Comments on: Getting your Yahoo! Store ready for business has just gotten easier http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/ Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:01:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pboisver http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-55191 pboisver Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:31:21 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/#comment-55191 Kasim--Sorry for the delay in response--your message ended up in the Spam comments folder for some reason. While your site does not use "custom" templates, your site is also not set up in a standard way as you seem to be inserting the majority of HTML into the Head-tags field. This is not a standard configuration that was tested during the Design Wizard launch so I can only advise that you do not perform the migration as I cannot guarantee what will happen. Also, the custom menus you have would not be compatible with the new templates (though you could do the same approach possibly of inserting HTML into the Head section). Paul Kasim–Sorry for the delay in response–your message ended up in the Spam comments folder for some reason. While your site does not use “custom” templates, your site is also not set up in a standard way as you seem to be inserting the majority of HTML into the Head-tags field. This is not a standard configuration that was tested during the Design Wizard launch so I can only advise that you do not perform the migration as I cannot guarantee what will happen. Also, the custom menus you have would not be compatible with the new templates (though you could do the same approach possibly of inserting HTML into the Head section). Paul

]]> By: Kasim http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-52888 Kasim Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:29:26 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/#comment-52888 We would like to migrate to the new Design Wizard - however we have over 15,000 product pages that were developed over the last 7 years using exclusively the Store Editor feature and/or catalog manager upload features. We do not use any custom templates (RTML). We have a standard header (head-tags) and footer (End-Tags) for all our pages, except our home page. Is it safe and easy to transition automatically to Design Wizard? or should we be watching out for some major setbacks. Thank you. We would like to migrate to the new Design Wizard – however we have over 15,000 product pages that were developed over the last 7 years using exclusively the Store Editor feature and/or catalog manager upload features. We do not use any custom templates (RTML). We have a standard header (head-tags) and footer (End-Tags) for all our pages, except our home page.

Is it safe and easy to transition automatically to Design Wizard? or should we be watching out for some major setbacks.

Thank you.

]]> By: Administrator http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-13197 Administrator Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:10:44 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/#comment-13197 Claude, There are two different ways you can approach adding products and the right tool depends on where you intend to build your site and how many products you need to add. Use the Add Product Wizard to add simple product data one at a time. This data is placed in your catalog which you can edit with Catalog Manager or Store Editor. Once you get the hang of adding products you can add them directly in the Store Editor, or in Catalog Manager if you are building in the Web Hosting portion of your account. Lastly, if you have hundreds of products to add at once, you can do a database upload. Search help for "database upload" to get instructions. Paul Claude,

There are two different ways you can approach adding products and the right tool depends on where you intend to build your site and how many products you need to add. Use the Add Product Wizard to add simple product data one at a time. This data is placed in your catalog which you can edit with Catalog Manager or Store Editor. Once you get the hang of adding products you can add them directly in the Store Editor, or in Catalog Manager if you are building in the Web Hosting portion of your account. Lastly, if you have hundreds of products to add at once, you can do a database upload. Search help for “database upload” to get instructions.

Paul

]]> By: NewUser http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-13192 NewUser Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:13:01 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/#comment-13192 How do I build or import my product catalog? Is there tool/wizard to do this on Yahoo Stores? How do I build or import my product catalog? Is there tool/wizard to do this on Yahoo Stores?

]]> By: Administrator http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-9127 Administrator Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:16:40 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/#comment-9127 Michael, With that many products there is really only one option--a database upload. I would encourage you to look through help for instructions on the database upload feature. You can start by taking a small set of products in Access and formatting that data in a csv file for uploading. Once you have successfully uploaded the small set, and seen what type of errors you may encounter (if any) you can do the same for your remaining products. You can perform an Add with an upload to add new products, or a Rebuild to replace what is currently there with the new CSV file contents. If you have images for all the products, you can also do a multiple image upload by naming your images to correspond to the product ID and putting them in a zip file. Consult the help for instructions on that as well.<br /> <br /> Paul Michael,

With that many products there is really only one option–a database upload. I would encourage you to look through help for instructions on the database upload feature. You can start by taking a small set of products in Access and formatting that data in a csv file for uploading. Once you have successfully uploaded the small set, and seen what type of errors you may encounter (if any) you can do the same for your remaining products. You can perform an Add with an upload to add new products, or a Rebuild to replace what is currently there with the new CSV file contents. If you have images for all the products, you can also do a multiple image upload by naming your images to correspond to the product ID and putting them in a zip file. Consult the help for instructions on that as well.

Paul

]]> By: Michael http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-9112 Michael Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:46:31 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/#comment-9112 Hi there, I just purchased the yahoo small business and I love all the possibilites of the software. I am going to use it for two of my businesses. I am hoping you can help. I have around 36000 products stored in a MS ACCESS DB and need to move them to this store. What would be the best way to do this task? THanks for your help and input. Hi there, I just purchased the yahoo small business and I love all the possibilites of the software. I am going to use it for two of my businesses.

I am hoping you can help. I have around 36000 products stored in a MS ACCESS DB and need to move them to this store. What would be the best way to do this task?

THanks for your help and input.

]]> By: Akhilesh Padha http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-2175 Akhilesh Padha Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:37:24 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/#comment-2175 Can we take the back up of the all the custom templates from yahoo store Can we take the back up of the all the custom templates from yahoo store

]]> By: Administrator http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 Administrator Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:37:50 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/#comment-1714 Hi Bryan--glad you are finding the information useful. The blog itself is a great place to get tips for setting up stores. If you can't figure out how to do something you can leave a comment on a post with your question or use the store blog feedback email to submit a question/topic for a future post. Yahoo! Store merchants gather in a few different forums depending on the topic for which you are looking for information, but one of the best is the forums run by long-time developer Don Cole over at <a href="http://www.yourstorewizards.com/" rel="nofollow">YourStoreWizards.com</a>. Many new and established store merchants regularly participate in the forums there and it is an invaluable resource to get expert advice, share best practices, and get recommendations for products and services to grow your store to the next level. Paul Hi Bryan–glad you are finding the information useful. The blog itself is a great place to get tips for setting up stores. If you can’t figure out how to do something you can leave a comment on a post with your question or use the store blog feedback email to submit a question/topic for a future post.

Yahoo! Store merchants gather in a few different forums depending on the topic for which you are looking for information, but one of the best is the forums run by long-time developer Don Cole over at YourStoreWizards.com. Many new and established store merchants regularly participate in the forums there and it is an invaluable resource to get expert advice, share best practices, and get recommendations for products and services to grow your store to the next level.

Paul

]]> By: Bryan http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 Bryan Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:19:36 +0000 http://ystoreblog.com/blog/2006/10/getting-your-yahoo-store-ready-for-business-has-just-gotten-easier/#comment-1712 Hey there-great job on the blog. I have absorbed a lot of good SEO info, and look forward to implementing it into my site. I am trying to add my own buttons to my site, and can't seem to figure out how to do it. Is there a site or group that you recommend that has tips and/or advice for people building their own site? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hey there-great job on the blog. I have absorbed a lot of good SEO info, and look forward to implementing it into my site. I am trying to add my own buttons to my site, and can’t seem to figure out how to do it. Is there a site or group that you recommend that has tips and/or advice for people building their own site? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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