A hotspot banner provides a visual display of products clustered on a page for a particular purpose. It could be a school year book pack. Or the compulsory set of uniform items a new starter has to purchase. Or spare parts for a specific machine. Or even an attractive way to display newly arrived items your site is selling.
Each product in the banner has a clickable hotspot - usually a small circle. When that area is clicked, the viewer is taken to the product on the same page, where it can be added to cart.
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This guide provides step-by-step instructions for creating a hotspot banner.
- Navigate to Products & Categories → Category Maintenance.
- Scroll down to the Category Hotspot Banner panel.
- Click the Select or Upload Image button.
- Select the required image.
- To add hotspots, click the Hotspots
button.
- Position the cross where you want a hotspot and click.
- Use the lookup tool to select the product for the hotspot.
- For other hotspots needed, repeat steps 6-7.
- When you have finished adding hotspots, click Confirm.
The number of added hotspots is shown.- To save the hotspots, click Save or Save & Exit.
- Refresh the cache.
- If this cluster category appears in the navigational menu, it will be displayed there. Ensure the Hotspot Image Widget is in the Product List template.
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