Managing Flyers

Flyers allow you to create professional promotional materials for your pets, events, and shelter campaigns. With an intuitive drag-and-drop editor, you can design eye-catching flyers without any design experience.

Why Use Flyers?

• Increase Adoptions: Create appealing flyers featuring available pets to share on social media or print for display
• Promote Events: Design flyers for adoption events, fundraisers, and volunteer drives
• Save Time: Use pre-designed templates or organization templates when available
• Professional Results: Generate high-quality materials that reflect well on your organization

Accessing Flyers

1. Navigate to More from the main menu
2. Click on Flyers to access the flyer management area

Understanding the Flyers List

The flyers page displays all your created flyers in a grid layout, showing:

• Thumbnail preview of the flyer design
• Flyer name
• Creation date
• Quick actions accessible via the menu button on each flyer

Available Actions

Creating a New Flyer

1. Click the Create Flyer button to view available templates
2. Choose from:
   • Blank Template: Start with an empty canvas
   • System Templates: Pre-designed templates for common use cases
   • Organization Templates: reusable templates already available to your organization

Managing Existing Flyers

For each flyer in your list, you can:

• View: Click on any flyer to open it in preview mode
• Edit: Access the editor to make changes
• Duplicate: Create a copy to use as a starting point for a new flyer
• Delete: Remove flyers you no longer need

Bulk Operations

1. Click the Select button to enter selection mode
2. Click on flyers to select them (selected flyers show a blue border)
3. Use Select All to choose all flyers at once
4. Click Delete to remove multiple flyers at once
5. Click Cancel to exit selection mode

Flyer Templates

Templates help you create consistent, professional flyers quickly:

System Templates

Pre-designed templates for common needs include:

• Pet adoption flyers
• Event announcements
• Volunteer recruitment
• Foster home appeals
• Donation campaigns

Custom Templates

If your organization has custom flyer templates, they appear on the templates page alongside system templates. Selecting one creates a new editable flyer from that template.

Template Management

From the templates page, you can:

• Rename custom templates to organize them better
• Duplicate a template into a new flyer
• Delete templates you no longer need

Viewing and Sharing Flyers

Preview Mode

Click on any flyer from the list to open it in preview mode, where you can:

• View the full-size flyer
• Print directly from your browser
• Download the flyer as a PDF or HTML file
• Navigate to the editor with the Edit button

Printing Flyers

1. Open the flyer in preview mode
2. Click the Print button
3. Your browser's print dialog will open
4. The flyer is optimized for standard 8.5" x 11" paper

Sharing Options

While viewing a flyer, you can:

• Use your browser's print-to-PDF feature to save as a PDF
• Take a screenshot to share on social media
• Use the Download menu to export PDF or HTML

Best Practices

Design Tips

• Keep text concise and easy to read
• Use high-quality images of your pets
• Include clear contact information
• Add QR codes for easy digital access to adoption forms
• Use consistent branding across all flyers

Organization

• Use descriptive names for your flyers
• Delete outdated flyers to keep your list manageable
• Duplicate successful flyers as starting points for new ones

Common Use Cases

Pet Adoption Flyers

Create individual or group flyers featuring:

• Pet photos and names
• Key characteristics and personality traits
• Adoption requirements
• Contact information and QR codes

Event Promotion

Design flyers for:

• Adoption events with date, time, and location
• Fundraising campaigns with donation information
• Volunteer recruitment drives
• Educational workshops

Foster Appeals

Create compelling flyers to:

• Recruit new foster families
• Highlight specific pets needing foster care
• Explain your foster program
• Include application QR codes

Digital Sharing

Flyers use a standard letter-size canvas. For digital sharing, export a PDF, export HTML, or capture an image from preview mode and resize it for the channel where you plan to post.