Adding custom featured products to the Featured Products section

Overview

This article explains how to manually select which products appear in the featured products section of your SimplePart website. You can add individual products by part number and choose whether each should appear as a recommended product or in a "people also bought" section.

Before you begin

• You must have admin access to the SimplePart Control Panel
• Your website must be selected in the Control Panel (check the top navigation)
• You need the part numbers for the products you want to feature

Steps

1. Log into the SimplePart Control Panel at https://secure.simplepart.com
2. Make sure your website is selected in the Control Panel
3. Go to the Home Content screen at https://secure.simplepart.com/manage/homeContent.aspx
   • Note: This screen is not currently linked in the main Control Panel menu, so bookmark this link for future use!
4. Scroll down to the "Featured product logic" section
5. Click the option labeled "Let me choose my own featured products"
   • This overrides any automatic product selection

6. Add products using one of these methods: 

   Quick add method:

   • Enter the part number of the product you want to feature
   • Click "Add"

   Detailed add method:

   • Scroll to the "Add preferred product" section at the bottom of the page
   • Enter the part number in the "Stock code" field
   • Select whether this product should appear as a:
     • Recommended product, or
     • People also bought
   • Click "Add"
7. Click Save to apply your changes

What to expect

Your featured products will now appear on your storefront's home page in the sections you specified. The changes take effect immediately.

Important notes

• Disabled products won't display: If a featured product is later disabled in your catalog, it will no longer appear in the featured products section
• Product availability: Featured products still respect your normal inventory and stock rules — if a product goes out of stock or becomes unavailable, it may not display depending on your storefront settings

Troubleshooting

I don't see the featured products section on my website after adding them

• Wait a few minutes for the changes to sync to your live storefront
• Clear your browser cache (or use an incognito/private browsing window) to see updated content
• Check that the products you added are not disabled in your catalog
• Confirm that you clicked Save in the Home Content screen

I added a product by part number but it's not showing as an option

• Verify that the part number is spelled correctly and matches your catalog exactly
• Check that the product is enabled (not archived or disabled)
• If the product doesn't exist in your catalog, the system won't allow you to add it

I want to remove a featured product

• Go back to the Home Content screen
• Find the product in your featured products list
• Click the delete/remove button next to it
• Click Save

I want to go back to featuring the top selling products

• Go back to the Home Content screen
• Click the option "Feature Top Selling Products"
• Click Save

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