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LS Shop - Complete Setup Guide

This guide will walk you through setting up LS Shop from installation to publishing your first product on the website.

Table of Contents

1. Prerequisites
2. Installation
3. Initial Configuration
4. Creating Your First Product
5. Publishing to Website
6. Accessing the Frontend
7. Advanced Features
8. Troubleshooting

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Prerequisites

Before installing LS Shop, ensure you have the following:

Required Apps

• Frappe Framework (v13 or higher)
• ERPNext (must be installed first)
• Webshop (dependency for LS Shop)
• Payments (for payment gateway integration)

System Requirements

• Node.js and npm (for asset compilation)
• Python 3.8+
• Database: MariaDB/PostgreSQL

ERPNext Setup Requirements

Before installing LS Shop, ensure these are configured in ERPNext:

• ✅ Company created and configured
• ✅ Default Warehouse created
• ✅ Price Lists created (e.g., "Standard Selling")
• ✅ Chart of Accounts configured
• ✅ At least one Item Attribute (e.g., "Color", "Size")

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Installation

Quick Start with Demo Data

If you want to quickly test LS Shop with demo products, you have two options:

Option 1: Using Lifestyle Settings (Recommended)

1. Navigate to: Desk → Lifestyle Shop Ecommerce → Lifestyle Settings
2. Scroll to Demo Data & Testing section
3. Click "Install Demo Data" button
4. Wait for completion notification
5. Click "Publish All Items to Website" button if items don't show
6. Visit https://your-site.com/en/products

Option 2: Using Command Line

# After installing ls_shop
bench --site your-site-name execute ls_shop.install_demo_data.install_demo_data

What Gets Created:

• ✅ Item Attributes (Color, Size)
• ✅ Brands (Adidas, Nike, Puma, Lifestyle Store)
• ✅ Price Lists (Standard Selling, Sale Price List)
• ✅ Shipping Rule (Free shipping over $50)
• ✅ 3 Demo Products with variants (~40 SKUs)
• ✅ Style Attribute Configurators & Variants
• ✅ Configured Lifestyle Settings
• ✅ Published to website with LS Shop routes

After installation, immediately visit:

• https://your-site.com/en/products to see the demo store
• Test the complete purchase workflow

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Step 1: Install Required Apps

If not already installed, install the dependencies:

# Install ERPNext (if not installed)
bench get-app erpnext
bench --site your-site-name install-app erpnext

# Install Webshop
bench get-app webshop
bench --site your-site-name install-app webshop

# Install Payments
bench get-app payments
bench --site your-site-name install-app payments

Step 2: Install LS Shop

# Get the LS Shop app
bench get-app https://github.com/BuildWithHussain/ls_shop

# Install on your site
bench --site your-site-name install-app ls_shop

# Build assets
bench build --app ls_shop

Step 3: Restart Services

bench restart

Step 4: Verify Installation

After installation, LS Shop will automatically create:

• ✅ Ecommerce Item Groups (All Item Groups → Ecommerce Website → Men, Women, Kids)
• ✅ Email Templates (Order Confirmation, Order Cancellation, Item In Stock)
• ✅ Payment Mode: Telr

Check that these were created successfully by navigating to:

• Desk → Stock → Item Group - You should see "Ecommerce Website" with child groups

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Initial Configuration

Step 1: Configure Lifestyle Settings

Navigate to: Desk → Lifestyle Shop Ecommerce → Lifestyle Settings

A. Price List Configuration

1. Default Price List: Select your main selling price list (e.g., "Standard Selling")
2. Sale Price List: Select price list for sale/discounted items (optional)

B. Warehouse Configuration

• Ecommerce Warehouse: Select the warehouse that will be used for e-commerce orders
  • This should be a warehouse with actual stock available
  • Example: "Stores - Your Company"

C. Shipping & Returns

1. Shipping Rule:

   • Navigate to Desk → Selling → Shipping Rule
   • Create a new Shipping Rule based on "Net Total"
   • Example: Free shipping above $100, else $10 flat rate
   • Select this rule in Lifestyle Settings

2. Return Period: Enter number of days customers can return items (e.g., 14, 30)

3. Reason for Return: Add reasons customers can select:

   • Wrong Size
   • Wrong Color
   • Defective Product
   • Changed Mind
   • etc.

4. Print Format: Select the print format for invoices (optional)

D. Cash on Delivery (COD) Settings

1. COD Charge: Enter the fee for COD orders (e.g., 5.00)
2. COD Charge Applicable Below: Enter order value below which COD charge applies
3. Charge Account Head: Select the income account for COD charges

E. Payment Modes

Enable/disable payment methods:

• ☑️ Telr - For online card payments (requires Telr Settings configuration)
• ☑️ Tabby - For Buy Now Pay Later (requires Tabby app installation)
• ☑️ COD - Cash on Delivery

F. Email Configuration

1. Order Confirmation Email Template: "Order Confirmation"
2. Order Cancellation Email Template: "Order Cancellation"
3. Item In Stock Email Template: "Item In Stock"
4. Logo URL: Enter URL to your company logo for emails
5. CC Email: Optional email to CC on all order emails

G. Item Group Mapping (Optional)

If you have existing item groups that should map to e-commerce groups:

1. Click on "eCommerce Item Group Mapping" table
2. Add rows mapping:
   • Original Item Group: Your existing ERPNext item group
   • eCommerce Item Group: Target e-commerce group (Men, Women, Kids, etc.)
3. Click "Sync Item Group Mapping to Existing Items" to apply

Click Save after configuring all settings.

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Creating Your First Product

There are two ways to create products for the e-commerce website:

Option 1: Simple Product (Single Variant)

Step 1: Create an Item in ERPNext

Navigate to: Desk → Stock → Item → New

Fill in the following fields:

Basic Information:

• Item Code: Unique code (e.g., "TSHIRT-001")
• Item Name: Display name (e.g., "Classic Cotton T-Shirt")
• Item Group: Select from e-commerce groups (Men, Women, Kids)
• Default Unit of Measure: pcs, nos, etc.

Custom Fields (LS Shop specific):

• DisplayName: Short display name (e.g., "Cotton Tee")
• Ecommerce Display Name: Full e-commerce name (e.g., "Classic Cotton T-Shirt")

Inventory:

• ☑️ Maintain Stock
• Is Stock Item: Yes
• Default Warehouse: Your ecommerce warehouse
• Opening Stock: Enter initial quantity (e.g., 100)
• Valuation Rate: Cost price

Sales Details:

• ☑️ Allow Item to be Sold
• Default Income Account: Select appropriate income account

Website Settings:

• ☑️ Show in Website (publish to webshop)
• Route: Auto-generated or custom (e.g., "classic-cotton-tshirt")
• Website Image: Upload product image (recommended: 1000x1000px)
• Website Warehouse: Select your e-commerce warehouse
• Website Item Groups: Select relevant e-commerce groups

Item Images:

• Click "Add Row" in Website Images table
• Upload multiple product images
• First image becomes the main display image

Description:

• Description: Add detailed product description (supports HTML)
• Web Long Description: Extended description for product page

Pricing:
After saving the item, create a price:

1. Click "Add Item Price" or go to Desk → Stock → Item Price → New
2. Item Code: Select your item
3. Price List: Select your default selling price list
4. Rate: Enter selling price (e.g., 29.99)
5. Save

Step 2: Verify Item is Published

1. Save the item
2. Navigate to: Desk → Website → Website Item
3. You should see a Website Item created automatically
4. Check that all details are correct

Option 2: Product with Variants (Using SAC/SAV)

For products with multiple colors/sizes, use the Style Attribute Configurator:

Step 1: Create Item Template

Navigate to: Desk → Stock → Item → New

Basic Settings:

• Item Code: Template code (e.g., "TSHIRT-CLASSIC-TEMPLATE")
• Item Name: Template name (e.g., "Classic T-Shirt Template")
• ☑️ Has Variants: Yes
• Item Group: Select e-commerce group

Attributes Tab:
Add attributes for variants:

1. Click "Add Row" in Attributes table
2. Attribute: Select "Color"
3. Add color values (Red, Blue, Green, etc.)
4. Add another row for Attribute: "Size"
5. Add size values (S, M, L, XL, etc.)

Other Settings:

• Configure sales details, descriptions, and images as above
• Set default pricing

Save the item template.

Step 2: Create Style Attribute Configurator (SAC)

Navigate to: Desk → Lifestyle Shop Ecommerce → Style Attribute Configurator → New

1. Item Template: Select your template (e.g., "TSHIRT-CLASSIC-TEMPLATE")
2. Item Attribute: Select primary attribute (usually "Color")
3. Recommended Items: Add items to show as "You May Also Like" (optional)
4. Save

Step 3: Create Style Attribute Variants (SAV)

Navigate to: Desk → Lifestyle Shop Ecommerce → Style Attribute Variant → New

For each color variant:

1. Configurator: Select the SAC you created
2. Attribute Value: Select color (e.g., "Red")
3. Variant Item Code Prefix: Enter prefix (e.g., "TSHIRT-RED")
4. Image: Upload image for this color variant
5. Description: Optional description specific to this variant

Size Configuration:
Click "Add Row" in the Color Size Items table for each size:

• Size: Select size (S, M, L, XL)
• Item Code Suffix: Optional suffix (e.g., "-S", "-M")
• Stock Qty: Enter available quantity for this size
• Published on Website: ☑️ Check to publish
• Regular Price: Enter price (will use default if not specified)

Repeat for each color variant.

Step 4: Publish Variants

After saving all SAV records:

1. Go back to Lifestyle Settings
2. Click "Publish Variants for All Templates"
3. This creates all variant combinations and publishes them to the website

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Publishing to Website

Verify Product Publication

1. Navigate to: Desk → Website → Website Item
2. Find your product
3. Check these fields:
   • ☑️ Published
   • Website Item Groups are set
   • Item Group shows correct e-commerce group
   • Images are uploaded
   • Price is set

Set Item Group Display

Navigate to: Desk → Stock → Item Group

For each e-commerce group (Men, Women, Kids):

1. Open the Item Group
2. Custom Fields:
   • DisplayName: Display name for backend
   • Ecommerce Display Name: Display name for website
   • ☑️ Display on Website: Check this
3. Website Settings:
   • ☑️ Show in Website: Check this
   • Route: Auto-generated or custom (e.g., "men", "women")
   • Website Title: Title for the category page
   • Description: Banner/description for category page (supports HTML)
   • Slideshow: Optional slideshow for category page
4. Save

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Accessing the Frontend

Default Routes

The LS Shop frontend uses URL-based language routing:

English Routes:

• Homepage: https://your-site.com/en
• Product Catalog: https://your-site.com/en/products
• Specific Product: https://your-site.com/en/products/product-slug
• Cart: https://your-site.com/en/cart
• Checkout: https://your-site.com/en/cart/checkout
• User Account: https://your-site.com/en/account/dashboard

Arabic Routes (RTL):

• Homepage: https://your-site.com/ar
• Product Catalog: https://your-site.com/ar/products
• And so on...

Testing Your First Product

1. Open browser to: https://your-site.com/en/products
2. You should see your published products
3. Click on a product to view details
4. Test add to cart functionality
5. Proceed to checkout to test the full flow

Guest Checkout vs User Accounts

• Guest Checkout: Customers can checkout without creating an account
• User Accounts: Customers can register to track orders and save addresses

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Advanced Features

Bulk Operations

Bulk Image Upload

For uploading multiple product images at once:

1. Navigate to: Desk → Lifestyle Shop Ecommerce → Bulk Image Upload
2. Follow the tool to upload images in bulk

Bulk Variant Publishing

To publish multiple variants at once:

1. Navigate to: Lifestyle Settings → Bulk Actions / Import Tab
2. Use "Publish Variants for All Templates" button

Landing Page Configuration

Configure hero banners and featured sections:

1. Navigate to: Desk → Lifestyle Shop Ecommerce → Landing Page Settings
2. Add hero banners, featured categories, and promotional sections

Size Charts

Add size charts for products:

1. Navigate to: Desk → Lifestyle Shop Ecommerce → Size Chart
2. Create size charts for different item groups
3. Link to items or item groups

Payment Gateway Configuration

Telr Payment Gateway

1. Navigate to: Desk → Lifestyle Shop Ecommerce → Telr Settings
2. Enter:
   • Store ID
   • Auth Key
   • Test/Live Mode settings
3. Save

Tabby Buy Now Pay Later

Install the Tabby app and configure:

bench get-app https://github.com/cinnamonlabs/tabby_frappe
bench --site your-site-name install-app tabby_frappe

Multi-Store Support

LS Shop supports multiple physical store locations for pickup orders.

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Troubleshooting

Product Not Showing on Website

Check these in order:

1. Item Configuration:

   • ☑️ Is "Show in Website" checked?
   • Is "Website Warehouse" set?
   • Is stock available in the warehouse?
   • Are images uploaded?

2. Website Item:

   • Navigate to Website Item
   • ☑️ Is "Published" checked?
   • Are "Website Item Groups" set?
   • Is the item group correct?

3. Item Group:

   • Is the Item Group published to website?
   • ☑️ Is "Show in Website" checked?
   • Are custom display name fields filled?

4. Price:

   • Is an Item Price created?
   • Is the Price List correct?
   • Is the price greater than zero?

Installation Errors

"Error creating Ecommerce groups"

This has been fixed in the latest version. If you encounter this:

1. Check that custom fields are installed: custom_displayname and custom_item_group_display_name
2. Check Error Log in Frappe Desk for detailed error
3. Manually create root Item Group if needed

Missing Dependencies

# Reinstall dependencies
bench --site your-site-name install-app webshop
bench --site your-site-name install-app payments

Frontend Issues

Pages Not Loading / 404 Errors

1. Clear cache:

bench --site your-site-name clear-cache
bench --site your-site-name clear-website-cache

2. Rebuild assets:

bench build --app ls_shop

3. Restart services:

bench restart

Images Not Displaying

1. Check file permissions on /public/files/
2. Verify image paths in Website Item
3. Ensure images are in correct format (JPG, PNG, WebP)
4. Check image file size (recommended < 500KB for optimal performance)

Checkout Issues

Payment Gateway Not Working

1. Verify payment gateway configuration:

   • Check Telr Settings are complete
   • Test mode vs Live mode settings
   • API credentials are correct

2. Check Lifestyle Settings:

   • Payment modes are enabled
   • COD settings are configured if using COD

Orders Not Creating

1. Check required settings:

   • Default Price List is set
   • Ecommerce Warehouse is set
   • Company is configured in ERPNext
   • Tax templates are set up (if applicable)

2. Check user permissions:

   • Guest user has permissions to create Quotations
   • Sales Order creation permissions are correct

Performance Optimization

Slow Product Pages

1. Optimize images:

   • Use WebP format
   • Compress images to < 200KB
   • Use appropriate dimensions (1000x1000px for main images)

2. Enable caching:

# In site_config.json
{
  "enable_website_cache": 1,
  "cache_timeout": 3600
}

3. Database optimization:

bench --site your-site-name mariadb
# Run MySQL optimization commands

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Getting Help

Resources

• Documentation: ERPNext E-Commerce Docs
• Community Forum: Frappe Forum
• GitHub Issues: LS Shop Issues

Common Support Channels

1. Create an issue on GitHub with:

   • Frappe/ERPNext versions
   • Detailed error messages
   • Steps to reproduce
   • Screenshots if applicable

2. Post on Frappe Forum with tag ls_shop

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Next Steps

After completing this setup:

1. Customize Design: Modify templates and styling to match your brand
2. Configure SEO: Add meta descriptions, keywords for products
3. Set Up Analytics: Integrate Google Analytics or similar
4. Configure Email: Set up email domain and templates
5. Test Complete Flow: Go through entire purchase process
6. Set Up Shipping: Configure shipping rules and carriers
7. Launch: Announce your store and start selling!

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Credits

LS Shop is developed and maintained by BWH Studios - Specializing in Frappe customizations and consulting.

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Last Updated: 2025-10-03
Version: 1.0

For the latest updates and detailed documentation, visit the LS Shop GitHub Repository.