ABA E-Commerce Stores Encouraged to Sign-up for Training

Training sessions to guide booksellers through the migration of their ABA E-Commerce Solution websites to Drupal, the new, open-source system, are now underway. ABA staff has created a new, albeit empty, website for each store and is providing instructions on how to create an account at the new site and more.

E-Commerce stores that haven't already set up a training session are asked to send an e-mail to [email protected] offering several possible Monday dates in May, June, or July.

E-Commerce training sessions are generally scheduled for Mondays at noon Eastern Time to allow stores in different time zones to participate at the same time and to afford enough time for participants to finish a session, which can run anywhere from 90 minutes to three hours.

In order to give stores an idea of how the site and the training will work, ABA staff has created instructional videos, which can be accessed with a BookWeb log-in. When booksellers feel comfortable with the system's controls, ABA will arrange for their existing content to be migrated to the new site. More advanced follow-up training will then be offered on Thursdays or Fridays.