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3. Admin Menu
• Miva 9 was redesigned from
top to bottom and now you
can access all the main admin
features directly from the
MM9 Admin Menu.
• New section just for Ready
Theme items.
4. Catalog
• Products, Categories,
Attribute Templates and
Inventory Settings all in
one section.
• Don’t forget to click the
arrow! This expands to
help you navigate even
faster to categories and
sub-categories.
5. Order Processing
• Orders and Shipments have been consolidated into
one section called Order Processing.
• Polished functionality to help you access the
information that you need.
• You can see/edit all your orders, run batch reports
and place orders directly.
7. User Interface
• All page-specific elements and global elements can
be found in this section.
• Add/edit/manage your Miva store pages.
• Global Header and Footer Elements.
• Store-wide SEO options.
• Add/remove Ready Themes
8. Ready Theme
• New section to manage all your Ready
Theme items.
• Store logo, social icons, trust symbols.
• Banners and store images.
• Static page sections.
• Global Navigation sets (mega menu,
etc)
10. Data Management
• This section combines all the import and export
functionality.
• Create and edit data templates.
• Delete shopping baskets.
• Easily update large quantity of products, categories,
customers and other data.
11. Global and Advanced Search
• Main global search, ability to locate products,
categories, pages and modules
12. Global and Advanced Search
• Identifiable by the
hexagonal icon next to
the search bar
• Save advance searches
for future use.
13. Bookmarks and History
• Any tab section can be added as a bookmark.
• Click on the red ribbon on any screen to add as
bookmark.
• You can create a direct link to products, categories
and pages that are commonly accessed.
• Bookmarks allow you to access any section with
one click.
15. Keyboard Hot Keys
• We created a quick guide to keyboard shortcuts,
both for PC and Mac.
Mac PC
16. Videos and Reference Guide
• Miva’s video section is a great resource for both
new and seasoned Miva users.
• New videos are added frequently.
• Miva Reference Guide is the “Go-to” for anything an
everything Miva Admin.
• The Reference Guide is updated constantly as new
features get added to Miva Merchant.
17. Resources
• View the videos here: http://www.miva.com/videos
• Get the Miva Reference Guide:
http://www.miva.com/referenceguide
• Documentation of recent release features are in the
new document section: http://docs.miva.com
• PC and Mac Keyboard Hot Keys infographics can
be found here: https://www.miva.com/blog/miva-9-
hot-keys-inforgraphic/
Editor's Notes
Miva 9 was redesigned from top to bottom to provide a better experience for store administrators. If you’re new to Miva or a season veteran we’ll be covering some of the main features of the admin section.One of the new main features or version 9.5 we have a new dedicated section just for managing ReadyTheme options.
One of the sections you’ll spend a lot of time is in the catalog section, this is where you’ll be accessing your products and catalog.
Let’s take a look at a sample order, here you can see all the important details of an order, you can see if there’s any notes, you can edit the ship-to/bill-to addresses, capture payment, add items to an order, add coupons, discount codes, this is specially helpful for taking in phone orders or manual orders
User interface section is a really important section, here you can edit your store’s SEO settings, set Meta tags and configure error messages.
Brand new section on it’s own now, this has become such an important section in the Miva Admin that it got it’s own individual section.
Add Readythemes from the miva apps section.
the Data management section is probably one of the most important sections if you are dating large amounts of data on a continuos basis. Thru the import and export templates you can update your entire catalog in just seconds, things like a mass update of categories, new products or activating/deactivating large amount of products.
Global Search is broken down in categories such as : Places, Pages, modules and settings.
In the products and categories or order section, we can find the advanced search feature, this feature allows you to drill-down your search parameters and also save those commonly used advanced searches.
I use this all the time, saves me a lot of time when there’s sections I always need to access or also when I need to retrace my steps.