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PART 1:Edit YOUR COMPANYs Ad ListiNg

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To make changes to your company ad listing, click on Edit in the Actions

column (to the right of the page) where your company name is listed.

Once opened to the Listing Details you’ll see most of the content for

your ad. You will also see a range of options on the side and top panels

but you will only need to click on save, save and continue edit and back.

BEWARE! if you click on the Delete button you will lose your listing and ALL information. x

The only details you may change are listed below:

NOtE: do not change other options as these

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Name - Your Business Name.

Website - If you have your own website enter the address to create an

automatic link to your site.

Phone No. - Contact number for your business.

Store Address - Location of your business

Opening Hours - Reference your business hours.

Short Desription - No more than 260 characters to describe our

business. This text will appear in the listing of all companies and in your

own listing.

Description - Long description about the business.

To style your decription click on the WYSIWYG Editor button below

the Description input. This will open an editor similar to word. You can

use the tools to change colour, size or weight of text, insert images,

tables and other media. By hovering your cursor over the tool icons, will

give you a brief description on what each tool does. When you have

finished, click on the Submit button at the bottom left. This will close the

editor and translate your styling of your description into HTML code.

Listing of All Companies - Company Listing

Short description

Description

Company Listing Page

Your ad package with Decorators Catalogue provides a Company

Ad Listing which will appear in all relevant category searches.

Three complementary Product Listings which will also

appear with your ad and also in searches by product.

Below are instructions for accessing your Company Ad Listing.

Login

To login to Decorators Catalogue Admin Panel, type in the URL

www.decoratorscatalogue.com.au/login into your internet browser. Enter

your (case sensitive) user name and password and click login.

NOtE: If you have forgotten you login details click the Forgot

your password? link on the bottom left. Enter your email and

click Retrieve Password to have your details emailed to you.

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This will take you to the Manage Listings table which looks like this ...

MAnAging TexT infoRMATion in YouR CoMPAnY Ad LisTing

If you have a company listing only (ie: you don’t wish to

display individual products in Decorators Catalogue), there

should only be one item in the Manage Listings Table.

If you also have individual products listed, you’ll

also see them listed by name in this table.

PART 1:Edit YOUR COMPANYs Ad ListiNg

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iMAges foR YouR Ad

Your company ad listing has room for up to 20 images. All

images should be in jpg format and 72dpi. only

The first image should measure 170 pixels x 170 pixels.

The remaining images, which will appear in your gallery, should

be no larger than 800 pixels wide x 600 pixels high.

Each image file should be named in lower case, no spaces

or symbols, starting with the company name, then up to

six words to describe the product (including brand name

if relevant). To separate words use underscore_

EXAMPLE: interiors_online_charlotte_french_chairF

To change the images in your company ad listing, click onto

Catalogue Images which you’ll find on the left hand menu.

Remove Existing images

Tick the Remove box next to the relevant images, then

scroll to the top and click on Save & Continue

Ad new images

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Browse Files (find the

relevant image in your computer to upload) then click Upload.

Image 1- is the thumbnail image that appears with your company listing.

This image should be 170 pixels x 170 pixels. Always tick Small Image,

Thumbnail and Exclude next to this image.

Image 2 - is the main image visitors will see when you open up your ad

to full screen. Always tick Base Image and Exclude next to this image.

Images 3 - and onwards: There is no need to tick any boxes next

to these images. If you wish to change the order in which they

appear, simply change the number next to the image accordingly.

Name each of the images in the panel available next to each. You

may use capitols and spaces normally for this. Generally you would

give each image the same name as the image file, for example

Interiors Online Charlotte French Chair. When visitors to your ad

hover their mouse over the image, the image name will appear.

seo MeTA infoRMATion - oPTiMising YouR Ad.

In the side menu, click on SEO Meta Information.

Inside here you must fill out all of the following for the

best SEO (Seach Engine Optimisation) results:

Meta Title - Title given to the browser’s title bar when Company Listing

page is being viewed.

Meta Keywords - Helps search engines like Google of Yahoo to relate

your listing to their search.

Meta Description - The description which appears

in search engine results if you are listed.

When you have entered this information, click Save & Continue

PART 2:Edit YOUR PROdUCt ListiNgs

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ACCessing YouR ThRee CoMPLeMenTARY PRoduCT LisTings

Login as for your Company Ad listing. This will take you to

the Manage Listings table where you will see listed the three

products which have already been set up previously.

Once you have found a product listing you wish to edit or replace,

click on the edit link in the Actions column on the right hand side

As with your company listing you will find a range of

options which we have preset and we recommend

you leave these options for best results.

You will be able edit or replace the information:

LisTing deTAiLs

Name - Name of product.

Product Alternative URL - If you have your own ecommerce store and

wish to take all orders through your site, enter the URL address to this

product page within your site.

Style - Select from the drop down list

Brand - Select from the drop down list

Type - Select from the drop down list

Colour - Select from the drop down list

Material - Select from the drop down list

NOtE: If you would like us to ad a brand or specific material

to the options available in the drop downs

for these, please send your request to

trish@decoratorscatalogue.com.au or alternatively simply

include details of materials used in your description

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Short Description - No more than 260 characters to describe your

product.

Description - Long description about the product. The long description

to provide more details information about your product.

To style your description click on the WYSIWYG Editor button below

the Description input. This will open an editor similar to word. You can

use the tools to change colour, size or weight of text, insert images,

tables and other media. By hovering over the tool icons will give you

a brief description on what the tool will do. When you have finished

click on the Submit button on the bottom left. This will close the editor

and translate your styling of your description into HTML code.

Listing of All Products - Product Listing

Short description

Description

Product Listing Page

SKU - Barcode or serial number. Please type name of your company

before the barcode, eg: Interiors-Online-PFQ115/6 If your product does

not have a barcode or serial number, use the name of the product, for

example: Interior-Online- Charlotte-Chair. This will make it easier in

future to find your products when wishing to update your ad.

Set Product as New from Date - Select date from the calendar supplied

if you wish the product to be viewed within a certain time frame.

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Otherwise leave this blank if you wish the product to appear indefinitely.

Set Product as New to Date - Select date from the calendar supplied

if you wish the product to be viewed within a certain time frame.

Otherwise leave this blank if you wish the product to appear indefinitely.

Status - This should be set as enabled. If not

select this from the dropdown.

PRoduCT PRiCes

Click Prices which appears on the side menu

Display Price - select Yes or No from drop down according to your

preference If you select No, this will remove Price from your product

listing but will provide an Enquire Button instead of Order.

Email Enquiries to - Only If you have selected No, please include an

email address so that enquiries can be sent to you by email. The email

will be headed with the name of the product.

Price - Price including GST. Do not include a dollar sign, comma or

other text in this field .

Special Price - Discounted Price including GST

PRoduCT iMAges

To replace the image select Product Images from the left hand menu.

Tick the Remove box, then click Save & Continue Click Browse files

and select the new image from your computer. Click upload then

type the name of the product in the panel next to the new image.

Don’t change any of the settings, simply click Save & Continue

seo MeTA infoRMATion

To include keywords for your product click on SEO Meta

information on the left hand menu. This information

will really help your product’s optimisation.

Meta Title - Title given to the browser’s title bar when Product Listing

page is being viewed.

Meta Keywords - Helps search engines like Google of Yahoo to relate

your listing to their search.

Meta Description - The description which appears in search engine

results if you are listed.

PART 3:AddEd OPtiONs

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PuRChAsing MoRe PRoduCT LisTings

You may wish to purchase more Product Listings to add to your

advertising package. Your first three are complementary.

RATes ARe:

10 images (including your three complementary) . . $59.50 per month

20 images (including your three complementary) . $120.00 per month

40 images (including your three complementary) . . $200.00 per month

BAnneR AdveRTising

Banner ads appear in the top and right hand side

each page in Decorators Catalogue.

Our home page banners offer premium exposure

to ore than 40,000 unique visitors a month

AdvAnCed oPTions

Our new website can also provide you with a

number of advanced options such as

- Keeping an inventory of your products

- Display related products. For example if you are listing a lounge chair,

related products may be a footstool or accessory such as a cushion.

- Show various views of one product.

If you’d like further information about utilizing

these options please contact Trish Sara on

0438 388 336 or email trish@decoratorscatalogue.com.au

and we will provide instructions for this.