Brand Portals are online product catalogs the display product data stored in the PIM that is always up to date, accurate, and easy to share. Unlike some PIM systems, changes to underlying product data in PIMInto data have an immediate effect on what is displayed in the brand portal. The brand portal settings determine how the brand portal is presented to portal visitors. Themes, logos links and other settings can be configured in the settings.
Main Settings Tab
Primary brand portal settings are configured on this tab.
Settings tab where the page title and page meta data will be defined. Fields like keywords and description are important fields for search engine results and indexing.
The settings tab contain information related to personalizing the brand portal. Information such as the logo, address and contact email should be configured on this tab. This information will be displayed to users accessing the brand portal.
The combination of API Keys and Views assigned to an API key determines what product SKU's and product attributes are available for display. An API key must be assigned to each brand portal in order for products to be displayed in the brand portal. For more information about API key please see the help topic PIM API Keys.
The verify key button initiates an API request using the user provided API key. If the request is successful then the API key is valid and can be used to render a brand portal for user access. If the API key is invalid then an error will be raised and a valid API key will need to be provided before the brand portal can be rendered for access by end users.
The View or attribute map that should be used to display information in the brand portal. Views are used to restrict SKU's and data that are available in the PIMS as well as map field values and labels. For more information about views please see the Mapping and Restricting Data (Views) help topic..
Show categories displays the product categories as the default product navigation method. For brand portals with a large number of products this value should be set to true. The category navigation allows the user to select the category of products that they would like to view.
Brand portal category pages can show category specific filters to enrich the user experience. Category filters requires that attributes are defined as filterable and that filters have been assigned in for specific categories. Category filters allows the user to filter or limit the results that are displayed in the brand portable based on attribute values.
Show child products settings populates category pages with valid products contained in the child categories. When this setting is OFF only sub categories and / or products that belong to the current category will be displayed. Products that belong to sub categories will not be displayed until the user selects the specific sub category.
The brand portal's title that should be displayed on the browser Tab when the brand portal is accessed by a user and rendered in the HTML page meta data.
The Upload / Delete logo button allows a logo to be deleted or uploaded from the local computer. The logo will be displayed on the brand portal according to the instructions contained in the style sheets and CSS.
The phone number information that should be visible to the user browsing the brand portal, depending on the selected style sheet settings for the brand portal.
The Instagram URL that will be used to navigate the user to the brand's associated Instagram account when the user clicks on the "Instagram Icon" under the social media section of the brand portal.
The Facebook Page URL that will be used to navigate the user to the brand's associated Face Book page when the user clicks on the "Facebook Icon" under the social media section of the brand portal.
The Linked In Page URL that will be used to navigate the user to the brand's associated Linked In page when the user clicks on the "Linked In Icon" under the social media section of the brand portal.
The Twitter Handle URL that will be used to navigate the user to the brand's associated Twitter Page when the user clicks on the "Instagram Icon" under the social media section of the brand portal.
