[ic] newbie: adding new sections

[Curt Hauge]

Quoting Matt Olander
>
> we're testing out interchange and we're not very familiar with
> it yet...when
> adding new sections in the design area of admin,
> what must be done to make the new sections
> show up in the
> left menu for the foundation store?

Try this:

1) In Admin UI go to Items > Add Items and add new items, including
categories for each item. You will have to put some thought into your
'Areas' and 'Categories' selections to avoid a long list of products on the
left side. What you really want is a short list of clickable 'categories'
within each 'area' which take you to the results.html page for actual
product listing. Trial and error is the key here =). Click OK to save
changes.

2) Go to Design in Administration and click on the 'plus sign' in
'Area--section' to add an area. Enter a name for this area and do not use
commas (,). If this area is to be shown on all pages, enter 'all' (without
quotes) in the empty box underneath the name you just added. Skipping this
step will prevent your new 'area' from showing up in the left side. Select
'Left' from the Page area drop-down. If you want this area to be clickable,
select the Link type from the drop-down. Note the construct something demo
'areas' are all set to 'No link', although they could link to another page
as well. Click 'Change area' to save changes.

3) Click on this new area above in the Area --section. Now click the 'plus
sign' under 'Contains'. This allows you to add the product category to the
category database AND to
the 'area' section. Under category properties enter the exact name of the
category used for the new products you added in step 1. Set 'Link type' to
simple search. Set field=column pairs' to 'category=name_of_this_category'.
Click 'Change category'.

4) That's it! You should now be able to view your new categories and areas
on the left side. Now add go to 'items' and add some products to each
category.

Good luck!

Curt Hauge