Events: Front-End Integration

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Embedding in Pages When configuring the events, you almost always want to create at least one page that is dedicated to the “Full View” template.  If you don’t already have one, let’s start by creating a new page called “Events”.  In this page, we’ll type in a short introduction and summary of the page, and then paste in the shortcode … Continue reading


Events: Basic Setup

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Creating, Editing, and Deleting News First off, we’ll need to create an event entry.  Simply navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard, and find the “Events” link under the “Apptivo” section of the left column.  On this page you will see a form with multiple fields.  We will fill in these fields with the information for our event, only the title … Continue reading


Events: Overview

Posted by Apptivo Business Advisory Team

The Events feature allows you to easily create, organize, and display company events on your website.   Most any company has the need to keep their customers informed of important events hosted by the company, or within the industry.   The Events feature provides a simple interface for adding events, and comes along with configuration tools, shortcodes, and widgets to … Continue reading


Testimonials: How it Works with Apptivo

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Although the testimonials cannot be viewed or changed from Apptivo, it is important to note that Apptivo retains a backup of all testimonial data. This is important if you are ever to move your site to a new server, or start from a new WordPress database. Because the data is stored with Apptivo, your testimonials will remain in sync from … Continue reading


Testimonials: Front-End Integration

Posted by Apptivo Business Advisory Team

Embedding in Pages When configuring the testimonials, you almost always want to create at least one page that is dedicated to the “Full View” template.  If you don’t already have one, let’s start by creating a new page called “Testimonials” (or other name you may prefer – reviews, recommendations, etc).  In this page, we’ll type in a short introduction and … Continue reading


Testimonials: Basic Setup

Posted by Apptivo Business Advisory Team

Creating, Editing, and Deleting Testimonials First off, we’ll need to create a testimonial.  Simply navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard, and find the “Testimonials” link under the “Apptivo” section of the left column.  On this page you will see a form with multiple fields.  We will fill in these fields with the information for our new testimonial, only the name … Continue reading


Testimonials: Overview

Posted by Apptivo Business Advisory Team

The testimonials feature of the plugin is designed to provide a simple interface where any user can add or edit customer testimonials for your business. The testimonials are collected by a standard form in the WordPress admin, and then the plugin provides built-in widgets and templates that can be easily configured to display the testimonials in various ways on your … Continue reading


Newsletter: How it Works with Apptivo

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Apptivo Marketing Apps Overview Apptivo offers several marketing applications specifically designed for the purpose of helping your business organize and execute its marketing efforts. Creating & Managing Target Lists Before we can create a newsletter form and use it on the website, we need at least one target list for this form to create users in.  A target list is … Continue reading


Newsletter: Front-End Integration

Posted by Apptivo Business Advisory Team

Widgets The most common method of displaying a newsletter on your website will be using WordPress widgets.  Many websites display a small newsletter signup box in a consistent place somewhere on their website, whether it be in the header, a side column, or the footer.  For this example we’ll go to our Widgets page in WordPress, and drag the “[Apptivo] … Continue reading


Newsletter: Basic Setup

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Creating a Form The first thing we’ll need to do is create a new form.  We’ll create a different form for every different placement of the form on your website, so name this appropriately.  In this example, we’ll call it “right_col_monthly_specials”.  Simply navigate to the “Newsletter” link in the Apptivo section of your WordPress dashboard, enter in the form name … Continue reading