Product sort orders
Your website's category pages display products in a specific order which is determined by the sort order you set for those products within your ShopWired account.
To change the order that products appear in on category pages by default navigate to and select in the top right.
You can select from one of the following 5 options for the default sort order for category/brand pages, visitors can still use the 'sort by' option on your website to adjust the sort order themselves:
- Name (a to z)
- Name (z to a)
- Price (high to low)
- Price (low to high)
- Manual
Selecting the manual option allows you to select the order that products appear in on category pages yourself, through your ShopWired account. This option will be presented to visitors on your website as Relevance.
When selecting manual you can select to either:
- Select a single sort order for each product, that applies to all category/brand pages
- Select a sort order for each product for each category/brand page
The second option gives you the most control over the order that products appear in on your website but sort orders can only be set by uploading a CSV file containing the sort orders (described in more detail below).
Manual sort orders
When using the manual sort order feature you'll see a number to determine the product's sort order:
- Products with a lower sort order number appear above products with a higher sort order number (e.g. a sort order of 1 makes a product appear above another product with a sort order of 2)
- Products without a sort order will appear in alphabetical order beneath those that do
- Products with the same sort order will be ordered in alphabetical order
Selecting a single sort order for each product for all categories/brands
To select a single sort order for each product use the Sort Order column that appears on the view-products page.
Select the + icon, add the sort order number and click out of the field. The sort order will be saved automatically.
Sort orders can also be added using the product import/export system using the Sort Order column.
Selecting a sort order for each product for each category/brand
To select a sort order for each product individually for each category/brand on your website you'll use an import system where you populate all of the sort orders onto a spreadsheet (CSV) file and then import that file into your ShopWired account.
Navigate to the product import/export page within your ShopWired account and in the Import Your Sort Orders section select to download the import template.
The CSV file you prepare needs 4 columns Product ID, Item Type, Item ID, Sort Order.
Product ID
In the Product ID column, enter the unique ID of the product (which you can obtain by taking an export of your products).
Item Type
In the Item Type column, enter either Category or Brand depending on the type of page you are setting a sort order for.
Item ID
In the Item ID column, enter the ID of the category or brand that you are setting a sort order for.
You can obtain your category IDs by taking a category export.
You can obtain your brand IDs by navigating to the brand within the admin system and getting the ID from the end of the URL.
Sort Order
In the Sort Order column, enter the sort order number of the product.
An example is shown below:
| Product ID | Item Type | Item ID | Sort Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12345 | Category | 987 | 1 |
| 12345 | Category | 986 | 1 |
| 12345 | Brand | 432 | 2 |
| 12346 | Category | 987 | 2 |
Once you have prepared your spreadsheet file saved it as a Windows Comma Separated (CSV) file and navigate to the product import/export page within your ShopWired account. Navigate to the Import Your Product Sort Orders section, upload your file and select the import button and wait for the import to process.
Once the import has processed, check some pages on your website to ensure that the results are as expected.
Use the Export Your Sort Orders section to download a CSV file containing all of your existing configured sort orders.
The import system can be used to update existing sort orders or to delete sort orders. To delete a sort order for a particular product and category/brand you can enter [delete] into the sort order column, e.g.
| Product ID | Item Type | Item ID | Sort Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12345 | Category | 987 | [delete] |