Webinar

Web Accessibility And Your Website

We all strive to do the right thing for all users and meet federally mandated guidelines. Digital accessibility should be at the forefront of website development, but compliance with the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines can be difficult.  In this webinar, you will learn:

  • The guiding principles of digital accessibility by learning and decoding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (the federal standard for digital accessibility)
  • How to put those guidelines into practice on your bookstore’s website.

Making the Most of Book Data on Your Website

This webinar will demonstrate the best use of the tools available to:

  • Sell sidelines, including maps, calendars, and journals through your site
  • Interpret special "admin only" data about books on your website, such as the price source, Ingram desire score, and Family ID
  • Get the most out of Local Store Inventory (LSI), not for sale, store pricing, and other tools
  • Adjust the search algorithm to surface books and products more relevant for your store
  • Enable and disable partner content from NPR and LitHub, plus ebooks and digital audiobooks

 

Order Processing

This webinar will review IndieLite order processing:

  • Best practices
  • Order processing overview
  • Common pitfalls to avoid

Bulk Upload of Used Books and Signed Copies

This webinar will lead booksellers through the IndieCommerce 'Store Books' feature:

  • What is a 'Store Book'?
  • How are 'Store Books' different from LSI?
  • How to add a 'Store Book' manually
  • About the 'Store Book' content type
  • Bulk Upload Store Books

Getting Your Website Ready for the Holidays

This webinar will lead booksellers through getting their IndieCommerce website ready for the holidays:

  • Tour of some of the common issues that customers (and stores) might encounter during the holiday season
  • Making sure your contact information is up to date
  • Processing orders correctly

Bulk Upload of Custom Products

This webinar will lead booksellers through the basics of using the ABA Product Importer module:

  • What is the feature for
  • How is it different from LSI
  • What are the 4 stages
  • Brief review of product classes
  • What are staging tables
  • Demo of the feature

Mobile Friendly Booklists

This webinar will lead booksellers through the basics of using the Mobile Friendly Booklist module:

  • How to request the module be enabled
  • Edit the booklists
  • Configure the view blocks
  • Customizations (IndieCommerce members only)
  • How other members are using this feature

 

Discount Coupons - Part 1

This webinar is the first in a series on Discount Coupons and will include the following :

  • Configuring your IndieCommerce site to accept coupons
  • Creating coupons using the various available options
  • Placing an order with a coupon (as a customer)
  • Understanding the coupon usage report and order report

A Beginner's Guide

If you are new to IndieCommerce and not sure where to begin or if you consider yourself a beginner, this is for you! In this webinar we cover, the IndieCommerce team will provide step by step instructions on:

  • How to configure your new IndieCommerce site
  • Share some website best practices to get the most out of your site

Themes

This webinar covered topics related to site themes and included the following:

  • Responsive Drupal themes offered by IndieCommerce
  • Theme features
  • Switching themes using Theme Key
  • Administration theme
  • List of popular themes
  • Tips and tricks for testing and selecting a theme

 

Blocks, Menus and Book Lists

Blocks Menus and Book lists covering:

  • Overview of book lists
  • Bulk upload of book lists
  • Creating and configuring blocks
  • Menus and drop down menus

 

Custom Products

This webinar covers topics related to custom products on your IndieCommerce website and included the following:

  • Custom Product Classes and Custom Products
  • Attributes and Options
  • Shipping, payment options and taxes for custom products
  • 'Stock' and 'Variable Price' with custom products

 

Store Pricing, Local Store Inventory and Not For Sale

This webinar covered topics related to pricing and selling books on your IndieCommerce website and included the following:

  •     Store Pricing tool and how to use it effectively
  •     How to avoid purchase of certain books from your site
  •     How to add your store inventory to your website.

 

Order Processing, Part 2

In this webinar we will discuss:

  • Processing credit card orders...continued
  • Processing PayPal orders
  • Processing giftcard/credit card orders
  • Sending orders to Ingram
  • Handling tax-exempt orders

Order Processing, Part 1

In this webinar we will discuss:

  • Order status and order panes
  • Order logs and order invoices
  • Entering payments and comments to an order
  • Editing an order
  • Creating an order on behalf of a customer
  • Order processing, focusing on pay-at-store and credit card orders

Pages

About ABA

American Booksellers Association is a national trade association that supports and advocates for the success of independent bookstores. We provide members with education, networking opportunities, advocacy, resources, and technology. In turn our members support local schools through book fairs, donations and author visits; promote literacy; provide inclusive community centers; connect readers and books; add character to neighborhoods; champion and center diverse and new voices; and contribute to the local economy. We feel honored to support them in their work.

Contact

PRESS INQUIRIES: [email protected]

INDIECOMMERCE: [email protected]

ALL OTHER INQUIRIES: [email protected]

 

 

Copyright 2024 American Booksellers Association. BookWeb is a registered trademark of ABA.
Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Accessibility Statement