15 New Mother's Day Themes are now available!

Version 11.2 includes access to Mother's Day themes for the Version 11 layouts. Each of the fifteen Version 11 layouts will now be equipped with a Mother's Day theme. Take advantage of the timeliness of the Mother's Day theme to help in your upcoming marketing efforts for this popular holiday.

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How to use the Rewards Program

Last month we introduced the Rewards Program feature. This month we would like to go over it in more detail. Follow these steps to use this feature...

1) To begin the process open the Marketing > Rewards Program screen.

2) Click Apply to enable the Rewards Program on your website.

3) Review the Point redeem value (how much is spent to earn one point) and make the desired change.

4) Review the Minimum points needed to redeem and make the desired change.

5) Review the Points expiration date and make the desired change and click Apply.

6) Click Store Profile > Rewards program.

7) Review the How to use points text and make any desired changes.

8) Review the How to earn points text and make any desired changes.

9) Review the FAQ text and make any desired changes.

10) Review the Terms of service text and make any desired changes and click Apply.

11) Click View Store and your website is displayed.

12) Click the new Reward Points link displayed at the bottom of the page and The Redeeming Reward Points, How to Earn Rewards Points, Frequently Asked Questions, and Terms of Use text is displayed.

13) As purchases are made Reward Points are displayed under Your Points.

14) Click View Details to see your Points Accumulated and Points Redeemed.

15) When you accumulate Redeemable points, they become available for payment of future purchases at checkout.

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How to use Link Exchange

Last month we introduced the Link Exchange feature. This month we would like to go over it in more detail. Follow these steps to use this feature...

1) To begin the process open the Site Manager and go to the Marketing > Link Exchange screen.

2) To display the Link Exchange link on your website click the Enable Link Exchange checkbox. Then Click Apply.

3) Login to the link exchange program you subscribed to. (For this newsletter we have used LinkMarket as an example, but you can use whichever such site you choose.)

4) Click Current Jobs and the list of links appears. Click Add Link next to the link you want to add to your site..

5) On the page that opens, under Users Link Code, select the text and press Ctrl-C to copy it.

6) Go back to the Marketing, Link Exchange screen. Press Control-V to paste the text. And Click Apply.

7) Click O.K. on the dialog box that appears. The new link is displayed in the Link Exchange list.

8) To not display a link on your website, uncheck its checkbox. And to remove a link entirely, click Delete.

9) Go to Appearance, Store Profile, About Link Exchange. Enter the text to display at the top of the Link Exchange page. And Click Apply.

10) Open your website and click Link Exchange. The new link is displayed in the list of links.