The development and release of the Texas Wine Lover mobile app required changes to the Texas Wine Lover website. A major addition was the Guide and Plan Your Trip that is used as the source for the mobile app. The mobile app has a lot of information, and the Guide has even more! Each listing that is in the mobile app for a winery or local business has more detailed information in the Guide.
Here are some features of the Guide on the website you may not have discovered yet. Every member (business) who has a listing on the Guide and mobile app can add many different items to their listing on the website. Instead of requiring you to go to every listing to see those items, many of them are consolidated so you can go to just one place to see a particular item.
Note: In the explanations below, we will discuss using the Texas Wine Lover website as if you were using a computer, but the same items are there on your phone in a web browser; they may just look a little bit different with the looks of the menu.
The Texas Wine Lover website menu bar has more than a few items due to the vast amount of information on the website. Let’s concentrate on the Guide menu today.
Guide menu
The Guide menu name itself is clickable. Clicking Guide shows you the Guide’s home page. It is a home page much like the main Texas Wine Lover home page, but this is just for Guide Some of the same information we will show you below is displayed on the Guide home page too.
Plan Your Trip
This menu item brings up the trip planner on the website so you can plan your trips to the wineries and other local businesses. You can also reach the trip planner by clicking the Plan Your Trip icon on the top left of your browser.
TWL Mobile App
Want to know more about the mobile app? This page explains the Texas Wine Lover mobile app and how you can download it. There is also a cool video for you.
Member Events
This is the start of the consolidation of items from the different members listings. This menu item has more submenus underneath it you can see when you click on it.
All Events.
This is a list of upcoming events. You can use the Event Search on the right to search for Keywords, City or Zip code, a Date range, or a specific event Categories.
Events Calendar
The events calendar shows the current month along with how many events are on each day. Click on the number of events on a day to see more details on the event(s). This is the same list that is shown in All Events but in a calendar view. Feel free to play around and see the other calendar features.
How To Create An Event
If you already own a listing, here is a short video on how you can create an event for your business. The same video is on your dashboard once you log into your account.
Member Coupons
Members can create coupons to offer to the public. You can search by Category, Keyword, and City or Zip code.
Silver Medal members can create up to 10 coupons and Gold Medal members can create unlimited coupons.
Member Videos
Watch videos from Members to see information about their business. The same search filter is available.
Only Gold Medal members can post videos.
Member Photo Albums
Members can create photo albums with multiple photos. You can view the photos in the thumbnail on the Photo Albums list page, or you can open the photo album to view them in a larger size and read a description of the photos.
The search filter has Keyword or Category filters.
Only Gold Medal members can post a photo album.
Member Articles
Read articles that Members have written about their business.
The search filter has Keyword or Category filters.
Silver Medal members can create up to 5 articles and Gold Medal members can create unlimited articles.
Member Job Listings
Looking for a job? Check the job listings created by members for any job they may have available.
Searches can be done by keyword, city or zip code, type of employment, category, and salary range.
Only Gold Medal members can post a job listing.
We hope this has shown additional features in the Texas Wine Lover Guide that you may not have realized existed. Look for future blog posts showing you features of the other menu items.
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