Trade Portal Products

**Marlin GTX** enables trade portal product configuration.

Trade portals require specific product configuration before products can be published.

Products need brands and web categories configured.

They then need to be marked for web publishing.

If multiple product locations are enabled, each location also needs to be marked for web publishing.

Product Brands

Brands must be configured before products can be published to a trade portal.

To set up brands:

• Open Brand Maintenance (System > System Files > Products > Product Brands)
• **Add** any additional brands, as required

>add brand maintenance link

Product Web Categories

Product web categories must be configured before products can be assigned to them.

Product web categories can be viewed and edited by selecting System > System Files > Products > Product Web Categories from the menu bar.

To add a new product web category:

• Click the **Add** button at the top of the module window

In the Add Web Category window that opens:

• Enter Code and Name
• Click **Save**

Publishing Products

Products must be individually configured to be available in a trade portal.

To publish a product:

• Open Product Maintenance (Main > Products > Manage Products)
• **Add or **Edit**** the relevant product
• Click the Web Fields tab at the top

In the Web Fields tab:

• Tick the Web Publish checkbox
• Select the relevant Web Category Code from the drop-down
• Optionally:
• • Enter a short Description (if blank the general product maintenance file description will be used)
  • Enter a longer description in the Story section below

Note: The HTML section below can also be used to edit the Story description's online appearance (or hidden, by unticking Show HTML in the Story toolbar).

:::(Warning) (Tip)Bulk File Maintenance can be used to update the web fields of multiple products at once.:::

Product Locations

If product locations are configured, each location must be individually enabled for a trade portal.

Product locations are accessed via System > System Files > Products > Locations.

To publish a stock location:

• Open the relevant stock location in **Edit** mode
• Tick the Web Publish checkbox

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