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Power Edit Products

Power Edit is a time-saving feature that allows you to select multiple products from your database and edit one or more of their attributes on one screen. For example, if you would like to change the prices for most of your products, select those products from the list, click the Power Edit button, and then select Price from the list of fields. A screen appears containing the name and price field of each product selected, allowing you to make the change easily.

  1. From the Products page, control-click to select the product or products that you would like to edit, then click the Power Edit button.

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  2. In the resulting Power Edit page, control-click in the Information and Layout lists to select the attributes you want to edit.

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  3. If you want to set the fields you selected to the same value for each product, such as setting each product to use the same template, click the global edit button. If you want to set different values for some products, click to edit the products individually.

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  4. Click the Proceed button.

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  5. A screen appears containing a section for each product that you selected in Step 1, with each section showing the fields that you selected in Step 2. (If you selected to edit the products globally, there is only one section.) Make the desired changes, and then click one of the buttons at the bottom of the page.

Here is a list of fields that you can change using the Power Edit Products feature:

Product
Name
This is both the name of the product that will appear wherever the product is displayed, and also the name of the record in the database (the list of products). Even if you do not want the name of the product to appear in your store, you must give it a name here.
Price
This is the price for the product that will be displayed in your store, but it is also used to calculate order totals. Even if you do not want the price of the product to appear in your store, you must enter it here. You can change the currency symbol and format in the Store Text section of ShopSite, under Preferences.
Weight
If you have selected as your shipping option in the you must enter the weight for your product here, so that ShopSite can calculate shipping costs. Do not specify a unit of measurement (pounds, ounces, kilograms, etc.), but use the same unit of measurement for all products in your store.
SKU
SKU stands for "Stock Keeping Unit". In some countries it is called a "stock code." It's a number that sellers use for tracking their items. If you track your merchandise by SKU, code name, or any other number, you can enter it in this field. will appear when the item is ordered, to make fulfillment easier.
Category Description
Specifies the category that the product is listed under in the cross-store product directory provided by your hosting service. Click Change to select or change the category.
Note:
If your hosting service does not provide a cross-store product directory, the Category Description field does not appear.
Ordering
Options
Ordering options can be a convenience to you and your customers if you sell variations on a single product, such as different colors or sizes. Rather than create a page in your store that lists every possible variation, you can use the ordering options feature to present the variations in drop-down lists that appear on the order form. For example, on one page in your store you might list a polo shirt for sale, and have drop-downl lists for the customer to select a size and color.

See the help for Ordering Options for explanations of the fields and to view a sample order form with drop-down lists.
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