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Exponent Documentation

Build your Shop

Step 1 – Install Woocommerce

So the first step in setting up an online store using Exponent,  is to go to PLUGINS -> ADD NEW, search for ‘WooCommerce’ in the WordPress repository, Install & Activate it. Once you activate the plugin, WooCommerce takes you through a setup Wizard, using which you can set some of the basic configurations of your store. 

Step 2 – Set up Woocommerce Pages

The four fundamental pages of a WooCommerce store are Shop, Cart, Checkout & My Account. Woocommerce creates these pages automatically for you, if you had chosen to do so, in the setup wizard. Otherwise you would have manually create and setup these pages.

  • Shop – This is where all your products are showcased. To setup your Shop page, go to PAGES -> ADD NEW, create a page named SHOP. Publish it. Go to WOOCOMMERCE -> SETTINGS -> PRODUCTS tab and set this as your Shop Page. 
  • Cart – This is where a user can review all the products that have been added to the cart. To setup your Cart page, go to PAGES -> ADD NEW, create a page named CART. Publish it. Go to WOOCOMMERCE -> SETTINGS -> ADVANCED tab and set this as your Cart Page. 
  • Checkout – This is where a user can enter his billing & shipping details, choose his payment method and complete the order. To setup your Checkout page, go to PAGES -> ADD NEW, create a page named CHECKOUT. Publish it. Go to WOOCOMMERCE -> SETTINGS -> ADVANCED tab and set this as your Checkout Page. 
  • My Account – This is where a registered user can manage this orders and his account details. To setup your My Account page, go to PAGES -> ADD NEW, create a page named SHOP. Publish it. Go to WOOCOMMERCE -> SETTINGS -> ADVANCED tab and set this as your My Account Page. 

Apart from these pages, you can also setup a Terms & Conditions Page. Each product in your shop has a separate page for itself where it is showcased in detail. WooCommerce automatically populates these pages with the appropriate contents. To build a Home page or other pages with Shop & Product data, Exponent provides you the PRODUCTS module inside Tatsu, using which you can showcase Featured Products, Products on Sale, Top Rated Products, Products of a particular category or Even All Products. Learn more about the Products Module. WooCommerce provides Various Shortcodes as well, which you can find here. You can add a WooCommerce shortcode to a page, by using the SHORTCODES module in Tatsu. 

Step 3 – Add Products

WooCommerce Docs, has a comprehensive section of adding and managing products. Check it out here – https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-products/