Tech Update Bulletin 3rd Qtr. 2006
Dear Valued SignSite Members,
We have released an updated version of SignSite Pro. This update has already been implemented onto our servers, and should be working seamlessly with your sites. This bulletin will cover these new features:
- Revised Design Tool
- Promotions
- Content editing
- Daily reporting
Revised Design Tool
We have just released our revised graphics design tool onto our servers. This new tool will create a more user friendly environment for designing on substrate surfaces. The revised tool also includes a FAQ section with an online tutorial giving the user a more positive experience. This revision includes many new features, including the ability to save your designs. This allows the user to come back later to finish their design work. Our new alignment feature will help to align multiple designs, or rows of lettering. Now you will have the ability to edit existing text on your design allowing you to make changes easily to your design work.
Promotions Tab
In your admin account you will notice a Promotions tab. This tab was created to allow you to enter any special requests that needed a uniquely quoted price option. This allows you to manually create and enter over-the-phone, email, or fax orders for your customers.
To use the Promotions feature, log in to your admin account
- Click on the Promotions Tab
- Select Add to enter a new promotion code
- Assign a new code or name for the promotion
- Type a description of the products included
- Assign an overall shipping weight for freight calculations
- Assign an overall price for the products (not including shipping or taxes) but remember to include any customer service charges, artwork fees, extra crating or shipping charges (due to oversize, etc.)
- Then make sure you select that it is active and save.
- From here your customer can add this promotion code to their shopping cart to purchase their special request and proceed through the normal checkout process.
- Remember to have your Customer Service team deactivate or delete the promotion code after the order is processed.
Content Tab
In your admin account you will notice a Content tab. This tab will allow you to edit the content on your site. Using this feature you are able to make your site more unique. Please understand that this can affect your internet search listing and ratings. You can default back to the original settings your site was provided with.
To change your content, log into your admin account
- Click on the Content Tab
- Select the URL you want to edit
- Make the changes you would like and save
- Always remember that if you ever want to go back to your default setting, simply erase all the content that you edited and save as a blank field. It will then return back to the original default content.
Daily reporting
The daily reporting is helpful for management and accounting to see the overall sales done during any given time period.
To access the reports, login to your admin account
Click on the Reports tab, you will see a list of reports available
- Sales Summary Report
- Shipping Summary Report
- Orders Report
- Accounting Report
Sales Summary Report
This report will show you a daily total of items, taxes, shipping, and overall sales amounts.
- Select sales summary report
- Enter the date time period to be selected and click on search
- You can view more details by clicking on the view detail link for the day you select
Shipping Summary Report
This report allows you to see total shipping fees collected and the method of shipment used for any select day or time period.
- Select Shipping Summary Report
- Enter the date time period to be selected and click on search
- You can view more details by clicking on the view detail link for the day you select
Orders Report
This report shows individual order details, allowing you to view total item, tax, shipping, and overall sales amounts for any given time period.
- Select Orders Report
- Enter the date time period to be selected and click on search
- You can view actual order details by clicking on the view order link for the day you select
Accounting Report
This report shows you the total sales amount collected and the method of payment used. This is shown in a daily batch total.
- Select Accounting Report
- Enter the date time period to be selected and click on search
- This will show a daily batch amount for each payment type collected. You also have an option to download a CSV (comma separated value) file for your use.