Rondout Mercantile Dry goods & tailoring, est. 1912 (000) 000-0000 Book a fitting

For the owner

How the owner updates this site

A Complete Presence site comes with a CMS (content management system), a simple dashboard for updating the site, with 2 collections. This shop has three: New Arrivals and Workshops & Events are included, and the Journal was added as a third. The shop signs in, picks what to change, and publishes. No code and no waiting on a developer.

Below is a working demo of that dashboard, built for this sample. Only one item opens in it: Washed Normandy linen, under New Arrivals. Change its words, photo or price, then press Publish. The other sections and items are there to show the layout, and nothing saves. Further down, try the Closed today switch for snow days and holidays.

Demo

Editing a New Arrival: Washed Normandy linen. Change the words, the photo or the price, then press Publish.

Rondout Mercantile · Content Demo: nothing saves

New Arrivals

  • A rust cotton romper with crossed straps hanging on a white radiator below a framed print Organic cotton rompersArriving soon · $42
  • Bolts of linen and other cloth on wooden shelves in a fabric shop Washed Normandy linenIn store · $34Open in this demo
  • A bar of handmade soap tied with string beside a second bar Oat and lavender soapIn store · $12
  • Three old wooden spools of cream cotton thread on a worn wooden shelf Cotton thread from LyonIn store · $6
  • Dried chamomile flowers and loose herbal tea spilling from a white bowl beside a wooden spoon Chamomile and lemon balmIn store · $9
  • Cones of wool yarn in rust, teal and slate Catskill wool yarnLast few · $18
  • Steel shears and scissors of several sizes laid out with spools of thread on a dark wooden table Dressmaker’s shears from ThiersIn store · $78

Washed Normandy linen

Unpublished changes
Photo
Bolts of linen and other cloth on wooden shelves in a fabric shop

normandy-linen.jpg
Drag a new photo here, or

Any size works. The site makes the small and large versions for you.

A demo built for this sample site. The real dashboard looks much like this and works on a phone too.

Demo

Snow day? Flip Closed today and the whole site says so. It switches itself off at midnight.

Rondout Mercantile · Hours & contact Demo: nothing saves

Closed today

For snow days, a sick day or a family event.

Holiday hours
  • ThanksgivingThu, Nov 26Closed
  • Day after ThanksgivingFri, Nov 279am to 6pm
  • Christmas EveThu, Dec 2410am to 2pm
  • Christmas DayFri, Dec 25Closed
  • New Year’s EveThu, Dec 3110am to 3pm
  • New Year’s DayFri, Jan 1Closed
Past dates drop off by themselves. Each one shows on the Visit page and as a notice across the site the week before.

Reminder: Google shows its own hours in Maps and search. After you change hours here, update them on your Google Business Profile (opens in a new tab) too.

What visitors see

No notice today. The site shows one only for a closing or holiday hours this week.

The notice at the top of every page

A stack of folded hand-knit wool blankets in rust, cream, oatmeal and blue

The open-now sign on the home page photo

Adding a new arrival takes about two minutes

See this item on the site

  1. 01

    Sign in

    From any computer or phone, with your own email and password.

  2. 02

    Pick a collection

    New Arrivals, Workshops & Events, or the Journal. Or a page, like the hours or the story.

  3. 03

    Write and add a photo

    Type in plain words. Drop in a photo from your phone. The site resizes it.

  4. 04

    Publish

    The change is live on the site in a minute or two. The new item shows on its department page, the New Arrivals page and the home page by itself.

Without calling anyone

New Arrivals
Title, photo, price, department, status (In store, Last few, Arriving soon) and description.
Workshops
Date, time, price, seats left, what to bring, and the description. Past dates drop off.
Journal
An added third collection. Short notes with a photo, a date and who wrote them.
Pages
The words and photos on every page, the opening hours, and the phone number.
Left to us
New page designs, new features, and anything that changes how the site works.

Hear when new cloth comes in.

One short email when something good arrives, and the workshop dates. About twice a month.

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