WooCommerce

Table of Contents

  1. Step 1: Configure Your Account
  2. Step 2: Download & Install the Plugin
  3. Step 3: Connect to FinerWorks
  4. Importing Products / Syncing Virtual Inventory
    • Option A: Using the Plugin
    • Option B: Using WC Products Manager:
  5. Sending Orders to FinerWorks
    • Option A: Using the Plugin
      • Manual Export
      • Auto Export
    • Option B: Using the Order Fulfillment App
  6. FAQs

Step 1: Configure Your Account

Login to your FinerWorks account, go to the Order Fulfillment App in your account menu.

Launch the wizard to complete the necessary steps, including business and billing information. More information can also be found here.

Step 2: Download & Install the Plugin

Make sure you have WordPress and WooCommerce installed on your website. If you’re not sure, check with your hosting provider or consult the WordPress Guide and WooCommerce Docs. Click the download button below to download the plugin zip file.

Download Plugin
In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New.
Click Upload Plugin.
Choose the FinerWorks plugin ZIP file.
Activate the plugin.

Step 3: Connect to FinerWorks

Login  to your FinerWorks account and in a new tab, go to the following link: https://finerworks.com/myaccount/MyWebApi.aspx
Click New App to generate your App Key.
From within the WordPress dashboard, go to the FinerWorks Media. Enter the Web Api Key and App Key in the designated fields and click Save to store your credentials.
Click Test Credentials to verify the connection. If the test is successful, your WooCommerce store is now connected to FinerWorks and ready to send orders!
Important: The field Test Mode by default will be set to “Yes”. Set it to “No” when you are ready to go live; otherwise, any orders set to FinerWorks will not be received.
You can set a preferred shipping method. When you use this, Auto Export orders will try to be shipped to your customer by the method you choose. Note, this is not guaranteed, but we will do our best to accommodate your preference.

Importing Products / Syncing Virtual Inventory

For the most hands-off approach when it comes to having your orders automatically processed, or even simply fetching your WooCommerce orders via the Order Fulfillment App, you sync your Virtual Inventory to your WooCommerce store.

Option A: Using the Plugin:

In your WordPress admin menu, go to  FinerWorks Media > Import Products.
Click the Import Products button.

Option B: Using the WC Products Manager:

In your WordPress admin menu, go to  Products.
Click the Import FinerWorks Products button.

Sending Orders to FinerWorks

Option A: Using the Plugin

If you know your products do not change frequently (image, size, media, etc) and are correctly imported and synced with your FinerWorks virtual inventory. For instance, if you are an artist, selling prints of your artwork in set sizes and options, then it makes more sense to create Virtual Inventory, sync them in your WooCommerce store as products. This way, when you send the order to FinerWorks, we already have all the details (image file to print, print specs, etc).

How to Manually Export Orders
From within the FinerWorks Media Menu > Export Orders.
Select the data range or status, or both, and click the Export Orders button.
How to Use Auto Exporting
Go to FinerWorks Media Menu > Import / Export Scheduler.
Configure your auto-export options.

Option B: Using the Order Fulfillment App

If product specifics frequently change, such as an image to be printed, as in custom-made art or photos that need to be attached to the order. For instance, if you are an individual who creates custom pet portraits, it may be impractical to develop virtual inventory and sync it with your products after the customer has placed the order. In that case, use our Order Fulfillment App to import your WooCommerce order and add the custom-made art to the order.

FAQs

Uploading Files

It will be up to you to select a print size that compliments your image’s current aspect ratio. If your image file does not quite match those dimensions, it will be cropped to accommodate the print size selected. This can result in part of your image file being cropped. Be sure you pay attention to the real-time preview when you setup your print. If any part of it looks cropped, then you may need to choose a different size print or adjust your image file to fit accordingly.

In most cases if you do not see any sort of upload tool it is because either Flash is not running in your browser and HTML 5 is not supported. This is usually fixed by updating your web browser. If you do see an uploading interface but nothing happens when clicking the “add files” or “upload” button, this is also usually fixed by updating your web browser. Read more

Category: Uploading Files

Sometimes when you upload a very high resolution file, it’s possible the preview will come out blurry. This happens because we are using a smaller embedded thumbnail data within your image file rather than generating a preview from your high resolution file. It’s done as a fallback method if it appears generating the preview from the high resolution file will take too long.

Fortunately your high resolution file will remain intact since we need that to produce your print.

Best print quality is between 200-300 dpi.

Category: Uploading Files

Rasterized PNG, JPG or TIFF files are necessary. If you file is a PDF or vector file (such as Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator), please convert it. You will need to make these changes before submitting these files for accurate color when printed due to different CMYK and RGB outputs. For instance, many programs like Adobe Illustrator will default to a CMYK color space. It’s relatively easy to change it to RGB, so make sure you do so before saving a jpg or tiff version of your file.

Category: Uploading Files

Because the file is so large, generating a thumbnail would be time consuming for our servers. To speed things up, we generate a thumbnail from the embedded thumbnail image. This won’t affect or be used for printing. We always print the original file that was uploaded. It’s just used as a preview.

Category: Uploading Files

Absolutely not. We prefer you upload your file before it is enlarged. Not to say you cannot do this but to do so might result in a poorer quality print than you would have wanted. This is because when you enlarge a digital image, you are adding pixels that were never there. Our software will try to guess what those pixels will look like and the more guessing it has to do, the more pixelated the image becomes. The reason we prefer you not to do this yourself is so we can warn you if we think the file is too small for the size you selected.

Category: Uploading Files

Your images should be in RGB mode. Images in CMYK color mode are more likely to experience noticeable color shifts which may result in a muted or washed out looking print.

Preferred digital file formats include JPG, PNG, BMP and TIFF.  240MB is the max file size accepted (depending on site traffic).

Yes, if the image was saved in your Inventory Files. From there you will find under each image of the file you will find a “Create Download Link” for a small fee of $1.50 USD.

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As an on-demand printer, we must adhere to the same regulations and standards that anyone else does. To learn more about protecting your intellectual property, take time to read over one of our recent blogs here.

Only lower resolution web versions of the images are shown. These contain a watermark which provides some protection. If you are too worried that people will copy your web viewable images, we recommend not participating in the gallery experience.

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