Home Page Flows
Overview
The system supports a set of home page flows for the purpose of defining what items are displayed on the catalog home page. When you select a flow, you choose whether parts or products, or a combination of both, should appear on the home page. Home page flows are used to decide how the system's home page looks, and has an impact on subsequent navigation (including catalog navigation). There are flows available for supporting a parts-only catalog, products-only catalog, and a combination catalog of both products and parts.
Example: Your company supports multiple product families, you could select the flow that displays a set of product families on the home page so users can begin product searches with product family selection. Or, if your company supports a single product family, the flow that displays product lines on the home page would be more suitable because it permits users to bypass the unnecessary step of product family selection.
Enabling a Home Page Flow
- Select the flow description's corresponding radio button.
- Click Save. Template changes take effect immediately after clicking Save.
Administration
Available Commerce Home Page Flows:
Multiple Equipment Segments
| Template 1 |
This template has two sections: top and bottom. Your company description and any embedded HTML images, appear across the top of the page. Supported product families appear at the bottom. |
| Default |
This template has three sections: top left, top right and bottom. Your company logo displays top left. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears top right. Supported product families are listed at the bottom. |
Parts Search & Multiple Equipment Segments
| Template 1 |
This template has three sections: top, middle and bottom. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears across the top of the page. The Parts Search template appears in the middle, and supported product families are listed at the bottom of the page. |
| Default |
This template has four sections: top left, top right, middle and bottom. Your company logo displays top left. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears top right. The Parts Search template appears in the middle of the page. Supported product families are listed at the bottom. |
The home page must be set to Custom to see these options.
Many Product Lines within a Single Segment
| Template 1 |
This template has three sections: top, middle and bottom. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears across the top of the page. A commerce section, accelerating commerce document creation, appears in the middle, and the Attribute Search template appears at the bottom of the page. |
| Default |
This template has four sections: top left, top right, middle and bottom. Your company logo displays top left. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears top right. A commerce section, accelerating commerce document creation, appears in the middle, and the Attribute Search template appears at the bottom of the page. |
The home page must be set to Custom to see these options.
Parts Search & Many Product Lines within a Single Segment
| Template 1 |
This template has three sections: top, middle and bottom. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears across the top of the page. The Parts Search template and a commerce section, accelerating commerce document creation, appears in the middle, and the Attribute Search template appears at the bottom of the page. |
| Default |
This template has four sections: top left, top right, middle and bottom. Your company logo displays top left. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears top right. The Parts Search template and a commerce section, accelerating commerce document creation, appears in the middle, and the Attribute Search template appears at the bottom of the page. |
The home page must be set to Custom to see these options.
A Few Product Lines within a Single Segment
| Template 1 |
This template has two sections: top and bottom. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears across the top of the page. The Product Line List template displays at the bottom of the page. |
| Default |
This template has three sections: top left, top right and bottom. Your company logo displays top left. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears top right. The Product Line List template displays at the bottom of the page. |
The home page must be set to Custom to see these options.
Parts Search & a Few Product Lines within a Single Segment
| Template 1 |
This template has three sections: top, middle and bottom. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears across the top of the page. The Parts Search template displays in the middle, and the Product Line List template displays at the bottom of the page. |
| Default |
This template has four sections: top left, top right, middle and bottom. Your company logo displays top left. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears top right. The Parts Search template displays in the middle, and the Product Line List template displays at the bottom of the page.
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The home page must be set to Custom to see these options.
Single Product Line
| Template 1 |
This template has two sections: top and bottom. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears across the top of the page. The Product Line Profile template displays at the bottom of the page. |
| Default |
This template has three sections: top left, top right and bottom. Your company logo displays top left. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears top right. The Product Line Profile template displays at the bottom of the page. |
The home page must be set to Custom to see these options.
Parts Search & A Single Product Line
| Template 1 |
This template has three sections: top, middle and bottom. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears across the top of the page. The Parts Search template appears in the middle, and the Product Line Profile template displays at the bottom of the page. |
| Default |
This template has four sections: top left, top right, middle and bottom. Your company logo displays top left. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears top right. The Parts Search template appears in the middle, and the Product Line Profile template displays at the bottom of the page.
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The home page must be set to Custom to see these options.
Parts Search
| Template 1 |
This template has two sections: top and bottom. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears across the top of the page. The Parts Search template appears at the bottom. |
| Default |
This template has three sections: top left, top right and bottom. Your company logo displays top left. Your company description, and any embedded HTML images, appears top right. The Parts Search template appears at the bottom. |
The home page must be set to Custom to see these options.
hp_flow10
| Default |
It's a blank page, you can design your own home page, including the part search and supported product families as you want. |
Notes
Flow template descriptions are provided under Page Templates and User Interface > Page Templates.
To preview flow templates, use the following path: Page Templates and User Interface > Page Templates > click a Description > displays the Available Templates for the selected description.
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