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      Magento 2

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      After integrating the Shopgate plugin into your Magento 2 shop, the following features are available for your app and mobile website:

       support   Import to Magento 2  
       version 2.1+ orders ✔
       customer account   Export to Shopgate   
       Login with desktop shop account ✔ Products ✔

       Login with mobile account

      		 ✔ categories ✔
       Customer groups/scaled prices ✔ / ✔ reviews ✔
       View desktop order history on mobile ✘    
       sync   Live cart validation  
       Delivery status "sent" ✘ Vouchers* ✔
       Order status "cancelled" ✘ shipping methods ✔
       Inventory quantity (product detail page) ✔ Payment Methods ✘
          product availability ✔
       Natively supported payment methods   Hints  
      • Payment in advance
      • The invoice
      • cash on delivery
      • Braintree PayPal
      • Braintree credit card
      		  
      • Information from Shopgate data fields, such as the second phone number or date of birth, are imported into your Magento 2 backend as order details
      • Group products as well as configurable and simple products are supported
      • Group pricing for simple and configurable products is supported
      • * Please only use the Magento voucher functionality, not the Shopgate vouchers. 
      • Please note that the "Special Offers" and "Liveshopping" functions cannot be used in conjunction with Magento 2.

       

      Install the Shopgate plugin

      First steps

      To prevent your shop from being temporarily unavailable during the plugin installation, you should take the following measures. To do this, log in to Magento 2. 

      Before installing or updating the Shopgate plugin: 
       

      ✓  Disable Magento cache if enabled

      ✓  Disable any external caching (e.g. Varnish, APC, ZendCache) if enabled
      After installing or updating the Shopgate plugin:
       

      ✓  Re-enable Magento cache

      ✓ Clear internal cash  and all external caches

      Download the Shopgate plugin

      Download the Shopgate plugin for Magento 2 from GitHub. There are three parts of the plugin:

      Alternatively, you can install the extension via Composer - our component name is " shopgate/cart-integration-magento2-m2 ". More information about this method can be found here .

      Connect the plugin to Shopgate

      Once the Shopgate plugin has been installed, follow these steps to connect your mobile shop to Magento 2.

      1. Log into your  Shopgate admin area  .
      2. Go to  Integration → Install Interface .
      3. Under "New Connection" look for  Magento 2 in the drop-down menu  and select it when it appears.
      4. A pop-up window will then open.

      Get API credentials

      Copy your API access data ( customer number , shop number , API key  and  alias)  from the pop-up window and paste them one by one into the plugin configuration in your "Magento 2 Admin Panel" ( Stores → Settings → Configuration ).

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      You can add the remaining plugin settings later. This is explained in the chapter " Understanding the plugin's settings ".

      Connect your shop to Shopgate

      Enter under 2 . Enter URL enter the URL of your shop. Click Connect to set up the interface.
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      If the connection is successful, a pop-up window will open (see above). Leave all settings enabled (ON)  as default. How to use all features. Then click on  Save .
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      That's it! The product data is now automatically imported via the newly set up interface.

      Explanation of the plugin settings

      In this chapter we will explain all the options available to you for setting up your Shopgate plugin in Magento 2.

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      To find the Shopgate settings, follow these steps:

      1. Login to your "Magento 2 Admin Panel".
      2. Go to  Stores → Settings → Configuration .
      3. On the configuration page you will see Shopgate listed. 
      4. Use the following areas to set up your Shopgate plugin:  Configuration , Export , Import , Advanced

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      Shopgate | Configuration
      Basic configuration  
      Enabled Choose Yes to activate the Shopgate plugin in your Magento 2 backend.
      Customer number Your  customer number  at Shopgate.
      Store number Your  shop number  at Shopgate.
      API key Your  API key generated at Shopgate. This key is used to authenticate your account between Shopgate and Magento.
      Mobile settings  
      RedirectType Choose your redirect type: HTTP or JavaScript. HTTP is recommended as it is more SEO friendly.
      site alias Your Shopgate alias
      CustomURL A URL used for the mobile version of your store. By default it is [alias].shopgate.com, an alternative could be m.[alias].com.
      CMS map This feature allows mapping from a Magento 2 CMS page to  a CMS page created in your Shopgate admin. Provide the  URL key that the CMS page uses in Shopgate .
      Shopgate | export
      Categories  
      Force export disabled categories List comma separated category ids (e.g. 1,4,6,34) to be exported even if they are disabled.
      In navigation only Export the categories that only have the "Include In Navigation" selected.
      Products  
      Description Choose how you want to export your descriptions: Short Description, Description + Short Description, Short Description + Description.
      EAN attributes Choose the attribute used for the EAN from the list.
      Miscellaneous  
      Net Market Countries Choose the predefined value of Magento 2 or choose the countries where your product prices are pre-tax defined (e.g. United States)
      Shopgate | import
      order  
      Send to email to customer on new order For each order import, the customer receives an order confirmation e-mail after the import. This flag should be set in conjunction with the 'send confirmation mail' flag in the Shopgate merchant area.
      Shopgate Shipping Carrier Title This text field allows merchants to define a shipping title for each shipping method that Shopgate manages. This shipping title will be used in emails and order details.
      Shopgate | Advanced
      staging  
      Shopgate servers Select the Shopgate "Live" server. Use the other options for debugging purposes only.
      Shopgate Merchant API URL This field is only used if the Shopgate server is set to “custom” and is only used for debugging purposes.
      .htaccess user .htaccess user and .htaccess password are only used to bypass additional htaccess authentications.
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      Frequently Asked Questions

      How to disable or clear internal cache in Magento?

      If you want to disable or clear Magento cache to install or update Shopgate plugin, follow these steps. Remember to re-enable the configuration cache after installing or updating the plugin.

      1. Go to  System → Tools → Cache Management .
      2. Click  Flush Magento Cache to flush Magento cache.
      3. To temporarily disable the Magento cache, select  Configuration , then set "Action" to  Disable  and click  Submit .

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      The Magento cache has now been cleared and disabled.