Add page elements (carousel, banners, etc.)

Page elements allow you to further customize the appearance of your portal and give your customers shortcuts to categories, brands, tags, or any other products you are promoting.This section is found at the bottom of the Navigation tab of your B2B portal settings.

You may also be interested in customizing your portal appearance (logo, color scheme, footer content) and configuring navigation bars.

There are three types of page elements available for selection. More than one of each type can be added to the portal, and the elements can be rearranged to show before or after the main catalog.

Carousel: A slide show of images, each linking to a section of the portal, a product, or an external URL.
Group of banners: A horizontal group of static images, each linking to a section of the portal, a product, or an external URL.
Tabbed pane: A horizontal panel with multiple tabs which can be linked to product tags.

Prerequisites

B2B portal must be included in or added to your subscription.
Set up a B2B portal
Manage products in catalog

Add a carousel

A Carousel page element is a slide show of images appearing in a sequence. Each image is a link to another part of the B2B portal. Carousel page elements can be shown with or without a navigation menu. The carousel page element will look something like this on the B2B portal (shown without menu.)

In the Page elements section of the Navigation tab, click +Add Section, then enter a name, select carousel as the section type, and check the box to make the section visible to your customers.
Click + Link to add a new link to the Carousel.
Use Upload to upload an image. Recommended image size is 930x300px, but images will be resized automatically to fit by the user's browser.
You can then link the image to part of your catalog, or another URL. Select brand, category, product (link to a specific product), tag, or URL from the dropdown menu.
Repeat this process for every image you would like to add to the carousel.
You can choose to show or hide the carousel navigation menu using the Hide carousel menu slider.
Save your changes.

The carousel navigation looks like this when enabled:

Add a group of banners

The Group of banners page element is a horizontal group of images that will appear next to one another on the portal. Each image is a link to another part of the B2B portal. The group of banners page element will look something like this:

In the Page elements section of the Navigation tab, click +Add Section, then enter a name, select group of banners as the section type, and check the box to make the section visible to your customers.
Click + Link to add a new banner to the page element.
Use Uploadto upload an image. Recommended image size is 350 x 350 pixels. Maintain a uniform image aspect ratio for each banner image in the group.
You can then link the image to part of your catalog, or another URL. Select brand, category, product (link to a specific product), tag, or URL from the dropdown menu.
Repeat this process for every image you would like to add to the group of banners.
Save your changes.

Add a tabbed pane

A Tabbed pane page element is a horizontal panel with multiple tabs which can be linked to product tags. Products with the tag are previewed here. The tabbed pane page element will look something like this on the B2B portal.

In the Page elements section of the Navigation tab, click +Add Section, then enter a name, select group of banners as the section type, and check the box to make the section visible to your customers.
Click + Tag to add a new tab to the page element.
Add a Title which will be displayed on the tab, and choose which product tag to link to. Cin7 Core will show products with that tab in the tabbed pane.
Repeat this process for every product you would like to add to the tabbed pane.
Save your changes.

Menu and catalog

Menus and catalog refers to the product catalog and vertical menu (sidebar). This page element cannot be deactivated or deleted, and new page elements of this type cannot be added. The position of the menu and catalog can be changed by rearranging the page elements order from the B2B portal set up page.

The menus and catalog item will look something like this on the portal:

Activate, deactivate, and delete page elements

Page elements can be deactivated by unchecking the box next to the element's name. This does not delete the page element. The Menus & Catalog page element cannot be deactivated. By default, all of these sections, plus menus and catalog, are already selected for display on a portal.

Non-default page elements can be deleted by clicking the X symbol. The default sections cannot be deleted, but can be deactivated if you wish them not to be displayed.

Rearrange page elements

Rearrange the order of page elements by clicking an element, then dragging and dropping it to the required spot, then saving any changes.