From the Administration Panel, select Edit Catalog.
See also: Import Products
Before adding the first product to the catalog, set the Thumbnail Image Size in Layout so that resizing will be consistent for all products and their thumbnail images.
1. Select the category that the product will be added to. If one does not exist, you must first add a new category.
3. Enter the Name, Price, and Description.
Note: HTML may be used in the Description box to include larger images, links to product detail pages, etc.
| · | Catalog Status - Choose whether you want the product to be displayed in the catalog or not.
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Note: In the Edit Catalog menu, you may also click the Active/Inactive icons to change the catalog status.  or 
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| · | eBay Item Number (optional) - Integrate eBay - PayPal payments to the AShop shopping cart.
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| · | License Agreement (optional) - If the product requires a license agreement, click the License Agreement button and enter the license agreement text.
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| · | Affiliate Commission Level 1 - Set per product as a percentage of the product price or as a fixed currency amount.
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| · | Affiliate Commission Level 2 - Set per product as a percentage of the product price or as a fixed currency amount.
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| Note: The affiliate commission you set for each product overrides the default affiliate commission set in the Affiliate Program menu.
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| · | Taxable - Check this box if sales tax is to be added for this product. The taxable state, amount of tax, selection to tax shipping or not, and order handling fees are set within Administration Panel/Store Configuration/Shipping and Taxes.
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Note: The Shipping information form will not appear during checkout if only downloadable products or products that do not have shipping set are in the cart, unless the Taxable option is set for the products. To avoid the shipping form during checkout, uncheck Taxable.
Third Party Software Integration
AShop will optionally integrate with several popular PHP applications such as mailing list, bulletin board, and password management programs. If the third party application is installed within the same server account and the path is set within the admin/config.inc.php, a drop-down selection box will appear on the add product or edit product pages. Select the group that this product is to be associated with. See Installation of AShop - Third Party Software Integration.
4. Click "Submit" to save the product information and go on to manage product files.
| · | Product Thumbnail Image - Before uploading thumbnail images, the Thumbnail image size and Link to large original image options should first be set in Layout. To upload a thumbnail image, navigate to a gif or jpg image.
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| · | Preview/Demo File - Click the Browse button to navigate to and upload a preview or demo of the downloadable product. A link to the preview file will appear under the product description. The default link text "Download Preview/Demo" may be edited in the catalogue.inc.php file for each language.
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| · | Product Files (for Downloadable Products) - Browse to the product file. Note: If the product file is 2 MB or larger, see important instructions! You can also use a product file that another product is already using by entering the product ID number of the orignal product using the that product file.
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| · | Upload Key Codes - Upload your key code list for downloadable products.
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5. Click the Update/Delete button to upload the files you have selected.
7. Choose the Shipping Calculation Method you desire and click Submit.