Deals

Manage deals

To see the list of imported deals, you navigate to Components -> CMDealAggregator -> click “Deals” in the component’s menu.

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You can use the filter tools to filter the deals in the list.

You can click “New” button on the toolbar to create a new deal manually.

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  • Deal name: The name of the deal.
  • Alias: Used in search engine friendly URL.
  • Deal ID: The ID of the deal on its group buying site.
  • Site: The group buying site which this deal is on.
  • Location: The location where the deal is in.
  • Category: The category which the deal is in.
  • Price: The price of the deal.
  • Original price: The original price of the deal.
  • Discount: The discount value (in currency unit or percentage).
  • Description: The deal’s description.
  • Highlights: The deal’s highlights.
  • Terms and conditions: The deal’s terms and conditions.
  • Ending date: The date the deal expires.
  • URL: The link to the deal.
  • Latitude: Google Map latitude of the deal’s loation. This info is required in displaying the deal in deal map.
  • Longitude: Google Map longitude of the deal’s location. This info is required in displaying the deal in deal map.
  • Merchant name: The name of the merchant who owns the deal.
  • Merchant address: The merchant’s address.
  • Status: Deal is only published if in published status.
  • Added date: The date the deal is added to your system.
  • Clicks: How many users click to view the deal.

Deal List menu item

To create a menu item for deal list, in the back-end’s top menu you go to Menu Manager -> select a menu -> Add New Menu Item, you are taken to the list of the menu items of the selected menu. This list is similar to the screenshot below.

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Click “New” button on the toolbar to create a new menu item.

In the next form, you click “Select” button of “Menu Item Type” field, a new popup appears. In the popup you select “Deal list” from CMDealAggregator.

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Switch to the “Options” tab, there are 3 filter options.

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  • Category: Select a category if you want to display the deals in a specific category.
  • Location: Select a location if you want to display the deals in a specific location.
  • Site: Select a site if you want to display the deals from a specific website.

If there is no category, location and site selected, the list will display all available deals.