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w1. consumer frontend
– product catalogue– online editor– shopping cart– checkout process
2. management backoffice– IWEB front-end configuration
• business settings• product and prices• promotions
– order management• orders view• Reports
3. production backoffice– order download– production workflow
• production rules creation• order management
Workflow components
Productcatalogue
Shopping cart
checkouteditor
Publishcatalogue
Products &prices
Iwebsetup
Manageorders
Downloadjobs
Manage jobs
Send tooutput
Format files
iWeb storefront Management backoffice Production backofice
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iWEB storefront
Productcatalogue
Shopping cart
checkouteditor
iWeb storefront
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Consumer frontend
• web based photocommerce platform (not a portal) • offer photo-customisation services such as photobooks,
gifts, cards, calendards• can be integrated into an any existing web
4 steps workflow
select a product and select images
edit and design the product
add jobs to the shopping cart
Checkout the order
iWEB frontend order creation workflow
product selecction
Products are created and published via backoffice.
Product design, icon and brochure is created and integrated in the template.
Catalogue is built assigning products to families and categories
No limit in the number of products, families or categories.
Each product includes a detail description, pictures and characteristics
Consumer browses until finds the product they want to order
multilingual interface in +12 languages.
image selecction and smart upload
Consumer images can be selected and uploaded from :
their computer a web cam attached to the computer an external gallery or social network like Flicker
Images are filtered so images over the maximum size are not uploaded to avoid technical issues in the server
Smart upload in 2 steps: first thumbnails and later the printable size
an image can be used in edition as soon as its thumbnail is uploaded without having to wait for the rest
More images can be upload and added to an ongoing job any point in time, without exiting the current job
product edition and design
Consumer drag and drops images to the product template.
Images can be edited: rotated, enlarged
Images can be placed as photos or backgrounds
Texts can be added and edited into the specified areas
Page layouts can be changed
“what you see is what you get”
images can be enlarged only up to a certain limit and a warning appears on the screen if the resolution is below a level. Consumer can still force to use low resolution images.
WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)
Album pages can be reviewed any point in time
program flow forces any job to be reviewed, page by page, to be confirmed before being sent to the shopping cart so mistakes can be directly corrected by consumer and no returns can be claimed.
shopping cart
consumer can finish their first product and go back to continue adding more.
shopping cart support an unlimited number of products (later become jobs).
job quantities can be modified and job can be deleted form the shopping cart
consumer can edit a finished job to go back to modify their design
Checkout
required personal data must be filled
delivery methods and payment methods need to be selected. The options offered are chosen in the configuration of the back office. Several methods can be available at the same time.
Paypal and some PSP and credit cards are supported. Others could be integrated.
program flow forces to check summary before confirmation
consumer can print a copy of the order.
an automatic confirmation email will be sent to the consumer email address from the backoffice.
Management backoffice
Publishcatalogue
Products &prices
Iwebsetup
Manageorders
Management backoffice
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Publishcatalogue
Products &prices
Iwebsetup
Manageorders
Production backoffice
Downloadjobs
Manage jobs
Send tooutput
Format files
Production backofice
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Downloadjobs
Managejobs
Send tooutput
Formatfiles
Workflow components
Download
jobsManage
jobs
Send tooutput
Formatfiles
Production backofice
• Automatic order download to merchant facilities
• Include production workflow automatization to handle large volumes at the print center