Private Shopping Professional

Installation

• Open Plugin Manager via Settings > System > Plugins.
• Upload, install and activate the plugin.

Plugin configuration

6.7: Extensions > My Extensions > Private Shopping > Configure or Settings > Extensions > Private Shopping

• Sales channel
  Specify in which sales channels the pre-page should be active
• Activate pre-page
  Basic requirement for using the plugin. Activated by default after installing the plugin.
• Pre-page login via
  Choose between Shopware login or global login with shared username/password
• Pre-page experience for customers who are not logged in
  Select the Shopping experience for the login page. If none is selected, the plugin uses a default page.
• Pre-page display Shopping experience 
  Defines how the login pre-page is displayed. Choose between a separate page or a modal window.
• Loaded Shopping experience in the background (if the pre-page is displayed as a modal window)
  If the pre-page is displayed as a modal window, an Shopping experience can be selected here to be displayed in the background.

• Define username and password for global access.
  This requires activating global login under ‘Login via pre-page’. 
• Set the storage duration in the cookie so that customers do not have to log in again each time they visit.

• Header on pre-page
  Display option for the header on the pre-page (standard header from the plugin, normal shop header, hide header – if this is defined in the Shopping experience)
• Footer on pre-page
  Display option for the footer on the pre-page (standard footer from the plugin, normal shop footer, hide footer – if this is defined in the Shopping experience)

• HTTP status code for redirect if not logged in
  Choice between 302 (recommended) or 301
• Redirect after successful registration
  Set destination page (account, home page or category)
• Category after successful registration (if redirection to category was selected above)
  Exact definition of which category page the user is redirected to. The prerequisite for this field is that a category was selected for ‘Redirection after successful registration’.
• Redirect after successful login
  Set destination page (account, home page or category)
• Category after successful login (if redirect to category was selected above)
  Precise definition of which category page the user will be redirected to. This field requires that a category has been selected under ‘Redirect after successful login’.

• Search engines are permitted to index the site
  Setting to determine whether the login pre-page may be indexed by search engines

• Categories
  Certain categories may be excluded from the login pre-page. These categories remain accessible to all visitors without a login.
• URL whitelist
  Individual URLs that should remain accessible without a login can be entered here.

Redirection rules

Targeted rules can be created under Settings > Extensions > Private Shopping > Forwarding Rules > Add Forwarding Rule:

• Internal Name
  Clear name of the rule
• Active
  If active, the rule will be applied, otherwise it will not.
• Priority
  Higher priority is checked first
• Rule
  Selection of which rule the redirection is based on. A rule can be created or edited in the Rule Builder.

• Link type
  Definition of which type of page should be called up during redirection. Choice between entity or own URL. 
• Entity
  Choice between landing page or category. Only selectable if ‘Link type’ is entity. 
• Category
  Only selectable if ‘Link type’ is entity and ‘Category’ is selected for entity.
• Landing page
  Only selectable if ‘Link type’ is Entity and ‘Entity’ is set to Landing page. The landing page must also be added under Catalogue > Categories > Landing Pages.
• Custom URL
  Only selectable if ‘Link type’ is Custom URL. 
• Redirect URL
  Enter with /. Only selectable if ‘Link Type’ is Custom URL. 
• HTTP status code for redirection
  Select which status code the server should deliver to the client when accessed. Recommended code to use = 302: Found. (Options: 302: Found, 301: Moved Permanently).

Layout configuration

The pre-page can be freely designed under Content > Shopping experience > Private shopping. 

The predefined element ‘Private shopping login’ can be used in the layout under Block category > Private shopping. 

• Show heading
  Switches the heading of the login area on or off.
• Heading
  Definition of the heading. Only displayed if ‘Show heading’ is active.
• Show text between heading and login fields
  Displays additional text between the heading and login fields.
• Text between heading and login fields
  Definition of the intermediate text. Only displayed if ‘Show intermediate text’ is active. 
• Show forgotten password
  Activates a link to the forgotten password page. Only works if customers log in with the Shopware login (not with global login).
• Forgot password link text
  Label for the ‘Forgot password’ link.
• Show registration link
  Activates a link to the registration page. Only works if customers log in with their Shopware login (not with a global login).
• Registration link text
  Label for the registration link.
• Custom registration URL
  If registration does not take place via the standard page, a custom URL can be entered here.
• Button text
  Label of the login button.

Direct login links for customers

Customers > Overview > Select customer > Login links tab

1. Set the expiry date of the login link
2. Enable/disable single-useaktivieren/deaktivieren
3. Select sales channel
4. Select domain
5. Create link