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Creating a MegaEdit product | ID:ME_001c

In this tutorial, we will discover how to create a MegaEdit type product, ready for the input of additional detail. MegaEdit is our flagship editor for document editing as well as the creation of photo-gifting products such as Photo-books, Calendars, Corporate Gifts etc. It's intuitive user-interface and editing options allow end users to personalise documents with ease. The process of creating a MegaEdit product involves the initial creation of a standard Stock product and then modifying the product type.

Tutorial Video Transcript

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In this

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tutorial, we're going to discover
how to create a MegaEdit type product

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ready for the inputs of additional data.

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So MegaEdit is our flagship
editor for document editing

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as well as the creation of photo
gifting products such as photo books,

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calendars, corporate gifts, etc.

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This intuitive user interface
and editing options allow end users

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to personalize documents
with a great amount of ease.

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So the process of creating a MegaEdit product involves the initial creation

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of a standard stock product and
then simply modifying the product type.

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So if you've watched some of the earlier
tutorials to do with static PDF

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type products and multipart product types,
the process

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is very similar in that respect,
which is creating a stock product

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and converting it into
a different product type.

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There are now two methods of

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creating a new MegaEdit product type.

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I've already mentioned the fact
that we can convert a stock product

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into a MegaEdit product,
which is applicable in some scenarios.

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We now also have the capability
to directly

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create a MegaEdit product.

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So the new capability is just done
from the product management screen.

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When you're creating a brand new product,
if I click on Add New,

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it comes up with this create new product
window.

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All I need to do from here
is to enter a product name

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and then choose a MegaEdit product type

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from the dropdown list

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From here we do have the ability to upload
and invent package

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if necessary, that will be covered
in future tutorials.

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And then we can just click create.

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The next part of this

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tutorial
we'll focus on the other available method,

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which is converting a stock product into a

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MegaEdit product type.

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So to begin with,
we'll create our standard stock product.

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This is just done in the catalog

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products and product management screens.

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That gives you a list
of all of the products

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that you have
on your currently selected storefront.

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And then what we're going to do,
we could utilize

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one of the products we already have,
of course, if you've already created one.

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However, here
I'm just going to say add new.

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Now all we actually need to add here

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is at the very minimum a product name,
and that is about it.

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However, you can put as many details
in here as you like.

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The vast majority of the settings
that are going to be used in here

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will still be used once you've converted
that product to a MegaEdit type product.

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So for example, your descriptions,

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any related products,
any pictures that you put on

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will still be relevant
to your MegaEdit product,

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especially when looking
at the landing page for that product.

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In our case, I'm just going to keep it
nice and simple with a product name

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and then click Save.

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Now you can see that's now
created my product

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and its current type is stock product.

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So next we're going to convert our newly
created

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stock product
into a MegaEdit type product.

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So again, I'm going to go to the catalog.

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This time
I'm going to go to product types,

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a MegaEdit.

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Now there's a lot of different options

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for things to do with MegaEdit products
here, and we'll cover

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all of these throughout the course
of this tutorial series.

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However, for now,
we're going to focus just on our mega

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edit products.

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And then all we need to do from here
is to say add new on the top right

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corner, select the product
we want to convert.

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So all of your stock type
products will be displayed in this list,

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ones that have already be converted
to a different product type

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will not be displayed in here.

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So you can find more relevant product.

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You only need to worry about this second

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setting here
if you're using the Invent plugin.

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So this is if you are creating
your templates from Adobe, InDesign

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and bringing

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those templates into Infigo using the invent plugin

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and those will be covered
in their own separate series.

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So here we're not going to use it
in the file so I can leave that blank

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and then I'm just going to say
create a new MegaEdit product

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and that will take me to our edit MegaEdit product screen

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with loads of different tabs
related to information

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and resources associated
with that particular MegaEdit product.

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And we'll cover
these in subsequent videos.

 

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Step by Step Guide

Creating a MegaEdit product

In this tutorial, we will discover how to create a MegaEdit type product, ready for the input of additional detail.

MegaEdit is our flagship editor for document editing as well as the creation of photo-gifting products such as Photo-books, Calendars, Corporate Gifts etc. It's intuitive user-interface and editing options allow end users to personalise documents with ease. 

The process of creating a MegaEdit product involves the initial creation of a standard Stock product and then modifying the product type.

Creation Date: Nov 16, 2022
Created By: Sam Webster

1. Click on Catalogue

To begin, we will create a standard Stock product.

Click on  Catalogue

2. Click on Products

Click on Products

3. Click on Product Management

Click on Product Management

4. Click on Add new

Once on the Product Management screen, where we can see a list of all products on our storefront, we will identify or create a new product we intend to convert to a MegaEdit product.

In this example, we will create a new Stock product.

Click on Add new

5. Add some product details

Much of the specification options available for a Stock product are also applicable for MegaEdit products.

Descriptions, images, categories, related products and more are all configured on this screen.

In our example, we will keep things simple by simply specifying a product name and the checkbox stating the product is available on the home page (for easy access).

Add some product details

6. Click on Save

Click on Save

7. Click on Catalogue

Next, we will convert our newly created Stock product into a MegaEdit product type.

Click on  Catalogue

8. Click on Product Types

Click on Product Types

9. Click on MegaEdit

Click on MegaEdit

10. Click on MegaEdit Products

Click on MegaEdit Products

11. Click on Add new

This button allows you to define an existing Stock product as a MegaEdit product.

Click on Add new

12. Select the product you wish to convert

Select the product you wish to convert

13. If using the Invent plugin to create configurable templates in Adobe InDesign, upload the resulting file here. In our example, we will not complete this field.

If using the Invent plugin to create configurable templates in Adobe InDesign, upload the resulting file here.

In our example, we will not complete this field.

14. Click on Create a new MegaEdit product

Click on Create a new MegaEdit product

15. MegaEdit product options

Your product has now been converted to a MegaEdit product type.

A new screen will open allowing you to define MegaEdit detail. These will be covered in another tutorial.

MegaEdit product options
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