Screen: ShopSite > Utilities > Back Office User Interface

UI Settings for the Back Office

General UI settings
Light Background color
Enter the desired color as a hexadecimal number, or use the color picker to select the Light background color you want in the back office.
Dark Background Color
Enter the desired color as a hexadecimal number, or use the color picker to select the Dark background color you want in the back office.
Choose backoffice theme
You can choose between a light theme, a dark theme, or base the setting on your browser's configuration. To see the difference between and Light and Dark theme choose one then select the Preview Background button.
Show Notification Dot and count for New Orders
Select to have the green New Order button at the top of the screen have a count of the number of new orders that have not yet been viewed. The reset new order count link will only appear when there are new orders. Click this link if you believe the number of new orders listed is incorrect. If after selecting and checking your orders you still believe the number is incorrect you most likely have an unviewed order. From the Orders screen search for Show Unread orders.
Drop-down Menu
Enable drop-down menu navigation
This determines whether drop-down menu navigation is available in ShopSite's Back Office.
Drop on
This setting determines whether the operator will access the drop-down menus by clicking on an item in the menubar or by hovering the mouse cursor over the menubar item.
Maximum number of columns
Determine how many columns to use in the drop-down menus. This setting defaults to one column.
Order of menu items
Decide whether to display the menu items alphabetically or as they appear on the appropriate page.
Expand submenu text
Define which character to use to indicate which submenus within a drop-down menu can be opened. This setting defaults to the plus character ( + ). While any number of characters can be used, too many characters may render the drop-down lists unusable.
Collapse submenu text
Define which character to use to indicate which submenus within a drop-down menu can be closed. This setting defaults to the minus character ( - ). While any number of characters can be used, too many characters may render the drop-down lists unusable.
Timeout to open, milliseconds
This is the time (in milliseconds) that ShopSite will take between when the user hovers the mouse cursor over an item in the menubar and when the drop-down menu for that item appears. This setting defaults to 500 milliseconds (1/2 of a second).
Timeout to close, milliseconds
This is the time (in milliseconds) that ShopSite will take between when the user moves the mouse cursor off of an item in the menubar and when the drop-down menu for that item disappears. This setting defaults to 500 milliseconds (1/2 of a second).
Breadcrumbs
Enable Breadcrumbs Set this to enable ShopSite back office navigation by way of "breadcrumbs" at the top of each screen. For example, at the top of this screen, the breadcrumbs show: ShopSite > Utilities > Back Office User Interface
Dashboard
Enable dashboard Set this to enable the ShopSite dashboard as a replacement for the standard ShopSite Backoffice splash page. Clearing thiswill remove the dashboard and display the standard ShopSite Backoffice splash page. This is identical to using the "Switch to dashboard" and "turn dashboard off" links from the standard ShopSite Backoffice splash page and the dashboard, respectively.
Maximum number of columns This is the maximum number of columns that can be displayed in the dashboard. Use the drop-down menu to select the number of desired columns. Please note that the number of columns specified directly affects the amount of horizontal space each individual module will have available for use, and may result in an interface that will appear "squished" if there are too many columns.
Most recent orders module This module lists the most recent orders. It can be configured to show the desired number of new orders (between 1 and 99).
Recent sales module This module lists the most recent sales figures and can include additional statistics on the most popular items sold. It can be configured to show sales for the past 24 hours, past week, and past month by setting "Display recent sales". Additionally, it can be configured to show the most popular 1-99 items sold over the past 1-99 days by setting the "Display XX top products for the last YY days".
Low stock products module This module lists the inventory items that are running low. It can be configured to show which products (between 1 and 99 total products) are out of stock and which products are running low, as determined by the thresholds specified in product creation.
Top customers module This module lists the registered customers that have spent the most in recent history. It can be configured to show the top 1-99 customers over the past 1-99 days.
Popular searches module This module lists the terms most often searched for in the store. It can be configured to show the top 1-99 search queries over the past 1-99 days.
Feeds and backups module This module lists Google Feed information and a history of data exports done from ShopSite's Backoffice. It can be configured to show the last time any of the following were updated or performed: Set how far back (between 1 and 99 days) ShopSite should search for the information with the "Overdue after X days" for each feed.
Store statistics module This module lists statistics pertinent to the online store, such as the number of pages, products, and customers, etc.
Active features module This module lists information on which payment types are accepted, which credit card processor is being used, how your card security ranks, which tax system is implemented, and the shipping carriers and services that are being used, as well as a list of optional features that are enabled.
RSS reader module This module allows merchants to receive RSS feeds in the dashboard. It can be configured to show 1-99 items from 1-10 different feeds. This module can also be set to display the descriptions that accompany the feed items.
Special Offers module This module delivers special merchant offers directly to your dashboard, such as promotions and discounts.
Merchant alerts module This module delivers notifications and alerts when errors occur in the back office. For example, if a credit card transaction fails during a customer's checkout, an alert appears on the dashboard that warns the merchant to a potential problem. In this case, details about the cart are presented (including registration information), allowing the merchant to contact the customer about the incident.
Wish List statistics module This module provides statistics on the number of wish lists created, breaking them down by whether they are public, shared, or private, and also shows which products are most wanted on the collective wish lists.
Pending Reviews module This module delivers notifications of reviews that have not yet been accepted and that are flagged as pending.
Miscellaneous options
Display storeid in backoffice
These check boxes control where to display the store ID associated with your backoffice. The choices for displaying this information are "In the title", "In the footer", and "In the navigation bar". Set the check boxes for the locations that you want this information displayed.
Display custom image in the navbar
Use the image picker to select an image to display in the header of the back office. It is best to pick a small image, such as a logo. Large images may push back office content down, and affect usability.
"My Store" URL
This controls which web page to open when clicking the "My Store" link in the navigation bar of the back office. Provide the HTTP address that you want to visit when the "My Store" link is clicked.
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Last updated: August 07, 2023
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