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Generally, website can be created within the following steps:
- Choosing website category.
SiteStudio allows creating websites in Personal and Small Business
categories.
- Choosing website layout, color scheme and style.
SiteStudio offers various layouts in the old and new advances
style. You can change website layout at any time before publishing your
website.
- Entering information about your site.
You specify website name, email, your name and keywords for search engines
in personal category and company name/address, logo, slogan and keywords for
small business category.
- Adding pages to your website.
There are various pages for both categories. You can add as many pages as
allowed by your admin.
- Configuring pages: adding texts, images, tables, subpages.
Choosing Website Category
To start creating your site, you should choose its category. SiteStudio
allows creating websites in two categories: Personal and Small
Business. Each category serves its own purpose. A site in each category
constitutes of a series of pages, each devoted to a separate topic, article or
resource. SiteStudio offers you a set of templates for all common pages.
In the Small Business category you can create a site representing your
company or business. It's a good mean of telling about the history of your
company, listing the services you render or products/goods you sell. Here you
can also create your own online store, look for new employers and more.
In the Personal category you can create a site for your fiends,
school-mates and relatives. You can tell about yourself, your background,
hobbies, share funny stories and show your photographs. Here you can also post
your resume for potential employers and even more.
To select a website category, highlight the category and click NEXT to
proceed with creating your website. Alternatively, double click the selected
category.
You will be brought to the Select Website Color and
Style page.
Attention: Once you begin to create your site you may not change the
website category! To change the category, you will have to Start Over, which
will delete your current unsaved website.
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To add a page to your website, click the Add A Page icon in the top
panel.
In the Personal category you can create a site for your fiends,
school-mates and relatives. You can tell about yourself, your background,
hobbies, share funny stories and show your photographs. Here you can also post
your resume for potential employers and even more. To create your personal
website, add any of the following pages:
- Splash Screen:
the home page or index page that welcomes visitors and contains references
to all other pages.
- FlashSplash:
One more type of the home page or index page with Flash elements that
welcomes visitors and contains references to all other pages.
You can choose between Splash Screen and FlashSplash to set your home page.
- About:
the page to provide information about the purpose, the owner of the site and
any other relevant data.
- Download Page:
the page where you can upload any files with descriptions to them. Visitors
of your site can later download them.
- Resume:
if you seek employment via the Internet, this is the central page containing
short account of your career and qualifications.
- Links:
the page where you list your favorite links to related websites or pages.
- Custom Table Page:
a page with any data organized in table format.
- Site Map:
if your site is becoming complex and hard to navigate, a site map will
become helpful to get around.
- Photo Album:
a sequence of pages containing images. You may want to use it for posting
photos of yourself, your friends, your family, your art works, postcards,etc.
- Photo Album Flash:
a flash slide show of images. You may want to use it for posting photos of
yourself, your friends, your family, your art works, postcards,etc.
- Your Own HTML:
this tool allows to copy-paste an existing HTML page and create a web page
based on your own HTML code. Recommended only for advanced users.
- Humor:
a tool that helps you organize your jokes, funny pictures, humorous stories
and other fun topics.
- Survey Form:
a quick tool for drawing up visitor questionnaires.
- Generic Page:
a powerful tool to create pages with any layout, containing both text and
images.
- Genealogical Tree:
a quick tool for creating a family tree. The output is a list of entries
each devoted to an ancestor or a family member.
- Calendar:
the page where you can list events with dates and comments.
- ICQ Contact Center:
if you extensively use ICQ, you will find this form of messaging the most
convenient.
- Driving Directions:
a powerful tool for visitors to get the driving directions to the place that
you specify.
- Amazon.com Web Store:
if you want to offer your visitors some books for sale, this is the page for
you. To use this feature, you need to sign up with the Amazon.com associate
program.
- Mobile Pager:
a page from which site visitors can reach you on a cell phone or a pager
with Internet messaging support. To use this feature, you need to be
subscribed with Bell Atlantic Mobil or Sprint PCS.
- External Page:
if you own two or more different sites or your friend or business partner
own a website, you may want to interconnect them. This page is most
convenient to address site visitors to different site.
Every time your site is visited, the first page to open would be either
FlashSplash or Welcome Page, or Splash Screen. These pages will also
automatically include links to all other pages you create. So, it would be a
good idea to begin your site with one of them.
After choosing a page, click Next to continue with the design of the
page.
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In the Small Business category you can create a site representing your
company or business. It's a good mean of telling about the history of your
company, listing the services you render or products/goods you sell. Here you
can also create your own online store, look for new employers and more. To
create a business website, add any of the following pages:
- Splash Screen:
the home page or index page that welcomes visitors and contains references
to all other pages.
- FlashSplash:
the home page or index page in Flash that welcomes visitors and contains
references to all other pages.
You can choose between Splash Screen and FlashSplash to set your home page.
- About:
the page to provide information about the purpose of the site, the company
that owns this site, and any other relevant data.
- Generic Page:
a powerful tool to create pages with any layout, containing both text and
images.
- Welcome Page:
the page allows to introduce all other pages on your site with images and
short descriptions to them.
- Internet Links:
the page where you can list useful links to websites or pages related to
your business.
- Download Page:
the page where you can upload any files with descriptions to them. Visitors
of your site can later download them.
- Firm Profile:
the page to introduce your company to the visitors of your site. You can
edit and organize the text layout for your Firm Profile page.
- Survey Form:
a quick tool for drawing up visitor questionnaires.
- Frequently Asked Questions:
the page to give answers to the most frequently asked questions about your
business.
- News and Events:
the page where you can list important news and events of your company with
dates and comments.
- Careers and Jobs:
the page to announce about free vacancies in your company. Here you can give
your requirements for applicants and contact email.
- Driving Directions:
a powerful tool for visitors to get the driving directions to the place that
you specify. This can be your company location, some city area etc.
- Catalog Page:
the page to list your company products and goods with descriptions and
images to them. Use it to advertise your products or services.
- ICQ Contact Center:
If you provide ICQ support, this page will come handy for messaging.
- Site Map:
if your site is becoming complex and hard to navigate, a site map will
become helpful to get around.
- External Page:
if you are using two or more different sites for your business and you want
to interconnect them, this page is most convenient to address site visitors
to another site.
- Contact Us:
the page providing detailed contact information about your company: postal
address, map, phones and staff members info.
- Services Page:
if your company offers a range of services, this page is the most convenient
to present services with descriptions and images.
- Amazon.com Web Store:
if your company is going to offer customers some books for sale, this page
is created for this purpose. To use this feature, you need to sign up with
the Amazon.com associate program.
- Your Own HTML:
this tool allows to copy-paste an existing HTML page and create a web page
based on your own HTML code. Recommended only for advanced users.
- Add-A-Cart Catalog:
if you are running online business, use this page to create a fully
integrated and usable on-line shopping system with secure payment gateway
and a merchant account.
To use this feature, you should first become an affiliate of Add-A-Cart.
Every time your site is visited, the first page to open would be either
FlashSplash or Welcome Page, or Splash Screen. These page will also
automatically include links to all other pages you create. So, it would be a
good idea to begin your site with one of them.
After choosing a page, click Next to continue with the design of the
page.
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Splash Screen is the home page that welcomes visitors and contains links to
all other pages.
To configure Splash Screen, fill out the Splash Page form:
- Splash Theme:
the main parameter that determines the look of your home page. SiteStudio
offers several Splash Screen templates (themes). Choose one—you can change
it any time in the future. The current version of SiteStudio does not
provide immediate preview, so it is recommended to configure it after you
configure all other parameters (see instructions below in this section).
- Logo image:
Splash Screen templates are designed to include a welcome image. You can
select a picture that is stored on your hard disk or has been already
uploaded to your gallery. To include a picture click the "Select
Image" button and follow the on-screen
instructions.
- Page Title:
This is the text that will show up on the welcome page in big letters. This
would usually be either the name of your site or a welcome sentence.
- Lock Splash Settings:
By default, Splash Screen is not affected by the global color settings for
your site. Here, you can allow SiteStudio to modify Splash Screen properties
by checking the No radio button in the Lock Splash Settings
field.
As you finish, click the Next button to save your settings. The View
tab (see Tabs for details) will open for preview. How do
you like your welcome page?
Okay, now let us look back at the themes. Click the Edit tab and
select a different theme, then go to the bottom of the page and click Next.
Try other themes to choose the best one.
Important: your site will be published to the Internet only after you
press the Publish link on the menu bar, in the upper left-hand corner of
the screen.
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FlashSplash is the home page in Flash that welcomes visitors and
contains links to all other pages.
To configure FlashSplash, fill out the FlashSplash page form:
- FlashSplash Theme:
the main parameter that determines the look of your home page. SiteStudio
offers several FlashSplash templates (themes). Choose one—you can change
it any time in the future. The current version of SiteStudio does not
provide immediate preview, so it is recommended to configure it after you
configure all other parameters (see instructions below in this section).
Flash themes Dynamic pictures and Dynamic Pictures2 are
available in the old-style templates of the Small Business category. They
allow adding images (up to 4 images in
total in JPEG-only format) and adding a sound file
specifically for the Flashsplash page.
- Page Title:
This is the text that will show up on the Splash page in big letters. This
would usually be either the name of your site or a welcome sentence.
- Lock Splash Settings:
By default, FlashSplash page is not affected by the global color settings
for your site. Here, you can allow SiteStudio to modify FlashSplash
properties by checking No radio button in the Lock FlashSplash
Settings field.
As you finish, click the Next button to save your settings. The View
Tab will open for preview.
Okay, now let us look back at the themes. Click the Edit tab and
select a different theme, then go to the bottom of the page and click Next.
Try other themes to choose the best one.
Important: your site will be published only after you press the Publish
link on the menu bar, in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
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The About page is commonly used to provide the following blocks of
information:
- The purpose of the site;
- The owner of the site (a person or a company);
- Any other relevant data.
Enter your text into the boxes provided. Paragraph headings are optional.
SiteStudio allows you to include a picture into the About page. This
could be a picture of yourself (for a personal site), your working team (for a
company), a logo or any other relevant image. To include a picture, click the Select
Image button. Then follow the on-screen
instructions.
After you add an image, its thumb view will become available in the form, as
well as a Remove Image button. Click it to remove selected image from the
About page.
After you key in or copy/paste the data you want to show on your About page,
click the Next button to save your settings, and you will be brought to
the View tab.
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The Welcome page can be used as the home page that welcomes visitors
and automatically contains links to all other pages that are taken from the
titles of the latter. When you change the title of any page, it will reflect on
the Welcome page as well. It introduces visitors with all other pages on
your site with images and short descriptions to them.
To configure the Welcome page, fill out the page form:
- Page Title: enter the text that will show on the Welcome
page in big letters. This would usually be either the name of your site or a
welcome sentence.
- Page Text: enter some general introduction to this page.
- Title: these fields automatically show the titles of webpages.
Though you still can edit it.
- Select Image: SiteStudio allows you to include a picture into the Welcome
page. This could be your picture, a logo or any other relevant image.
- Description: enter short description of every page. This text will
appear under the Title.
After you add an image, its thumb view will become available in the form, as
well as a Remove Image button. Click it to remove selected image from the
Welcome page.
Once you have finished creating your Welcome page, click the Next
button to save your settings, and you will be brought to the View tab.
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This is the central page for those who seek employment via the Internet. It
provides an easy-to-use wizard that allows you to effectively manipulate the
data you would like to include into your resume.
As the first step, you will see seven boxes with suggested section headings,
each with an Add button on its right. Click the Add button to
enter data into the relevant section. A new form will appear. Fill it out and
press Next to return to the main Resume page. The information you entered
will show in the box; also, Edit and Delete buttons will be added.
Click Edit to change contents of the box, and Delete to clear the
contents. Follow this instruction for every section you want to include into
your resume.
Note: In the Experience section form, you will have an in-built
form for job duties. The instructions are exactly the same as above.
Attention: Make sure you don't add empty forms! They will be included
into your resume, too.
You can preview your resume at any moment by clicking the View tab
(see more on Tabs). All your changes will NOT be lost. At
the end, however, don't forget to confirm the changes by pressing the Next
button!
Now that you see your resume in a complete form, you may see how to make it
more visually appealing. Click Settings tab to change color, font or
style (see more on Tabs).
When you have your web page in front of your eyes, you may decide to
change the order of some paragraphs. It's simple and fast.
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Part of expressing yourself through a web page is including links to your
favorite websites. The links you choose to include on your page can communicate
your interests and hobbies. A carefully designed collection of related links can
make your site a good launching place and will help you promote your site.
- Header Text:
The text that shows at the top of the Links page as a header. It
usually details the page or serves as a header to the introductory
paragraph.
- Paragraph:
The introductory paragraph to the Links page.
- Columns of Links to Display:
Links can be organized into multiple columns.
- Addbutton is used to create a new Link category.
To keep your links organized, SiteStudio places new entries into categories.
To add a category or links to your Links page:
- Click the Add button. This will call another form.
- Enter the name of the category;
- Click Add (Add Link);
- Fill in the fields (Site title and Site URL), than click Next to
continue;
- To add link, click Add;
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete link, click Remove;
- Click Next when finished.
To edit an existing category:
- Click Edit button;
- Edit the name of the category;
- Click Add to include a new link;
- Click Next to save changes.
To delete an existing category, click Delete button. Warning:
All links contained in this category will be permanently deleted!
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Custom Table is a page with any data organized in a table format. To create a
table, fill out the form:
- Border:
enter a numerical value representing the width of grids in pixels. To hide
grids, leave the field empty or enter 0.
- Width:
Table width can be indicated in pixels or in percent of the page width. To
enter width in percent, put the "%" symbol after the
numerical value.
- Cell Padding:
distance from text to border, both vertical and horizontal.
- Align:
aligns the table on the page.
- Resize:
Enter the number of rows and columns for your table and press Resize button
before clicking Next.
- If you want to group and join some cells, check the corresponding boxes
and click the Join Selected button.
To enter cell contents:
- Click the Add link in the cell.
- Fill the form that shows:
Title: enter cell title
Text: enter some text
V-Align: set vertical align
- Click Next.
Click Next to save table and preview the page.
Note: If you input an incompatible set of parameters, SiteStudio will
optimize conflicts in these data.
This page shows the structure of your site. It is generated automatically and
does not allow editing. However, you can configure
its settings, just like you do it for other pages.
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For you, a photo gallery may become the central element with photos of
yourself, your friends, your family, your art works, postcards, etc.
To create a photo album, fill out the fields in the form as the first step:
- Title:
the text that shows on the top of the page.
- Select numbers of pictures per page:
Mind the size of your pictures. It is recommended that all your pictures fit
one screen. Follow the simple rule: the bigger the image size, the fewer
pictures per page.
- Enter the number of columns:
Change this parameter depending on whether your images have a horizontal or
a vertical layout.
In the next step, add images to the Photo Album:
- Click Add. A new form will appear;
- Fill in the picture title and the date in any format;
- Click the Select Image button. You will be brought to the Upload
Images page. Follow on-screen instructions to add a new image.
- Add details. This may be a description of the place or names of people in
the picture.
- Click the Next button to proceed.
To change or remove images, use the buttons under the Image.
To add more images to your album, click Add and repeat the steps
above.
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For you, a photo gallery may become the central element with photos of
yourself, your friends, your family, your art works, postcards, etc.
You may select pictures to create slide-shows.
To create a slide-show photo album:
- Fill out the fields in the form.
- Title: enter the the text that will show at the top of the menu
bar.
- Photo Album theme: choose one of five photo album themes from
the drop-down box
- Add images to the Photo Album.
- Click the Add icon in the Add images area.
- Click the Select Image button. You will be brought to the Select
Images page. Follow on-screen
instructions to add a new image.
- Click the Next button to proceed.
- Repeat the procedure to add more images
To change or remove images, use the buttons above the image.
To change the order of images, click the Order icon and follow online
instruction.
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This tool allows you to copy already existing HTML page and paste it into the
input box. However, it is recommended that you create your files in specialized
html editors. Before publishing this HTML page, you can choose whether it will
use its own titles and layout, or those provided by SiteStudio.
- If you want to insert your HTML page with originally created layout, click Yes
in Include layout code?.
- If you want SiteStudio to insert all the headers, titles, select NO in
the Show as is option.
To upload a file from your hard drive, click the Upload File button at
the bottom of the page.
When uploading your own HTML page, try to avoid non-Latin characters, spaces,
underlines, commas, dots, hyphens, etc. It is recommended that your file name
only includes letters of Latin alphabet and numbers.
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Fun page template helps you organize your fun topics. To add an item, click
the Add button for the appropriate category and fill out the form that
appears.
To add pictures to your Fun Page:
- Click Add in the Add Funny Pictures box. A new form will
appear.
- Enter the name of the picture.
- Click the Select Image button. You will be brought to the Upload
Images page. Follow on-screen instructions to add the new image.
- Add text. This may be any comment to the new image.
- Click the Next button to proceed.
- Click the View tab to see the page preview.
- Click the Edit tab to continue editing the page.
To change or remove images or texts, use the Edit and Delete
buttons on the left of the picture or text.
To add more images to your album click Add and repeat the steps above.
To change the order of the jokes, images or stories, click the Order Items
button in the appropriate form. A new form will appear. Follow on-screen
instructions to change the order of the items in the
topic.
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This template will help you develop a custom online questionnaire. Use it to
research public opinion or to get feedback from your customers.
To generate a questionnaire, fill out the form:
Page Title:
Page title is the text that will show at the top of the menu bar. For
convenience, it duplicates the same field in the Settings tab. In this
field, you can change SiteStudio default name from "Survey" to, say,
"Questionnaire" or "Feedback".
E-mail To:
Enter the address where you want the survey results to be e-mailed. It can be
the Webmaster's (i.e. your) address or any other address you specify. This
page should not be empty.
Questions:
To add a question, click the Add button on the right. A new form appears.
If you choose that The Answer is Required by checking YES in the
corresponding field, it will mark the survey question with a red asterisk. The
survey will not be accepted from a visitor if one or more asterisked questions
remain unanswered.
The Question Type determines the format of the suggested answer:
- True/False: the answer should state true or false.
- Yes/No: the answer should be Yes or No.
- Single Line: the answer should fit in one line (for a bit complex
questions).
- Multiple lines: for more comprehensive interrogative answers.
- Date: the answer should contain a date.
Carefully fill out this form and click the Next button to proceed.
On Successful Submission of the Form:
Here, enter the text you want the visitor to see after the form has been
accepted.
On Error Submission of the Form:
Here, enter the text you want the visitor to see after the form has been
rejected or an error occurred.
Click the Next button to generate the questionnaire.
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Generic Page template has been designed to enable fast and simple creation of
custom pages that do not fall into any other categories. You can choose how to
lay out your images and text depending on your tastes, needs and circumstances.
- Marquee:
This is a scrolling area of text. To add a marquee, click Add link. A
marquee form will appear. Enter the text you want to scroll, width and
height in pixels, scrolling speed, horizontal page alignment and vertical
screen position, and the font style. Press the Submit button to
proceed.
- Number of Columns:
Multiple columns for the whole page can be combined with individual
paragraph design.
- Choose Title For this Page:
Page title is the text that will show at the top of the menu bar. For
convenience, it repeats the same field in the Settings tab.
- Choose Link Text:
This text will show on other pages as a hyperlink to this page.
- Edit Paragraphs:
You can add, delete and edit only individual paragraphs, including
headers, body texts, images and image titles. All elements are optional!
- Subpages:
Webpages hidden under hyperlinks, available from the Generic page but
invisible from the main menu.
To add or edit Paragraphs:
- Click Add or Edit. A new form will appear.
- Select paragraph layout by sliding your mouse over the buttons at the
bottom of the page and clicking one of them.
- Enter Paragraph Header;
- Click the Select Image button to add a picture;
- Enter Paragraph Text;
- Click Next to preview.
If you want to address site visitors to some subpages, unavailable from the
main menu, make sure to fill all necessary fields to make it work. To add or
edit Subpages:
To remove subpages or paragraphs, click the Delete buttons on the
left.
To change the order of subpages, click the Order button. A new form
will appear. Follow on-screen instructions to change the order
of the elements in the topic.
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Your family page includes two major blocks of information, one about the
whole family, and the other about its individual representatives.
To provide general family information, enter the following fields:
- Title:
It could be as generic as "My Family" or as specific as "The
Simpson's Family Tree".
- Header Text:
give some introductory information about your family.
- Family Portrait:
Click the Select Image button to add a picture from your computer.
To provide information about individual family representatives:
- click the Add button. The Family Member form will appear.
- Fill out the form. (Note: The date format does not matter). It is
recommended to start your Family Tree with the ancestors.
Warning: Clicking the Delete tab will remove the whole Family
Tree Page, not a family member page! To remove individual persons from the
family tree, click Next in the Family Member form to return to the
Family Tree form and click the Delete button on the left of the
person's name.
On the Family Tree central page you can see the general family
genealogy information.
To view individual family member's page, click this person's name. To return
to the general family page, click Back to Family Tree at the bottom.
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The calendar is nothing but a page listing events like birthdays,
anniversaries, etc.
- Date:
this field is insensitive to the format of the date.
- Headline:
what is the event about. E.g.: "Our fiftieth wedding anniversary".
- Text:
the optional comment you may want to add. E.g.: "Not celebrating".
- Type:
the color in which the record will appear:
- Usual—green;
- Important—blue;
- Alert—red.
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If you extensively use ICQ, you can use this page for messaging. Visitors
will be able to send messages to your ICQ directly from your website.
To add the ICQ Contact Center page, fill out the fields:
- ICQ Number:
your unique ICQ number to which the messages will be directed. You can copy
it from your ICQ details.
- Subject:
Every message directed to you by a visitor of your site will have this
subject included. A good name for the Subject would be something like "Sent
From My Site".
- Online Indicator Type:
Your ICQ-message page contains an online indicator that shows your current
status (e.g. online or offline). From the drop-down box choose
the appearance of your indicator that will show on your website. To continue
editing, click Edit tab.
- Status Indicator Description:
The text that appears next to the online indicator. You can change the
default text to, for instance, "The Webmaster is". Some
indicator types include text like "My current status is:"
For these types, click the Blank button to keep this field empty.
Press the Next button to proceed.
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This is a powerful tool for visitors to get the driving directions to any
address in North America (USA and Canada) that you specify. For a personal site,
this can be your home or hangout. For a business site, show the location of your
restaurant, store (supermarket) or a service center.
To create the page, make sure to:
- Properly enter the following details:
- Description Of The Destination: briefly describe the place and
give any info that might be useful for visitors.
-
- Address: enter street and building number.
- City: specify the target city.
- State: enter 2-letter code of the state in US (i.e: TX, NY, KS)
or Canadian province.
- ZIP (optionally): enter ZIP code of this location. This option
is used only for USA.
- Country: choose which country your are located: USA or Canada.
- Click Next to save data and preview the page.
To change data, click the Edit tab.
Important: The Get Directions button will work only in the
published site. You won't be able to check Directions until then.
Please note that driving directions are not a part of SiteStudio, those are
third party products and even minor changes on the corresponding site can break
links to the map. We are trying to track any changes, but in case there are some
problems, we bear no responsibility for broken links and incorrect maps.
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To create your online bookstore, do the following steps:
1. Sign up.
You need to sign up to become an Amazon.com associate. Click here
to sign up or here
to find more about the associate program.
2.Fill out the form
- Associates ID:
After you subscribe with the associate program, you will be assigned an
associate ID. Enter it into this field.
- Create Your Sales List:
enter the names, prices, and descriptions of the books you want to sell.
Then press Next to preview.
Important: Please note that Amazon.Com is not a part of SiteStudio,
it's a third party product. We are trying to track any changes, but if there are
some problems, we bear no responsibility for broken links.
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Configuring mobile messaging with SiteStudio is as simple as entering the
phone or pager number, selecting service type and clicking the Next
button.
Currently SiteStudio supports only Sprint PCS customers. In order for this to
work, you must have a cell phone, or a pager, which supports this service, and
you must activate the service with your service provider.
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To configure External Page, enter:
- URL that addresses site visitors to an external website;
- Button text that will appear on the Site Map, Welcome, Splash Screen
and other pages and tell site visitors about its relation to your site.
You can name the External page, say, Our Partner, Our friends
or Our associates in the Button text.
Make sure to click the Next button to save changes.
It's important to know that this page will be available for viewing only
after publishing.
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Add-A-Cart Catalog
You are now able to create a fully integrated and usable on-line shopping
system. To do it, add the BUY buttons created by Add-A-Cart to the
catalog page created with SiteStudio. The Add-A-Cart shopping system also
creates multi-functional online e-shop that can be easily referred to.
With this e-commerce-solutions system you will have everything you
need to operate a successful on-line business: a shopping cart, secure payment
gateway and a merchant account issued by One Stop Merchant Services.
Generating the Buy button for the Add-A-Cart catalog page.
In order to integrate the "BUY" buttons into your site using
SiteStudio, you need to log into your Add-A-Cart account.
In case if you don't have the Add-A-Cart account, you can open
it on the Add-A-Cart website. Read more info about registering
an account with Add-A-Cart.
There are two instructions to get a snippet: for new
and existing items:
To generate code snippets for a new item:
- Click the Add New Item button on your Add-A-Cart page.
- Enter all Item's information into the form.
- Click Add Item.
- Copy either the Dynamic Link the first code generated on the page
or Static HTML the second copy to clipboard button.
- On the SiteStudio catalog page, insert the code into the SiteStudio edit
page.
To generate code snippets for existing items:
- Click the Edit/Delete Item button.
- Click the Edit image (looks like a floppy disk) next to the item
you want to edit or generate code for.
- Make changes if you want, though you don't have to do it.
- Click the Update button.
- Copy either the Dynamic Link the first code generated on the page
or Static HTML the second copy to clipboard button.
- On the SiteStudio catalog page insert the code into SiteStudio edit page.
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The Download page is a simple page where you can upload any files with
descriptions to them. Subsequently, visitors of your site can download them.
To provide general information, enter the following fields:
- Title:
enter the name of the page. This text will show at the top of the menu bar.
- Introduction:
give some introductory information about downloaded resources.
To provide information and a link to an individual file, click the Add
button.
On the Download page, enter the following information about the
download element:
- Element name: a name or a title of the file to be downloaded.
- Description: enter a description to this file, some useful
additional information.
To upload files onto the website, do the following:
- Click the Upload file button at the bottom of the page.
- You will be brought to the Uploader page. Follow on-screen
instructions to upload the new file.
- Click the Save button to save the file on your website.
- Click the Next button to preview.
- To add more files, repeat all steps from clicking the Add icon.
- To edit the files, click the Edit icon next to the necessary file.
- To remove file, click the Delete icon against the file.
Make sure to click Next to save all changes.
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Part of introducing your business through a web page is including links to
resources related to your industry. A carefully designed collection of related
links can make your site a good launching place and will help you promote your
site and business.
- Header Text:
the text that shows at the top of the Internet Links page as a
header. It usually details the page or serves as a header to the
introductory paragraph.
- Paragraph:
the introductory paragraph to the Internet Links page.
- Add Category button is used to create a new Internet Link category.
To keep your links organized, SiteStudio places new entries into categories.
To add a category or links to your Internet Links page:
- Click the Add button. This will call another form.
- Enter the name of the category;
- Click Add (Add Link);
- Fill in the fields: Site title, Site URL and short description of the
Internet resource you are linking to.
- Click Next to continue;
- To add link—click Add;
- To make some changes—click Edit;
- To delete link—click Delete;
- Click Next when finished.
To edit an existing category:
- Click the Edit button;
- Edit the name of the category;
- Click Add to include a new link;
- Click Next to save changes.
- To change the order of products, click Order and follow online
instructions.
Make sure to click Next to save all changes.
To delete an existing category, click the Delete button. Warning:
All links contained in this category will be permanently deleted!
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One more way to introduce your business and tell visitors about different
areas of company's activity is to create the Firm Profile page. It's also
a good place to show pictures of your staff, partners, describe social
activities or professional services offered by your company.
- Page Title:
the text that shows at the top of the Firm Profile page as a header.
- Page Intro Paragraph:
The introductory paragraph to the Firm Profile page.
Click the Add button to create a new Firm Profile. It will call a new
form.
- Enter the Paragraph Header—short introductory text about the
paragraph.
E.g: if you dedicate the Firm Profile to your staff, Paragraph Headers
can serve as names and positions of your co-workers.
- Click the Select Image button if you want to upload image to this
paragraph. Follow on-screen instructions to upload the image. Later you can
remove the image by clicking the Remove Image button.
- Enter Paragraph Text;
- Choose the template for the paragraph from the options listed;
- Click Next to continue;
- To add one more paragraph, click Add and repeat all steps;
- Click Next to preview page;
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete paragraph, click Delete;
- Click Next when finished.
- To change the order of paragraphs, click Order and follow online
instructions.
To save changes, make sure to click Next.
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The FAQ page is used to provide detailed answers to the most commonly
asked questions about the industry of your business.
To configure the Frequently Asked Questions page, do the following:
Give general information:
- Page Title: enter the text that will show up on the Frequently
Asked Questions page in big letters.
- Intro Paragraph: enter some introductory information about this
page.
Add questions by clicking the Add button and fill out the form that
shows:
- Question: enter question to be answered on this page.
- Answer: enter the answer to this question.
- Click Next to save changes.
- To add more questions, click the Add icon again and repeat previous
actions.
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete paragraph, click Delete;
- To change the order of questions, click Order and follow online
instructions.
Once you completed the page, click Next.
FAQ page doesn't allow using Rich Editor because it generates questions and
answers in its own way.
If you need some Rich Editor formatting, add Generic
page for this purpose.
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This page allows to list your company products and goods with descriptions
and images to them. Use it to advertise your products or services.
To configure the Catalog page, enter general information in the form as the
first step:
- Title:
the text that shows at the top of the menu bar.
- Show products per page:
Mind the size of your pictures. It is recommended that all your pictures fit
one screen. Follow the simple rule: the bigger the image size, the fewer
pictures per page.
In the next step, add images to the Catalog Page:
- Click Add. A new form will appear;
- Enter the Paragraph Header;
- Click the Select Image button. You will be brought to the Upload
Images page. Follow on-screen instructions to add a new image.
- Add details to the Paragraph Text. This may be a description of
your products or goods in the picture.
- Add optional Buy Now button:
- click the Select Image button. You will be brought to the Upload
Images page. Follow on-screen instructions to add your own image of the Buy
Now button.
- enter Link to Shop and Button Description.
- Use the templates listed below to choose the way image and text will
appear in the catalog. Just hover the mouse over the choices and you will
see the appearance.
- Click the Next button to proceed.
Catalog Page can be edited:
- To add more products with images, click the Add icon and repeat
previous actions.
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete paragraph, click Delete;
- To change the order of products, click Order and follow online
instructions.
Once you completed the page, click Next.
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The News and Events page is a good way to inform your site visitors
about the up-to-date events of your company, e.g: presentations, conferences,
seminars, corporate receptions, issuing new products and etc.
Page Title is a text that shows at the top of this page as a header.
It can serve as a header to the introductory paragraph.
Intro paragraph is introductory information about your company's
history. To add a paragraph:
- Click Add in the paragraph section.
- Enter the Paragraph header: this text will serve as a name or
introduction for the paragraph.
- Click Select Image to upload the image. Follow on-screen
instructions to add a new image.
- Enter Paragraph Text. This could be some short information about
the history of company's events or description of company's most important
event.
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- Use the templates listed below to choose the way image and text will
appear. Just hover the mouse over the choices and you will see the
appearance.
- Click Next to save paragraph.
News serve for posting specific dates and related events. To post your
company's news or events:
- Click the Add button in the News section. It will call a
simple form.
- To fill the form, enter the Date and Description of the
date.
- Click Next to save news.
Click Next to preview the newly-created page.
The News page can be edited:
- To add more Intro paragraphs/News, click the Add icon and repeat
previous actions.
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete paragraph, click Delete;
- To change the order of products, click Order and follow online
instructions.
Make sure to click Next to save all changes.
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This template will help to post your announcements about free vacancies in
your company on the Careers and Jobs page with all necessary requirements
and contact info.
Page Title is a text that shows at the top of this page as a header
e.g:"Our Vacancies", "Find a Job" etc. It can also serve as
a header to the introductory paragraph.
Intro paragraph is introductory information about free vacancies in
your company or your business partner.
Text is an optional field. Here you can say, for instance, "Our
current positions are:".
To configure this page and add as many positions as you need:
- Click Add.
- Enter the Position title, there can be several positions.
- Enter the Requirements for this positions: specific knowledges,
experience, personal features.
- Leave a Contact email.
- Click Next to save position and get to the intro page.
Positions can be edited:
- To add more positions, click the Add icon and repeat previous
actions.
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete a position, click Delete;
- To change the order of positions, click Order and follow online
instructions.
Make sure to click Next to save all changes.
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This page is most relevant if your company specializes in rendering services.
On the Services page you can describe all services provided, their
prices, conditions.
To provide general services information, enter the following fields:
- Page Title:
The text that shows at the top of the Services page as a header.
- Services Intro Paragraph:
The introductory paragraph to the Services page.
- Services Secondary Paragraph:
Optional field where you can post additional information about services or
post something like "The services we provide are:"
To add services, click the Add button. It will call a new form:
- Enter the Title of the service.
- Enter Link Label that will show as the title in the list of
services at the top of the page (or press Same as Title if you want
this link and the service title to be the same).
- Enter the description and other relevant info about the service in the Text
field.
- Click Next to save info about the service.
The Services page can be edited
- To add more services, click Add and repeat all steps;
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete services, click Delete;
- Click Next when finished.
- To change the order of products, click Order and follow online
instructions.
Important: the peculiarity of the Services page is that the user
should fill all the service fields. If some of the fields are left blank, you
may have empty input boxes on this page. So, if there are not enough links to
enter, it would probably be better to use the Generic page.
Make sure to click Next to go to preview page.
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The Contact Us page is a detailed description of your company's
contact info. It has the same functionalities as the About and Welcome
pages, but includes more specific information.
To configure the Contact Us page, fill out the form:
Enter general information:
- Page Title: enter the text that will show up on the Contact Us
page in big letters. This can be the name of your company or something like
"Our Contact Info" etc.
- Page Intro Paragraph: enter some general introduction to this page.
Enter your postal address:
- Select your country from the drop-down box;
- Enter your Street address and building.
- Optionally, enter one more optional address if your company has two
different offices;
- Enter the City your company is situated.
- Enter State (for non-US companies—province, county, district
etc);
- Enter Zip code.
Other contact Info:
- Enter Phone and Fax numbers;
- Enter your company contact Email address;
The Contact Us page also allows to attach a map that will help to get
to your company. There are two options to add a map: either the one generated
with Mapquest or a map of your own.
Mapquest takes the address you have entered in the form above and generates a
map. To add a map:
- Select Enable for Request for Map at Mapquest
- To address your site visitors to the map, you can:
- Create a Text for a Link;
- Select a Button image.
Important: The Search Location on a Map link will work only in
the published site. You won't be able to check any maps until then.
Please note that Mapquest is not a part of SiteStudio, it's a third party
product and even minor changes on the corresponding site can break links to the
map. We are trying to track any changes, but in case there are some problems, we
bear no responsibility for broken links and incorrect maps.
To add a map created by yourself:
- Select Disable for Request for Map at Mapquest.
- Click the Select Image button. Then follow the on-screen
instructions.
Note: After you added an image, its thumb view will become available
in the form, as well as a Remove Image button. Click it if you want
to remove selected image from the Contact Us page.
To add info about your partners or staff members:
- Enter Header for this section;
- Click the Add button. It will show a form.
- On the form that shows, enter the Name, Title and Email
of the company representative.
- Click Next.
- To post more associates info, click Add.
- To edit staff member info, click Edit;
- To delete info, click Delete;
- To change the order of products, click Order and follow online
instructions.
On your Contact Us page, an info request from will show. Site visitors
can fill the form and submit it to the email address you have entered above. You
can add your own texts for error/successful submission of this form.
Click the Next button to save all your settings, and you will be
brought to the View tab (see Tabs for details).
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Tabs
Look at the tabs right under the toolbar menu. They supplement every
page-designing tool:
Edit tab opens by default, suggesting that you should enter or change
your data before viewing it. Forms in the Edit tab vary greatly from page
to page.
View tab allows you to view your changes. This option is always
available when you work on Edit or Settings tab. This means that after you
introduce any changes to your page data or settings, you can immediately view
them by clicking the View tab.
Settings tab. Here you can customize all parameters for your page. For
details go to Settings Tab.
Delete tab permanently removes the page from your site.
Note: You can switch between tabs to change any data or settings any
time during the page construction process or later.
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Rich Editor
Rich Editor is a multi-function SiteStudio tool that provides a number of
features for editing pages. It is available only in the Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.5 and higher. It's not available on Macs (including MS IE), Netscape,
Opera, Mozilla and other browsers.
You can access Rich Editor on the majority of SiteStudio pages with text
input boxes on the Edit tab by the Click here for Rich Editing
link.
You will see that Rich Editor is very much like MS Word or any other editor
which makes it easy for you to use. If you feel that you don't need Rich Editor,
simply click the button  .
You will exit Rich Editor without saving the changes.
With Rich Editor you can easily copy any table, image or text from a browser
and paste it to the SiteStudio rich editor page. To do this, select text in the
browser or in text processor and paste it to the page.
Important: If you copy an image from a browser and publish it on your
site, it will be linked to the original location. If the website, where you have
taken the image, changes its location, you may face some problems. Therefore,
you'd rather save an image on your computer and then upload images to SiteStudio
using the Image Uploader.
There are multiple options on the Rich Editor page:
Click 
to save current changes and go on working with this page.
Click 
to save changes and exit Rich Editor.
Click
to exit Rich Editor without saving the changes.
Click
to revert to the last saved version.
Click 
and 
to repeat or cancel the last action.
Click 
to cut selected text, table or image.
Click 
to copy selected text or table to another location.
Click 
to paste selected text from the clipboard.
Click 
to create a hyperlink.
Click 
to create or edit email address.
Click 
to see the structure and guidelines of the tables with 0 border. It is
especially helpful when you need to delete or re-organize some rows or columns.
Click 
to insert or edit a table. It will call a web-page dialog where you can set the
number of rows, columns, cellpadding and the color of a table.
Click 
to upload an image to this page. Follow the instructions on Uploading
images to add necessary images.
Click 
to set off the selected text in bold, italic or underline.
Clicking 
allows to align text to the left, center, right or to justify.
Clicking 
and 
allows to create a numbered or bullet list.
Clicking 
and 
allows to shift indent to the right or to the left.
Clicking 
to change text color and 
to highlight a text with specific color.
Like in MS Word, Rich Editor has a context menu which appears on a mouse
right-click. It has a number of useful options for the chosen object.
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Standard
Settings Tab
Below you can see the descriptions of the Settings tab options. The
set of options may vary from page to page. Settings are located in the right and
the left side of the screen.
Left side options
- Page Title
Page title is the text that will show at the top of the menu bar. In this
field, you can change SiteStudio default name from "Fun Page" to, say,
"Laugh with us".
- Button Text
This is the text that will show up on your site's menu among other page
names. It may be the same as the Page Title, or you can give it a different
name. For example, if your Page Title is "Fun Page", you may want to
add some versatility by typing something like "Smile!".
Note: Some SiteStudio designs have small buttons. Therefore, when
entering the button text, make sure the text will match the button size.
- File Name
Technically, your site is nothing but an organized inter-linked group of html
pages (files). SiteStudio enables you to assign a specific name for every page
that you add to your site. It is recommended that your file name only includes
letters of Latin alphabet and numbers. Try to avoid non-Latin characters,
spaces, underlines, commas, dots, hyphens, etc.
Note: We don't recommend that you change the file name, unless there
is paramount neccessity.
- Background Image
You can place the contents of your page on an image. However, try to be
discreet with choosing the background. Avoid using photographs or bright
decorations, as they may hinder text readability.
- Background Sound
This option allows you to add music background to your webpage. To hear the
background music, your visitors need to have a corresponding plug-in in their
browsers.
If you don't hear anything, check for plug-ins in your browser by choosing Help
-> About Plugins. Most of the browsers have all multimedia plugins in
their installation package. You may need to reinstall a browser to install
multimedia modules with it.
The file will sound when you view the page and after the page is published.
Visitors will hear the sound as long as they stay on this page.
To add sound, follow this procedure:
- Click the Upload File button.
- Click the Browse button and choose the target file of the following
format: .au .asf .wav .snd .mp3 .mid .midi .rmi .wm .wma.
- Click Save to get back to the Settings page.
To change file, you first have to remove the existing one. To do it, click
the Remove button.
- Background Colors
SiteStudio allows you to change the color palette for every site's page.
Their default HTML codes are in the boxes next to the parameter names. You don't
need to know these codes. Instead, click the  icon
to call a Color Picker—a palette with colors available—and select the color
you like. The "Color" section allows you to change background,
text and links color. Just select the element you wish to modify and click on
the color you like.
Note: If you decide to change background color, ensure that the text
on your page is clearly readable. There must be sufficient contrast between the
text and the background image. A background with too much contrast competes with
the text for reader's attention and makes it difficult to read.
- Font and Size
The majority of SiteStudio layouts allows to change font and size settings
for Firm name, Slogan and Button.
Firm name and Slogan will show on the top of the page if you
previously entered them in Global Settings of
the Site settings menu. Button text will show the names of the
webpages your site contains.
To change font and size, select it from the drop-down boxes. You will see the
appearance of the changed font on the image to the right.
- Rollover Effect
Some SiteStudio pages allow to add a rollover effect to the website
elements. When you hover the mouse over the buttons on the website, they will
change their color, shape, size and other properties. Rollover effect is
available only in about 3 SiteStudio designs.
To set a rollover effect, choose it from the drop-down box on the Settings
tab and click Next to view the changes.
- "Powered by" Logo
This option allows to replace our default logo that shows on webpages with
your own company logo. To add/change logo:
- Set logo image by clicking the Select Image button. Follow the
standard Uploading images procedure.
- Enter Logo URL. Remember that logo won't show without URL!
- Enter Copyright text. It can be any plain text.
Optionally, you can leave the "Powered by SiteStudio" logo that
comes by default.
- Make this page invisible
This SiteStudio option allows to avoid linking pages to site navigation menu.
Visitors won't be able to see such pages from the website menu and from the
Site Map webpage. Such pages will be available from the top SiteStudio panel
-> Site Map option where invisible page will show
in light-grey color and with a little "eye" icon.
However, you can link invisible pages from the text paragraphs on your page
by using, say, the Insert Link otion in the Rich Editor.
To make page invisible from the menu:
- Click the Settings tab.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and check off Make this page
invisible box.
- Make sure to click Next to proceed.
- Disable text navigation
Checking this box will hide text links to webpages at the bottom of this
page.
- Banner
A couple of designs in SiteStudio allow adding banners on user sites: Stylish
Oval (for both website categories) and Strong (for Small Business category ). In
this case simply enter the HTML banner code into the Add your banner code
input box on the Settings tab.
In other designs, users can add banners only as images with hyperlinks by
entering the banner code in any of the Paragraph boxes under the Edit
tab.
Disable banner on this page: Check this box if you want to avoid
adding banners to this page. This option is available only for Stylish Oval
and Strong layouts.
- Secure
You can make your page open to general public or closed (secure). Secure
sites or pages are often used by multinational companies to communicate closed
information to its representatives worldwide, where sending e-mails is not
appropriate.
To secure strict access to the page, choose Yes. The frame will expand
to include a drop-down list box where you can choose who is allowed to view the
page: none/all users/some users/some groups/some IPs and domains.
- Choosing none will disallow access to this page for all users.
Think well before choosing it, as this page will be accessible to nobody.
- Choosing all users will open access to this page for all users.
- Choosing some users will open access to this page for specific
users. To open them an access, check boxes near the users and click Next
to proceed.
- Choosing some groups will open access to this page for the chosen
groups. To allow access, check the chosen groups and click Next to
proceed.
- Choosing some IPs and domains will open access to this page for
specified IPs and domains.
To allow access for specific IPs and domains, enter IPs and domains into the
Some IPs & Domains to Allow box separating them with hard return.
To restrict access for specific IPs and domains, enter IPs and domains into
the Some IPs & Domains to Deny box separating them with hard
return.
You may need to restrict access for users who sent you unwanted messages from
the Contact Page or posted disrespectful information in
your Guestbook.
To create an authorized user or user group, go to Site Settings -> Edit
Security Information (for comments see Edit
Security Information help section).
Don't forget to click Next once you have finished in order to apply
all changes.
Right side options
- Title, Text, Heading
On these three boxes to the Right you can select:
- Font - use pull-down menu;
- Color - click on Change color button, when the color scheme
appears, click on Selected color;
- Lettering Style - simply click on letter symbol.
After you change the settings, click Next to see the result.
- Keywords
User the input box to enter any keywords people should use to find your site
with a search engine. Separate the keywords with commas.
- Description
Enter a description that will appear when search engines list your site.
The last two options allow every webpage to be listed by search engines. In
SiteStudio, you can also set keywords and
description for the entire website.
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A part of SiteStudio pages come with additional plug-ins: guest book, counter
and online poll. Plug-ins can be configured on the Edit tab.
- Guest Book allows to see the feedback
posted by the visitors of your website.
- Counter allows to view statistics of visits
to your website.
- Online Poll allows to attain your visitors'
opinion about your website or services in a form of a questionnaire.
Different pages have different combination of plug-ins, while as some pages
don't offer plug-ins at all.
Configuring Guest Book
To configure a Guest Book plug-in in your SiteStudio:
- Choose Guest book from the drop-down box and click Add Plug-in.
- To add a specific guest book, you can either:
- click to Create A New Guest Book. You will be taken to the Guest
book creation wizard.
- choose Currently Active Guest Book from the drop-down list.
- Alternatively, edit current guest book by clicking its name in the list of
existing guest books. You will be taken to the Guest book edit wizard.
- Choose where guest book must appear on the page from the Where to put
it drop-down box: top right, mid right, bottom of the page.
- Click Next to save changes.
Configuring Counter
To configure a Counter plug-in in your SiteStudio:
- Choose Counter from the drop-down box and click Add Plug-in.
- To add a specific counter, you can either:
- click to Create A New Counter. You will be taken to the Counter
creation wizard.
- choose Currently Active Counter from the drop-down list.
- Alternatively, edit current counter by clicking its name in the list of
existing counters. You will be taken to the Counter edit wizard.
- Choose where the counter must appear on the page from the Where to put
it drop-down box: top right, mid right, bottom of the page.
- Click Next to save changes.
Configuring Online Poll
To configure an Online Poll plug-in in your SiteStudio:
- Choose Online Poll from the drop-down box and click Add Plugin.
- To add an online poll, you can either:
- click to Create A New Online Poll. You will be taken to the Online
Poll creation wizard.
- choose Currently Active Online Poll from the drop-down list.
- Alternatively, edit current online poll by clicking its name in the list
of existing online polls. You will be taken to the online poll edit wizard.
- Choose where the online poll must appear on the page from the Where to
put it drop-down box: top right, mid right, bottom of the page.
- Click Next to save changes.
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Uploading Images
If you want to upload an image to your webpage, click the Select Image
button and you will see the Image Uploader page. In SiteStudio you can upload
images from your computer, from your image gallery and from the gallery provided
by your hosting provider.
To upload image with Rich Editor, click the
button on the Rich Editor page.
Clicking the magnifier icon in the image gallery will open the image
in the new window in full size.
Clicking the Resize Image icon allows to change the size of the image.
If you resized image in Our Gallery (customer's gallery), then the
resized copy will be stored in Your Gallery. The reason is because user
has no permissions to resize or change images of the provider's gallery.
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To re-order the elements or pages themselves, do the following:
- Click to highlight the name of the element that you want to move;
- Use the
 and
 buttons
to move the selected item up or down the list;
- Click the Next button to save changes.
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Here you can see and inspect all the web pages your website consists of.
- to preview page content click View. You will be brought to the
page’s View tab.
- to change, add or delete info—click Edit. You will be brought to
the page’s Edit tab.
- to delete the page click Remove. The page will be permanently
deleted.
- to change the look and feel of the page, click Settings. You will
be brought to the Settings tab.
- pages listed in the light-grey color with the eye icon are invisible
pages, they can't be seen from the navigation menu.
Important: Whatever long the page title is, it will show only 25
symbols on the Site Map.
For example, title Johnsons Family Genealogical Tree will show as Johnsons
Fa... Genealogical Tree.
The same length preserves for page titles under the toolbar on the top of the
page, between the Delete and View tabs.
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Click the category you need help with:
Note: When available, use the navigation buttons inside the browser
window. For some pages, your browser's Back and Forward buttons
will not work correctly. If a page fails to load, or does not reflect last
changes, click your browser's Reload or Refresh button to update
the page.
Website Color & Style
Choosing a correct layout is crucial for the success of your website, as it
will determine the look of every page. SiteStudio is equipped with a number of
pre-designed Overall Site Layouts.
To set the website layout and colors:
- Go through the list in the upper left box by mouse-clicking each item or
using cursor keys on your keyboard. Sample pages will be shown in the
preview window on the right. Choose the one that will best suit the contents
of your site.
Note: Most of layouts come with New style in addition to the Old
style. New style is more enhanced and improved in comparison with
the Old style.
- Select a color scheme in the lower box. It will only affect the menu bar;
colors for every individual page are set at a later stage (see Settings
Tab).
- Check the box if you want to apply color scheme to all pages on your
website.
Note: It comes checked by default. If you uncheck it, the layout and
color settings will only affect the pages you create after applying these
changes; the pages you created before will remain unchanged. Changing this
option doesn't affect your settings in any way, if you are only beginning to
create your site.
- To save settings and view the changes, click Next.
You can change your layout and color scheme any time in the future without
losing any information whatsoever, even when the construction of the site is
complete.
Global Settings
Web readers often want or need to contact the person who created and
maintains the website. Global Settings form requires you to enter basic
information that will help identifying the site and its author after it is
published.
Global Settings are different for Business and Personal category of websites.
For Personal category: enter your full name, email address, website
name. Also enter keywords and description of the website into the message boxes.
For Business category: enter your corporate email address, firm
(company) name, logo image, slogan line, street address1, street address2, the
name of your city, state, zip, phone and fax numbers.
In the Search Engine Keywords box enter the words or word combinations that
distinguish your site from all other sites on the Internet. They will be helpful
when somebody tries to find your site with a search engine. Think of the words
that would be most characteristic of your site.
In the Search Engine Description box enter a short description of your site,
like an answer to the question: What is it about? If an Internet user finds your
site with a search engine, this description will show right under the site name.
At this point, you are done with general site settings. Click the Next
button to configure individual pages.
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Special Effects
Add themes and special effects! Make snowflakes fall down in the browser, add
logos that stay put as the user scrolls, and tons of other cool features, all
with easy point and click selection.
There are several check boxes to indicate and select the theme (javascript
effects) that you can see on your web page. Use pull-down menu for selection.
Then, click Next to preview.
Falling Things:
- Snow—the snowflakes will fall on your screen;
- Snow 1 - just the same action but another type of snowflakes;
- Leaves - the leaves will fall and fly on your screen;
- Angels - the same actions but Angels (instead of leaves) will fly
on your screen.
Items. Please use pull-down menu to select the number of snowflakes
(leaves).
Theme 1. Here you can include the "Top down curtain" effect.
Cursor pointer. Here you can select:
- Cursor text. The name of the web page will trail the cursor.
- Colorful tail. The colorful tail will trail the cursor.
Site logo. Specify where you want to place the Logo image.
Logo duration. Specify how long you want the Logo to show on the page
after it is loaded.
Alt text. Enter the tooltip text—a brief message that will pop up
next to the cursor when it stops over the Logo image.
Note: Try not to include too many effects.
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Load/Save Website
You can save up to five different versions of your site. Make sure the
names you enter reflect changes between versions.
Attention: Before retrieving a previously saved website, save your
work! If you don't save your current project, you will lose it. SiteStudio
can work with only one site at a time.
To save your current site versions, enter the draft name of the site into
the box and click Save. Next time you will know which of the saved
sites to load.
Note: Saving your website will not publish it. To publish your
site, click the Publish link at the upper left-hand corner on the
menu panel.
Start Over
This option allows to scrap all your current pages with one click, and
begin designing anew. Use this option if you are not satisfied with the
current site and want to try something different from scratch. There will be
no way to get back your current pages if you start over, unless you load
previously save site from the Load/Save
Website option.
After clicking Start Over, you will get to the very first step in
creating website: choosing website category.
Warning: You will lose only your current site. If you have any saved
sites, you can edit them using Load/Save
Website option.
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Refresh Images
Refreshing images is required in the following cases:
- If ImageMaker has generated images incorrectly or there were some
errors while generating.
- If your provider moved a user account from one box to another,
refreshing helps to correct paths to images.
To refresh images, go to the Site Settings menu and click the Refresh
Images link.
Change Language
To change SiteStudio interface language:
- In the Site Settings menu click the Change Language
link. You will see a list of available languages.
- Simply choose necessary language from the drop-down box. Interface
language will change right away.
If your hosting provider supports only English version of SiteStudio, you
won't have access to other languages.
Keep in mind that if your website contains any pages, change of
language can corrupt these pages. Therefore, you need to Start Over or
delete all pages to change the language correctly.
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Edit Security Info
You can make your site open to general public or closed (secure). Secure
sites are often used by multinational companies to communicate current
information to its representatives worldwide, where e-mailing is not
appropriate.
To secure specific webpages, you should:
- Configure access groups and users in the Site Settings menu.
- Secure individual pages in the Settings tab of the specific
page.
To configure users or user groups authorized to access your secure site,
click the Edit sec. info link in Site Settings:
- In the Add Users section click the Add button.
- In the form that appears, enter User Name, user Password
and user Full Name.
- Click Next to proceed.
- In the Add Groups section click the Add button.
- In the form that appears, enter Group Name and choose the users
to be assigned to this group.
- Click Next to proceed.
Note: You can delete, edit and change the order of users and
groups using the corresponding manipulation buttons.
To secure individual pages, go to Settings tab (see Page
Settings help section for details).
SiteStudio allows to edit description to robots.txt file. This file is
used all over the world by search engines to find the match to the search
request. Search engine robots check robots.txt file, which is a plain text
file, in the root of each server.
Robots.txt implements the Robots Exclusion Protocol, which allows the
website administrator to define what parts of the site are off-limits to
specific robot user agent names.
You can leave the following indexing information to the search engines:
Note: you can edit, delete and change the order of file and
directory names that are to be denied.
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