the page title and displayed as the search engine listing description. - Canonical- used to determine relationships when multiple pages share duplicate content - No index- checking this box will direct search engines to not index this page.

Additional Attributes

The additional attributes section is used to provide custom fields, these may have been set up by your agency and used to display additional information about your product.

Additional attributes are useful if Aero does not contain a certain attribute that you require, e.g. for integration with an ePos system.

How do I delete a collection?

Deleting collections cannot be undone

• Step 1 - Login to your Aero Admin Console - Step 2 - Hover over the 'Catalog Management' icon in the left hand menu

• Step 3 - Click on 'Collections'

• Step 4 - Search for the collection(s) you would like to delete (more information here; "How do I search my collections? - Step 5 - Select the collection(s) you would like to delete by clicking their checkbox(es)

Step 6 - Select 'Delete collections' from the 'Select a bulk action' dropdown

Step 7 - Click go - A confirmation tick will appear when your bulk action has been completed

How do I edit a collection?

• Step 1 - Login to your Aero Admin Console - Step 2 - Hover over the 'Catalog Management' icon in the left hand menu

• Step 3 - Click on 'Collections'

• Step 4 - Search for the collection you would like to edit (more information here; "How do I search my collections? - Step 5 - Click on the collection NAME or arrow icon - Step 6 - Edit or enter the necessary information for your collection - (more information here; "How do I create a new collection? - Step 7 - Click the 'Save' button in the bottom left of your screen