Feature Pack 5 or later

Working with page layouts for department or category pages

You can assign different layouts to specific department or category pages in different time periods. For example, for Halloween you might want to pre-schedule the layout to use for a particular department or category page. You can also assign layouts to all product, bundle, SKU, kit, or dynamic kit pages directly under the particular department or category.

Procedure

  1. Open the Page Layout tool.
  2. Find the department or category page you want to change the layout for, and open the page to display the properties view.

    The Default Page Layout information contains the layout the department or category page defaults to.

  3. In the Manage Department Page or Manage Category Page tab, expand the Page Layout section. Assign the layout that you want to use for the particular department or category page.

    In the case of an Extended Site, two Page Layout Assignment lists are displayed; one for the Storefront Asset store, and the other for the Extended Site store.

    1. Browse the Page Layout folder for available page layouts.
    2. In the Page layout assignments table, drag and drop the page layout you want to assign to the page.
    3. Optional: Specify the start and end dates.
      Note:
      • If you do not specify the start date, the page layout takes effect immediately.
      • If you do not specify the end date, the page layout is used in the storefront until another layout assignment is made.
    4. Optional: Specify the priority of the page layout assignment.

      The priority number determines which page layout assignment to use on the storefront when conflicts arise, such as when the schedules overlap for two different page layout assignments. The page layout assignment with the highest priority is used on the storefront. When multiple conflicting page layout assignments have the same priority, one is randomly selected. Specify a number from 0 (lowest priority) to 1000 (highest priority).

    5. Optional: Assign page layouts to all the product, SKU, bundle, kit, and dynamic kit pages under the particular department or category.
      1. Expand the section that you want to assign page layouts to:
        • Product Page Layout
        • SKU Page Layout
        • Bundle Page Layout
        • Kit Page Layout
        • Dynamic Kit Page Layout
      2. Specify the start and end dates.
      3. Specify the priority of the page layout assignment.
      Note: The assigned layout is only used for catalog entry pages directly under the particular department or category. That is, the assigned layout is not applied to the catalog entry pages that belong to subcategories in the particular department or category.
  4. Click Save; then click Close.

What to do next

You can preview your store to see which page layout takes effect in different time periods. Follow the steps in Previewing a store.