Tutorials

How to use the custom widgets in MyRestaurantTheme

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MyRestaurantTheme comes with a barrage of custom built WordPress widgets, which can make your restaurant site more useful, attractive, and engaging.

This page contains tutorials on all of the widgets you can use after enabling MyRestaurantTheme on your WordPress installation.

As you’ll know, widgets can be added to any of the widgetized areas on your website. Some need a bit of configuration, so it’s a good idea to watch the relevant tutorials.

This page contains videos on using all of the custom widgets built into MyRestaurantTheme, feel free to scroll down and watch the ones you need.

Using the upsell and related items areas

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MyRestaurantTheme includes 2 similar, yet different areas to get your customers buying ordering more things. The reason these 2 areas are similar, is that they show 3 extra items to you customers.

The upsell area, which appears on the checkout page, right before your customers finalize their orders. Of course, the upsell area will only appear if you are using MyRestaurantTheme’s online ordering system, and get’s it’s randomized food items from any single food category you specify.

The related items area, which appears on every single food item page. It gets it’s randomized food items from the same category the page being viewed is in, so the related items area works automatically.

Online ordering system setup

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Once you start using MyRestaurantTheme, you’ll be able to use the built-in online ordering system on your restaurant site.

This lengthy tutorial will show you how to set up online ordering on your restaurant website, the things you’ll need to configure, and what you need to look out for.

Once you set everything up, you’ll also be able to accept bank cards via PayPal, and your customers will be able to order take-away or home delivery as well.

If you are planning on using the online ordering and delivery system on your WordPress/MyRestaurantTheme website, make sure you watch this tutorial and follow the instructions carefuly.

OpenTable integration tutorial

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MyRestaurantTheme has 2 ways for you to integrate the OpenTable reservation system into your website. You can add an OpenTable widget either to your site’s widgetized areas, or directly into your content areas.

If you use OpenTable, and want to keep on using it rather than using MyRestaurantTheme’s built in table reservation system, you’ll want to watch this tutorial.

If you don’t use the OpenTable service, you can skip this tutorial altogether, as it won’t be relevant to your website.

Using the coupon system, adding coupons

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Once you enable your MyRestaurantTheme powered site’s coupon system, you’ll be able to offer coupons to your website visitors.

This tutorial will show you how to configure your coupons page, how to add individual coupons, and also a neat marketing trick for creating a sense of urgency in your website visitors.

The Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus sharing links are added automatically to each of your restaurant’s coupons, so you don’t have to worry about those.