Whirlwind eCommerce Engine Wiki

Whirlwind eCommerce Engine

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Welcome to the Whirlwind eCommerce Engine Wiki.

• Installation
• Initial Setup
• Getting Started : Overview of The System
• Configuration : Integrator's Guide to Operations and Template Development
• Content Management : Site Manager's Guide to Using The System
  • Pages: Page Content Management
  • Image Library: Image Management Library
  • File Library: File Management Library
  • Content Libraries: Reusable, Selectable Content and Image Lists
  • URL Map: Keeping old links intact and Alias URLs
  • Menus: Persistent menu bar links
  • Landing Pages: Specialized home pages targeted to specific users
  • Form Submissions: Lookup any, all custom forms submissions
  • Documents: Secure files for specific user access
  • Pending Approval: View, edit and post page content changing pending approval
  • Custom Search Groups: Manage Keyword drop downs that jump to specific page(s)
  • Users: Lookup, add and edit users and user group membership.
  • Sessions: View who is logging into the website and when
  • Groups: Create user groups that can be used to manage administration or content access
  • Forums: Approve pending forum/comment posts. Lookup, edit, delete all forum/comment posts.
  • Campaigns: Create, manage and track email campaigns.
  • Campaign Subscribers: Lookup, edit campaign subscribers.
  • Banners: Create and manage banner ads, campaigns and zones for campaign/banner placement.
  • Products: Add, edit delete products. Link products to pages.
  • Product Price Matrices: Manage price matrices (volume discounting) that are available to all products.
  • Product Option Groups: Manage groups of selectable options that are available to all products.
  • Shipping: Control shipping options available and pricing
  • Tax Management: Set tax rules for purchases
  • Discounts: Manage coupons and automatic promotional discounts
  • Orders: Lookup and edit orders (both completed, and shopping carts in progress)
  • Cart Report: See return on investment for advertisements, campaigns. Find bottlenecks in the purchase process.
  • Page Templates: Create page templates that govern how pages are managed and viewed
  • Settings: Setup the site, activate site functions, manage site wide attributes
  • IP Blocks: View list of computers blocked from form submissions. Add/remove blocks.
• Wiki Suggestions
• Upgrade Requests / Bugs
• Attn: Engine Programmers
• Attn: Template Integrators
• Client New Site Testing Protocol