Support Manual / Site Specific Help / Social Media Integration

You can do this by going to the "Posts and Comments" area of your Blog Module.

YourDomain.com > Modules > Blog: Blog (mX) > Posts & Comments

Clicking on "Add Post" will take you to an editor where you can create a new post

NOTE: once you save your new post it will be visible (live) on your site

Here is what the create a post page will look like:

You can choose the Author.  (note the author is anyone that is setup in the membership module linked to this blog module, and specified in the "General settings" area)

The "Name" is the title of your blog post.

Categories will decide who gets the notification about this post, and where it is stored.

You can also post your blog to your facebook wall, if you have it setup do to so in the "social media integration" area.

Clicking on "Add" will post your new Blog post.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact support.

There is an area designed just for this.  It is located here for the E-Commerce Module:

YourDomain.com > Modules > Ecommerce: Products (mX) > Notifications

and here for the AD Module:

YourDomain.com > Modules > Ad: Ads (mX) > Notifications

Enabling this feature will send an automated email to all of the members in the Membership Module associated with your AD or E-Commerce module (whichever you are setting up) with the exception of those "opted out".

You can customize how the email will appear in this area.

There is a "header" & "Footer" area.  This will allow you to have the same header and footer regardless of what items are included in the message.

See an example of a header here:

You can see the header here with the logo, and other info.  That information will get sent every time.  The products in the list will change.  (the notification will include only newly added items)

Now on the Bottom here are the links that are the footer.  This area will be included in every message sent out as well.

There are some settings here for the E-Commerce module that allow you to choose:

"Send Notifications on New Products" will enable this feature.
"Periodicity". - this determines how frequent your message will go out.

"Included Categories". - this allows you to select the categories of products included in your "new items" notification.

You can also choose to ignore a specific "product type."

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For the AD module the "General Settings" area looks like this:

Choosing "Send Notifications on New Items" will enable this feature on your AD module.

Periodicity - is how often this notice will go out.

"Included Categories". - this allows you to select the categories of ADs included in your "new items" notification.

"Only in Customer's Region" - will narrow down ADs that are close to the customer.  The next two fields help dermine what the "region" is.

"Zip code Field" - this allows you to choose a field that you have that tells the system what the Zip code field is.

"Max Distance" - Determines how far away to include in the customers "region".

You can adjust the layout of your Products/ADs Notification and what all is included in this email.  

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"Product List Page for Category Links" tells the system where to send users that click on a Category link from the notification.

"Product Detail Page" - This tells the system what page you want to use as the product details page, when user clicks on a specific product from the notification.

"Number of Columns" - Will determine how many columns of products are shown in your notification

"Row Separator" - adds a line in between Rows to distinguish between products

"Column Separator" - adds a line in between columns to distinguish between products

"Max number of Products" - This determines how many products will be included in your email.

Clicking the "Customize Product List Layout" button will open up a window that allows you to customize your layout, similar to the layout builder found on your product pages.

You can Choose the Fields that you wish to display, and how much room you would like them to take up.

When you click on "Test Notification" it will send a copy of this notification to the email address specified in the "my Profile" area.

And you can also post to FaceBook.  It will post a notice on your Wall that is setup in the "Social Media Integration" area.

For more information feel free to visit Tech Support.

There are several ways to link in our system, this answer will show you how.

First you should know that you can link text or images.

And they can link to many things.  They can link to:

1. Products
2. Categories
3. AD's
4. External URL's
5. Aliases
6. Pages
7. You can create a link that will automatically Email someone.(it will open a mail program and have the sender's address already filled out)
8. Link to a page Anchor
9. File
10. Special Link

Products:

To link to a product you will either create text, highlight it and click the link button.  Or if you have an image you will select the image, and then click the "Insert link" button. 
Once you click on "insert Link" the "Insert Link"  box pops up you will choose "module Item".  Then in the "module" Drop down list choose your ecommerce module. 
Then you can search for the product you wish to link to.  once you find the product click it and choose "ok".  Your text or image is now linked to a product.

Categories:

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To link to a Category you will either create text, highlight it and click the link button.  Or if you have an image you will select the image, and then click the "Insert link" button. 
Once you click on "insert Link" the "Insert Link" box pops up you will choose "module Category".  Then in the "module" Drop down list choose your ecommerce module. 
Next choose the Category you wish to link to.  Then choose "ok".  Your text or image is now linked to a Category.

AD's:

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To link to an AD you will either create text, highlight it and click the link button.  Or if you have an image you will select the image, and then click the "Insert link" button. 
Once you click on "insert Link" the "Insert Link" box pops up you will choose "Module Item".  Then in the "module" Drop down list choose your AD module. 
Next choose the AD you wish to link to.  Then choose "ok".  Your text or image is now linked to an AD.

External URL's:

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To link to an External URL you will either create text, highlight it and click the link button.  Or if you have an image you will select the image, and then click the "Insert link" button. 
Once you click on "insert Link" the "Insert Link" box pops up you will choose "Other".  Then choose "Link to an URL", and enter the URL you wish to link to.  Please include the "HTTP://" or "HTTPS://"   Then choose "ok".  Your text or image is now linked to an External URL.

Aliases:

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To link to an Alias you will either create text, highlight it and click the link button.  Or if you have an image you will select the image, and then click the "Insert link" button.  You will also need to have your aliases already created to be able to link to them.  (For more information about how to create aliases and what they are see these videos)
Once you click on "insert Link" the "Insert Link" box pops up you will choose "Site Page".  Then Expand the "Page Aliases" group, Next choose the Alias you wish to link to by clicking on the alias, then click "OK".

Pages:

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To link to an Page you will either create text, highlight it and click the link button.  Or if you have an image you will select the image, and then click the "Insert link" button.  You will also need to have your pages already created to be able to link to them.
Once you click on "insert Link" the "Insert Link" box pops up you will choose "Site Page".  Then Expand the Page group that contains the page you wish to link to, Next choose the Page you wish to link to by clicking on the Page name, then click "OK".

Mail To:

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To link to an E-Mail address you will either create text, highlight it and click the link button.  Or if you have an image you will select the image, and then click the "Insert link" button. 
Once you click on "insert Link" the "Insert Link" box pops up you will choose "Other".  Then choose "Link to an Email Address", and enter the Email address you wish to receive emails from.  Then choose "ok".  Your text or image is now linked to an Email Address.

Page Anchor:

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To link to a Page Anchor you will either create text, highlight it and click the link button.  Or if you have an image you will select the image, and then click the "Insert link" button. 
Once you click on "insert Link" the "Insert Link" box pops up you will choose "Other".  You will need to have created the anchor first before you can Link to it.  To create an Anchor you will need to switch to Source view.  Then add the code:<p>Anchored Text<a name="anchor"></a></p> The "Anchored Text" is the text that users will see.  and the "<a name="anchor"><a/>" is what you are naming that anchor.  Each anchor you create on your page will need a unique name.

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This is what the Anchor will look like next to the anchored text:

NOTE: YOU WILL NOT SEE THE LITTLE ANCHOR ICON ON THE LIVE SITE OR IN PREVIEW.  THIS IS SIMPLY A VISUAL REFERENCE TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE THE ANCHOR IS.

Once you have created the Anchor next to the text where you want to direct users to.  You will want to select the text you want to link to the anchor and click on the "Insert Link" icon.

Click on "Other", Then click "link to an URL".  And enter the name of the anchor that you specified earlier.  In this example it is #anchor. (The # sybol tells the system that you are linking to an anchor)  Then click OK.

You now have a page anchor and text that links to the page anchor.

File:

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To link to an File you will either create text, highlight it and click the link button.  Or if you have an image you will select the image, and then click the "Insert link" button. 
Once you click on "insert Link" the "Insert Link" box pops up you will choose "File".  Then you can either select an already uploaded file and click "OK", or click on "upload a new file", browse for the file, upload it.  then click the file name and click "OK".

Special Links:

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You can make links that will: "Add to favorites", "Send this page to a friend", "Go to previous Page". 

You will either create text, highlight it and click the link button.  Or if you have an image you will select the image, and then click the "Insert link" button. 
Once you click on "insert Link" the "Insert Link" box pops up you will choose "Other".  Then choose "Special Link", and choose which option you would like to link with.  Depending on the option chosen, you will have added options to specify details for that option.

Then choose "ok".  Your text or image is now linked to an a special link.

One way to modify how your ADs are displayed is to modify the Layout of the Ad List frame.  This Answer will show you how to do that.

(other ways consist of formatting your text-more info here)

This is a default layout for an AD Item List frame.

To Edit any of the fields displayed on this page, right click on the field and click "Edit".

Image - Starting on the left you have the image field. 

Details - Under that is a "link to details" link.

Code - Going over to the right and top you see the "Code" field. (which is similar to SKU)

Title - This is the title of your Item. (Keep in mind the word "Title" is the "label" and the data that displays for the title is called the "Value")

Description - This field shows the description of your item.

Label -You can choose to not show the "label" (For example if you don't want the word "CODE" to show up, but still want the actual content of the code field there you would choose "none" under the "label" drop down.)

Or you can change what is shown as the label. If you wish the word "code" to display as let's say "company" instead, then you would choose "Custom" in the "Label" drop down.  Then type the word "company". 

Label Format - If you wish to show the label differently you can choose to customize the label format.  (For example if you want the customized label "company" to show up as bold and larger then the other text, you would choose the size and "bold" under "label format".

Value Format - If you wish to display the content of the field in a different format you can do so under "Value Format".  For example.  If you want the description field to show up as Blue text that is bold.  You can do that under "value Format". NOTE this doesn't change the label color.  Only the actual description content.

Show - You can also choose to show the content as a link, and specify the link here.

Max Length - You can choose to show a limited amount of characters.  So if you wish to only have a portion of each AD display you can do so.  And there will be a "read more" link that shows up and will display more content.  Or can be redirected to a page that shows all of the content.  (To re-direct to another page, you can specify that in the "Frame settings" of the item list frame you are working on.)

Visible to - This can be used if you want this ad to be visible to everyone or to "Logged in members".

You can allow users to "Google +" a specific item or product by adding the "social button" option in your layout builder.

EVERY page that has an item/product list frame has a layout builder.  First you should determine where you want to display your "Google +" button. (whether its on the Item/Product page or Item/Product details page.

When you are in your layout builder you may want to make some columns for the social buttons to keep them together and neat.

In this example I have added 4 columns. (3 for my buttons and 1 to use up the extra space so the buttons are together)

In the Second column I am going to put the "Google +" button.  to do this you need to go to the column or space you wish to add it and then click the "+" button and select "social button".

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Once you click on the "Social Button" option you will have a screen pop up with options for what type of social button you wish to display.

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In this example I wish to add the "Google +" button. You will see an example of how it will look as you change options in the bottom window.

Click apply.

Then be sure to Save your layout.  and preview.

You can allow users to Pin a specific item or product by adding the "social button" option in your layout builder.

EVERY page that has an item/product list frame has a layout builder.  First you should determine where you want to display your "PIN IT" button. (whether its on the Item/Product page or Item/Product details page.

When you are in your layout builder you may want to make some columns for the social buttons to keep them together and neat.

In this example I have added 4 columns. (3 for my buttons and 1 to use up the extra space so the buttons are together)

In the Second column I am going to put the "PIN IT" button.  to do this you need to go to the column or space you wish to add it and then click the "+" button and select "social button".

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Once you click on the "Social Button" option you will have a screen pop up with options for what type of social button you wish to display.

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In this example I wish to add the "Pin It" button. You will see an example of how it will look as you change options in the bottom window.

Click apply.

Then be sure to Save your layout.  and preview.

You can allow users to like a specific item or product by adding the "social button" option in your layout builder.

EVERY page that has an item/product list frame has a layout builder.  First you should determine where you want to display your like button. (whether its on the Item/Product page or Item/Product details page.

When you are in your layout builder you may want to make some columns for the social buttons to keep them together and neat.

In this example I have added 4 columns. (3 for my buttons and 1 to use up the extra space so the buttons are together)

In the first column I am going to put the Facebook like button.  to do this you need to go to the column or space you wish to add it and then click the "+" button and select "social button".

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Once you click on the "Social Button" option you will have a screen pop up with options for what type of social button you wish to display.

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In this example I wish to add the "like" button, include the "send" button, and have the layout with the button and counter horizontal.  You will see an example of how it will look as you change options in the bottom window.

Click apply.

Then be sure to Save your layout.  and preview.

The Facebook Widget allows you to add different Facebook integrations into your website. 

To add the Facebook Widget to your page you will first need to add the frame to your page.

Select "basic frames".

Once you select the module from the first drop down you will want to choose the frame type for that module.

In Frame Types, you will need to select "Facebook Widget".

Here are the different features of the widget:

The Like button lets users share pages from your site back to their Facebook profile with one click.

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The Send button allows your users to easily send your content to their friends.

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The Follow button allows people to subscribe to other Facebook users directly from your site. (This used to be called the Subscribe Button.)

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The Comments plugin lets users comment on any piece of content on your site.

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The Activity Feed plugin shows users what their friends are doing on your site through likes and comments.

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The Recommendations plugin gives users personalized suggestions for pages on your site they might like.

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The Like Box enables users to like your Facebook Page and view its stream directly from your website.

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The Facepile plugin displays the Facebook profile pictures of users who have liked your page or have signed up for your site.

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You can Change a frame type at any time.  **Caution you can lose data in a frame when changing frame types**

This Answer will cover different frame types and will link to how to use them.

When you're frame is selected you will see a small "i" icon.

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When clicking on this icon you will have options on changing your frame to a frame type other than what it is currently set to.

Once you click the "i" icon you will see two drop downs.  The list of what is in the drop downs will depend on the website package you have.

Under the "module" drop down there can be:

• Basic

• AD
• Advanced Gallery
• Blog
• Ecommerce
• Membership
• Store Locator

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**NOTE: In this example there are multiple membership modules.   THIS IS IMPORTANT. When you are selecting something like a login panel, it does matter which membership module you choose.  Each Membership module will need a login panel on the site in order for it to be used.

Once you select the module from the first drop down you will want to choose the frame type for that module.

Under the "Basic Frames" module there are these Frame types:

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Under the "AD" Module there are these frame types:

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For all videos pertaining to the AD module click here

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Under the "Advanced Gallery" Module there are these frame types:

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For a list of videos pertaining to the advanced gallery module click here

Under the "Blog" Module there are these frame types:
For a list of videos pertaining to the Blog Module click here

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Under the "Ecommerce" Module there are these frame types:
for a list of videos pertaining to the E-commerce module click here

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Under the "Membership" Module there are these frame types:
for a list of videos pertaining to the E-commerce module click here

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Under the "Store Locator" Module there are these frame types:
for a list of videos pertaining to the E-commerce module click here

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