Independent Bookstore Day 2025

The note ‘IBD exclusive products will be available to order on April 26th, 2025’ will display until the date and time set by the store.  On April 26th, this will be replaced with the Add to Cart button.

In many cases, your store might not carry all of the Indie Bookstore Day exclusive products.  For items that the store is not selling, you can simply unpublish the product, which will make it unavailable to customers.  To unpublish the product:

This will unpublish the product and not make it visible to customers or available for purchase on your website.  Unpublished content will usually have a pink background to denote that it is not accessible to customers.  You may still carry the item at the store but this gives you the option to quickly remove it from your website for purchase.

When logged in as an admin and looking at the Independent Bookstore Day page, click ‘Edit’.  

 

This will bring up the editing options for the piece of content.  In the WYSIWYG toolbar, click the Image button icon in the editing toolbar (7th icon in from right - top row).  We have more on uploading Images at our Help Center as well.

 

1. Select ‘Browse Server’
2. Select the file
   1. From the image list if it was previously uploaded
   2. Or select ‘Upload’ in the ‘File Browser’ window
   3. Select ‘Browse’ or ‘Choose File’
   4. Locate the file on your local drive, select it, click ‘Open’
   5. Select ‘Upload’ 
3. Double click the ‘File’
4. To ensure the image is responsive, remove the width and height
5. Add alternative text for accessibility

To Rearrange Titles on the List

You can edit the booklist and rearrange the products as well!  When on the Indie Bookstore Day landing page, click ‘Edit’ and scroll down to the ‘Books’ section.

On the left hand side are square arrows with four points, which can be used to re-order the products.  Click on the arrow and drag the Indie Bookstore Day products into the desired order and then ‘Save’ the changes at the bottom.

Important note: if you previously unpublished an item, it may still appear on the booklist here when logged in as an Admin.  

To remove unpublished products from the booklist:

1. On the Indie Bookstore Day landing page (‘Independent Bookstore Day’), click ‘Edit’
2. Scroll down to the ‘Books’ section
3. For any product that’s unpublished, click the ‘Remove’ button
4. Save changes

Step 4: Place Indie Bookstore Day Block

To place the Indie Bookstore Day block:

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks
2. Under the ‘Disabled’ section, look for ‘Independent Bookstore Day Block’
3. Use the drop-down menu in the Region column, select the region you’d like to place the block.
4. Scroll down to save the configuration.

To create a new block:

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks > Add Block
2. Block Title: This text will be as the header on your block. If you do not wish for a title to be displayed you may leave it blank on your published page.  You can also place <none> (including the brackets) in this field to keep it blank.
3. Block Description: Required; this is used to describe your block on the ‘Blocks’ administration page. It should be clear and easy to identify its content.
4. Body: Use the built-in WYSIWYG editor to add text, images, links, and any type of content you would like to create.  Here is where you can add a graphic or image of your choice!
5. In the editor, there is an icon that looks like a picture, click on it to open up a second window for image management:
   1. Select ‘Browse Server’ and then select the file
   2. Select ‘Browse’ or ‘Choose File’
   3. Locate the file on your local drive, select it, click ‘Open’, and then select ‘Upload’ 
   4. Double click the ‘File’, enter your ‘Image Properties’ as desired.  Please add alternative text for accessibility and remove the image width and height to keep it responsive.
   5. Lastly, click ‘Insert image’ to place the image in the body.
   6. Link tab - This block should link to the IBD page on your site.
   7. URL - Enter a URL in this field to send visitors to the location when they click on the image.  As this will point to an internal page, you can use the relative path for the URL.  This can be found after the ‘.com’ part of the URL for the Independent Bookstore Page page specifically:  Example: www.yourbookstore.com/independent-bookstore-day
   8. Target - Select the link target from the options provided.
6. Visibility Settings: There are a few ways in which you can adjust the visibility settings of a block:
   1. Pages: You can determine which pages a block appears on. In this case, you may want to limit this block to the front page.  To do this, select ‘Only the listed pages’ and enter <front> (including the brackets) into the text field at the bottom.
7. Save Block: Once you have completed creating your block make sure to ‘Save’ it.

Theme Regions

 

Step 5: Not Selling Until Specific Date or Time?