This tutorial will (eventually) walk you through a simple ecommerce/foxycart setup within modx. Thanks for your patience while we put it together.
Go to Tools | Configuration
Click Interface & Features
Change Editor to use to “None”
This will setup your categories for your products.
Click [New Document] {icon}
Enter the Title as “Products” Select a Document Template (i.e. Minimal Template)
Click [Page Settings]
Check off Container?
Click [Save] {icon}
Right click on Products and click [Create document here] and repeat the process for three more documents: Cards, Posters, and Stamps
Right click on Cards
Click [Move Document]
Select the page: Products.
Click [Save]
Repeat for Posters and Stamps.
Right click on Cards, Posters and Stamps and click [Publish document] and [Ok] for each.
Right click Products and click [Edit document]
In the content area, be sure Editor to use is set to “None” then copy and paste the following into:
[[Wayfinder? &level=1 &startID=`PRODUCTS PAGE#` ]]
For Example:
[[Wayfinder? &level=1 &startID=`2` ]]
You can find the number for the Products page next to it in parenthesis.
Visit The Product Page to test it. You should see “Cards”, “Posters” and “Stamps” listed.
Now you will create the variables needed to create product pages.
Go to Resources | Manage Resources and click [Templates]
Click [Minimal Template] or your default template.
Click [Duplicate], click [Ok]
Change the Title to: “Product Template”
Click [Save]
Repeat and create a “Category Template.” Then right click on Cards, Posters and Stamps and click [Edit this Document]. Change the template to “Category Template.”
Click the tab [Template Variables]
Click [New Template Variable]
Click [Save]
Click [New Template Variable]
Click [Save]
Click [New Template Variable]
Click [Save]
Click [New Template Variable]
Click [Save]
Click [New Template Variable]
Click [Save]
With the new Product Template we can now add products.
Right click on any of the categories: Cards, Posters or Stamps and click [Create Document Here].
Give the product a Title, select the Product Template. Uncheck Show in Menu Fill out the Product information such as Name, Price, and upload images.
Create about 10 products, with a few in each category.
Payment Gateway: Choose authorize.net, as it is the fastest test server.