NetCatalogue uses simple yet flexible concepts to make it extremely powerful.

Your catalogue is built up from 4 core elements that each have their own properties:

Categories:
These are similar in nature to folders in a file system. They can contain any number of subcategories and/or any of the other elements.
Categories form the structure of your catalogue, dividing your products into managable groups.

A Category has the following attributes which you can supply:

  • A Name: This appears at the top of the page when a category is viewed. Eg. "Sports Equipment" or "Computer Systems"
  • A Description: This appears below the name and is a short to medium length description of the products in the category.
  • An Image: An image to represent the category. It usually appears to the left of the name and description.

Items:
Each product in your catalogue is represented by an item.

An Item has the following attributes which you can supply:

  • A Name: This appears at the top of the item listing and is the title of the product. Eg. "Tennis Racquet"
  • A Product Code: This does not necessarily appear on the site but may be useful
  • A Description: This appears below the name. It is usually a short to medium length description of the product and/or its function.
  • An Image: An image to represent the item.
  • Pricing: A price or prices for the item for various quantities.

Item pricing is also flexible with built in price breaks for discounts on large quantity purchases if you desire.
Prices can be set for fixed quantity (eg. 10 items cost $10, 20 items cost $19...) or floating quantity (eg. 1 or more items cost $1 each, 10 or more items cost $0.98 each...)

Mapped Items:
Mapped items allow you to place an item into more than one category without duplicating information and therefore avoiding errors where information gets "out of synch"
From the customers viewpoint, there is no descernable difference between an item and a mapped item, the advantage is that a change to the item will be immediately reflected in ALL of its mapped items.

Jump Points:
A Jump Point is somewhat like a subcategory, but instead of containing items etc. it simply "jumps" the customer from one category to another. Jump points are listed below subcategories and are named.

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