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Guides for running the day-to-day of jessar.ca. Each one covers a single job.
Pick the job you are doing
| Guide | Covers |
|---|---|
| New Product Guide | Fields, conventions, category, and the step-by-step to add a product. Ends with a full checklist. |
| Writing Product Copy | Title, description, romance copy, bullets and meta beam — with real examples. |
| Publishing and Scheduling a Product | Which state to use, scheduling a launch, and the three ways to take a product off the site. |
| Editing an Existing Product | Updating a live product, and the one case where its web address should be changed. |
| Product Field Reference | Every field and what it does to the page. Lookup only. |
| Metaobject Records | The shared records behind Features, "Also available in", the brand block and promo cards. |
| Collections and Shelf Tags | How products land on the right pages — product type, vendor and shelf tag. |
| Shelf Tag Reference | Every shelf tag, the collection it fills, and the product type it belongs to. |
| Updating a Collection Page | A collection's banner, copy, tiles, SEO block and inline promo card. |
| Homepage and Banners | Changing homepage images and words, French versions, and what to leave alone. |
| French Content | How translation works here, and what must never be translated. |
| Bulk Changes with Matrixify | Changing many products at once, the backups that make it safe, and the starter files. |
| Glossary | What the words mean. |
| Things to Never Do | Actions that are hard or impossible to undo. Read first. |
The one idea behind all of it
The Jessar site is assembled from the data on each product and collection. Fill a field and its block appears on the page; leave it blank and the block is skipped — no error, the page is just shorter. That is why these guides spend so much time on which field feeds what, and why previewing before publishing matters.