Get your website listed on Google Maps
Ever wondered how other businesses manage to get Google Maps to appear when you search in Google? Here’s how, it is simple to do and is free too.
Google Maps combines powerful mapping technology and local business information, including business locations, contact information and driving directions. In order to create a local business ad, your business listing needs to be included in Google Maps. You can add or edit your business information in Google Maps at any time and for free.
It takes about 10 minutes to complete. Visit http://maps.google.com/ to start. You will need set up a Google account first - whilst you are in there, set up your Google analytics too for your website statistics. Click here for more information.
How to allow several documents to be downloaded with one click.
- In My documents (in your own computer), find your pdfs and select each one that you want to be included in the zip file (hold the cntrl key down whilst you select to add several documents.)
- Now with them selected, right click your mouse – then select Send To> then select compressed (zipped) folder
- A new file will then be created underneath your files, with a yellow button (that looks like a clamp)This is the new zip file that you can now upload onto your SitesPlus website.
- Then upload the new zip file in the same way as you would any other file
Contact us if you would like further details.
New Catalogue and shopping cart
What you will see
If you use the products and services pages to sell online or to display listed items, you’ll notice several
changes.
horizontally in one column. This means you can display more
text against each item and has also enabled us to improve the general
layout.
Brief and full product descriptions - gives you more control over the text displayed against
listed items You will be able to enter a brief description and a separate full description for each item, viewable on selecting the More button.
Image enlargement - improved display of the larger versions of product images.
It’s advisable to upload an enlarged product image wherever
possible.
Fully featured shopping cart - allows multiple purchase of the same or different items integrated
with payment via PayPal.
The change also allows you to add new catalogue pages on request.
We hope you’ll find the changes a significant improvement. Please let us know straightaway if you
experience any hitches and, finally, don’t forget to let us know what you think of the new system!
Shopping cart in Beta test
Kate - Good news, the shopping cart is in beta test now. This means we are plugging it with real data and testing it to breaking point.
We should be able to annouce the new cart very very soon. Keep watching.
