http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/ 2026-04-29T04:54:38-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/ http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/lib/tpl/monobook/images/favicon.ico text/html 2014-07-22T19:41:41-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/development_timeline?rev=1406072501&do=diff RealTimeDesigner Development Timeline 2014 2nd Half July Magento Integration Released OpenCart Integration Released Wow - After a busy 3 tradeshows in a row we're back at coding lots of new features Welcome to the family all new clients over the past few months - we're glad to have you! text/html 2014-10-03T05:06:23-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/eula?rev=1412327183&do=diff Terms of Use Agreement Use of the RealTimeDesigner website (the “Site”) or any of the services offered on the Site (the “Services”) is subject to these Terms of Use contained in this document (the “Terms”). If you are agreeing to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you must have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms. Your use of the Services shall be deemed to be your agreement to abide by these Terms. You are required to review these terms as they are updated o… text/html 2012-03-11T15:06:50-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/product_list?rev=1331492810&do=diff Product List These products are predefined and available to all RTD clients: MAGNETIC SIGNS * Value - Text Only * Standard * Reflective * Round & Oval * Special Shapes YARD SIGNS * POLITICAL YARD SIGNS (Paperboard) * CORO-PLAST YARD SIGNS 1 Side * CORO-PLAST YARD SIGNS 2 Sides * ALUMINUM YARD SIGNS (Printed 1 Side) * ALUMINUM YARD SIGNS (Printed 2 Sides) text/html 2012-12-28T14:19:44-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/quick_start_guide?rev=1356722384&do=diff Quick Start Guide Welcome The RealTimeDesigner has evolved into a nearly turn-key solution specific to the sign and screen print industries. Here are the basic steps involved in setting up your site. Much of the data required in these steps is already contained within the RealTimeDesigner but you should check the entries before making your site live: text/html 2012-02-15T08:00:09-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_01_introduction?rev=1329310809&do=diff IN THE BEGINNING Welcome to the world of RealTimeDesigner. From it's roots in 1997, the RealTimeDesigner has developed into a robust solution powering websites for an array of companies offering an even wider array of products. Built on the concept of offering a cutting edge platform for producers of customized products, the RealTimeDesigner gives you a powerful custom coded solution without the expense of a staff programmer. The tools of the leading websites are now within reach of all shops … text/html 2012-02-13T19:48:11-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_02_company_setup?rev=1329180491&do=diff INTRODUCTION The RealTimeDesigner will allow you to offer one or many customizable products through your website in a “Design Online” environment. Rather than reinventing the wheel for each product you wish to offer, the RealTimeDesigner uses a core set of data. Things like your logo and color scheme are stored in the COMPANY SETUP section of the Administration Panel. Likewise, colors palettes, lettering fonts and clip art images are installed through the Administration Panel and can be recalle… text/html 2012-04-28T16:28:12-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_03_catalog_setup?rev=1335644892&do=diff THE REALTIMEDESIGNER CATALOG The RealTimeDesigner Catalog generates web pages displaying all the products you have built within the RealTimeDesigner in a neat, structured fashion. When you add or edit products, those changes immediately appear in the RealTimeDesigner Catalog. You never have to worry about the data in your catalog matching the data within the RealTimeDesigner. The RealTimeDesigner Catalog is a fairly recent addition. Several of our early clients who started with us before the ad… text/html 2012-02-11T20:43:16-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_04_designer_setup?rev=1329010996&do=diff DESIGNER SETUP The Designer Setup section describes how to configure the online design tool. Most everything about the looks and behavior of the RealTimeDesigner can be controlled. The LAUNCH DESIGNER link will open a new window showing how your designer is currently configured. As you make changes, simply refresh your designer screen to see the changes. Let's begin. text/html 2012-02-14T18:17:21-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_05_cart?rev=1329261441&do=diff THE CHECKOUT PROCESS The checkout process in the RealTimeDesigner refers to all actions that take place from the time that the user finishes his design through the final submission. Shipping charges, payment settings and sales tax all must be set up if the users will be completing their order through the RealTimeDesigner. text/html 2012-12-27T11:15:27-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_06_libraries?rev=1356624927&do=diff LIBRARIES Colors, Fonts and Clip Arts are stored in central libraries so that they can be easily called upon at various places in the system. Setting up the libraries can be time consuming if the default values don't work for you and your system is complex, but you will be able to recall the libraries very easily when setting up individual products. text/html 2014-06-29T16:38:15-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_07_artwork_templates?rev=1404074295&do=diff TEMPLATES SETUP The RealTimeDesigner has a powerful artwork template system that allows you to create layouts that your customers can select and edit to their liking, thus creating semi-original designs with little effort, very quickly.[Click on the image to enlarge] Keep in mind that Artwork Templates and Clip Art are not the same thing. Templates are made up of any number of clip art and text items. Once a template is saved, users can edit individual pieces of the template. Other than color,… text/html 2012-10-01T20:47:04-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_08_product_setup?rev=1349138824&do=diff PRDOCUT SETUP Product and Pricing Setup are the core functions that you will need to learn thoroughly. Most of the other items in this manual only need to be done once. Learn it, do it, forget it. For sure you will spend a lot of time in these area to build your site. It is quite likely that you will be revisiting these items frequently as you grow and refine your site. This chapter deals with setting up products. Whether you have just one product or an entire gamut, you should read through th… text/html 2012-12-27T11:35:44-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_09_pricing_products?rev=1356626144&do=diff DEFINING PRICING Once you have defined products, you have the option of defining pricing for those products using a look-up matrix (table) concept. Pricing is one of the most flexible aspects of the RTD. Your pricing can be dependent on most any combination of size, quantity, number of colors, clip arts, and any number of product specific add-ons that you can envision. To keep your pricing structure simple, you will want to consider all these things when defining your products. You can define … text/html 2012-12-27T11:36:42-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_10_registered_users?rev=1356626202&do=diff INTRODUCTION The Registered Users section of the RealTimeDesigner allows end users to create an account where all their original artwork and created designs will be made available for future use. ACTIVATING THE REGISTERED USERS MODULE To enable the Registered Users module select REGISTERED USERS > ENABLE REGISTERED USERS > YES [Click on image to enlarge] If you do not enable Registered Users or if the end user chooses not to register, they will not be able to retrieve previous work on futur… text/html 2012-02-11T20:48:49-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_11_processing_orders?rev=1329011329&do=diff WORKING WITH ORDERS The ultimate goal of the RealTimeDesigner is ORDERS. Thus far we've learned how to set up the various parts of the RealTimeDesigner so that users can create designs and submit orders. Now it's time to learn to work with the orders. We'll learn to view, search for orders, interacting with the client, exporting order information, downloading the users designs and getting reports about orders. text/html 2012-12-27T11:45:59-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_12_interfacing_with_other_applications?rev=1356626759&do=diff INTERFACING WITH THE REALTIMEDESIGNER The RealTimeDesigner was built with the purpose of passing data back and forth with other applications. Three particular tools are External Notification, External Variables and the API programming environment. EXTERNAL NOTIFICATION External Notification refers to what happens with the internal RealTimeDesigner data when the user submits. If this feature is enabled, the data is sent to the URL page you designate. This module works very similar to the “Em… text/html 2012-12-27T11:47:45-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_13_magento_case_study?rev=1356626865&do=diff Introduction Here's some basic information to give you an idea of how to create the bridge between RTD and an external cart such as Magento. Earlier we posted a link to our Magento cart - this post is meant to show you how to approach linking rtd to an external source. First you need to set up external notification in RTD. In the ORDERS > EXTERNAL NOTIFICATION you set up the url in the TARGET URL PAGE along with the names of the fields you wish to send to the cart. Here's a screen shot of the … text/html 2012-02-11T20:51:08-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_14_cascading_style_sheets?rev=1329011468&do=diff CSS CONTROL OF THE DESIGNER Earlier, in the chapter covering the Catalog, we discussed using the built in CSS tool. The catalog was built from the ground up to be controlled with CSS. A more recent development is the use of CSS within the designer. Using CSS, the internal defaults of the designer can be altered or overridden. A good primer on CSS can be found at: <http://www.w3schools.com/web/web_css.asp> You can have a CSS file for each of the 10 Styles in the STYLE SETUP > DIRECT CSS section … text/html 2012-03-11T08:50:15-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_15_garment_screen_printers?rev=1331470215&do=diff Running Multiple Websites with One RTD Call it Skins, Styles or Stores, the RealTimeDesigner has the ability to present itself differently to different groups of users. By utilizing different combinations of Headers, Footers, Buttons and CSS you can create very different looking sites, yet contain all the products and orders in one administration panel for convenience. Some uses for the Multi-Stores feature are: text/html 2012-02-11T20:52:43-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_16_garment_printing?rev=1329011563&do=diff REALTIMEDESIGNER FROM THE END USERS PERSPECTIVE By the time you get into this manual, it is quite likely that you have already mastered the simple drawing environment of the designer. This chapter will go into some detail of the lesser known features with the hopes that you can find ways to improve the users experience, by knowing these. You may be called upon by users of your site asking “How do i do......?” Below is a image of a designer screen. Yours might be quite different in appearance, b… text/html 2012-05-08T16:28:42-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_17_instant_pricing?rev=1336508922&do=diff INSTANT PRICING The RealTimeDesigner Instant Pricing Tool was developed to allow you or your customers to select which options they desire for a product and instantly show them the price - hence an Instant Pricing Tool. Instant Pricing uses the RTD pricing matrix for each product. This tool can be used within the RealTimeDesigner Catalog and can also be called from external web pages. The Instant Pricing Tool is a way to access the RTD pricing matrix before or separate from the RTD designer. text/html 2012-04-24T19:51:32-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/rtd_manual_ch_18_discount_codes?rev=1335311492&do=diff This tutorial is about how to create a discount code off entire cart contents. Applying to entire cart contents means applying to every entry of your pricing matrix. So, the way is to create an external variable, create a discount rule, and apply that rule to all of your pricing matrix entries. A quick step-by-step guide: 1) go In PRODUCT CONFIGURATOR OPTIONS => Manage/Define External Variables 2) Add a new variable named “coupon_code” and set both Show in cart as coupon code and Expir… text/html 2012-10-31T20:13:00-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/start?rev=1351728780&do=diff Welcome to the RealTimeDesigner Wiki Manual * Chapter 1 - Introduction * Chapter 2 - Company Setup * Chapter 3 - Catalog Setup * Chapter 4 - Designer Setup * Chapter 5 - Cart & Checkout Setup * Chapter 6 - Colors, Fonts & Cliparts * Chapter 7 - Artwork Templates * Chapter 8 - Product Setup * Chapter 9 - Pricing Products * Chapter 10 - Registered Users * Chapter 11 - Processing Orders * Chapter 12 - Interfacing with Other Apps * Chapter 13 - External Carts, Magento Ca… text/html 2012-02-17T13:34:51-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/tutorials?rev=1329503691&do=diff Here are the RTD Tutorials COMING SOON Using Magento with RealTimeDesigner abc text/html 2012-11-30T22:23:17-04:00 http://support.realtimedesigner.com/wiki/doku.php/videos?rev=1354332197&do=diff Here's links to our YouTube Videos Intro Video for new startup sites - overview of the various steps needed to take your site live. Quick Start Video 1 for new startup sites - more detail than the Intro Video. Quick Start Video 2 for new startup sites - more detail than the Intro Video. Quick Start Video 3 for new startup sites - more detail than the Intro Video. Introduction to Pricing Multiple Stores Artwork Templates The RTD API Registered Users P…