Showcasing your inventory in Site Builder

Learn how to showcase inventory in Site Builder, including an item/product page, category page, and inventory block.
 

Which plans include this feature?

Legacy:  Available to existing Site Builder Users only. No further updates are planned.
Current:  No longer available
→ Learn more about our current plans or how to change your plan.

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

Manage > Site Builder
 

What more do I need to use this feature?

• Admin permissions to manage your account or restricted permissions to Access Site Builder.
   

Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic items, classic products, or both?

• This feature is available in both our classic version using classic items (Inventory > Items) and our classic version using classic products (Inventory > Products).  → Learn more about products

You've created an inventory of items or products in Checkfront, so now it's time to share it with the World! But what's the best way to do that?

Well, perhaps there isn't the best way, but there are certainly multiple ways from which you can choose when designing your Site Builder website. 

The first way to showcase your inventory that we're going to look at is an item or product page.

Clicking on the Inventory link in your main navigation bar takes the user to an unorganized list of your inventory items or products as configured in Checkfront.

If you've used the category filter in your site design, the user can drill down through your inventory by selecting one or more categories.  

If you want to showcase an item or product individually, you can use the menu bar in a slightly different way.

In this case, you create a link in the menu bar that navigates the user directly to an item or product page.  

Using Site Builder navigation menus Please see this knowledge base article for more information on using your Site Builder navigation menus. This shows you how to create the submenus described here.

In this example, we've created a Submenu labeled Featured Items. This submenu contains links to three items or products to which we want to draw the user's attention.

When selecting one of the items or products, the user is taken directly to that page.

When adding a link to the menu, select Item as the link type and choose the specific one you want to use from the Destination dropdown.  

In the same way, we showcased an item or product above, the same can be done for an individual category.

When you first activate your Site Builder site, it has a link to your categories in the main menu at the top of your page.

You must add it to your navigation bar if it's not there. This displays all your categories.  

If you want to link to a specific category, you can do so by creating a direct link in the menu bar.

When adding a link to the menu, select Category as the link type and choose the one you want to use from the Destination drop-down.  

The Inventory Block is a type of content block. You can add these to your pages to showcase a particular item(s) or product(s) from your Checkfront account.  

Please see this knowledge base article for more information on using your Site Builder content blocks. This shows you how to create the inventory blocks described here.

It's a great way to show off your best rooms or feature the items or products you might have on sale that week.

You are limited to the number of content blocks that can be added to a page, so use them wisely. Showcasing one or two items or products at most per page generally gets the best out of your content.