Austin on the Rocks Tutorials

After you click “Get Listed” at the top of the home page, you’ll be redirected to this page:

1. Add the name of your place, e mail address, phone number, etc. Try to use the same address that is used in Google Maps so your place will be mapped.
2. In the Description Box, don’t list your happy hours or hours of operation, that will come later. Use this space to tell our visitors more about your place.
3. Create a user name and password, read the services agreement, and register. We’ll respond within 24 hours.

We’ll authenticate and activate your account, and notify you. Then you can proceed with adding your information.

Directions

1. Use your user name and password to log into your  account. You’ll end up at Your Dashboard. Our test account is called “Sample Bar”.
   
2. To begin, click on “Manage My settings & Search Criteria”.
   
3. This is your Settings Overview Page. If you see this red box, click on account settings (on the left) and edit your address. This just means that Google Maps didn’t recognize the format, use St instead of Street, etc. While you are in Account settings, add your website address in the field provided. Then click on “Current Settings” to come back to the page shown above.
   
4. Click on the word “Edit”, beside “Where are you located?” Click on Update Region, and choose your Region and Sub Region from the drop down menu. Click Update Account to save the information.
   
5. Now you can select “Hours” from the menu on the left, which will bring you to this page.
   
6. Click on “Change Hours of Operation” to reveal the fields, enter your hours (adding new fields if necessary) and then update your account to save.
7. Now select Common Requests, which will reveal this page. Check the boxes that apply, in this case, the place is dog friendly, has live music, an outdoor patio, free wifi, and brunch. Click “Update Common Requests”  to save.
   
8. Repeat this process with Cuisine, Wine Selection, Beer Selection, Drink Selection, Food Events, Establishment Type, Atmosphere, and Dress Code.

IMPORTANT! These criteria directly “speak” to the options that visitors select on our home page when seeking out places. If you offer something, be sure to select it. At the same time, if you only offer a red and a white wine, don’t say you have a great wine selection, or the person that comes to your place seeking a lot of wine options may be disappointed.

Directions

1. Once you are satisfied with your settings, click on Admin Homepage to go back to your dashboard. You won’t have to adjust your settings again unless you change your information, such as new hours or cuisine, if you add draft beer, or expand your menu, etc.

2. Back at the dashboard, now select New Event/Special.
   

3. When you click on New Event/Special, you’ll be sent to the Add an Event page, where you can add your happy hours, food events, etc.
   

4. This is the Add New Event page. In the fields provided, give your event a title. If it’s a recurring event, meaning it happens the same time and day every week, chose “Recurring”. (We’ll go over one-time events next.)

5. Chose the time from the drop down menu, not forgetting to choose AM or PM, and add your specials in the fields on the right. DON’T put wine specials in the beer field, or food specials in the drink field! Here’s why: when people are looking for beer they are going to choose to search for “Beer” on the home page options, and they won’t find accurate information if your beer special isn’t listed in the correct field. Be as detailed and as accurate as possible.

6. Save the event – and then there’s just one more thing to do before you’re done!

7. You will be directed to the page showing all your events:

8. The “Happy Hour”, which was just created, is showing “paused”.
   

9. Activate it by clicking the word “Activate”. It will now show “Active” in green, instead of “Paused” in red.
   

10. If you see an error, choose “Edit”. You can also choose edit to add a menu link or reservation link. Don’t use http://, instead, just begin the link with "www". If you use a reservation service such as “Reservation Genie” or “Open Table”, e-mail us at Cathi@austinontherocks.com and we’ll insert their code for you.
    

Directions

1. You may be having a “one time event”, such as a Fourth of July Bash. In that case, choose “One Time” instead of Recurring. This is the page you will see – note the date fields.
   

2. Set the dates (be sure the year is accurate) and the time, and fill out the rest of the fields just as you would for a recurring event.

3. If you have a banner, advertisement, or photo you’d like to add to this event, click on Upload image, choose the file, and it will be uploaded.

4. ALWAYS BE SURE TO ACTIVATE YOUR EVENTS OR THEY WON’T APPEAR IN THE SEARCH RESULTS. You can also pause events if you decide to not offer them for a while, or delete them entirely if you never want to offer that particular special again.

We hope you find this as easy and quick as we do, and that you’ll use it often to promote your specials and events! Thank you for registering with Austinontherocks.com!