Latest web design and promotion techniques brought to you from ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk 2010-03-18T16:01:45+01:00 www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.ukimages/logo.gif text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/viewing-members-favourites.html First click on the members tab</p> <p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/viewing-favourites.jpg" /> </p> <p>This will enable you to see all your current members. You will notice a fav link next to the edit link as below: <p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/viewing-favourites2.jpg" /> </p> <p>Click on the relevant member to see which properties they have added as favorites.<p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/viewing-favourites3.jpg" /> </p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/save-trees-and-money-with-electronic-brochures.html With such a big emphasis on making the world a greener place to live, we have now started offering a brand new product which we believe will help save trees and money. With thousands of companies each year printing brochures for their company profile, products and services a lot of trees and money are being used in this process. With this in mind we would like to introduce to you our new electronic e-brochures. <p>We believe that with this new product we can save you money by having no re-print costs and in the process no paper is being used. The other advantage of these brochures is the stylish and professional look they give to your business, whether you add this on your website, CD or USB pen it will give you the edge over your competitors .</p> <p>Please see an example of our e-brochure <a href="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/electronic_brochure/">here</a>.</p> <h3>Recommend Us and get a £50 Google Adwords Voucher</h3> We have now introduced an offer to all our customers, if you can recommend us to a friend or customer of yours we will give you a £50 Google Adwords Voucher and will set-up the account for free. text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/august-news.html We have completed a number of websites this month including <a href="http://www.etssolution.com">www.etssolution.com</a> which we have been working hard on for the last 5 months. We have completed a few new updates to the content management system which include: <p> <strong>Enquiry Catcher</strong><br /> At present all enquiries sent via the enquiry form are sent directly to your email address, now we have built a system where all enquiries sent are also added to your database where you can view / delete via your admin panel. This will be handy if you have multiple offices so that the enquiry can be dealt with no matter which office you are based at.</p> <p> <strong>Property Feature</strong><br /> We have made several updates to our property feature which include an extra 5 images for the upload, floor plan feature so you can upload the floor plan and also the long awaited virtual tour has been added so you can add the video format to the property.</p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/september-news.html We have been very busy this month with a large database driven website we are currently working on. We have really stretched ourselves with this project putting all the latest CSS, Ajax & Smarty PHP technology. More will be released regarding this project soon.<br><br> We have not had chance to complete as much updates as we would have liked on our content management system this month but hope to complete a lot more next month such as map pages, fading banners & reviews to our eCommerce software.<br><br> We are also now offering our custom database driven websites as we have now been fully updated in all web standards. If you have an idea which you want to turn into reality then we can help. Just give us a ring and we will plan out the whole process. If could be a lot cheaper than you think. text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/july-news.html We have been very busy this month with new and existing clients so have not been able to complete as many updates as we would have liked. <br /> <p>We have still managed to complete several updates to our ecommerce system and have a lot more updates planned. The updates we have currently complete are as follows:</p> <p>2 x new payment options added. These include paypal payments pro and secure trading. For instant payment methods.</p> <p>International shipping options for customers who wish to ship internationally.</p> <p>These have both been added to the software automatically so there is no upgrade needed.</p> <p>We also now have a new links add-on which allows users to submit their links to your website. Upon submission you will be emailed and will have to approve the link before appearing on your website. All links can be controlled via your admin panel. Along with the addition we have also created a rating feedback system which allows your customers to post their feedback with a star rating of your service to them.  <br /> Again this will have to be approved before it is added to your website and can also be controlled via your admin panel.</p> <p>Current updates include blog add on and also a interactive forum but there is not current release date for these.</p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/managing-products.html First click on the products tab. <p><img src="images/manage-products.jpg" /></p> <p>In this section you have 2 sections to choose from the first section is <strong>Current Products</strong> with the following headers<strong>:</strong></p> <p><strong>Image</strong><br /> If you have added an image for this product then a thumbnail will display.</p> <p><strong>Title</strong><br /> This is the name of the product.</p> <p><strong>Code</strong><br /> If you use a code based system for your products this will be entered</p> <p><strong>Price</strong><br /> The price of the product.</p> <p><strong>Options</strong><br /> You have 3 options here the first is choices which allows you to add a choice to the product like e.g. Size or Colour. The next options are edit and delete. </p> <p>You will notice an arrow next to some of the heading, this allows you to sort the list by clicking the heading you wish to sort by.</p> <p><img src="images/manage-products2.jpg" /></p> <p>Your second option is Add Product.</p> <p><img src="images/manage-products3.jpg" /></p> <p>This is separated into the following 4 sections:</p> <h2>Product Details</h2> <p><strong>Category</strong><br /> This is the name of the category you want your product to go under. You will notice the sub categories in a slightly smaller and grey font type.</p> <p><strong>Product Title</strong><br /> This is the title of your product</p> <p><strong>Product Code</strong><br /> If you use a code based system for your products this will be entered here.<br /> </p> <p><strong>Product Price</strong><br /> The price of the product.</p> <p><strong>Product RRP</strong><br /> The RRP price of the product, if you have one.</p> <p><strong>Description</strong><br /> This is for you to enter information about the product. <br /> </p> <p><img src="images/manage-products4.jpg" /></p> <h2>Images</h2> <p><strong>Image 1</strong><br /> This is for you main image of your product. Simple press browse and find the relevant image on your computer.</p> <p><strong>Image 2</strong><br /> This section is for a second image. </p> <p><strong>Image 3</strong><br /> This section is for a third image. <br /> </p> <p><img src="images/manage-products5.jpg" /></p> <h2>Search Engine Details</h2> <p><strong>Meta Keywords<br /> </strong>If you wish to add your own keywords then you can via this section but they will be auto generated for you if left empty.</p> <p><strong>Meta Description</strong><br /> If you wish to add your own description then you can via this section but they will be auto generated for you if left empty.<br /> </p> <p><img src="images/manage-products6.jpg" /></p> <h2>Product Options</h2> <p><strong>Product Weight</strong><br /> Weight of the product.</p> <p><strong>VAT Exempt</strong><br /> If the product is VAT exempt then click this box. </p> <p><strong>Out of Stock</strong><br /> If the product is out of stock then click this box. <br /> </p> <p><strong>Active</strong><br /> If the product is discontinued but you may get back then click this box which will remove from the website but not from the database.</p> <p><strong>Free Postage</strong><br /> If the product is entitled to Free Postage then click this box.</p> <p><strong>Show Homepage</strong><br /> This will add the product to the homepage for maximum exposure.<br /> </p> <p><img src="images/manage-products7.jpg" /></p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/managing-choices.html First click on the products tab and select Choices next to the product you wish to add a choice to. <p><img src="images/manage-choices.jpg" /></p> <p>In this section you have 2 sections to choose from the first section is <strong>Current Options</strong> with the following headers<strong>:</strong></p> <p><strong>Title</strong><br /> This is the name of the Option.</p> <p><strong>Options</strong><br /> You will have 3 sections here add, edit and delete. The add option is designed for you to add choices to you option. If you currently have options added to your choice these will be displayed under your option.</p> <p><img src="images/manage-choices2.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Your second option is Add New Option.</p> <p><img src="images/manage-choices3.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>You only need to enter the title here e.g. Sizes, Colour etc</p> <p><img src="images/manage-choices4.jpg" alt="" /></p> <h2>Adding Choices to Your Option</h2> <p>All your options are displayed in Bold and have an Add button. If you want to add a choice to the option simple press add.</p> <p><img src="images/manage-choices5.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>From here you have 2 fields to fill in.</p> <p><strong>Title</strong><br /> This is the title of your choice e.g. Red, Large etc</p> <p><strong>Price</strong><br /> If the choice will be more expensive then please state the amount that is going to be added to the price of the product. If this choice is the same price, please leave empty.<br /> </p> <p><img src="images/manage-choices6.jpg" alt="" /></p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/managing-orders.html First click on the orders tab. <p><img src="images/manage-orders.jpg" /></p> <p>In this section you can search for an order by selecting 2 dates from the from and to fields.</p> <p><strong></strong><img src="images/manage-orders2.jpg" /></p> <p>Below this is all your latest orders with the following options.</p> <p><strong>Date</strong><br /> The date the order was placed. </p> <p><strong>User</strong><br /> Name of the user that placed the order.</p> <p><strong>Value</strong><br /> The value of the order.</p> <p><strong>Status</strong><br /> You can change the status of the order by selecting the new status from the drop down menu and pressing update so it will help you manage your orders.</p> <p><strong>Options</strong><br /> If you press view you can view all the details of the order including the credit card details if used. </p> <p><img src="images/manage-orders3.jpg" /></p> <p><strong>Title</strong><br /> This is the name of the Option.</p> <p><strong>Options</strong><br /> You will have 3 sections here add, edit and delete. The add option is designed for you to add choices to you option. If you currently have options added to your choice these will be displayed under your option.</p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/managing-your-shop.html First click on the manage shop tab. <p><img src="images/manage-shop.jpg" width="127" height="39" /></p> <p>In this section your first option will be your shop status, you can enable or disable your shop from here. You also have 2 sections to choose from the first section is <strong>Shipping &amp; Tax</strong> with the following options<strong>:</strong></p> <p><strong>First Class</strong><br /> The amount you wish to charge for first class delivery for your products, with a tick to activate in case you do not wish to shop first class.</p> <p><strong>Second Class</strong><br /> The amount you wish to charge for second class delivery, with a tick to activate in case you do not wish to shop second class.</p> <p><strong>Shipping Type</strong><br /> Select if you wish to charge per item or whole order. </p> <p><strong>Tax Percent</strong><br /> Select the amount in percentage you want to charge your customers in tax.</p> <p><img src="images/manage-shop2.jpg" /></p> <p>Your second option is Payment Details where you can alter the following:</p> <p><strong>Credit Card</strong><br /> If you want to take credit card details from your customers press the tick box.</p> <p><strong>Paypal Email</strong><br /> If you wish to accept paypal payments, enter your paypal email address and press the tick box. </p> <p><img src="images/manage-shop3.jpg" /></p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/managing-categories.html First click on the categories tab. <p><img src="images/manage-categories.jpg" /></p> <p>In this section you have 2 sections to choose from the first section is <strong>Current Cateogories</strong> with the following headers<strong>:</strong></p> <p><strong>Id</strong><br /> This is the unique id number of the category. </p> <p><strong>Image</strong><br /> If you have added an image for this category then a thumbnail will display.</p> <p><strong>Title</strong><br /> This is the name of the category.</p> <p><strong>Main / Sub</strong><br /> If this is a main category then Main Category will display but if this is a sub category of a main category it will state sub category.</p> <p><strong>Options</strong><br /> You can either Edit or Delete your categories. </p> <p><img src="images/manage-categories2.jpg" /></p> <p>Your second option is Add Category.</p> <p><strong>Title</strong><br /> This is the name of the category. </p> <p><strong>Description</strong><br /> This is for a brief description about the category. </p> <p><strong>Main Category</strong><br /> If you want the category to have no sub categories then select no main category. If you want the category to be a sub category of another then select the relevant category. <br /> </p> <p><strong>Image</strong><br /> Press the browse button and select the image you want for the category. <br /> <br /> </p> <p><img src="images/manage-categories3.jpg" /></p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/june-news.html <p>We have a wide selection of new and exciting products and services to offer this month which we are quite proud of and hope you will benefit from them. The first bit of good news is that our ecommerce software is now complete. This gives us the flexibility to customise your website to your needs. Unlike other ecommerce programs that restrict you to their format, our programme gives us the freedom to create your website exactly how you want it.</p> <p>As like our other applications we have designed the system with the search engines in mind and you will benefit from your website ranking high amongst other competitors. With a very easy to use content management system even the least computer literate people can use with ease.</p> <p>We also now offer some new services which you may find interesting which includes shop signage, so if you are a new business or existing then we can supply shop / window signage to go with your new website or artwork. We now also offer <a href="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/ebook-electronic-brochures.php" title="eBook brochures">eBook brochures</a> which we have been building more and more for clients. In today's greener world businesses are looking at ways to cut back on printing and an eBook is the perfect way to do that. Instead of giving your customer a printed booklet why not give them an eBook which will not only help save the environment but will save you money also.</p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/new-registration-and-members-system-in-cms.html We have just finished implementing our brand new member system into our content management system. This basically gives you the facility to allow your customers to register on your website and login with a username and password. This will be great if you wish to secure certain pages on your website and only allow members to access these pages. You can secure pages with a click of a button by going to your manage pages section and secure button next to the page you wish to secure.<br><br>You can also add, edit and delete members through your cms system so you have full control over the system. We will soon be implementing a SMS and email system into the members section so you can email or text any of your members instantly. text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/new-ingroup-ecommerce-solution-coming-soon.html We are currently in the process of building our very own e-commerce application for our customers. This comes due to a nessacity for a easy to use and manage sytem for our clients. We was previously using a program called Actinic which although an advanced sytem it did not give us the flexability that our new system does. Also we have found that a lot of ecommerce programs these days do not have the end user in mind and can be very difficult to update for the average user.<br><br>Our new system has you in mind and we will promise you will find it very easy to use. Within your panel you can Add, Edit & Delete categories with optional picture and description for each. Add, Edit, Delete products which allow multiple images, title, description, price etc and a host of other features which you will be able to see from our demo. text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/updates-to-our-content-management-system.html We are currently in the process of changing the way our cms system works. Currently you have to upload your images via the image bank and files via the file bank. This is all going to change and the image / file bank are going to be removed. Images and files are going to be added via the add page section and will make it far easier than before. Another big change is going to be with the gallery. Instead on adding and deleting you gallery image through the gallery page you will be able to change these through the page itself. We are also changing the way you view your properties as currently you cannot filter these which makes it difficult when managing them. You will be able to view your properties in a list format and filter by area, price, bedrooms etc. Full tutorials will be made for all these new features so you can pick up the changes very easily. text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/how-to-add-images.html If you have a page and wish to add a picture, it could not be simpiler.<br /><br /> <p>First press the button indicated below to open the add image section</p> <p><img src="images/inserting-images.jpg" /></p> <p>Once open press the browse button and find the image on your computer to upload and press open. Valid Formats for your images are: .jpg .jpeg .png .gif also make sure your image is below 2 megabytes.</p> <p><img src="images/inserting-images2.jpg" /></p> <p>Once the image has upload you will notice that the image will be below the upload section with an <strong>Image Path</strong> this is what you need to copy ready to use in your page, select the path and copy.</p> <p>That is it, you can then move the image within the text box to where you would like it to appear.</p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/car-window-tinting-quote-system.html We have just introduced a new paid feature to our content management system which is aimed at car tinting companies in aim to attract more business via there website. The way the system works is to add a form on your website which allows users to select their car make and model. They will then be taken to a form where they enter their Name, Telephone Number, Email Address and Address. Once the user has entered these details they will be automatically sent an email with a quote for their windows to be tinted. The added bonus of this feature is that all the potential customers details are saved in your content manage system so you have all their details if you wish to chase up the lead with a phone call. </p> <p>We have had some really positive feedback on this method and works extreamly well for our exsisting customers. All the car makes, models and prices are pre entered so there is no work for you invloved. You can edit any of the car makes, models and prices if you wish and can also add and delete as you want. This really is the perfect tool for and car window tinting company and can bring you 100's of potential new jobs. One of our latest clients has already recieved 97 enquiries since the 2nd March when his website went live. That is only in a 6 week period, so it really is a super effective way to retrieve enquiries. </p> <p>To see how the system works please see screen shots below: </p> <p>First the user selects their car make &amp; model from a pre-set selection.</p> <p><img src="images/instant-quote.jpg" /></p> <p>Once the user has selected their make &amp; model they then enter their details.</p> <p><img src="images/retrieve-customer-details.jpg" /></p> <p>The details will then be stored in your database and the user will be emailed with a price for completing the job.</p> <p>You can browse all the potential clients from your admin panel to see their email, telephone number etc.</p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/setting-up-your-emails-using-windows-vista.html First open your Microsoft outlook program and go to <strong>Tools</strong> &gt; <strong>Account Settings</strong></p> <p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/setting-up-email-step-1.jpg" /> </p> <p>This will open a window with multiple options. Please go to <strong>New</strong></p> <p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/setting-up-email-step-2.jpg" /> </p> <p>Once opened please select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP and press Next.</p> <p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/setting-up-email-step-3.jpg" alt="" /> </p> <p>On the next screen please select Manually configure server settings or additional server types.</p> <p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/setting-up-email-step-4.jpg" alt="" /> </p> <p>Then select <strong>Internet E-mail</strong> from the options</p> <p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/setting-up-email-step-5.jpg" alt="" /> </p> <p>This will open a window like below. Please fill out the below but change your setting to suit your website.</p> <p>E.g. Change mywebsite.co.uk to your website address. Also please change the user name and password to the ones provided by your web designer.</p> <p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/setting-up-email-step-6.jpg" alt="" /> </p> <p>After you have filled in the details above, press the More Setting tab.</p> <p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/setting-up-email-step-7.jpg" alt="" /> </p> <p>Then the Outgoing Server tab and click Log on using and enter your username / password.</p> <p><img src="http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/images/setting-up-email-step-8.jpg" alt="" /> </p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/new-features-with-our-property-feature.html We have just introduced 2 new features to the property section on our content management system. These include a brochure feature so you can create a brochure for any of your properties with ease. Also a feature to view all your properties in a list format with and without images. Finally we have implemented a Google map feature which will automatically work out and display a map based on the postcode entered. </p> <p>All these will be available in your cms panel straight away if you have the property feature. We are currently working on a feature to export all properties to a csv file with has been requested by our customers for the purpose of importing into right move and other property listing websites.</p> text/html www.ingroupmedia.co.uk www.ingroupmedia.co.uk http://www.ingroupmedia.co.uk/blog/material-guide.html <p>For us to build your website in a more efficient manner we would appreciate it if all material which is sent to us is in a digital format and sent to us at info@ingroupmedia.co.uk. We appreciate that it is not always possible to send information in a digital format so please send to:</p> <p>10 Ritherham Ave<br> Thornton-Cleveleys<br> FY5 1DY</p> <h2>Images</h2> <p>We accept images in the following formats: (.jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp, .png, .tiff)</p> <p>If your image(s) is not in the above format please adjust to a format we can use. We only accept images that are under 2meg each due to server restrictions. If you have multiple images to send please do so by separating these in to multiple emails.</p> <h2>Files</h2> <p>We can accept the following files: (.doc, .dox, .pdf, .xls, .csv)</p> <p>We may be able to accept other file types but please contact us before you send the documents to us.</p> <h2>Text</h2> <p>We prefer all text to be delivered in the following format which helps us build your website more efficiently.</p> <p><strong>Page Name: </strong>e.g: Home Page<br> <strong>Content:</strong> Welcome to my website, we offer the following services...</p>