Elevate Your Church’s Online Store with Product Pages from OnlineGiving.org
Managing your church’s online giving or store can be a complex task, especially when it comes to keeping everything organized and engaging. Whether you’re preparing for seasonal campaigns, specific events, or regular offerings, showcasing the right products at the right time is key. This is where OnlineGiving.org's Product Pages feature comes into play, offering a customizable tool that enhances your church’s online shopping experience.
So, what exactly are Product Pages? These customizable pages give you complete control over what’s featured on your shopping cart’s home page. Imagine running a fall fundraiser or a holiday gift drive—Product Pages allow you to highlight those specific items, whether they are products, donations, or event tickets, right on the front page. And once the season ends, you can easily switch the page to feature the next big event or campaign. This tool brings flexibility and personalization to your online store.
Each Product Page is designed to showcase collections of items along with visually engaging hero banners. These banners can link directly to certain products or entire collections, providing a seamless browsing experience for your members. This targeted shopping experience ensures that whether someone is looking for a specific item or just browsing, they’ll be directed to what you want to feature.
Building Your Product Pages
The Product Page Builder is the central tool for creating these dynamic pages. When you’re logged into the control panel, simply click the “Create New Page” button to start the process. If you’re working with existing pages, click on the gear icon and select “edit” to update them.
The page is built in key sections. The General Information section allows you to set the page title and description, which are displayed to your users. For example, you might title it “Spring Campaign” if you’re preparing for a new season. Then, in the Organization section, you decide whether this page serves as the home page for your store and add tags to help users find it through search. It’s all about making the navigation experience as smooth as possible for your members.
Next, the Media section is where the visual elements come together. This is where you can add eye-catching banners or hero images at the top of the page. If you have multiple banners, they’ll be displayed in a slider format, with each image linked to a product, event, or another page. This section gives you control over how users navigate through your store, directing them to the most important areas.
Lastly, the Page Collections section allows you to group products into themed collections, making it easier for your members to find what they’re looking for without having to sift through unrelated items.
Once everything is set up, simply hit “save”, and your new Product Page goes live! If you need to make any updates, you can easily hop back into the control panel, search for your page, and make changes as needed.
The Power of Product Pages
OnlineGiving.org’s Product Pages offer a dynamic and flexible way to manage your church’s online store. Whether you’re showcasing seasonal items, running a specific campaign, or keeping things fresh, these pages allow you to control what’s featured front and center for your members. It’s a game changer for church administrators seeking a more engaging, user-friendly online shopping experience.
In this article, we'll overview the OnlineGiving.org Product Pages feature.
Product Pages Overview:
Product pages are a fantastic and versatile tool for church administrators to create various product pages for display on the shopping cart. Using product pages gives you the power to control or change your shopping cart's home page, providing you with the flexibility to create dedicated product pages for seasonal products, marketing campaigns, and other purposes.
Each product page is designed to showcase specific product collections and banner (hero) media linked to collections or particular products, allowing you to create a tailored shopping experience for your members.
You can easily change your shopping cart's landing home page to feature specific items based on campaigns, events, times of the year, or similar, providing you with the opportunity to highlight products that are most relevant to your members. This feature is a valuable addition for church administrators who want to improve their members' shopping experience.
User Guide Sections:
Product Page Builder Overview
The Product Collection Builder feature allows you to easily create shopping of similar themed product collections and clickable marketing hero banners to offer to your shopping cart users. To get started, click on the "Create New Page" button. If you already have pages, you can access the collection builder by clicking on the gear icon and selecting the edit option from the dropdown menu. We're excited to provide you with all the necessary details about the Product Page Builder in this section so you can confidently create and enhance your shopping cart website.
In the "General Information" section of the builder, you can enter the page title and description, which are displayed on the shopping cart website.
In the example, we'll be creating a Spring Home Page:
In the "Organization" section of the builder, you toggle the page's home page status. You can also use tags to help users find the page while searching on your shopping cart website.
In the "Media" section of the builder, you can add banner images to display at the top of the page. These images should be banner (hero) size. If you have multiple banner images, a slider will be displayed on the shopping cart. Each media image is associated with a product collection, specific product, or event link to another product page. When a user clicks on the media image, they will be redirected to the collection page or the specific product.
When linking media to a product collection or specific product, first select "Link to Product," "Link to Page," or "Link to Product" from the dropdown menu. Then, enter a keyword to search for the linked item. Search results will be displayed, simply click on the desired search result to add as link.
In the "Page Collections" section, you may quickly add collections by searching by keyword.
General Product Page Directions & FAQs
How to Access Product Pages in the Control Panel
- Log in to the control panel
- Under the "Payments" section in the left navigation menu, click "Prod Pages"
How to Create a New Product Page
- Log in to the control panel
- Under the "Payments" section in the left navigation menu, click "Prod Pages"
- Click the "Create new Page" button on the top right of page
- Complete the Product Page Builder form fields (see overview of Product Page Builder above)
- Click the Save button to commit changes
How to Update an Existing Product Page
- Log in to the control panel
- Under the "Payments" section in the left navigation menu, click "Prod Pages"
- Search and locate the page, then click the "Gear" icon and click the "Edit" dropdown menu option
- Edit the Product Page Builder form fields (see overview of Product Page Builder above)
- Click the Save button to commit changes
How to Search for an Existing Product Page
- Log in to the control panel
- Under the "Payments" section in the left navigation menu, click "Prod Pages"
- Search click the Search Icon and then complete your search