Catalog Settings

Catalog settings include enabling options for product sorting, changing view modes, comparing products, and more.

To define catalog settings, go to Configuration → Settings → Catalog settings. The catalog settings page is available in advanced and basic modes (advanced mode by default).

This page enables multi-store configuration; it means that the same settings can be defined for all stores or differ from store to store. If you want to manage settings for a particular store, choose its name from the multi-store configuration dropdown list and select all the checkboxes needed on the left to set custom values for them. For further details, refer to Multi-store (link url).

Set up a search

The top panel on the page sets up Search:

Select the Search enabled checkbox if you want the search functionality to be enabled in the public store.
Select the Search autocomplete enabled checkbox to display the autocomplete search box in the public store as follows:

When this option is enabled, the following additional fields will be displayed:

- Number of 'autocomplete' products to display sets up the number of results that will be visible in the autocomplete dropdown list of the search box in the public store.
- Select the Show a link to all search results in the autocomplete box checkbox to display the link to all results in the autocomplete search box. Displayed if the number of items found is greater than the displayed quantity in the autocomplete box.
- Select the Show product images in autocomplete box checkbox to enable displaying product images in the autocomplete search box.

Search term minimum length is a minimum number of chars required for the search.

Select the Search page. Allow customers to select page size checkbox if you want to allow customers to select the page size from the predefined list of options.
- In the Search page. Page size options field, enter a comma-separated list of page size options for customers or the number of products that you want to display on the search products page.
- If the Search page. Allow customers to select page size setting is disabled, the Search page. Products per page field will be displayed. In this field, enter the number of products you want to be displayed on the search page.

Select the Search page. Price range filtering checkbox if you want to enable filtering by price range.
- If you want the price range to be entered manually, select the Search page. Enter price range manually checkbox.
  - If the setting above is enabled, enter the Search page. Price 'from'.
  - And the Search page. Price 'to'.

Product reviews

The second panel sets up Product reviews. Define the following:

Product reviews must be approved to enforce product reviews to be approved by the store administrator prior to being published.
One review per product from customer to restrict customer to add just 1 review per product.
Allow anonymous users to write product reviews to allow anonymous users to write product reviews.
Product review possible only after product purchasing to allow reviewing the product only by customers who have already ordered it.
Notify about new product reviews to notify the store owner about new public reviews.
Notify customer about product review reply to notify a customer about product review reply.
Reviews per store allows only displaying reviews of the current store (on the product details page). Clear this checkbox if you want your customers to see the product's reviews written in all of your stores.
Show product reviews tab on 'My account' page to allow customers to see all their reviews on the 'My account' page.
Product reviews page size is the number of reviews per page.
Sort by ascending to sort product reviews by creation date in ascending order.

Review types

The next block sets up Review types. You can configure a list of review types if you think that a basic review is not enough.

Click Add new button to create a new review type.

Define the following:

Enter your review type Name.
Enter the review type Description.
Define the Display order.
When Required, customers have to choose an appropriate rating value before they can continue.
Visible to all customers sets the visibility of the review type to all customers.

Click the Save button to add a new review type.

Now customers will be able to fill additional ratings on the product review page in the public store.

Performance

The next panel sets up Performance. Having the following settings enabled can significantly improve the store performance:

Ignore ACL rules (sitewide) turns off the ACL rules configured for entities.
Ignore limit per store (sitewide) allows ignoring limit per stores rules configured for entities. It is recommended to enable this setting if you only have one store or no store-specific limitations. Read more about multi-store in the Multi-store section.
Ignore discounts (sitewide).
Ignore featured products (sitewide).
Cache product prices. You should not enable it if you use complex discounts, discount requirement rules or coupon codes.

Sharing options in the Share panel allow to set up an opportunity for shoppers to share the products across their social media networks. The options will appear as small icons on product pages. To set up the sharing options:

Select the Show a share button to display a share button on the product details page. When this field is selected, the Share button code field will be displayed.

The Share button code field displays the page's button code.

(link url to image)

This is what share links look like:

Select the 'Email a friend' enabled checkbox to allow customers to use the "Email a friend" option.
Allow anonymous users to email a friend if needed.

Compare products

Compare products option enables customers to compare various offers based on their characteristics and prices so that they can make the best shopping decisions. Set up the Compare products block as follows:

Select the 'Compare products' enabled checkbox to enable customers to compare product options in your public store. The Add to compare list button will appear on product pages.
Select the Include short description in compare products checkbox to display short product descriptions on the compare products page.
Select the Include full description in compare products checkbox to display full product descriptions on the compare products page.

Additional sections

The Additional sections panel allows you to set the following options:

Select the Remove required products checkbox to automatically remove the required product from the cart when the main product is removed.
Show best sellers on home page allows you to show bestsellers on the home page.
- If the previous checkbox is selected, you will be able to enter the Number of best sellers on home page.
Select the 'Products also purchased' enabled checkbox to enable customers to view a list of products also purchased by those who purchased the above.
- When the previous option is enabled, the Number of also purchased products to display field will appear. Here, the store owner can set the number of products to be displayed.
Select the 'Recently viewed products' enabled checkbox to enable customers to see products recently viewed in your store.
- In the Number of 'Recently viewed products' field, enter the number of recently viewed products to be displayed when the previous checkbox is selected.
Select the 'New products' page enabled checkbox if you want the 'New products' page to be enabled in the store.
- In the Number of products on 'New products' page field, enter the number of recently added products to display when the 'New products' page enabled is selected.
Select the Display the date for a pre-order availability checkbox if needed.

Product fields

In the Product fields panel, you can set the following options:

Show SKU on product details page.
Show SKU on catalog pages.
Show GTIN in the public store.
Show manufacturer part number in the public store.

Product page

In the Product page panel, you can set the following options:

Show "free shipping" icon for products with this option enabled.
Allow viewing of unpublished product details page. In this case, SEO will not be affected, and search crawlers will index the page, even though a product is temporarily unpublished and invisible to customers. Note that a store owner always has access to unpublished products.
Select the Discontinued message for unpublished products checkbox to display the "a product has been discontinued" message when customers try to access details pages of unpublished products.
Select the Display type for attribute value when out of stock. If the attribute combination is out of stock, you can show it as disabled or as usual.

Catalog pages

The Catalog pages panel enables you to set:

Allow view mode changing on the categories and manufacturers pages.
The Default view mode to either Grid or List.
Include products from subcategories when viewing a category details page.
To Show number of distinct products beside each category in the category navigation area located in the left column in the public store.
- If needed, turn on the Show the number of distinct products besides each category setting.
Category breadcrumb enabled. Select to enable the category path (breadcrumb). This is the bar at the top of the screen that indicates in which categories and subcategories the product was viewed on the product pages. Each subelement of the bar is a separate hyperlink.
Number of manufacturers to display in the manufacturer navigation block.
Use AJAX products loading to load products asynchronously (applicable to 'paging,' 'filtering,' 'view modes') on catalog pages.
Enable manufacturer filtering to enable the manufacturer filtering on catalog pages.
Enable price range filtering to enable the price range filtering on catalog pages.
Enable specification attribute filtering on the catalog pages if needed. If turned off, the specification attribute filtering won't be displayed on the catalog pages even if you have such attributes created.

Tax

Some tax/shipping info options specific to Germany are available in the Tax panel:

Display tax/shipping info (footer).
Display tax/shipping info (product details page).
Display tax/shipping info (product boxes).
Display tax/shipping info (shopping cart).
Display tax/shipping info (wishlist).
Display tax/shipping info (order details page).

Export/import

In the Export/import panel, you can define:

Select the Export/import products with attributes checkbox if you need product attributes to be exported/imported whenever you export/import the product.
Select the Export/import products with specification attributes checkbox if products should be exported/imported with specification attributes.
Select the Export/import products with category breadcrumb checkbox if products should be exported/imported with full category names including names of all its parents.
Select the Export/import categories using name of category checkbox if categories should be exported/imported using the category names.
Select the Export/import products. Allow download images checkbox if images can be downloaded from a remote server when exporting products.
Select the Export/import products. Allow splitting file checkbox if you want to import products from individual optimal-size files automatically created from the main file. This function will help you import a large amount of data with a smaller delay.
Select the Export/import related entities using name checkbox if related entities should be exported/imported using names.
Select the Export/import products with "limited to stores" checkbox if products should be exported/imported with their "limited to stores" properties.

Product sorting

In the Product sorting panel, you can define:

Select the Allow product sorting checkbox to enable a product sorting option on the categories and manufacturers pages. You can activate/deactivate sorting by Position, Name, Price, and Date of creation.

You can edit the Display order and Is active property of each option by clicking the Edit button.