Adding a Widget
Each new layout features customizable animated content called widgets. Widgets are mini-applications that bring additional functionality to your storefront. Widgets are especially effective in increasing the visual impact of your website because of their interactivity. These new widgets will help your store stand out and will display your products in a variety of visually appealing ways. You can customize and add your own widget based on 8 different types. In this month's newsletter we will show you step by step instructions for creating a widget for your storefront. 1) To begin the process click on Widget Library under the Appearance section of your Site Manager.. 2) Then click Add Widget. 
3) Choose from 8 different widget types. 
4) Type a widget name and description. 
5) Select a number of products to display, and what kinds of products to display. Depending on product choices, you may have more options. 
6) For example, selecting Random products from chosen department leads to choosing which department's products you would like to display. 
7) Video widgets allow you to embed a video so that it appears on your storefront. 
8) Click Preview to see a preview of the widget, or Save to save the widget. 9) To embed a video, you must copy the "embed code" for the video. On YouTube, this code is listed below the video information. YouTube's embed code contains additional information that is not needed for your website. Their embed code will appear like this: <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/InhbSdcNBZw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/InhbSdcNBZw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"> </object> The only portion of the code that is needed appears above in red. Highlight the code and Copy it. 9) Paste the code in to the Embed code field, change the url of the video (the bold part of the sample above) and then click Preview to see a preview of the video, or Save to save the widget. 
Here you can see examples of the 8 types of widgets available in action: 1) Carousel 1 2) Carousel 2 3) Gallery 4) 3D Stack 5) Accordion 6) Product Slider 7) Image Slider 8) Video As always, if you have any questions please contact Technical Support via e-mail at techsupport@emerchantclub.com by going to Live Chat Technical Support at http://www.emerchantclub.com/support.html or by calling (877) 384-4691.
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