On the Category & Landing pages tab, a merchandiser can override the settings on individual pages. Pages are listed per market in the selected locale. For markets with multiple locales, pages are shown in the language of the selected locale but are otherwise identical. Some page settings are locale-specific. Pages can be created in the application area or imported.
Page list view
Pages in this view can be edited or deleted. Any changes made to page settings can be reset and restored to their previous version. If another user is currently editing a page you attempt to edit, a dialog will appear, allowing you to either cancel your action or override the other user's changes.
You can view pages in either a flat list or a hierarchy view, and can switch between them using the buttons in the top-right corner.
Preview and publish pages
Pages can be previewed when settings or lists have changed from the last saved version. Changed pages are indicated by an orange dot icon in the interface. When previewing a page, Elevate treats it as being in preview mode until the page is exited or the browser is restarted.
To preview a page, a preview URL is required. It is recommended to set a preview base URL for category and landing pages in the Configuration tab of the Admin application area, and to always preview changes before publishing. Unpublished changes can be reverted, restoring the page to the currently published version.
Page merchandising
Primary list and recommendation list
A landing page (such as the homepage or a category page) can include a maximum of one primary list, one or more recommendation lists, or both.
A primary list is the most common type on category pages. Products in a primary list are ranked according to Elevate relevance logic. It can be accompanied by one or more recommendation lists — for example, to show the newest products (override ranking: NEWEST PRODUCTS) or recently viewed products (override ranking: RECENTLY VIEWED). Recommendation lists are most commonly used on landing pages such as homepages, campaign pages, no-hits pages, and stock-clearance pages.
Recommendation lists can be added by supplying a page configuration in the request body and sending a POST request to the landing-page endpoint, or by configuring a page in the Experience app and sending a GET or POST request to the landing-page endpoint. For more information, see the Landing page query specification.
Lists can be added, removed, and hidden (excluded from the Elevate API response) in Elevate.
Slices
Slices are added to a product listing page, allowing you to override the default listing and display curated product sets to increase relevance. Slices only work when the sort order of the page is set to "Relevance". Read more about slices here.
Page settings
Each page can have its own details and SEO settings. Settings can also be provided via the API, but settings defined and published in the UI take precedence over API-provided settings.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Page path | The localized page path. |
| Document name | The name of the document as shown in a web browser — the HTML <title> tag. |
| Page main title | The main heading of the page — the HTML <h1> tag. |
| Preamble text | The preamble text of the page. |
<META> description |
The page description placed in the HTML <meta> tag. |
| Canonical link | The full URL of a representative page for this content, used when the current page is a duplicate of another. |
List settings
A list is primarily defined by its type. There are two types: a primary product list and a recommendation list. All lists have their own product selection, and products within all recommendation lists on a page are automatically deduplicated according to the order they appear in Elevate.
It is possible to override the default product list settings for each list on a page. For more information on the available default settings, see Settings. For recommendation lists, some additional settings — such as which ranking algorithm is used — can also be overridden.
Pages with overridden settings are indicated by an icon next to the page path in the page list.
When creating a product list, additional relevant keywords can be added to increase findability.
Product selection
Products used in a list can be either handpicked or included (or excluded) by rules. For more information, see Product selection. When the query parameter productRules is used together with pages, the first rule in the product selection of the page must be handpicked and must contain a set of product keys as the only condition.
Product pinning
Products can be pinned (given a permanent position) in both a primary product list and a recommendation list. This is useful when you need to show a specific set of products on a page — for example, to highlight a collection.
Pinned products always appear first in a list, but only if they are included in the active facets and selections of the list. Pinning supersedes product boost and bury. Pinning is only applied when using "Relevance" as the sort order in a primary list. In recommendation lists, pinned products always appear first regardless of algorithm, but will be removed by deduplication if they appear in an earlier recommendation list on the same page.
A pinned product is indicated by a pin icon in the top-right corner of the product image. Its position can be changed by dragging it in the interface. Up to 100 products can be pinned within a list. Pinned products are not affected by other rules and settings such as out-of-stock settings.
Inheriting filter
A primary list can be configured to apply its product selection to its sub-pages. Sub-pages are automatically identified based on the page ID.
For example, if a page "/women" is configured to only return products from the "women" department and the inheriting filter is enabled, all sub-pages such as "/women/cardigans" or "/women/dresses" will be limited to the "women" department without needing to specify it individually.
This is turned off by default. An alternative approach is to supply the full product selection on each page individually.
Editing multiple pages
You can select multiple pages and edit them at the same time. Product list settings can be edited, and new lists with a common product selection (such as a recommendation list) can be added. Product selections cannot be changed when editing multiple pages.
Integration
Pages can be programmatically managed via the import and export API, which allows linking to an external system. More information can be found in the Import and Export pages guide.