Gift Registry Software - Getting Started: Step 2

STEP TWO: Generate "Add to Registry" HTML button code
In order to fully use this tutorial, you will first need to sign up for your FREE trial of Registry Valet. To sign up, return to the Registry Valet home page, check the checkbox to agree to the terms of service and click the "Start Test Drive" button on the right hand side of the page.

NOTE: If you are using Agenne View in addition to Registry Valet or if you are using Agenne GiftSuite (which includes Registry Valet), you may skip this step as the "Add to Registry" buttons are created automatically by the catalog system on each product page.

Now, we will use the Registry Valet Code Generator tool to create the small HTML form that will allow visitors to your site to add items to their bridal registry, gift registry or wish list.

Again, inside the Agenne product administrator, click on the Code Generator icon in the main menu to enter the code generator page. In the icon menu to the left you will see the Add-to-Registry HTML Button Form Generator icon. It looks like this:

Click this icon and the Add-to-Registry button code generator form will popup in a new window. If this window does not appear, but sure that your browser allows popups for this page. The window will look similar to this:

Now, choose an item for sale on your web site that you would like shoppers to be able to add to their registry and fill in the fields on this form with the required information. Be sure that you do not include a "$" in the item price field. Click the "Generate Code" button and the HTML form code will be displayed.

About the "Add to Cart code" and "Option Selection Code" fields
This is the most complicated part of setting up Registry Valet. If you have any questions about this process, please feel free to call or email and we will be happy to help you. Registry Valet Support: (919) 477-2100 support@registryvalet.com

Add to Cart Code Field
When a shopper is viewing one of your customers' registry lists, there will be an add-to-cart button next to each item. This add-to-cart button will be displayed by the add-to-cart code that you type or paste into this field. Each item that you sell on your site probably already has an add-to-cart form so that shoppers can add that item to their shopping cart. It is this add-to-cart code that you must type or paste into the "Add to Cart code" field before you click the "Generate Code" button. If you have items that include options such as size, color, etc., see below before you paste code into this field.

Option Selection
Do your items have options such as size, color, monogram, or other options that your customers can choose when they add an item to their shopping cart? If so, in order to make Registry Valet work with these options correctly, you must remove the option code from the add-to-cart code above and paste it into the Option Selection code field. Most cart systems use either radio buttons or dropdown lists to allow shoppers to select which option they wish. It is this code that you must remove from the add-to-cart form and paste into the Option Selection field.

Click for an example of how the Add to Cart Code and Option Selection Code sections must be divided.

Note that if you are using Registry Valet as a standalone application (not as part of Agenne GiftSuite) you will need to also fill in the "Add to Cart" code field with the correct HTML code to add this item to your cart system when a buyer wishes to purchase an item from a registry.

You can then copy this code to the product page on your web site that contains the item you chose. Depending upon how you filled in the form, the code will look similar to this:

If you checked the "Include Qty Field" checkbox, there will also be an "item_qty" text input field. In the code above, the checkbox was left unchecked so the "item_qty" field is included as an HTML hidden form field with a default quantity of 1. This means that when a shopper clicks the "Add to Registry" button, the quantity that will be placed in their registry will be 1. Also, if you are using Agenne View and the item has a "sold in sets of" quantity, this will be the default quantity in the "item_qty" field.

Now, go through the products on yuor web site and generate the "Add to Registry" button code for each one and place it on the product pages for those items.

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