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Introducing: Farmigo's New Stock Image Library!!!

2/28/2013

We may be a week or two late for Valentine’s Day, but we’re bringing you some love this week with our brand new stock image library!!!

With over 125 mouth-watering images, these photos are free for you to use and make your shares, options, and store items irresistible! Images are all pre-sized, and are divided into categories for easy browsing. Once you find a photo you’d like to use, follow the directions laid out below for easy integration into your Farmigo system!

Step One: Go to Farmigo Stock Image Library
Click on the following link to access the stock library; no login credentials are required:
http://s1324.beta.photobucket.com/user/FarmigoStock/library/

Step Two: Browse
From the left side of the screen, you will see a list of albums. Select the category for the item you need an image for and start browsing through the photos.

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A Time Saving Trick for Adding Images

2/20/2013

Here's a quick tip to help you save time for adding images to your Farmigo system!

If you already have a website with images or have found an image on the internet, you can easily copy the Image URL and paste it in your dashboard.

To quickly add images to your system:

Find the image you want
Right click on it
Select copy image URL
Go into your dashboard and find the item or producer profile you would like to paste the image into. Paste the image URL in the relevant field. (Ctrl + V on a PC, Command + V on a Mac)

Keep in mind that if the image ever comes off the website that the image link will break and the image will no longer show up. This is why we recommend setting up a web album and then getting the direct link from there. Also, you cannot re-size an image if you use this method. For the most part, if an image is a landscape rectangle, the system will re-sizei t correctly skewing it. If the image is a portrait rectangle, the system will stretch and skew it. We hope this saves you some time!

Correct image layout

Incorrect image layout

Farmigo Symbol Legend

2/15/2013

To help you navigate your Farmigo dashboard, I have outlined a legend of symbols below. Please comment below if you have any questions about other symbols in the Farmigo software.

Universal Symbols

You may see these icons in multiple parts of your dashboard.

Help - Wherever you are in the dashboard, you will see this tab sticking out in the lower right corner. This button is context sensitive so that it directs to you to a page in the help site that is specific to what you’re working on. For example, if you setting up an email template, it will take you to the page in our help site that shows how templates work.

New - A button with a green plus sign indicates that you will be able to create something new.

Delete - When you see this “x” at the end of a row, you click on it in order to delete that item.

Email - This button is available in the Subscriptions, Orders, Accounts, and Waitlist managers. It allows you to send an email to a group of members. You will also see it from the lower left file of the member file.

Export - When you click on the export button, a CSV file may be downloaded to your computer for the group of items.

Print - When you click on the print button, a PDF file may be downloaded to your computer for the group of items.

Preview - From a member file, you may click on this preview button to see what that member sees when they log into their account. From the Items manager, the preview button will allow to quickly view how your web store looks with the items you have published.

Subscriptions Manager Legend

You see these symbols next to member names from the Subscriptions manager, which is found under the Members menu in your dashboard.

Automatic Payment Token - This symbol indicates that the member has connected their credit card, bank account or PayPal account to their Farmigo account. This allows them to be charged automatically according to their payment plan. You may edit the payment details on file using the Manager button in the member file. You may also charge using the Charge button.

Processing - This symbol indicates that a member’s electronic payment is processing and has not been received yet.

Payment Issue - The payment issue symbol indicates that a member’s electronic payment has failed to process and/or a member’s pending payment is past due.

Flags - This different colored flags may be assigned to a member’s account from the Notes tab of their member file. The significance of these flags are defined by you. For tips about how to use flags, click here.

Hold - This symbol indicates that you have placed their account on an indefinite hold from the Admin tab of the member file.

Temporary Hold - This symbol indicates that either you or the member has schedule a temporary hold for deliveries.

Host - This symbol indicates that you have assigned this member to be a host for a pick-up location from the Routes manager.

Items Manager Legend

Under the status column of the Items manager, you will see one of the following symbols.

Published - Either a share or option is visible in the join link or a store item is visible in the store link.

Out-of-Stock - If it is a share or option, the item will appear as waitlisted in the join link. If it is a store item, the item will no longer be visible in the store link. You may increase the number of available units from the item editor.

Unpublished - The item is not visible to your members.

We Want to Feature You on Our Facebook!

2/8/2013

We are so proud to be your partner and would like to start featuring your business through our Facebook to our nearly 8,000 fans. We will be posting 1-2 businesses each week. To be featured on our Facebook page:

Send an email to [email protected] with:

A photo. This can be a photo of the farm, the management, of a CSA box, of members enjoying local food, - whatever you want!
A short blurb describing the farm. When I say short, I mean 2-3 sentences TOPS!
Which of the following links do you want us to include in your post?

Link to your website
Link to your current season sign-up page
Link to your Facebook page

Is there a specific date you want to be posted? If you are currently setting up your sign-up for a new season we can hold off to post until you are ready. Otherwise, we will post on a first come first serve basis.

Here is an example of what a post will look like:

We can’t wait to start building the local food network, bringing good food to all!

Welcoming New Members

2/1/2013

First impressions go a long way, whether a firm handshake or an enthusiastic “Thank you, and welcome to our organization!” As you start to gather members, first impressions lead to customer satisfaction, loyalty, and continued membership. This week’s Tip focuses on the 2 most powerful tools you have at your disposal to welcome new members to your organization: The “Thank you” certificate at the end of the sign up process, and the Automated Email “Signup Confirmation.”

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