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User Guide

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User Guide

Guide for Vendors

Signup and Sign-in

If you wish to signup as customer, please click on 'Register' and select 'As a Foodie'. This will take you to the Signup page.
If you have a Facebook account, then you can signup with Facebook. Signing up with Facebook will ease your life as you don't have to remember one more login username and password, and it will reduce our load as we don't have to save and maintain your account login details.
If you don't have a Facebook account or you are don't want to signup with Facebook, you can also signup without Facebook by filling the signup form.

Vendor Page

When a person sign-in as a farmer or foodmaker, they will see the Vendor page. The vendor page shows vendor details, selling locations and products. This page will also help vendors to add, edit or remove selling locations and products.

Update Vendor Profile

To update the profile, click on 'Edit Profile' button. Add a profile image and fill in the details. Then click on 'Save Changes'.

Post to Social Media

To post on Facebook and Twitter, click on 'Post on Social Media'. Sign-in to Facebook and Twitter to make a post.

Selling Locations

To add selling locations, click on 'Add New Location'. You can join Markets or you can add a custom locations. You can make custom locations as recurring events by selecting 'Recurring Events'.

Use the 'Edit' button to edit existing locations. Use the 'Bin' button to delete locations.

Products

Click on 'Add New Item' to add products in your inventory. Upload the product image and fill in product details. You can select multiple tags for the product. Click on 'Add Item' when you are done.

You can set products 'In Stock' or 'Out of Stock' by clicking on the radio button. Products can be edited or removed by clicking on the 'Edit' or 'Bin' button respectively.

Guide for Customers

A customer is any person who is interested in local produces, local farmers and foodmakers or local markets.

Getting Started

Customers can browse the website without creating an account. To start browsing, simply click on 'Get Started' button on the welcome page.

Browse Products

The main page of website shows all products that are currently being sold by local farmers and foodmakers.
The web browser may ask your permission to share your location. By sharing your location, you can browse products ordered by proximity from your current location. If you don't want to share your location then select 'No'.

Product Details

Clicking on a product will show the product details. Click on the 'Close' button when you are done viewing the product details. You can also like a product.

Products Filtering

Products can be filtered by category and tags. You can select one category and one or more tags to filter the products.

Browse Farmers and Foodmakers

To browse farmers and foodmakers, click on 'Farmers and Foodmakers'.

Hover over a farmer or foodmaker to identify their locations on the map. To view details of a product of a farmer or foodmaker, click on the image of the product.

To know more about a farmer or foodmaker, click on their name or image. This will show a farmer's or foodmaker's profile and detailed information about their selling locations and products. You can also like a farmer or foodmaker.

Browse Local Markets

To browse local markets, click on 'Local Markets'. This will show local markets and their locations on the map. Hover over a market card to find their location on the map (shown as jumping pin).

To view market details, click on the image of the market. You can also like a market.

Search

The search bar at the top can be used to search products, vendors or markets.

Signup and Sign-in

If you wish to signup as customer, please click on 'Register' and select 'As a Foodie'. This will take you to the Signup page.

If you have a Facebook account, then you can signup with Facebook. Signing up with Facebook will ease your life as you don't have to remember one more login username and password, and it will reduce our load as we don't have to save and maintain your account login details.
If you don't have a Facebook account or you are don't want to signup with Facebook then you can signup without Facebook by filling the signup form.

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