How to set up your own "PAYPAL CATALOG" page

 

Please keep in mind, that this is only a suggestion on how to set up your catalog page. There are as many variations of catalogs, as there are web sites.

A catalog template page is great for 10-50 items. If you plan on updating your items frequently, or adding more than 50 items, I strongly suggest a DATABASE,
type of catalog. Something you can update from a single administrative interface.

 

Edit the Policies, Privacy and Shipping information pages

Open each page,

Change the Column Headings
Not really required, but you might prefer to customize your headings.
Edit the 'View Cart' button
  • Download and install the 'PayPal button wizard'
  • Restart FrontPage
  • Delete the existing View Cart button
  • Leave the cursor in place, then click on the Insert Menu >> PayPal Purchase Button Wizard
  • Follow the Wizard, completing your information. If you do not yet have a PayPal account, enter an email address that   you will be using when you do sign up.
  • Download and review the PayPal Guide
Edit the Product Image
  • Select an image with a similar colored background
  • Import this image into your web sites images folder
  • Delete the existing 'mouse' image
  • Open you images folder, and drag the new image into the cell to replace the default mouse image.
  • You can 'resize' all your images, to the same size by using the 'Autothumbnail' feature in FrontPagethumbni
    • Set the properties for a thumbnail

    Setting the properties of thumbnails applies to thumbnails that you will create using Auto Thumbnail, not to thumbnails you have already created.

    1. On the Tools menu, click Page Options, and then click the Auto Thumbnail tab.
    2. Do one or more of the following:
      • In the Set list, click the option you want to use for specifying a size, then in the Pixels box, enter the value in pixels.
      • Select Border thickness o specify a border, and then in the Pixels box, enter the value in pixels.
      • Click the Beveled edge check box if you want the graphic to be beveled.

        If you have also specified a border thickness, the thumbnail will have a beveled edge inside of a border.
         

  • You can also set up your PayPal button to use additional 'fields' such as 'size' 'color', find out the details here:
Edit Product Details
  • Now you can be really creative, here is just a suggestion for some elements you may wish to include with the product information.
  • You may notice a slight difference in font size for the:
    • Brand:product name
    • View Details...
    • Both of these 'links' are hyperlinked to the corresponding product-details.htm page, in the:
      • /online-store-kit/product-detail-pages folder
    • If the product is numbered #1, for example on the catalog page, then the corresponding 'details' page in the /online-store-kit/product-detail-pages folder would be 'product-details-1.htm'.
  • You may also want to include a link to the manufacture's web site' product details' or support page.
  • And if the product comes in multiple colors, you can change the cell colors:
    • Set the background color for a cell
      1. Position the insertion point in the cell, right-click, and then click Cell Properties on the shortcut menu.
      2. Under Background, in the Color list, select a color for the cell background.
  • If you would like to offer your customers the ability to select the 'size' 'color' or specific attribute
Shipping information
  • Edit the 'Shipping' info page. This one may take a bit of planning. As the shipping details can get somewhat...detailed. We only suggest that you included a shipping information page, the set up of that page can be quite varied depending on the services provided. The best place to gather your information, is from the shipping companies themselves. IE www.fedex.com, www.ups.com,
Add to Cart
  • Download and install the 'PayPal button wizard'
  • Restart FrontPage
  • Delete the existing 'ADD to CART button
  • Leave the cursor in place, then click on the Insert Menu >> PayPal Purchase Button Wizard
  • Follow the Wizard, completing your information. If you do not yet have a PayPal account, enter an email address that   you will be using when you do sign up.
Price Comparison
  • Just a thought, but you may wish to advertise a price comparisons, especially for 'sale' items.