Fbmfox Templates User Guide

This guide will take you through the steps to use the Fbmfox Templates tool to manage certain values on groups of products within Fbmfox.

Templates Overview #

• Fbmfox users can create Templates for use in both the Products and Bulk Uploader modules.
• Templates can be applied to specific sets of products at any time.
• Updates to Facebook Shops products resulting from Template changes will be reflected after Fbmfox automatically updates it to Facebook Shops in one hour.
• Updates to Personal Facebook Marketplace listings resulting from Template changes will be reflected after the Update Price & Stock Interval set in the Fbmfox Chrome Extension Settings.
• Please Note: Changes made to an existing Template do not impact products already assigned to the Template. If you update an existing Template and want those changes to be applied to products already using a previous version of the Template, use the Bulk Action feature to reapply the template to the selected products.

Template Creation #

1. Access the Templates module from the Fbmfox Navigation Menu on the left-side of the screen.
   
2. Click the  button to create a new template.
3. Enter a meaningful name for the Template to help distinguish it from others.  This is important to aid in selecting the correct Template to apply later in either the Bulk Uploader module or the Bulk Update action in the Products module.
   
4. Select the Marketplace for the template being created from the dropdown.
   
   Depending on the Marketplace selected, additional fields may become visible for the Template.

Facebook Marketplace Template Fields #

If you select Facebook Marketplace from the Marketplace dropdown, you will have the following fields to complete:

Field Name	Description
Quantity (required)	Enter the number of items you want to be listed as available
Markup (required)	Enter the amount you want the product’s Supplier Price multiplied by to calculate the Target Price. Supplier Price x Markup = Target Price Entering an amount here automatically sets the Margin field to the corresponding value.
Margin (required)	This is the percentage added to the Supplier Price and is related to the Markup. (Supplier Price x Margin) + Supplier Price = Target Price Entering an amount here automatically sets the Markup field to the corresponding value.
Shipping Price (optional)	We recommend leaving this value at 0.00.  If you choose to set an amount for shipping, this can be done when you list the product to your Personal Facebook Marketplace or in the Shipping section under your Facebook Shops Settings
Header (optional)	You can enter custom text that will be applied BEFORE the product’s description.  The  button allows you to add emojis to your Header text.
Footer (optional)	You can enter custom text that will be applied AFTER the product’s description.  The  button allows you to add emojis to your Header text.
Hide from friends? (optional)	Checking this box will cause the item to be hidden from your Facebook friends when you load it to your Personal Marketplace.
	Click the Save changes button once you have completed all fields.

Facebook Shops Template Fields #

If you select Facebook Shops from the Marketplace dropdown, you will have the following fields to complete:

Field Name	Description
Quantity (required)	Enter the number of items you want to be listed as available
Shipping Price (optional)	We recommend leaving this value at 0.00.  If you choose to set an amount for shipping, this can be done when you list the product to your Personal Facebook Marketplace
Markup (required)	Enter the amount you want the product’s Supplier Price multiplied by to calculate the Target Price. Supplier Price x Markup = Target Price Entering an amount here automatically sets the Margin field to the corresponding value.
Margin (required)	This is the percentage added to the Supplier Price and is related to the Markup. (Supplier Price x Margin) + Supplier Price = Target Price Entering an amount here automatically sets the Markup field to the corresponding value.
Custom Product Link (optional)	If you have a website for your business, you can enter that here.  Otherwise leave the field blank and Fbmfox will automatically generate an Fbmfox link to load into this field.  This is not shown to Shops customers.
Shipping Method (optional)	This field should be left blank
Sale Markup (optional)	If you want to have a Sale Price applied to your product, which will result in the listing having the Target Price marked out and the Sale Price listed, enter the Sale Markup to be applied here. (Supplier Price x Sale Markup) = Target Sale Price When setting this value, pay attention to the MARKUP you specified directly above this field as the Sale Markup should be lower than the Markup value. Entering an amount here automatically sets the Sale Margin field to the corresponding value.This field will not be activated unless the Enable Target Sale Price & Sale Margin box is checked.
Sale Margin (optional)	If you want to have a Sale Price applied to your product, which will result in the listing having the Target Price marked out and the Sale Price listed, enter the Sale Margin to be applied here. (Supplier Price x Sale Margin) + Supplier Price = Target Sale Price When setting this value, pay attention to the MARGIN you specified directly above this field. Entering an amount here automatically sets the Sale Markup field to the corresponding value.This field will not be activated unless the Enable Target Sale Price & Sale Margin box is checked.
Shops Brand (required)	You can enter Auto Detect to have Fbmfox automatically recognize and set the Brand based on the listing.  You may also enter a custom value in this field, if desired.  This field should NOT be left blank.
Shops Condition (required)	Select New from the dropdown, unless one of the other conditions is more appropriate for your listings that will use this template.
Facebook Product Category (required)	You can enter Auto Detect to have Fbmfox automatically set the category, based on each product’s Title and images.  You may also enter a custom value in this field from the predefined list, if desired.  This field should NOT be left blank.
Google Product Category (required)	You can enter Auto Detect to have Fbmfox automatically set the category, based on each product’s Title and images.  You may also enter a custom value in this field from the predefined list, if desired.  This field should NOT be left blank.
Round (Target Price & Target Sale Price) (optional)	You can either leave this field blank or select one of the pre-defined rounding values from the dropdown list.  The value selected will be applied to the initial product Target Price & Target Sale Price, if enabled.  Currently this value does not persist if a product’s Supplier Price is changed via the Re-pricing module.
Enable Target Sale Price & Sale Margin (optional)	Checking this box will implement the calculation of a Target Sale Price based on the Sale Margin entered above.  Be certain if you activate this option that you have correctly set the Sale Margin as noted above.
Header (optional)	You can enter custom text that will be applied BEFORE the product’s description.  The  button allows you to add emojis to your Header text.
Footer (optional)	You can enter custom text that will be applied AFTER the product’s description.  The  button allows you to add emojis to your Header text.
	Click the Save changes button once you have completed all fields.

Apply Templates to a Specific Product #

1. Access the Products module from the Fbmfox Navigation Menu on the left-side of the screen.
   
2. Locate the product in the Products Table to which you want to apply a Template and click the  (Edit icon) in the Actions column.
3. On the Edit Product screen, click the Description Tab and select the Template you want to apply from the dropdown.
   
   This will set the corresponding values for the fields listed above, based on the template applied.
4. Click the Save changes button.
   

Apply Templates to Existing Products via Bulk Actions #

1. Access the Products module from the Fbmfox Navigation Menu on the left-side of the screen.
   
2. Select the products from the Products Table to which you want to apply a Template by marking the checkbox on the appropriate rows.
   
3. Click the Bulk Actions dropdown and select Apply or Reapply Template.
   
   
4. Click the Apply button.
   
5. Select the desired Template from the dropdown list.
   
6. Click Save changes.

Apply Templates using Bulk Uploader #

See the Bulk Uploader User Guide for more information on the use of Templates within that module.

Apply Templates when Listing Products to Personal Facebook Marketplace using the Fbmfox Chrome Extension Lister tool #

See the Listing Products to Personal Facebook Marketplace User Guide for more information on the use of Templates within that module.