2.5 Add/Edit Service Providers

Manage Category

Add/Edit Service Providers

 

This section has 2 tabs: Manage Category and Add/Edit Service Providers.  You can add your favorite service providers to your website for your clients to reference.  Service providers display on your website under the About the Area tab and are sorted by category in alphabetical order.  If you do not have any service providers to list here, you have the option to enter a vendor disclaimer or message to display (see Section 2.4 Add/Edit Disclaimers).

 

NOTE: You must first create a service provider category and then you can add the individual service provider and their contact information under each category.  All vendors must be assigned a category in order to display on the Service Providers page of your website. 

 

Manage Category

 

  1. Click the Manage Category tab.

  1. Click the Add or Edit Vendor drop-down list arrow and select if you want to add a new category or select an existing category to edit.    Click the Add button to apply a set of default categories.
  1. Enter a category name in the Vendor Category field.
  1. Click the Save button to save the category you added.  Make sure the Save Successful displays on the screen.  To delete a previously added category, select the category from the Add or Edit drop-down list and click the Delete button.
  1. Continue to the Add/Edit Service Providers tab; click Next 2.6 to go to the next page of the Market Center Website Administration Tool or click one of the left navigation links to go directly to the next section of your choice.

 

NOTE: * marks required fields and must be completed or you will not be able to save this form.

Add/Edit Service Providers

 

  1. Click the Add/Edit Service Providers tab.

  1. Complete the service provider fields. See the table below for detailed service provider field descriptions.

Field

Description

Add or Edit Vendor

Select to add or edit the vendor.

Vendor Image

Select the appropriate image (previously saved in the Photo Library) from the drop-down list.  Click the Add Image to Photo Library button to upload an image to your library and then return to this section to add the image you want to display for your vendor.

Vendor Category*

Select a category name to group similar service providers together.

Company*

Enter the vendor's information in the appropriate fields.

Name

Enter the name of your main contact at this company or your vendor's name.

Address

Enter the address of the service provider.

Phone

Enter the phone number of the service provider.

Mobile

Enter the mobile number of the service provider, if applicable.

Toll Free Phone

Enter the toll free number of the service provider, if applicable.

Pager

Enter the pager number of the service provider, if applicable.

Fax

Enter the fax number of the service provider, if applicable.

Email

Enter the email address of the service provider, if applicable.

Website

Enter website address of the service provider, if applicable.  You must enter the appropriate protocol (e.g., http:// or https://).

 

  1. Click the Save button to save the service providers you added.  Make sure the Save Successful displays on the screen.  To delete a previously added category, select the category from the Add or Edit drop-down list and click the Delete button.
  1. Click Next 2.6 to go to the next page of the Market Center Website Administration Tool or click one of the left navigation links to go directly to the next section of your choice.
 

 

Tips

Tips and Tricks: Once you’ve added your service providers, you might want to let these vendors know you have added them to your website and that you are advertising for them. It helps develop a good relationship with them and hopefully they’ll return the favor by referring business to you!  Be sure to ask them to add a link to your site on their site if they have one.