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Brands

Hi Nina! This page is your address book of the makers behind the products. Each brand is one company or label. When you fill in a brand here, its name, logo and story can show up next to the products that belong to it on the website.

What this is

A place to add, edit and remove brands. A brand holds a name, a short web-friendly nickname, an optional logo, a country, a description and a number that controls the order brands appear in lists.

Brands do not hold products here. You attach a product to a brand from that product's own page, not from this screen.

How to open it

  1. Sign in to the admin.
  2. In the left-hand menu, click Brands.
  3. You will see a table of all brands, showing name, handle, country, sort number and the date each was last changed.
  4. Click any brand name to open and edit it, or click the New brand button (top right) to add one.

What you can do here

Create a new brand

  1. Click New brand at the top right.
  2. Type the Name (this one is required).
  3. Type a Handle (also required) — a short lowercase nickname used in the web address, like nordic-soap. Use only lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, and make it different from every other brand's handle.
  4. Optionally fill in the Description, Logo, Country and Sort order (all explained below).
  5. Click Create.
  6. The brand is saved and opens on its own edit page.

Edit an existing brand

  1. From the Brands list, click the brand's name.
  2. Change any field you like.
  3. Click Save.
  4. A green Saved. message confirms it worked.
  1. On the brand's page, find the Logo area.
  2. To upload a picture from your computer, click Upload..., choose the image file, and wait for it to finish. The web address of the uploaded image fills in for you and a preview appears.
  3. To use a picture that already lives online, paste its web address into the box that says https://… or upload.
  4. To remove the logo, click Clear.
  5. Click Save to keep your change.

Set the country

  1. In the Country box, type the two-letter country code, for example SE for Sweden, KR for Korea, US for the United States.
  2. The box automatically makes the letters capital and only keeps two of them.
  3. Click Save.

Change the order brands appear in

  1. In the Sort order box, type a number.
  2. A lower number puts the brand earlier in lists; a higher number puts it later.
  3. Click Save.

Delete a brand

  1. Open the brand you want to remove.
  2. Click the red Delete button at the bottom left.
  3. A pop-up asks you to confirm. It warns that any products linked to this brand will lose their brand link.
  4. Click OK to delete, or Cancel to keep it.

Every field explained

Field What it means Notes
Name The brand's display name. Required.
Handle Short lowercase nickname used in the web address (a "slug"). Required. Lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens only. Must be unique.
Description (HTML) A longer description of the brand. This box accepts formatting codes (HTML). If you are not comfortable with codes, just type plain text — it will still work.
Logo The brand's logo image. Upload from your computer, paste a web address, or clear it.
Country (ISO alpha-2) The brand's home country as a two-letter code. For example SE, KR, US. Letters become capitals automatically.
Sort order A number that sets the brand's place in lists. Lower number = appears earlier. Default is 0.

Common mistakes

Watch out for these

  • Two brands with the same handle. Each handle must be unique. If saving fails, check that no other brand already uses that nickname.
  • Spaces or capitals in the handle. Stick to lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, like green-house.
  • Forgetting to click Save. Typing in a box does not save it. Always click Save (or Create for a new brand) and wait for the green confirmation.
  • Deleting a brand you still need. Deleting cannot be undone from here, and any products linked to that brand lose their link. Double-check before confirming.
  • Pasting a broken logo link. If you paste a web address, make sure the preview picture actually appears.

Still stuck?

Something not behaving the way this guide describes? Email developers@kavelsoftware.se and we will help.