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You can manage product types and section types in the Document types application; see Document types for further details.
In the product sections tree in the Products application, the system displays only document types designated as product sections (together with products they contain).
In the Kentico E-commerce Solution, product types are fully customizable document types used to create products of multiple . Specifically, they define the structure of documents that are associated with (product) objects. Product types allow you to present products and services to your on-line store on the live site. Same as any other document type, each product type can have its own:
and other properties.
You can use the built-in product types, e.g. Product - Computer, Product -TV, Product - T-shirt, etc., and you can also create your custom product types.
Similarly, you can add your custom product section types to easily define the structure of your on-line store (product sections tree). With product sections, you can split up your on-line store into multiple parts, creating a store hierarchy. We recommend this approach as an effective way of managing the products. For example, under Products -> Computers you can create a Tablets section containing only tablets.
In Kentico you can use either sample product types that come with the system installation, or you can define your custom ones.
To add a new product type:
Open the Document types application.
Click New document type.
Switch to the E-commerce tab of the new document type and enable the Document type represents a product type property in the Document's relation to product section.
The This document type represents property allows you to select a default representation for the product (Standard product by default).
Using the respective property, you can specify whether the system creates a product object (SKU) automatically when a store administrator adds a new document of the given type.
The Page (menu item) section type comes with the system's installation, and is offered by default while defining the structure of your on-line store. Besides, you can set up your custom section types.
To add a new section type:
While adding a new product or section in the Products application, you can Link an existing product or section. This approach allows you to create a shortcut to an already existing product or product section. You can thus place a single product (product section, both empty and non-empty) to multiple locations in the product sections tree instead of creating its copies.
If a product (product section) is linked, the system displays it in the corresponding part of the website. If you then edit the product (product section), you modify the original product (product section) content.