Basic Configuration
To access the Configuration section, select System > Configuration. The tabs in the left column provide access to configuration options for different aspects of your Magento instance. The Current Configuration Scope drop-down menu in the upper left corner of the page enables you to select the hierarchy level (website, store, store view) to which the configuration will be applied. To apply configuration settings at the global level (that is, for all your websites, stores, and store views), leave Default Config selected.
To open the options for configuring your store pages design click the Design tab in the left
column. The Design page opens with a number of field sets. See Figure 50.
Figure 50. Design Configuration Page
HTML Head Field Set
The settings in the HTML Head field set on the Design tab are used to define general information about your store’s pages. These settings may not be visible to your customers, but they are important for things such as traffic analytics and search engine optimization.
To define general page features:
1.
Click the HTML Head heading to expand the field set as shown in Figure 51.
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Figure 51. HTML Head Field Set
Note: The words in square brackets (for example, [STORE VIEW]) indicate the scope of the associated option.
2.
Click the Browse button and select an icon file (on your local computer) to use as a “favicon.”
This small icon appears in the address bar of your customers’ browsers.
3.
In the Default Title field, specify the page title to be displayed in browsers for those pages that do not have their own title. This information is also used to improve search engine visibility and performance.
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4.
In the Title Prefix and Title Suffix fields, specify a prefix and a suffix to be appended to the pages of your web store that have their own title, such as a prefix of My Web Store.
5.
In the Default Description and Default Keywords fields specify words that describe your web store to be used by search engines when page-specific information is not provided. Keywords must be separated by commas.
6.
Optional. Select Display Demo Store Notice to display a notice at the top of every page that indicates that this is a demo store and that no transactions will be processed. This option is useful while you are setting up your store prior to opening for business.
7.
Click the Save Config button on the top right of the page.
Header Field Set
The options on the Header field set define the look of the top of each page in your store.
To define the header of each web store page:
1.
Click the Header tab to expand the section as shown in Figure 52.
Figure 52. Header Field Set
2.
In the Logo Image Src field, specify the logo graphic file to appear on the top left of each page
of your web store, as shown in Figure 53 for the Magento Demo Store. Make sure that you
name your logo something other than logo.gif, so it does not get overwritten in future upgrades.
Logo Image
Welcome Message
Figure 53. Page Header Section
Note: You will need to upload the image file using an FTP client to the skin/frontend/default/default/images/ directory or to your own skin folder in your
Magento installation.
3.
In the Logo Image Alt field, specify the alternative text to be displayed when your customers hover their mouse cursors over the logo image in your web store.
4.
In the Welcome Text field, specify the welcome message to be displayed on the top right of
your web store for customers that are not logged in, as shown in Figure 53.
5.
Click Save Config to save your changes.
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