Occasionally you may have the need to download and/or delete a set of products. Maybe you want to download the products to a spreadsheet so you can edit them and then reupload. Maybe you want to remove them from the store but there is the potential for putting them back. Here is how you can accomplish this task.
Let’s say you need to get products by brand. Of course, change the search to anything you can search by to get all the products you need.
To download all the products, in ShopSite do the following:
Go to Products
Search by Brand, contains [brand name]
Right below it in a link, click on “select all [number] matching products”
Click the image for download (down arrow)
Make sure the “all fields” is selected
Give it a file name that makes sense, save it with a .txt extension
Proceed
This will save it to your computer. You can then open it in excel and save it as an excel file.
This, however, does NOT save your pictures. If you need them, you want to download (ftp) them to your local computer or leave them on the server.
To delete the products, in ShopSite do the following:
Click the gear for “settings”
Scroll down to product deletion and check if you are deleting the product images. If it is checked, make sure to get the images before you delete the products. If unchecked, the images will remain in the media directory. NOTE: because of space limitations, I recommend saving the images locally so that you can delete them from the store and have this box checked.
Save changes (if you made any)
Go to Products
Search by Brand, contains [brand name]
Right below it in a link, click on “select all [number] matching products”
Click the trash can
Click yes to delete
Publish site
That’s it, your products will be deleted, but you will have a spreadsheet copy of them.