Introduction What is En Masse?

En Masse is a Joomla! Component that allows users to install a coupon shopping feature to their website. It allows customers to

purchase any types of coupon online and facilitates great management in dealing of the coupons. Its implementation involves a

frontend and a backend administrator site, both for the purpose of simplifying the management of coupons and deals.

An Overview of En Masse

Why use En Masse?

Recently, there has been an up-roar in the area of e-commerce, with portals such as Groupon, 8coupons, Couponcabin, Sgdeals,

GreatDeals and Tip-it. We foresee the promising increase of similar portals as it can be catered to many different industries such as

F & B, beauty care and many more. We provide a quick and easy method to obtain such a feature to be added to your Joomla!

website, thereby allowing you to bring more services to your customers.

Furthermore, En Masse provides a better solution to bulk buying. It provides opportunities for additional revenue to be brought in to

the associated merchant through advertisement spaces present on its sleek and spacious UI.

Its installation is quick and easy, involving very little technical know-how or background. This is complemented by its user-friendly

design in both its storefront and administrative backend.

Businesses looking for an easy and effective electronic coupon solution need look no further with En Masse’s full range of features

and solutions.

En Masse comes as a package that works on all Joomla version 1.5.X, 1.6.X and 1.7.X.

What will you get if you purchase En Masse subscription plan?

1. Direct access to download the latest En Masse version.

2. Lifetime & Customization usage rights

3. You will receive the following support from Matamko during your subscription period:

o Technical Support - We will try our best to look into your problem and help to resolve it by all means. This support only

covers issues within En Masse itself and we will not resolve issues regarding Joomla!

o Security Patch and Fix - We will provide support on the new patch and fix when the new version of En Masse is released.

o User Manual - Access to our step by step manual on how to use En Masse, how to install integrations and handle your

website efficiently

o Community Forum - Access to En Masse support forum where you can post any discussions, suggestions to new features in

upcoming versions of En Mass. This is for members to connect and chat about in Matamko products.

o Ticketing System - Have your voice heard. You can submit any issues and questions via our ticketing system and we will

cater to your issues from here.

4. You will be able to download the latest version of En Masse that is released every month. It will consists of new integrated

features and functions which you may suggest or request from us.

To read more, you can visit Pre-Sales Guide!

System Requirement

PHP version 4.3.X and 5.X.X and above

MYSQL version 4.X.X and above

Optional for enabling CURL library (Need to enable it at the php.ini)

Enabling GD library for generating the image of the serial number's barcode (Please contact your server administrator)

Installation Preparation

Please ensure that you have installed Joomla 1.x on the server with System Requirement. If you have not, please follow

the Guideline Document for Joomla Install

Component Installation

1. Back-end ⇒ Extensions ⇒ Extension Manager.

2. Click "Choose File" to upload new component.

3. Find the path of En Masse. Choose file "com_enmasse_joomla1.6_and_1.7.zip".

4. Click "Upload & Install" to install new component.

5. After installing a new En Masse Component. You'll see

Module Installation

1. Back-end ⇒ Extensions ⇒ Extension Manager.

2. Click "Choose File" to upload new module.

3. Find the path of En Masse. Choose "Modules"

folder.

4. Choose file "mod_enmasse_deal_side.zip".

5. Click "Upload & Install" to install new module.

6. Repeat step 2 with files "mod_enmasse_summarized_cart.zip" and "mod_enmasse_your_location.zip".

Template Installation

1. Back-end ⇒ Extensions ⇒ Extension Manager.

2. Click "Choose File" to upload new module.

3. Find the path of En Masse. Choose "Templates"

folder.

4. Choose file "enmasse_17.zip".

5. Click "Upload & Install" to install new templates.

6. Congratulations, you have completed all steps of basic installation.

Configuration

TEMPLATE

1. Back-end ⇒ Extensions ⇒ Template Manager.

2. Find the template named "enmasse_17 - Default", set it to default.

3. Then when you load your home page you will get result:

MENU CONFIGURATION

1. Back-end ⇒ Menus ⇒ Main Menu ⇒ Add New Menu Item.

2. Click "Select" to choose menu item type.

3. Find "En Masse" area, then click "Listing of Deal".

4. Type "Menu title". If you want you can choose "Parent item".

5. Click "Save & New".

6. Repeat step 2 with menu items "Deal of the Day", ",Upcoming Deal", "List of Expired Deal", "Merchant", "My Orders", "My Sales",

"Subscription page".

7. When you finished all steps with menu items.

Back-end ⇒ Extensions ⇒ Module Manager ⇒ Main Menu.

8. Click "Select position".

9. When window open, click to "Select template" and select "enmasse_17".

10. Scroolldown and select "possition-main-

menu".

11. Click "Save & Close". Refresh your home

page.

MODULE CONFIGURATION

1. Back-end ⇒ Extensions ⇒ Module Manager ⇒ Login Form.

2. Click "Select position".

When window open, click to "Select template" and select "enmasse_17".

3. Scroolldown and select "right".

4. Click "Save & Close".

5. Repeat all steps with modules "EnMasse Summarized Shopping Cart", "EnMasse Your Location", "EnMasse Deal Side".

Go to Back-end ⇒ Components ⇒ En Masse to add more Deals, Categories, Locations...

Configure your Settings

En Masse > Dash Board > Settings

To start using En Masse, click on “Settings” icon in the dashboard as shown. You are required to enter

information about the store to gain credibilities from your customers and also make necessary

preparations to startup your store.

1. Under the “Company Details”,

fill in the information of your

company.

2. Under the “Tax Details”, fill in

the information of your tax number

(if applicable).

3. Under the “Store Details”, fill in

the information of your contact

number, fax number and

customer support email.

4. Under the “Currency Details”,

fill in the information of your

currency in use, currency prefix

(for e.g. “USD$”), the thousands

separator and number of decimal

places to use. For countries that

have a currency postfix (for e.g

“100₫” Vietnam dong), enter it in

“Currency Postfix”.

5. Under the “Terms and

Conditions”, select the Joomla

article that contains the

information to the terms and

conditions in using your services

via En Masse.

6.Under the “Frontend Layout”,

select the En Masse template to

use in the frontend. You can use

this to change the color theme of

the storefront as well.

7. Once you are done with configuring the settings page, you would need to first create entries “Category”, “Location”, “Merchant”

and “Payment Gateway” before you can create your first deal. You would first need to create a Joomla user before proceeding to

creating Joomla entries.

How to create a User Accounts?

Joomla! > Site > User Manager

You will need to create Joomla! User Accounts to allow your Salesperson and Merchants to access deals and coupon information

from the frontend.

Before you create their profiles in En Masse, you will first create their login account in Joomla!. This page shows the creation of

ordinary accounts for anyone to login to the website. You will need to match these accounts to Salesperson/Merchant profiles in En

Masse to identify these accounts as Salesperson or Merchant. You can read more in these manuals: Salesperson Management and

Merchant Management.

1. Click on “User Manager” under

“Site”. This is where you control

user access in your website.

2. You will see a list of user

accounts. To add a new user

account, click on at the

top right hand corner. To delete,

select the unwanted user

accounts by ticking the checkbox

on the left column and

press . You can edit their

account information by ticking the

checkbox and pressing .

3. Fill in the

Salesperson/Merchant's name,

username, email and password

followed by grouping the sales

person under “Registered”.

For Salesperson and Merchant,

place them all under "Registered"

so that they cannot enter the

backend. These accounts are just

login access. Remember each

account's username as it will be

used to match the Salesperson

and Merchant that when you creat

them later in En Masse.

4. Click on to create this

user account. You will see a

notification that user account is

created and a new record appears

in the user lists.

Creating & Managing Salespersons

En Masse > Dash Board > Sales Person

After you have created user accounts in Joomla! (User Management), click on the “Sales Persons” icon

in the dashboard. The Salesperson management allows you to create a list of Salesperson who will

source and work with Merchants in bringing deals to your website. The Salespersons will only be able to

add deals in En Masse through Joomla frontend. To allow them to login to your website frontend as a

Salesperson, you need to match the Joomla! user account with his En Masse Salesperson profile.

1. In Salesperson

Management page,

you can see the list of

Salespersons. To

create a new

Salesperson profile,

simply click

on at the top

right hand corner.

You can choose to

view their information

by clicking on their

name.

2. Enter the name,

address, phone,

email of the sales

person in the section

“Details”. Enter the

username of his

Joomla! user account

(previously created in

User Management),

in the section “Sales

Person’s User

Account” to match the

Joomla! account to

this Salesperson

profile.

In this case, this

Salesperson can

login with username

"Sales123" in the

frontend and system

will identify him as a

Salesperson.

3. After filling up the

information, click

on to

complete the

Salesperson creation.

A new Salesperson

record will be created

and listed in "Sales

Person Management"

page.

4. Once this is done,

this Salesperson can

access “My Sales”

page in the frontend

(you can create this

as a Menu Item) via

En Masse in Joomla’s

menu portion. They

cannot access

Merchant's page as

system identifies the

login as

Salesperson.

5. This page is only

available to

Salespersons who

are matched with a

Joomla! user account.

Other registered

users will not be able

to access this page.

After a Salesperson

logs in, he/she can

view their sales for

the deal they bring in

and “add new deal” to

En Masse in Joomla’s

frontend, but on

pending mode.

For more information

on adding a deal

through frontend,

click on "Deal

Management".

Creating & Managing Merchants

En Masse > Dash Board > Merchant

After you have created user accounts in Joomla! (User Management), click on the “Merchant” icon in the

dashboard. The Merchant management allows you to create a list of Merchants whom are organizations

that provide the deals to the customers. Merchants can only list the coupons in the deals they provide

and update the status of the coupon if customers come in with the coupon. This can only be done in the

frontend. To allow them to login to your website frontend as a Merchant, you need to match the Joomla!

user account with his En Masse Merchant profile.

1. In Merchant

Management page, you

can see the list of

Merchants. To create a

new Merchant profile,

simply click on

at the top right hand

corner. You can choose

to view their information

by clicking on their

name.

2. Enter the necessary

information of the

Merchant in the section

“Details”. You can assign

a Salesperson to this

Merchant to know which

Salesperson is

responsible for creating

deals for this Merchant.

Enter the username of

his Joomla! user account

(previously created in

User Management), in

the section “Merchant’s

User Account” to match

the Joomla! account to

this Merchant profile.

3. To show the location

of the Merchant or where

the deal will be situated

at, simply enter the

latitude and longtitude of

the location under

"Google Map". You can

obtain the latitude and

longtitude of a location

fromGetLatLon.com by

entering the address in

the search bar. Adjust

the size of the google

map by changing the

width and height

attribute.

After filling up the

information, click

on to complete

the Merchant creation. A

new Merchant record will

be created and listed in

"Merchant Management"

page.

4. In the frontend,

Merchant information will

be shown in the deal

information if it is

assigned the deal. (See

Deal Management) The

google map will be

shown below the

Merchant's information

too.

5. In the frontend, this

page is only available to

Merchants who are

matched with a Joomla!

user account. Other

registered users will not

be able to access this

page.

6. After a Merchant logs

in, he/she can list the

coupons in the deals that

he/she provide by

choosing a deal from the

drop down list. With this

list, they can check the

status of the coupon

presented to them.

They can then update

coupons' status by

entering the serial

number of coupon in the

search field and

press

. If

there are any errors

made while updating the

coupon (E.g. Update

wrong coupon), they can

press

to

make the coupons valid

for use.

Creating & Managing Categories

En Masse > Dash Board > Category

Different categories of deals are needed to organise the deals on your web and allow customers to find

the deals effectively. It can range from Food, Entertainment to Sports, Apparels and more. It is best to

keep the Categories as relevant as possible to give a good search result. You will assign a category to a

deal when you create the deal.

1. Click on the “Category

Management” icon from

the dashboard. You see

a list of the categories

which defines the types

of deals. To create a new

Category, simply click

on at the top

right hand corner. You

can choose to edit other

Categories by pressing

the name.

2. Enter the necessary

information of the

Category and

press to

complete the creation.

You will see a new

record in the list of

Category.

3. In the frontend, people

can see the new

Category in the drop

down list and search for

deals that are in this

Category. This bar will

appear on top of any list

of deals.

When

Salesperson/Administrat

or creates a deal, they

can assign the deal to a

Category via the

Category drop down list.

Manage deals from Different Locations

En Masse > Dash Board > Location

Your business can run in local region or international, therefore, you need to identify the area of location

that customer is currently at. The location box will appear as a pop up box everytime customers enter

your website for the first time. They select their location from the drop down list and the deals will

automatically be filtered to the location. This targets the deals at the right audiences and customers are

able to find deals that are in specific locations. E.g. North, South, East, West, Central, or by Cities in

various Countries. More functions will be developed in the upcoming versions.

1. Click on the “Location”

icon from the dashboard.

You see the list of the

Locations. To create a

new location, simply click

on at the top

right hand corner. You

can choose to edit other

Locations by pressing the

name.

2. Enter the necessary

information of the

Location and

press to

complete the creation.

You will see a new

record in the list of

Locations.

3. In the frontend, a

"Please Choose your

Location" box will appear

when customers visit the

web for the first time and

they can choose the

location to filter the deals

according to where they

are situated at, or they

can choose to skip this

step and populate all the

deals.

4. In the frontend,

customers can see the

Locations in the drop

down list and search for

deals that are in this

Location. This bar will

appear on top of any list

of deals.

When

Salesperson/Administrat

or creates a deal, they

can assign the deal to a

Location via the Location

drop down list.

How to configure the payment gateways for customers?

En Masse > Dash Board > Payment Gateway

To start accepting payments over the internet when user purchase the

coupons, you must first configure your Payment Gateway at the backend.

Users can choose their preferred Payment Gateway when they checkout

their shopping cart. En Masse can support multiple gateways (more option

in upcoming versions) and there are currently two methods of payment: By

Credit/Debit Card or Paypal and Cash/Bank Transfer. Please check if you can successfully

receive the payment as En Masse will not be responsible if any payment is lost. *Please note

that Paypal will not charge any transaction /refund fee if you refund to the customers, therefore

no costs will be incurred at all if you refund the customers

1. To configure, click

on “Payment

Gateway” icon at the

dashboard. You will

see a list of

supported payment

gateway in this

page. You can

choose to edit the

payment gateway by

pressing on the

name.

Credit/Debit Card or Paypal Option

2. For Credit/Debit

Card or Paypal

option, enter the

necessary fields:

merchant_email:

Merchant's email

address.

api_username:

Username of API (*)

signature: Paypal

Signature (*)

country_code: Your

country code

currency_code:

Currency Code that

you want to accept

(*) indicates that

information can be

obtained from

Paypal. An example

of the field is shown

in the image. All

credit/debit card and

paypal payments will

be handled by

Paypal, so if

customers choose

this option, they will

be redirected to

Paypal for payment.

Simply follow the

steps below to

obtain the

information from

Paypal.

3. Go

to Paypal.com and

login with your

Paypal account.

Your account must

be a Premiere or

Business account in

order to synchronize

your account for

your website

payment. (Look for

Paypal Express

Checkout)

4. After logging in,

click "Profile" under

the "My Account"

tab.

5. You will see four

major tabs in the

"My Profile" page.

Click on "My Selling

Preferences".

6. A list of options

will be populated

and under "API

Access", click

"Update".

7. Click "View API

Signature".

8. Your API

information will

appear on this page.

Copy down the API

Username and

Signature and fill

these information in

the respective fields.

(Refer to Point 2)

Cash/Bank Transfer Option

9. For Cash/Bank

Transfer option, you

will need to state

down the

instructions for them

to make payment.

For example, "Go to

your bank account

and transfer the

money to account

number:...., Payment

within 3 days." and

more. This message

will appear when

user press confirm

check out with this

payment option.

For this mode of

payment, order statu

s will be “Pending”

once the customer

makes the purchase.

Upon receipt of cash

from the customer,

administrators must

update the status of

the Order to “Paid”

under “Order

management” in the

backend.

How to manage your deals?

En Masse > Dash Board > Deal

After you have all your Saleperson and Merchant ready, you can start to

create deals. A deal is the selling of a particular type of coupon (E.g. 50%

off at Jack's Place) and it can be created by Administrator and Salesperson

only. Deals can be added from frontend (Salesperson) and backend

(Administrator). There are four status for a deal: Pending, On Sales,

Confirmed, Voided. Administrator can choose to publish (show) or unpublish (hide) a deal.

Please refer to the flow chart below on how you can manage the deals.

1. In Deal

Management page,

you can see the list

of Deals. To create

a new deal, simply

click on at

the top right hand

corner.

2. Frontend and

backend will

experience the

same format as

shown on the right.

Fill in the

necessary

information of the

deal in the

respective fields.

Enter the name of

the deal. For e.g.,

“50% off Merchant

ABC. Only $20 for

$45 worth of

coffee.”

Enter the

description of the

deal. This can be

background

information about

the merchant, the

location,

information about

the deal.

Enter a short

description of the

deal. It is

recommended to

be limited to 1 - 3

sentences of text

(no html) that

describes the deal.

Enter the original

price of the deal

(without discounts).

Enter the retail

price of the deal

(the selling price).

Upload the deal

image to display for

this deal.

Select the start and

end date of the

deal. This is the

validity from which

a user can buy the

deal.

Enter the minimum

quantity of the deal,

this is the minimum

number that must

be met before a

deal is confirmed.

Any number of

deals sold beyond

this will cause the

status of the deal to

become “cancelled”

at the expiry date.

At the “Merchant”

drop-down box,

select the merchant

associated with this

deal.

At the “Category”

drop-down box,

select the category

that this deal

belongs to.

At the “Location”

drop-down box,

select the location

of this deal.

At the “Sales

Person” drop-down

box, select the

sales-person who

brought in this deal.

3. Continue filling

up the information

and please take

extra care on the

terms & conditions.

You won't want any

misunderstandings

to happen with your

customers.

Enter any highlights

that you want, E.g.

The environment of

the restaurant is

almost like a 5 star

hotel.

Enter Terms and

Conditions that are

approved by

Merchant. E.g.

Valid only on

Weekdays and

Saturdays.

For backend

administrator, click

on to save

the deal. Deal will

be on sales

immediately if

added from

backend.

For frontend

Salesperson, click

on

to save the deal.

Deal will be in

pending mode if

added from

frontend. If deal is

in pending mode, it

will not be

displayed in the

frontend.

4. Administrator

can manage the

deals via the

following ways:

Approve the deals

that are in pending

mode. These are

deals added from

the frontend.

Confirm

the deals once

deals pass their

minimum quantity.

Void deals

that did not

manage to reach

minimum quantity,

or deal is off.

Publish or

unpublish a deal to

unhide/hide the

deal.

How to edit the Coupons?

En Masse > Dash Board > Coupon

Coupons will be issued to customers according to their orders via sending

of email. Customers will not receive their coupons when they checkout so

do put a reminder to inform them about this issue. These coupons will only

be issued to them when the deal is confirmed by the Administrator

(See Deal Management). This means that deal is on and customers can

print out the coupons that they received in email to claim their treats. All coupons will be marked

with a serial number for Merchants to track the coupons.

1. Click on the

“Coupon Editor” icon

from the dashboard.

You a list of fields

that the coupon

contains. These

fields are:

dealName: Name of

the Deal (E.g. 10%

off Ala Carte Dishes)

serial: Serial

number/Barcode to

identify the coupon

merchantName:

Merchants that offer

this deal (E.g. Jack's

Place Restaurant)

highlight: Highlights

of Deals previously

keyed into the deal

information

personName: Name

of coupon holder

(Must be specified

when customers

checkout

term: Terms &

Conditions of the

coupon previously

keyed into the deal

information (E.g. Not

valid during public

holidays and

weekends)

2. You will see a

preview image of the

coupon below the list

of fields. Area

specified in red dash

lines indicates the

area of the field. The

coupon will be built

on a background

image that you can

change on your own.

The position of serial

number cannot be

changed. More

functions will be

developed in the

upcoming versions.

3. To change the

positions of the

fields, press "Edit" on

the most right

column in the list of

field.

X: Move the area

left/right. Most left is

0, most right is about

600.

Y: Move the area

up/down. Most top is

0, most bottom is

about 350.

Width: Width of the

area.

Height: Height of the

area.

Font size: Size of the

words that will be

printed for that field.

Smallest Readable:

7, Biggest: 60~70.

Press to save

the changes and the

coupon preview will

be updated. However

this setting will not be

saved until you press

the again in

the main screen

(where the list and

preview coupon are).

4. You can choose to

upload any image for

the background of

the coupon. We

suggest you to plan

where you want to

place the fields in the

coupon when you

develop the image.

To upload the image,

press the "image.."

located on top of the

coupon preview.

Upload an image and

press select to

chooose the image.

The preview coupon

will not be updated

until you hit

the on the top

right corner.

Recommended tips

on the background

image:

File should be in

“png” format

File should have 300

dpi in resolution (to

enable the end user

to print it out) You

can change this in

photoshop properties

page.

File should be

5.76cm in width and

3.6cm in height

(About 630 x 390 px)

File should not be

too dark so that the

fields can be seen

when printed out. A

bad example is

shown on the right.

You may wish to

print the coupon by

pressing

.

5. A good example

will be the image

shown on the right.

We will develop a

font changing

function in the next

upcoming versions.

How to edit the Emails that are sent out to the customers?

En Masse > Dash Board > Email Template

There are four types of emails that will be sent out to customers at different

phase. Firstly, be it paid/unpaid, buyers will receive a receipt via email after

they have successfully made an order in the website with a type of payment

gateway. Secondly, they will receive an email informing them that deal is

confirmed when Administrator press "Confirm Deal" at Deal Management

page. Another batch of email containing the link to coupons will be sent to the delivery email

that buyer has specified in the order. It can be their friends or relatives and they can download

and print the coupons for use once they receive it. Lastly, when the Administrator has voided a

deal, an email will be sent to the buyers on the cancellation of the deal and refund procedures.

See Order Management for more information about what buyers will key in when they create an

order.

1. Click on the

“Email Template”

icon from the

dashboard. You a

see the four types of

email that you can

edit. You will not be

able to add or delete

any emails.

2. This receipt email

will only be sent to

buyer's email

address once they

checkout

successfully.

To edit, click on the

receipt under the

column "Name". All

tags will

automatically be

replaced by:

$buyerName:

Buyer’s name

$buyerEmail:

Buyer's email

$deliveryName:

Name of coupons

receiver

$devlieryEmail:

Email of coupons

receiver

$orderID: Order ID

generated by the

system

$dealNAme: Title of

the Deal

$totalPrice: Total

price of the order

$createdAt: Date of

order

3. This confirmation

email will only be

sent to buyer's email

address when deal

is in Confirmed

status. Immediate

emails will be sent

to buyer when

Administrator

confirms the deal, or

when buyers buy

the deal that is

already in confirmed

status.

To edit, click on the

confirm_deal_buyer

under the column

"Name". All tags will

automatically be

replaced by:

$buyerName:

Buyer’s name

$deliveryName:

Name of coupons

receiver

$devlieryEmail:

Email of coupons

receiver

$orderID: Order ID

generated by the

system

$dealNAme: Title of

the Deal

4. This email

containing the link to

coupons will only be

sent to coupons

receiver's email

address when deal

is in Confirmed

status. Immediate

emails will be sent

to buyer when

Administrator

confirms the deal, or

when buyers buy

the deal that is

already in confirmed

status. See Order

Management about

the difference

between Receiver

and Buyers.

To edit, click on the

confirm_deal_receiv

er under the column

"Name".

All tags will

automatically be

replaced by:

$buyerName:

Buyer’s name

$deliveryName:

Name of coupons

receiver

$orderID: Order ID

generated by the

system

$dealNAme: Title of

the Deal

$deliveryMsg:

Message typed by

buyer when he/she

creates the order

$linkToCoupon: Link

to get the coupon

images if the image

does not load.

Do write down other

information such as

instructions on how

to use the coupons

and more.

5. This cancellation

email will

immediately be sent

to buyer's email

address when

Administrator voids

a deal.

To edit, click on the

void_deal under the

column "Name". All

tags will

automatically be

replaced by:

$buyerName:

Buyer’s name

$orderID: Order ID

generated by the

system

$dealNAme: Title of

the Deal

$refundAmt: Amount

to be refunded to

the buyer

Also include the

refund procedures

to inform customers

how you will refund

the money to them.

How to place and manage your orders?

En Masse > Dash Board > Order

You will need to know how customers create an order in the frontend and

how to manage the orders at the backend. There are five status for an

order: Pending, Paid, Unpaid, Delivered and Refunded. Please refer to the

chart below to learn more about the change of status of an order. More

functions and improvements will be made in the upcoming versions so stay

tune.

Frontend

1. Customers can add

deal to their cart by

pressing the "BUY"

button. The cart can

contain 1 deal only.

(Improvements will be

made in upcoming

versions) 1 Quantity of

the deal will be added

to the cart and they can

proceed to check out.

2. They will be rediect

to this page upon

pressing the "BUY"

button. This is the

shopping cart. Name,

price and quantity of the

deal will be shown

inside the cart and user

can choose to change

the quantity. They can

press to

update the

quantity,

to empty cart to delete

the deal in cart,

or to

proceed to check out.

3. Buyers must login in

order to checkout. If

they are not logged in,

they will be redirected

to the login page. They

will be redirected to

check out page after

logging in.

If buyers are logged in,

they will be redirected

to the check out page

straight away. This

page will show what is

in the cart and below

the cart will be the

image shown on the

right. Buyers need to

key in the name and

email of the person who

will receive the coupons

and choose the method

of payment.

Take note that the

receiver's name will be

verfied by the merchant

and the name must

match his/her personal

identification card. If

---

buyer wishes to receive

the coupons himself, he

can enter his own

particulars.

There are two methods

of payment:

PayPal/Credit/Debit

Card and Cash/Bank

Transfer.

After keying the

information,

press

to

check out and a receipt

will be emailed to

buyer's email.

4. If customers choose

PayPal checkout, a

message "You will be

redirected to Paypal in

a moment. Please

wait..." will appear at

the top of the page and

they will be redirected

to Paypal paying page.

They can pay by their

credit/debit card by

pressing "Continue"

under "Don't have a

PayPal account?" or

login to their PayPal

---

account on the right.

5. They will be

prompted to key in their

credit/debit card

information if they

select "Continue" under

"Don't have a PayPal

account?". If they

change their mind, they

can use the login box

on the right to login their

PayPal account to

make payment.

After making payment,

a confirmation email will

be sent by PayPal to

inform them payment is

successful. Buyers will

be redirected back to

the deals website to

continue shopping.

If they skip the payment

procedure, the order will

be automatically

marked as Unpaid. If

payment is successful,

order will be

automatically marked

as Paid.

6. If buyers pay by

Cash/Bank Transfer,

they will be redirected

to this page after

pressing

.

This page will give

instructions on how to

make payment via

Cash/Bank Transfer, for

example, state the bank

account number, email

them the receipt and

more.

Backend

1. In Order

Management page, you

can see the list of

Orders that are created

by customers. You can

use the Status drop

down list to filter the

orders according to

their Status, or search

for the Orders via the

Deal Name.

2. To edit an order, click

on the ID of the Order in

the list. You can only

update the status of the

order or add comment

to the order.

3. If order is confirmed,

a link to the coupons

will be sent to receiver's

email stated in the order

and the order status will

be automatically

marked as Delivered.

If order is voided, an

email will be sent to

buyer's email stating

the refund procedures.

Once administrator has

manually refunded the

money to the buyers,

the status of the orders

has to be manually

updated to Refunded.

Sales Reporting

En Masse > Dash Board > Report

To evaluate what kind of deals generate the most sales, you can download

a sales report containing all the sales in a deal. It is necessary for the

growth of the company.

1. Click on the

“Report” icon

from the

dashboard.

Choose a deal

from the drop

down list or

search for a deal.

The orders

(sales) under this

deal will be

populated in the

list. To export the

results, simply

click

on

at

the bottom left

corner. This will

export the sales

results to an

excel sheet.

2. A popup will

be prompted to

ask you to open

or save the excel

file. Choose your

selection and

press "OK".

3. The excel

sheet will

download/open

and will look like

this.

Creating RSS & Menu Items

After doing all the preparations, you will need to create the menu item for users to navigate to

the respective page. Also, you will want your users to easily see the website's RSS (Real

Simple Syndication) feed. Read more from RSS Wiki. It is simple to create menu items and also

RSS feed.

Creating Menu Items

1. Under Menu > Main Menu (or

any menu that you want to put

the menu items to), click

on to create a new menu

item. You will see the different

types of menu items you can

create. Click on En Masse and

the list of En Masse menu items

will be populated. There are 7

types of menu items you can

create.

2. Firstly, List of Deal lists down

all the deals in your website.

Customers can filter or search the

list by Deal Name, Loation,

Category and even sort by deal

name, end date and price. You

will not need to specify anything

for this menu item, except for the

title.

3. Next, it is the Deal of the Day.

4. Next, the Upcoming Deal lists

down all the deals that have not

yet started (Start date is bigger

than today's date). You do not

need to specify anything when

creating the menu item, except

for the title.

5. Next, the List of Expired Deals

will list down all the deals that

have expired. (End date lesser

than today's date). You do not

need to specify anything when

creating the menu item, except

for the title.

6. Merchant menu item allows

merchant to check or update the

status of the coupons. It will be a

restricted zone to registered

Merchants only. Remember to

change the access level to

registered only when you are

creating the menu item. System

will auto identify if user is a

Merchant.

7. My Orders menu item allows

customers to login and check

their orders and status. They can

view comments that are written

down by the Adminsitrator too.

Remember to change the access

level to registered only when you

are creating the menu item.

System will identify if user is not a

normal user.

8. For the My Sales menu item,

Salesperson can use this menu

item to access the sales that they

have put up and add new deals

from the frontend. It will be a

restricted zone for registered

Salesperson only, therefore,

remember to change the access

level to registered only when you

are creating the menu item.

System will auto identify if user is

a Merchant.

RSS Feeds

1. Under Menu > Main Menu (or

any menu that you want to place

the RSS feed to), click on

to create a new menu item. You

will see the different types of

menu items you can create. Click

on "External Link".

2. In the menu item creation

page, insert the link:

components/com_enmasse/views

/rss/today. This will link the menu

item to the RSS Feed for your

website.

Creating Deal Side and Summarised Shopping Cart

Currently, En Masse has incorporated two modules in the

component: Deal Side and Summarized Shopping Cart

It is easy to create a deal side to feature a particular deal and

a summarised shopping cart in selective pages of the

webpage. Having the purpose to drive the sales for that deal,

customers can easily gain access to popular deals with the

deal side module. They can also have quick access to their

shopping cart with the Summarized shopping cart module .

You do not need to download a seperate file for this module

as it is already incorporated in the component itself.

1. Click on the

“Module

Management”

under

Extensions.

You will see all

the modules

that are

currently in the

website. To

create the side

module, simply

click on

at the top right

hand corner.

2. Select

EnMasse Deal

Side or

EnMasse

Summarized

Shopping

Cart.

3. This applies

for both

modules.

Enter the title,

and choose the

position that

you want to

place the

modules at. It

is

recommended

to place it at

the right side of

the page. You

might also

want to choose

the pages

under Menu

Selection on

which page will

this module

appear.

4. For Deal

Side Module,

enter the Deal

ID you want to

show in the

module. You

can obtain the

Deal ID from

Deal

Management

Listing Page.

Press to

save the

module.

Integration with ACYMailing Starter

Start integrating En Masse with ACYMailing component now! Follow the steps below to

subscribe users to your mailing lists (newsletters) through the email pop up prompt when users

visit your website. If you have not purchase your ACYMailing component, do it now by clicking

here!

Please note that ACYMailing Enterprise and Starter have different features and accessibilities,

that is why we have two different methods for integration with ACYMailing Component.

Install & Configure ACYMailing Enterprise

1. The first two

things you need are

En Masse Version

1.5 and ACYMailing

Enterprise version.

Have them installed

to your backend. You

may refer to En

Masse Installation,

the same steps

applies to

ACYMailing

component.

2. After you have

successfully installed

ACYMailing and En

Masse 1.5, go to En

Masse > Location

Management page.

Add a new Location.

This will create a

new ACYMailing

Lists in order to cater

to deals and users

from this location.

3. Go to ACYMailing

> Lists and you will

see that a new list is

added according to

the new location you

have just created.

Things to note:

Prefix - "EnMasse –

(Location Name)"

Update - When you

update the location

name in En Masse >

Location

Management, the

respective list in

ACYMailing will be

updated

automatically.

Delete - When you

delete the location in

En Masse > Location

Management, the

respective list in

ACYMailing will not

be deleted and you

will need to delete it

manually.

Important - Do not

change the name of

the list in ACYMailing

List as it will break

the linkage between

both components

Create ACYMailing Module

4. Next, you will have

to create a module

that user will see

when the home page

loads.

Go to Modules and

press Create New.

Select AcyMailing

Module from the

module type.

5. Enter the

necessary

information like Title

etc, and type the

exact information for

the following fields:

Module Position: No

Position

Displayed Fields:

Name, Email,

Location

Hit Save to save this

new module. *Take

note of the Module

ID as we need it

later*

Linking En Masse with ACYMailing Class

6. Go

to Components >

En Masse >

Settings

Under Set up

Location &

Subscription page,

select acyenterprise

from the drop down

list and hit Save to

save the settings.

Create a hidden menu & module to display Subscription popup

7. Create a new

menu by going Menu

> Menu Manager >

New. Name this new

menu as Hidden

Menu.

Create a new

module by going

Modules > New.

Select menu as the

module type and

name this new

module as Hidden

Menu. Do not assign

any position for this

module.

8. Next, go back to

Menu > Hidden

Menu.

Create a new menu

item under this

Hidden Menu. Select

En Masse >

Subscription Page as

the menu type and

enter the necessary

fields. Under Basic

Parameters >

Acymailing Module

ID, enter the

ACYmailing Module

ID that you have

created above.

Hit Save after done.

Set this new menu

item as Home after

saving it. (Press on

the Star)

Results

9. Make sure you

have added some

locations in En

Masse > Location

Management.

You will see the

subscription module

appear when you

load your home

page. Users can

enter their email and

they will be

subscribed to the

newsletter/mailing

lists upon pressing

Submit your location

button.

You can see the

subscribers at the

backend of

ACYMailing

component.

Integration with ACYMailing Enterprise

Start integrating En Masse with ACYMailing component now! Follow the steps below to

subscribe users to your mailing lists (newsletters) through the email pop up prompt when users

visit your website. If you have not purchase your ACYMailing component, do it now by clicking

here!

Please note that ACYMailing Enterprise and Starter have different features and accessibilities,

that is why we have two different methods for integration with ACYMailing Component.

Install & Configure ACYMailing Enterprise

1. The first two

things you need are

En Masse Version

1.5 and ACYMailing

Enterprise version.

Have them installed

to your backend. You

may refer to En

Masse Installation,

the same steps

applies to

ACYMailing

component.

2. After you have

successfully installed

ACYMailing and En

Masse 1.5, go to

Components >

ACYMailing >

Configuration page.

You will see the

different settings that

you can change for

your ACYMailing.

Under Mail

Configuration >

Custom Fields, click

on New Field.

3. Enter the exact

information below

amd hit

Lable : location

Column name :

location

Field type : Single

dropdown

Create ACYMailing Module

4. Next, you will have

to create a module

that user will see

when the home page

loads.

Go to Modules and

press Create New.

Select AcyMailing

Module from the

module type.

5. Enter the

necessary

information like Title

etc, and type the

exact information for

the following fields:

Module Position: No

Position

Displayed Fields:

Name, Email,

Location

Hit Save to save this

new module. *Take

note of the Module

ID as we need it

later*

Linking En Masse with ACYMailing Class

6. Go

to Components >

En Masse >

Settings

Under Set up

Location &

Subscription page,

select acyenterprise

from the drop down

list and hit Save to

save the settings.

Create a hidden menu & module to display Subscription popup

7. Create a new

menu by going Menu

> Menu Manager >

New. Name this new

menu as Hidden

Menu.

Create a new

module by going

Modules > New.

Select menu as the

module type and

name this new

module as Hidden

Menu. Do not assign

any position for this

module.

8. Next, go back to

Menu > Hidden

Menu.

Create a new menu

item under this

Hidden Menu. Select

En Masse >

Subscription Page as

the menu type and

enter the necessary

fields. Under Basic

Parameters >

Acymailing Module

ID, enter the

ACYmailing Module

ID that you have

created above.

Hit Save after done.

Set this new menu

item as Home after

saving it. (Press on

the Star)

Results

9. Make sure you

have added some

locations in En

Masse > Location

Management.

You will see the

subscription module

appear when you

load your home

page. Users can

enter their email and

they will be

subscribed to the

newsletter/mailing

lists upon pressing

Submit your location

button.

You can see the

subscribers at the

backend of

ACYMailing

component.