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WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints (Second Edition)

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WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints (Second Edition)

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Managing your store


Now that you have some products in your store, you'll need to spend time managing it on an ongoing basis. This will include:

  • Adding new products

  • Running sales to promote products

  • Managing orders

Let's have a look at how you manage orders.

Managing orders

When you receive a new order and it's successfully paid for, you'll receive an e-mail notification. You'll then need to manage that order and ship the product. Follow these steps:

  1. In the admin menu, go to WooCommerce | Orders.

    You'll see your new order or orders displayed:

    Fig 4.29: The Orders screen

    The orders you haven't processed yet have a green circle next to them to show that they're being processed.

  2. Click on the order number to see its screen:

    Fig 4.30: The individual order management screen

  3. Once you've processed the order and shipped the item, change the Order status value. Select Completed from the drop-down box.

  4. Click on the Save Order button.

When you return to the Orders screen, you'll see that the processing symbol has...