Getting Started

Your control or administration panel is located at http://admin.furnoodle.com. You can sign into this control panel by using the email address you signed up with and your password.

The next screen will ask you to "Select an option above." Select Setup Wizard from the upper left hand corner. The first step of the Wizard is to choose whether your company has one store or multiple stores.

Enter in your store's information including address and phone number. Be sure to change the default email address in the sales email field to the email you want your customer inquiries to be sent to.

In the additional boxes, describe your services and information. Your customers are using the internet to research your business and the more information you can offer them, the better.

For multiple locations, make sure to double-check the information, email address for customer inquiries, and directions for each location.

TIP: If at any time, you are unsure of what to enter into each field, click on the left text such as "Overall Company Description" or in the box to see a description of each field.

TIP: Click “Display optional fields” to view additional fields where you can enter in the following information about your business: Website Description, Delivery Service, Design Service, Financing Service, Markets Served, Inventory Description, Special Order Description, Warranty Service, Privacy Policy, Company History, and Community Service.

You do not need to enter information in every one of these fields. Your furnoodle! site will only show the headings and information for completed text boxes. You can leave fields that are not applicable to your business blank.

Here’s an example of a furnoodle! with completed services and information:

Check the box next to each brand your store sells as an authorized retailer. Remember, you must select manufacturers in order for products to appear in your furnoodle! online catalog. When a brand has been successfully selected, an orange background will appear on its line. Don't forget to click the "Next" button at the bottom of the screen when you are finished. If you carry additional brands that are not available in our product catalog, we recommend listing them by name within your company and store information.

Each of the brands you select will appear as icons with the brand logo on each store's profile page and on your manufacturers page, which can be viewed by clicking "Brands We Carry" at the bottom of your furnoodle!

Clicking on any of the manufacturer logos allows a customer to view that specific manufacturer's product catalog.

TIP: After selecting manufacturers, you can use the Product Selections tool to select individual collections.

On the last page of the Wizard all you need to do is press the "Finish" button. This page also contains a link to view your completed furnoodle!

You can select "Post Ads" from the upper left hand corner of your administration panel. This ad posting tool lets you upload multiple images of your print ads or videos of your TV ads. Post ads and keep customers notified of your current deals!

First, create an ad group and specify the dates and times you want it to appear between. Schedule it to automatically appear during the dates of your sale. Skip the order field for now, but choose whether you want a layout with full images or thumbnails that can be viewed as full images once clicked on. Press the "Save" button.

Second, add an image by clicking the "New Group Item" button. Select the type of media: image, YouTube video, etc. Browse for the file on your computer and choose the display order.

TIP: For more information on displaying and uploading your special offers view Publish Your Ads Online.

Here's an example of a furnoodle! using the Special Offers page to display their store's ads:

Do you already have a website? With some code and a bit of work you can have your furnoodle! site show up within your existing website.

The red box added to the screenshot below indicates where furnoodle! has been added to this retailer’s website using an IFrame:

To accomplish the same technique shown above on your website you’ll need to understand that an IFrame is a simple HTML tag that allows you to show one page inside of another page. Here is an example that you can copy and paste into your site:

<iframe src="http://stores.furnoodle.com/joesfurniture" width="820" height="550" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" id="IFrame1"></iframe>

Just remember, you'll need to change http://stores.furnoodle.com/joesfurniture to your real furnoodle! website address.

The example shown has taken this technique one step further. When a customer clicks the “Living Room” button on their green navigation bar, it directs the website user directly to a page within their site that displays the living room catalog from their furnoodle! website in the center with an IFrame for seamless browsing. To use an IFrame like the example above just add /livingroom.aspx to end of your store's URL:

<iframe src="http://stores.furnoodle.com/joesfurniture/livingroom.aspx" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" marginwidth="0"></iframe>

Any other room links, such as bedroom, living room, home office, etc. also work in this same way with correct URL endings.

An eye-catching graphic is a creative way to direct customers to your furnoodle! catalog. The screenshot below illustrates how one furnoodle! user created a graphic link to their catalog:

An IFrame or a graphic are great options to show your furnoodle! product catalog on your website, but in a pinch, a regular HTML link on your website also lets your customers know of your furnoodle!, too.

<a href="http://stores.furnoodle.com/joesfurniture">Visit Our Store's Online Product Catalog</a>

Learn More about linking to your furnoodle! website with text, premade graphics and your own graphics.