24pin.tech

Introduction

24Pin.Tech is our main landing page for customers and the general public, built using the WordPress block editor and Elementor elements. It is important that this aspect of our public image is kept up to date with the latest information concerning events in 24PinTech such as SkillsUSA, Awards we win, and other honorable mentions of our technicians. Our staff pages and training pages are also housed on the site under a password protected form, any information that is fed down through the manager of the techs must be put onto their respective pages.

Logging In

To log into 24Pin.Tech you have to use a custom url instead of the default /wp-admin redirect with WordPress. This custom URL is located on the secret sauce.

Home Page

The home page consists of three major sections

• Service/HESK section
• Hall of Fame/Social Media Section and
• Technician/Training section

Service/HESK Section

This section is the first section you are greeted with when you first navigate to 24pin.tech, there isn't much to be managed about this section except for the " Submit a Service Request " button. It is important to remove the button and replace it with a countdown or message indicating when we are closed so customers don't put in work tickets while we cannot work on devices. If there is any event or inconvenience that customers need to know about it would be fitting to have an alert in this section.

Social Section

The social section is everything between the Hall of Fame block all the way down to the testimonials section. The information and news here is strictly for the customers and geared toward customers to interact with and lead to further engagement off the site, whether it be through more trust in our repairs or follows on our Instagram or TikTok. A good majority of this section goes mainly untouched as the social media aspect manages itself through the Smash Balloon Instagram Feed plugin and the information about us such as "Who Are We?" section and our repair statistics stay consistent throughout the years. However, keeping the testimonials fresh with feedback from customers gives off a sense of general popularity and known trust sources can advocate for us through their students, be consistent with any significant comments we may receive as a business and keep the testimonial section updated.

Smash Balloon Instagram Feed

The plugin we use to display and keep our Instagram feed updated as we post is called Smash Balloon Instagram Feed, or as it will appear in the WordPress dashboard Instagram Feed. The way the plugin works is through adding a html embed code generated through the plugin to a regular WordPress block to display your feed as you set it to be in the plugin menu.

The admin menu for the plugin

Through the menu it is easy to see the general overview of the feeds that you have generated onto the site, how many times they are displayed onto your site, and what the name of the feeds are; for example our Instagram feed name is our handle 24Pin.Tech. If you ever need to reapply a feed to the site you can copy the embed code from the Shortcode section to your clipboard and copy it to the Wordpress block of your choice; adding copies of the feed to the site adds more places to the Instances section where you can view where these feeds are displayed from the admin menu. If you need to quickly edit, duplicate, or delete the feed you can use the 3 buttons under the Actions tab or click the name of the feed to instead go to a more detailed overview of how the feed appears through the embed.

Adding a feed

To add another feed to be used on the site you have to navigate to the Add New section on the admin menu, located next to the All fields title in orange. The process to add another feed is easy and can be boiled down to 3 easy steps that the plugin walks you through

1. Select a source If you already have a source that you want to pull from again in a different style it will appear on the page for you to create a new feed through, if not select Add New
2. Select Account Type The 24Pin.Tech Instagram is displayed through the Personal type, however the only difference between Personal and Business is a slight ease of access when it comes to displaying headers and bios automatically when selecting Business, which you can easily do manually on the Personal selection
3. Log In