Shopkeeper How-To

Shopkeeper How-To

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  SO YOU AREA SHOPKEEPER? AWESOME! Here’s a quick tutorial on some basic things that you will need to know to run your shop.
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  So, this ishow it will usually look when you enter the Emporium. Characters who have MOD over an area are listed under the shop.
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  This is howyour shop will look to other people. Things you should have... RP Topics Product for Announcements (labeled) customers
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  Announcements Good for... - Letting customers know if you are going to be gone for an extended period of time. - Any changes to the shop (new inventory, for example). Not for... - RPing - Posting information not related to your shop.
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  It’s good to have variety when it comes to product. Breaking them up so it’s easier to locate is great too! We will cover some beginner bbcode to help you make your shop organized at the end.
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  If your pictureis too large to view, use it as a link. Images that are small enough are great! They help the customer visualize what they’re buying. You can use sites like photobucket.com or tinypic.com to store your images.
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  At the endof your lists, you should have a code that the customer can fill out. This will come in handy when you are depositing the items in their vault!
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  Their post willlook like this with the code. Make sure to give some indication that you have deposited the item in their vault. Here, I have put a check mark and a simple message. You can then DELETE the post after a few days.
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  Now, let’s learnabout/review... MOD Controls and Organization
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  This is what your MOD control panel will look like. All threads you are able to MOD over are listed here. This is also a great way to do a lot of actions at once. Say that you are under construction, or want to pin multiple topics at once. Here is the place to do that. Just check the boxes and click your desired action.
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  At the bottomof each thread that you have MOD over, you will also have individual controls for that thread. Clicking the drop down menu will give you these options...
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  If you clickon the edit button in the first post in a topic, you can edit the topic title and description.
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  Here is somehelpful coding you can put in to your posts to help you organize. Remember, it’s there to help, not hinder, so don’t go overboard! You can find more online if you search BBcode. Once you understand it, you can start mixing them together. [u]will underline whatever you put in here[/u] [code]You can put any code in here and it will come up in a box. This is how you make your check out list.[/code] [b]will bold everything you put in here[/b] [align=center]will center anything you put in here. If you [i]will italicize everything you put in here[/i] change out ‘center’ for left or right, it will put anything you type to that side. The default setting is to the left.[/align] [img]This is for putting a picture up[/img] [list][*]This is great [*]for making lists [*]when you have a lot of product. [url=put your url here for a link!]This is the [*]Anything with one of [*]these is a new text that will show up[/url] line.[/list]