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After you have registered as a business member and logged in, the next thing you may want to do is set up your business webpage on our site. This is a freeform page (you set it up any way you want).

Don’t have the time or the know-how to do up a webpage? Visit our Paid Services page or Contact the administrator of what you want to be done accompanied by the content and you will get a quote. Or if you do have the time, you can use the instructions below to design your own webpage.

1. Go to My Content in the main navigation. This page will list all your posts (if any) and allow you to edit them (you can use the same editing instructions below when editing posts).
   
2. If you are logged in as a business member you should see Please go here to create/edit/publish your page! on the ‘My Content’ page (which is only available to business members). When this is the first time visiting this page you will see the “Your business page has been successfully created!” message. The new page will be in draft mode (not published and not accessible for viewing) and can only be accessed via the editor.
3. In the My Content > Page below your page title, you should see a icon, selecting it will open the page editor.
   • Note: Posts cannot be edited by the author once there is a comment or reply to them. In extenuating circumstances, the admin can make corrections on the author’s behalf.
     
4. The editor;
   
   1. Title – your page title, default is your display or user name at the time of registration. It is recommended to edit this to be your full business name. Changing this does not affect the page URL (web address).
   2. Status – draft, private, or published, default is draft, only change this to published when your page is ready to be published. Changing this to private mode will allow only you (and the administrator) to view the page.
   3. Content – clear out the default welcome message and add your own content.
      • You can add images and formatted text here.
      • Keep in mind that it is a single page (poster) meant to inform customers of your services and/or your promotions (think a single sheet of paper), please do not add too many images or write too much text.
   4. Select featured image – adds a thumbnail image to your page link in the Member Pages. It is recommended to set this before publishing your page.
      
      1. 1. From Computer – if you have not already uploaded an image, use this to get an image into your Media Library.
            
         2. Media Library – If you already have the image uploaded then select this option.
         3. Show – choose this link for the image you want to set.
            
         4. Use as featured image – select this link (near the bottom) and then
            
            Select Save all changes and then
            Close the Select featured image window
            

      The featured image will not show until after you have saved the entire page/post!

   5. Actions – Save, and Cancel. Choose the ‘save’ option, then after it is saved, then select cancel if you wish to exit the editor.
      
5. When the page is ready, you set its status to publish, save, and now the public can access it here: ShopTBay.ca/shop/businessusername

NEW! – businessusername.ShopTBay.ca Access your webpage via a subdomain (redirects to ShopTBay.ca/shop/businessusername).
You can use this newly created URL (web address) on any print material or online in other directories or social media sites.

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