Navigation Menus

Horizontal Menus

To change the links in the navigation menus, click the 'Variables' button from the Yahoo! store editor buttons. Find the appropriate property according to which menu you want to change (see below). The links in the menu are listed by ID with a single space between each ID. To remove a link, delete the ID of the desire page from the property. To add a link, type the ID of the page you want to add. Note that links will appear in the exact order that you enter the IDs.

• Top-nav-ids - Blue menu directly below logo.
• Bottom-nav-ids - Menu at the top of the footer.

Left Navigation

The left navigation is 3 tiers. Think of this a tree starting with the index page. The first tier is the children of the index page. The second tier is the children of the first tier pages. The third tier is the children of the second tier pages.

Headings

The headings are the first tier. To add/remove of change which pages are in the first tier, go to the home page and click 'edit'. Find the 'contents' property. The links in the menu are listed by ID with a single space between each ID. To remove a link, delete the ID of the desire page from the property. To add a link, type the ID of the page you want to add. Note that links will appear in the exact order that you enter the IDs.

2nd Tier

2nd Tier pages (sub-categories) are automatically shown. For example, 'Resources' is one of the 1st tier links. All of it's children (Color Charts, Installation Instructions, etc.) are automatically shown. To change what is shown, go to the 1st tier page. Click 'edit' and find the 'contents' property. The links in the menu are listed by ID with a single space between each ID. To remove a link, delete the ID of the desire page from the property. To add a link, type the ID of the page you want to add. Note that links will appear in the exact order that you enter the IDs.

3rd Tier

3rd Tier pages (sub-sub-categories) are NOT automatically shown. To show a 3rd tier, go to the 2nd tier page (Example: Stair Treads & Parts). Click 'edit' and then click the 'New Property' button. Add a new property called 'Left-nav-expand' and choose Yes/No as the type. Set it to 'Yes' to show the 3rd tier (it's children, which you can edit in the 'contents' field). Setting the 'Left-nav-expand' property on a page to 'No' will hide the 3rd tier.

Navigation Names

By default, the 'name' property is used when displaying the name of a page on a navigation menu. You can use the 'nav-name' property on any page to specify a different name to appear in all navigation menus. Alternatively, you can add any of the properties listed below to a page (type text) if you want a specific name in only a specific menu.

• left-nav-name
• top-nav-name
• footer-nav-name

Home Page

To make changes to the information displayed on the home page, navigate to that page and click 'edit' from the Yahoo! store editor buttons.

Scrolling Banner

To change the text in the scrolling banner, find the 'Home-marquee-items' property. Add each piece of text on a new line. We recommend having at least 8 lines (you can repeat messages).

Top Categories

There are four top categories listed on the homepage. You can change which categories are displayed by editting the IDs in the 'Top-categories' field. To change how a category is displayed, go to the actual category page and click 'edit.' Use the 'Top-cat-image' field to change the image and the 'Top-cat-name' field to change the name.

Promotional Text Area

You can change this text using the 'Home-page-promo' property.

Message Area

This is the text area right below the Promotional Text Area and right above the featured products. You can change this text using the 'Message' property. To change the title of this area, go to 'Variables' and change the 'Message-title' property.

Featured Products Area

This is controlled by the IDs listed in the 'Specials' property. Alternatively, you can also navigate to individual product pages and click the 'Special' or 'Unspecial' button to add or remove the product from this area. If you would like to change the heading text for this area, go to 'Variables' and change the text in the 'Specials-title' property.

Scrolling Testimonials Area

To edit this area, go to 'Variables'. Use the 'Scrolling-testimonials-title' property to change the title of this area. To add/remove/change testimonials, edit the 'Scrolling-testimonials-text' field. Make sure to leave a blank line between each testimonial.

Bottom Text Area

This is the text right below the scrolling testimonials feature. To edit this area, use the 'Text-below-products-title' property to change the title of this area and the 'Text-below-products' property to change the text.

Overall Design

These properties to change the overall design can be found in the 'Variables' section.

• name-image: Logo image
• tagline-content: Text below the logo in the header
• header-paypal: PayPal/Bill Me Later info in header
• header-phone: Image with phone number info in header
• header-badges: Badge images in header to the left of search box
• 'bbb-badge-footer-image', 'yahoo-badge-footer-image', and 'credit-cards-footer-image': Badges in footer
• copyright: Text on the left side of footer.

Special Features

Related Items

To add related items to a page, go to that page and click the 'edit' button from the Yahoo! store editor buttons. Find the 'Related-items' property. Listed the IDs of the products you wanted listed as Related Items with a single space between each ID. To remove a link, delete the ID of the desire page from the property. To add a link, type the ID of the page you want to add. Note that links will appear in the exact order that you enter the IDs.