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How-To Guides

Welcome to the cobby how-to guides! This section helps you solve specific problems and achieve particular goals.

What are How-To Guides?​

How-to guides are problem-solving resources that show you how to accomplish specific tasks. Each guide:

  • 🎯 Focuses on a specific goal or problem
  • ⚡ Gets straight to the solution
  • 📋 Provides clear, numbered steps
  • 🔧 Assumes you have basic cobby knowledge
  • 🛤️ May offer alternative approaches when relevant

When to Use How-To Guides​

Use how-to guides when you:

  • Know what you want to achieve and need to know how
  • Have a specific problem to solve
  • Want quick, actionable steps without lengthy explanations
  • Need to learn a specific technique or workflow

Guide Categories​

🔧 Installation​

Install and set up cobby for your e-commerce platform: Magento 1, Magento 2, or Shopware 6.

📦 Product Management​

Import products, copy them, delete them, or modify their attribute sets.

💰 Prices​

Update prices from suppliers, calculate them automatically, set tier prices, and more.

🖼️ Images​

Prevent image duplicates, add descriptions, find missing images, and manage your product imagery.

🏷️ Attributes​

Convert attribute types, maintain attribute options, and manage product attributes effectively.

📁 Categories​

Match categories, automatically assign products to categories based on attributes.

📐 Excel Formulas​

Master VLOOKUP, CONCATENATE, IF functions, INDEX-MATCH, and other formulas for cobby.

✅ Quality Control​

Find errors before customers do, use conditional formatting, and maintain data quality.

📊 Inventory​

Manage stock levels, track inventory across multiple warehouses, and synchronize inventory data.

👥 Workspace Management​

Connect new shops, set up multiple users, manage licenses, and configure your workspace.

🔧 Troubleshooting​

Solve common issues like missing attributes, products not showing, slow saving, and more.

💻 Developer Guides​

Integrate with cobby's API, develop custom extensions, and automate workflows programmatically.

🔍 SEO​

Optimize product URLs, meta descriptions, and search engine visibility for your e-commerce content.

📈 Reporting​

Generate reports, analyze product data, export information, and gain insights into your catalog.

New to cobby?​

If you're just getting started, we recommend our Tutorials first. They provide structured learning paths and teach you the fundamentals.

Need technical specifications? Check our Reference section for detailed information about features, error codes, and APIs.

Want to understand the "why" behind things? Visit our Explanation section for concepts and best practices.