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Supplier Website Templates Added

distributorcentral — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:10:59 +0000

DistributorCentral Suppliers…we’ve added several website templates to help you get started on creating your website in DistributorCentral.

Supplier Template – 1
Supplier Template – 2

Click here for more information on website solution.

How To Create a “Customized Featured Product” Website

distributorcentral — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:39:39 +0000

There have been many requests for customized product websites recently. So we thought that we would offer a “How To” guide for creating your very own Featured Product Website in DC.

We recently added more features to make it even easier for you to customize products for your website.

There are many advantages in creating a site that is featuring only one or only a few customized products:

Search Engine Optimization is easier
No searching required for your customers
No confusion over the order process
Marketing is easier
and more!

So here it is:

1. Pick out a product or type of product to feature on your site.

a. To get started, decide the who, what, where, and how of your future site. This could also be considered the logistics of the site. This is usually the boring part where you lay out your plans.

2. Now you will need to create a fulfillment account in your main DC account:

a. Log in to your DC account at www.distributorcentral.com

b. Go to Products Menu > My Products (Fulfillment Account)

c. Once in the account Fulfillment Account, go to Products Menu > Add / Edit Products

d. Click on “Add Similar from Supplier Product” link on the bottom right

e. Pick the Supplier and the product that you are going to feature on your website

f. Now change the Product name and number and Save the product at the bottom.

g. You can now customize this product by changing the pricing, the description, the image and so on to match your needs.

Click here to view detailed information regarding how Fulfillment Accounts work, and how to setup up your own products.

3. Create your website

a. Log into your MAIN DC account and go to Websites Menu> Add/Edit Websites

b. Scroll down to the Pre-Made Templates and select the template titled “Customized Featured Product” Template by selecting “Use” to the right

c. Name the template and Create the website

d. Now Click on Product Catalogs and Click “Add/Remove Catalog” at the top right. Find your Fulfillment account catalog from the box on the left and move it to the right and Save. Now hit “Save Changes” again at the bottom of the next page.

e. Now continue customizing the website by uploading your logo and switching out the product on the home page with your product.

1. Go to Add/Edit Pages and click on “Edit” next to the Home page. Change the Supplier field to the default selection with no Supplier name selected and enter in your exact item number in the Product field. Then hit “Search” and “Save” at the bottom.

Learn more about editing your website here:

http://www.distributorcentral.com/resources/education/dc_tips.cfm

f. Now Publish your Changes under the Publisher section

g. Now you can purchase a domain name and map it to your new site to market to your customers. See this guide to learn about adding a domain name:

http://www.distributorcentral.com/resources/education/guides/domainname.pdf

You can repeat these steps to create other websites as well or you can add more “Featured Product” blocks to the website to feature more products too.

Good Luck!

DC Team

Easy Website Editing Option Available!

distributorcentral — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:03:05 +0000

There is a feature offered that would allow you to edit your website while in “Preview” mode rather than going directly into the website editor.

You can try this by following these steps below:

Log into your DistributorCentral account
Go to Website Menu> Add/Edit Websites
Click on Edit to the Right of your website
Here at the top right you will see a new Preview link. It will say “Edit/Preview“

When your Preview window opens, you can hover your mouse over your content and it will turn yellow. If you click on any of that content, the system will open up the website editor to the area where you can make that change.

When you save that change, the editor window will close and the preview will refresh automatically.

Remember to Publish Your Changes.

Watch the short video below to learn how to quickly create your own website.

Have you Noticed Our Templates?

distributorcentral — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:58:00 +0000

DistributorCentral has created many new templates for you to utilize for websites in your account.

If you haven’t seen our template section in the last six months then you should look again.

As of today, we have 28 templates for you to choose from and we are always adding more and improving those that are already there.

Each of these templates offer the DistributorCentral product catalog and shopping cart. You can also customize the product catalogs available.

Here are a few samples of some of our templates.

You can use the templates that we offer to create multiple websites in your account. You are welcome to change these templates to fit your needs as well.

You can see the list of all the templates we provide by clicking on the Websites Menu in your account on the far right side of the Navigation bar.

Once you have clicked on the Websites Menu, you will see a section titled “Pre-Made Templates.” In this section, it will list all of our templates available.

To view what these templates look like, select Preview on the right side of the template name. If you find one that you would like to use, select Use on the right side of the template name.
This will create a new website in your account.

All of these templates are available free of charge.