TGO SignManager™ User Guide

1 · Getting started

SignManager tracks every campaign yard sign: who placed it, where it is, whether it's still standing, and how to get it back after the election. Volunteers use their phones; you run everything from a laptop or tablet.

1. Get an account: use "Request an account" on the sign-in page (or see pricing). You'll receive your login email and password.
2. Sign in at signmanager.tgoenterprises.com. Always use the https:// address; phone GPS only works over a secure connection.
3. Your console shows only your campaign. Volunteers never need accounts or passwords. They get a link (next section).

2 · Set up your campaign (10 minutes)

1. 👥 Volunteer roster: add your volunteers' names. On the shared link each person picks their name from this list, so every sign is tagged to the right person with no spelling mix-ups.
2. 🔗 Volunteer links: create ONE shared link (e.g. "Main crew") and text it to everyone, or make one link per person if you want stricter tracking. No passwords, nothing to install.
3. 📐 Sign types & inventory: add your sizes (yard, 4×8…) and set "own" to how many you physically have. SignManager then tracks what's out, what's missing, and what's left in hand. Picked-up signs return to stock automatically.
4. ⭐ Preferred spots: click the map to mark where you want signs. Volunteers are guided to them, nearest first.
5. 🚫 Permit & no-sign zones: mark areas where signs aren't allowed (state highway right-of-ways, city bans) or need a permit. They appear on every volunteer's map, and anyone about to drop a sign inside one gets a warning first.

3 · Placing signs from your phone

1. Open the link your coordinator sent and allow location when asked. Pick your name from the list.
2. Stand where the sign is going and tap 📍 Drop sign here. Set how many signs, tap the sign type, optionally snap a photo or add a note ("SE corner, by the fence"). Done. It's on the campaign map instantly.
3. See a ⭐ star on your map? That's a spot the campaign wants a sign, and the app shows your nearest one with a 🧭 Navigate button.
4. Inside a red dashed circle? Signs aren't allowed there, and the app will warn you before you drop one. Amber circle = permit required; check with your coordinator.
5. Driving around and spot trouble? Tap any sign pin and mark it missing or damaged, with an optional note. The campaign sees it immediately.

4 · During the campaign

• The live map: green pins are signs out; grey are picked up. Every pin shows who placed it, when, the photo, and notes.
• 🔴 Pulsing red pins = reported missing; amber = damaged. They also appear in the 🔧 Maintenance panel, where you can assign the fix to a volunteer ("Sasquatch, replace the 112th St sign") and mark it ✓ Done when handled.
• 🏆 Leaderboard: who's placing the most signs and catching the most problems. Volunteers love seeing their name climb.
• 📐 Inventory: watch "in hand" shrink as signs go out; the missing column shows shrinkage you may need to reorder for.
• ↓ CSV: export the full sign list any time.

5 · Election day & pickup

Cities fine campaigns that leave signs up. SignManager makes pickup a route, not a scavenger hunt.

1. After the election, switch 📣 Campaign phase to Pickup. Every volunteer's app flips to pickup mode automatically.
2. Picking up with several people? Use ✂️ Split to carve the remaining signs into geographic zones, and each volunteer picks their zone and gets their own numbered route.
3. Volunteers see stop 1, 2, 3… with 🧭 Navigate buttons, and tap Picked up at each sign. Grabbed one by mistake? "Put back out" undoes it.
4. Watch the map drain to grey. Picked-up signs return to your inventory's "in hand" count, ready for next time.

6 · Election history, snapshots & your data

• 📸 Take a snapshot (in 🗄️ Election history) right before pickup starts. It freezes your entire deployment map for the record: every location, count, type, and who placed it.
• 🗺️ View any snapshot as purple pins over today's map.
• ⭐ Use as template: running again? One tap turns a past election's map into this election's suggested spots. Your general-election redeploy is your primary map.
• ↓ Archive / ↓ CSV: download your records any time. The archive file can be re-imported later, even after the map is cleared. Your data is always yours.
• 🔄 New election: archives everything as a snapshot, then clears the live map for the next race. Crew links, roster, sign types, and ⭐ spots are kept.

7 · Something not working? Ideas?

• Volunteers: tap 🎫 Something not working? Tell us in your sign app.
• Campaign managers: use ❓ Help → 🎫 Report an issue in your console.
• Tickets go straight to TGO support. You can also email [email protected].
• Forgot your password? Ask TGO to reset it; campaign passwords can be reset in seconds.

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