Quick Look-up White Pape

XKs Unlimited is well known for its world-class Jaguar parts catalogs. With six “books” that cover
all models built since 1948, our catalogs total more than 1,700 pages and contain thousands of illustrations and diagrams.
Bringing order to more than 25,000 part numbers was a challenge, so to keep things familiar, our web
site is organized like our printed catalogs and the same steps are used to find a specific part: Select
the relevant catalog (XK, E-Type, etc.), choose between the two major sections (the color accessory/
high performance section or the black-and-white replacement parts section), find the desired group of
parts (cooling, front suspension, brakes, etc.) and then a specific page to locate an individual part.
The next few pages and images will lead us through the ‘Quick Look-up’ method for finding parts.
Step 1. Everything begins with
the www.xks.com Home Page.
Although there are several
paths to buying parts, a fast
path is to just click on the green
Buy Parts button. See the yellow highlight ring in Figure 1.
Navigation Tip: If you hover over the
Buy Parts button, a drop-down menu
will roll out the quick access links to
the various shopping avenues. If you
know the section you want, simply
click that link to go directly to the section for that model Jaguar.
Figure 1 XKs Unlimited • White Paper • Using the Quick Look-up Catalog
Home Page
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For our exercise we will look-up
and order rear brake pads for
an XK-150.
First take a moment to read
through all the features of the
Shopping Home Page.
Step 2. This page offers a lot of
shopping options. Since we’re
focused on the Quick Lookup let’s look at that menu. To
find the brake pads we’re after,
click on the link labeled XK-120,
XK-140, XK-150 Parts. (If you
hover over that category a twopart menu will slide out from
there giving you the option to
shop for Replacement Parts or
High Performance Parts.) If you
are familiar with our catalogs,
you know we list Replacement
Parts in the black-and-white
section and the High Performance/Accessory Parts are in
the color section.
D
E
A
B
C
Click where the cursor is in box
‘A’.
Figure 2 Shopping Home Page
Features of the Shopping Home Page.
A. Quick Look-up Menu – click here to go to one of eleven primary categories.
B. Think of these links as the covers of our catalogs. Click the red
type or the image to open the two primary sections for a given
model, Replacement Parts or High Performance Parts.
C. The Featured Products listed rotate on a regular basis. These
are items we want to bring to your attention. Sometimes you’ll
find new items or maybe special pricing.
Navigation Tip: We suggest you
Bookmark this page, (www.xksparts.
com) so you can get directly to the
shopping pages and skip Step 1.
D. Shopping cart and Keyword or Part # search. Keep track of
your cart contents and/or enter word(s) or part number(s) in the
search field and click on the magnifying glass (or hit Enter).
E. Rotating message field. Clickable to link to a portion of the site.
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Step 3. Select the secondary
Category from the two choices,
namely Replacement Parts.
Navigation Tip: The arrow points
out the number of entries in each
category. When you proceed to Step
4, below, you see all 26, in this case,
categories displayed.
Figure 3
Category Selection
Figure 4
Sub Category Selection
Step 4. The Replacement Parts
section opens up to display all
26 Sub Categories.
Navigation Tip: This arrow points out
the number of entries in the Brakes
category. These 15 entries represent
page titles from our print catalogs in
the Brakes section of this book.
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Navigation Tip: At any point along the way you can enter an XKs Unlimited part number in the SEARCH box
and click the green GO button.
Figure 5 Brake Categories
Step 5. To locate brake pads we go to the brake caliper section for the XK-150.
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View details before adding to your cart
Add directly to your cart if you choose
View details before adding to your cart
Figure 6 Rear Caliper Parts Page
Step 6. We have found the brake pads we’re after. Note in the yellow highlighted boxes the ‘bread
crumb trail’ created. Anytime along the way if you want to retrace your steps, simply click on a prior
link to jump backward.
Also note the pricing is visible at this level. If you’re satisfied with everything you see, you may add to
your cart from this page. If you do, the next screen to appear will be the Cart where you can confirm
quantity and then either proceed to check out or use the ‘back button’ to return to the Parts Detail
Page. (Skip ahead to Step 8)
For our exercise we will click the VIEW button to see the details screen, go to step 7
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Step 7. The Parts Detail Page
gives you all the info you need
to make your buying decision.
When you click the green Add
To Cart button, the screen
changes to the shopping cart to
confirm the quantity selected.
On the Parts Detail Pages, the
images shown will vary slightly.
We’ve photographed some
parts, for others we’ve relied on
the line drawings from the cataloggs. The gray placards identify which item is referenced.
(Click Here)
A
A. Click on the mini-thumbnail
images to blow-up the view.
B. This part of the screen identifies all the other occurrences of this part throughout the
web site.
Click the ADD TO CART button
to purchase.
B
Figure 7 Parts Detail Page
C
Step 8. The Shopping Cart requires little explanation.
Please note, though, if you wish
to return to the Parts Detail
page you just left, use your
browser ‘Back’ button (looks
something like C). You can then
continue with the ‘bread crumb’
trail to back-out and get to your
next purchase.
D
If you use the CONTINUE
SHOPPING button (D) you will
go back to the beginning of the
Quick Look-up process, which
will reveal a listing of all the
primary categories.
To check out, simply follow the
on-screen directions.
Figure 8 XKs Unlimited • White Paper • Using the Quick Look-up Catalog
Shopping Cart
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