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Plesk Sitebuilder 4.1 for Windows Wizard User's Guide (revision 1.0)

1. Product image o Browse Color name red Color value HEX room FFOOOO Product image a HaHa Upload bo CED MOTAM i E Y II sl Reset to default HET SSE image AAA E CEE Figure 53 Adding Color Options for a Product 11 If you wish to specify other product options such as size manufacturer etc go to the Options tab select the option type from the drop down list Apparel size Shoe size US UK EU or Custom option and click Add New Option For regular product options Apparel size Shoe size US UK EU Sitebuilder offers their predictive suggestions which you can edit as desired Note In the Name in RSS feed field Sitebuilder automatically inputs a Google Base RSS 2 0 attribute This attribute may be useful if later you wish to Upload your catalog to the Google Base service see page 114 to ensure your products rank higher in main Google searches 94 Populating Site with Content If you wish to provide your product catalog as an RSS feed see page 119 you can input any XML tag which is understandable by the RSS reader used by the party you supply the feed to For custom options specify a name for the option in the Name in catalog field and enter modifications in the Values field separated by comma or semicolon If necessary specify a Google Base attribute see Appendix on page 163 or any XML tag in the Name in RSS fi
2. Description System Data OleDb OleDbPermission System Data Version 2 0 0 0 Culture neutral PublickeyToken b77a5c561934e089 gt PermissionSet Example lt IPermission class OleDbPermission version 1 Unrestricred true gt WebPermission is set in the web mediumtrust config file To grant this permission add the WebPermission Class to the PermissionSet section of the web mediumtrust config file Example lt IPermission class WebPermission version 1 Unresetrioted eErue gt Note The server where Sitebuilder is installed must work in the Full Trust mode More detailed information about OleDbPermission you can find here htto msdn2 microsoft com en us library ms998341 aspx paght000020 oledbpermission More detailed information about trust levels you can find here http msdn2 microsoft com en us library wyts434y aspx CHAPTER 7 Appendix Most Common Google Base Attributes Below you will find a list of some Google Base attributes you might find useful for indexing your online store product options General g brand The brand name of the Dell Sony product Apparel g department The store department that men s the product falls under The location where the Format ISO 3166 product was made country code US g material The material the product is leather made out o g size The size of an item S XXL small medium Shoes g heel_ height The height of the heel of 1 5 inches the shoe regu
3. Preview icon against the image you want to preview The image opens in a new window Editing Image Properties v To edit an image On the amp Image Gallery page click the Images tab mb Click the P Edit icon against the image you want to edit Configure the image parameters as desired Click OK A G N 84 Populating Site with Content Changing Order of Images You can change the order in which images appear on the site page by moving particular images up and down in the list gt To move an image up or down in the list 1 On the F Image Gallery page click the Images tab 2 Click an upward t or a downward arrow against the image name One click on the icon moves the image one position up or down respectively For images which have reached the topmost or the bottom position of the list the t upward or downward arrows are not displayed correspondingly Removing Image To remove an image On the H Image Gallery page click the Images tab Select the image you want to remove Click Remove Selected ON y Managing Categories of Images You can use image categories to better organize your images An image category is a group of images in the gallery which have something in common One image may belong to one or several categories at the same time Splitting images into categories is especially convenient when you have a large number of images See the following sections to learn how to cre
4. 2 Select the logo image you want to upload from your computer Prior to uploading the logo observe the dimension and format requirements to the logo image 3 Click Open in the Browse window 4 Click Upload in the Logo area To remove logo from your site design click Clear To restore logo to its default state click Restore Default Browse uposs _ F Figure 15 Uploading a Logo Creating Site Design 27 Specifying Site s Title Subtitle and Footer Message Site title subtitle and footer message are text elements appeared at the background of your site site title and subtitle are displayed within the site banner and footer message is put at the bottom of every page of your site To specify your site title subtitle phrase and footer message on the the Design step fill in the fields in the Site info section In the Site title field provide a short description of your site maximum 255 characters On business sites this is usually a company name Inthe Subtitle field provide any phrase which reflects the concept and objectives of the site This phrase will be displayed below the site title in smaller font On business sites this is usually a corporate slogan In the Footer message field provide the copyright notice or any other information of similar kind disclaimers contact information etc which you would like to place in the page footer For ea
5. For anonymous users on the Overview page the Interface language box is displayed allowing to select the language of the Sitebuilder Wizard interface To start creating your site click Start at the bottom of the screen 18 Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard Getting Help The Sitebuilder help system has been created to assist you in solving problems you might encounter when creating your site To find the information you need you can do the following Use on screen help It is the easiest and quickest way to get instant help with your immediate tasks Using help topics will not interrupt your work flow The Top help string contains short instructions on the operations that are available on the current page and displays the result of the last command you have performed on the Sitebuilder page Use FAQ For the fastest way to solve your problems with Sitebuilder check out the Sitebuilder FAQ page hitp fag swsoft com which provides instant access to solutions for a variety of issues Select the Sitebuilder category and view the list of FAQs related to Sitebuilder Go to online forum If you failed to solve your problem using the FAQs published on SWsoft site join our online forum http forum swsoft com Here all users can post questions exchange ideas and troubleshoot common problems Note that SWsoft does not provide official support through this forum Contact technical support If you have any proble
6. Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard 8 Overview of Main Steps to Create Sit8 ooccccccccconcnnncccnnnccnonononncnnnnnonononannnnnnnnnnnnnnnanncnnnnnnnnnnnannennns 9 LOGGING IA TO SEU ta ci eo 10 Learning Sitebuilder Wizard Interface c cooonnncnncccconnonncocnnnconnnnonancnnnnnnnancnnnononancnnnononanennnnnnnas 12 WO FRIO O WII ASS SAA Ea TA 14 Starting to Work with Sitebuilder WizZard ccccccoonnconccccooncnnccononncnncnononncnnonononcnonononanncnnnnnnanenns 17 E A o q REA ae ean ee 18 Choosing Type of Created Site 19 Creating Site Design 20 Selecina DESIGN Templado sado 22 Selecina Color SENSING radiador odio cci s 23 cell ea 24 Selec Ina Menu Sicer h ttt allan is taria ae la alos loci n 25 UBIDadIAda Lodi denied 26 Specifying Site s Title Subtitle and Footer Message ccoooccccccoccnncconcnnconanonconononnononcnnnonannnnnnanenoss 27 Buying Pictures rom Foto lla aria iio A 28 Creating Site Structure 29 TYpes 0r Pad Sci an ioiici s 31 AM mre rem eR reo E ee 32 Adding PAE Sern eect oem eco ner a eo nee ener ae 33 Changing POSINOM Ol PAGS Se xiecotss ees a 34 RenamniNo ad CS aa NN aa 35 PRC OWNNO Ge AOC Sri cia 36 Choosing Site Language and Customizing Settings for Display of Numbers Currencies Time and DIle ee een eee T eee Se ee eee ee ee 37 Populating Site with Content 39 Seti Unite Mabel tr E 41 Renaming Padel an a a 41 Specifying Keywords to be Used by Search Engines occcccccccnccccoccnncconcnncn
7. In this section MANAGING IMAG SS sionistas 80 Managing Categories Of IMages ccoccccocnccccnccncncocnccncnnnanonnnnnoncnonanonnnncnnrnnnnnonos 84 Setting Up Image Gallery Appearance ccoocccccccncccccnccncncccnnncnnnncnnnnnonnnnonaronnnannos 87 79 80 Populating Site with Content Managing Images After you add an image gallery to your site the next step is to fill it in with images The procedures of managing images are described in the current section In this section Uploading IMAGES S nnen cel aoe R 81 Previewing IMAagesS ccoocccoccconcconcconcconononnnnnconcnoncnoncnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 83 Editing Image Properties suscitar aba ibenaie 83 Changing Order of Made Siurana E AEs 84 Removing Image Populating Site with Content 81 Uploading Images Sitebuilder Image Gallery supports images in jpg gif and png formats To ensure correct operation of the module we do not recommend uploading images of more than 3 MB in size gt To upload one image at a time 1 On the F Image Gallery page click F Image Upload on the Images tab 2 On the Main Properties tab enter an image title in the Name field 3 From the Position in list list select under which number the image should appear on the page 4 Click Browse select an image file on your computer and click Open 5 Click Upload The uploaded image is displayed in the Preview area 6 If you want to provide a short description for
8. TEN Ci Y seis na J an auras Pean Rives i F E Eroadway Pizza 56 Broadway Broadway Pizza 1243 1G New vark Er WP Broadway Pieza 134 PM Moe oaaae oie resulto y E ma 0 oe Get directions To here From here Figure 84 Saving a Placemark on Your Map On a site page the specified locations are marked with a red icon Your site visitors will be able to get driving directions to your locations by clicking on a placemark specifying a departure point and clicking Get driving directions Broadway Pizza amp Restaurant 2709 Broadway Hew York Wr USA 212 564 9298 My address a departure address Figure 85 Getting Driving Directions to Your Location by Your Site Visitors 144 Populating Site with Content For full information on configuring driving directions and other Google Maps features refer to Google Maps API FAQ http code google com support bin topic py topic 10028 Populating Site with Content 145 Configuring Microsoft MapPoint Web Service In order to use the Microsoft MapPoint Web Service on your pages you first need to purchase this service from Microsoft Inc You can choose one of licensing options provided by Microsoft Inc Purchase MapPoint Web Service through a direct agreement with Microsoft If you choose this method you purchase one license per each Area Map module added to your sites Purchase MapPoint Web Service through Microsoft Volume Licensing If you c
9. contains two dummy answers which you can edit as desired Yoting Change Answers x 2 t x E a Could be better Add New Answer Required fields Cancel Figure 96 Specifying Answers to Your Poll Question 5 To add an answer click Add New Answer 156 Populating Site with Content 6 Enter an answer variant in the newly appeared field 7 To change the order of answers in the voting form use and arrows 8 To delete an answer select an answer and click x 9 Click OK CHAPTER 6 Publishing Site Publishing your site as an anonymous user If you do not have a Sitebuilder account and work with the program in demo mode the site you create is temporary and cannot be published on the Internet until you register in Sitebuilder and buy hosting After you click Publish you will be provided with the information about your site and with the instructions about how you can publish it To keep this information you can send it to your e mail The e mail will include the following information The life time of your trial site i e the period of time it will be stored on the Sitebuilder server The site preview link The link to your site as it is displayed to the visitors You may send this link to your friends for example The link to your temporary site in editable mode This link opens your site in Sitebuilder Wizard You will need this link if you decide to register in Sitebuilder and upgrade your temporar
10. correspondingly Note For offline payment options you will always need to change the order status manually To be able to use the online payment options on your site you need to integrate these payment system gateways with your online store In Sitebuilder you do not need any programming or third party scripts to do this you only need to register merchant accounts with the preferred payment systems and fill in your merchant account data in the appropriate fields in Sitebuilder At any moment later you can disable any of the payment methods you configure for your customers When a payment method is disabled it disappears from the shopping cart settings with all integration settings remaining in the system in read only format grayed out By default all payment options are disabled Note Before registering with online payment systems refer to their web sites and make sure that the currency you chose for your online store is supported 106 Populating Site with Content In this section Configuring Check Money Order Payment Meth0d ococoocccccocccccnoccncnncccccnnncnnos 106 Configuring PayPal Integrati0N cooonccccconnnconoconononcnnnnnnoncnnncnnnnoncncnnarononnnnnnos 106 Configuring Authorize Net Integrati0N ccoocccccccnccccncconnnoconnnnnnnnonannnnnnnnnnnnnos 107 Configuring WorldPay Payment SySteM occccocncccccnccncnccncnncnnnncnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 107 Configuring BluePay Integration
11. see page 104 38 Creating Site Structure Site regional and language options Interface language This option affec s localization of predefined content of pages when they are added to site structure and interface of modules English Standards and formats This option affecs how some programs format numbers currencies dates and time Select an item to match its preferences English United States Samples Mumber 2 147 483 647 00 Currency 52 147 483 547 00 Time 4 05 PM Short date 11 14 2007 Long date Wednesday November 14 2007 Figure 23 Choosing Site Language and Customizing Settings for Display of Numbers Currencies Time and Date CHAPTER 5 Populating Site with Content In Sitebuilder creating your site content means creating the content of each page constituting your site and setting up functional modules you added to your site You can do all this on the Edit step of the Sitebuilder Wizard The Sitebuilder editor is organized in such a way that the information you type on the pages and the design of the pages are independent Therefore you can completely change the design for a page after you had typed a text on this page without having to retype the information The Edit step screen is structured in the following way gt PLESK ale and de the contr of yor vest oe Figure 24 Step 4 Populating Site with Content 1 Site map area shows the site structu
12. Contact information specify your contact information First name John Last name Doe Company Phone Delivery address specify delivery address Address 1 Address 1 Address 2 City State Province E mail john doe example com Country United states ZIP Postal code Shipping method select a shipping method Shipping Method 1 1 00 USD Payment method select a payment method Payment method Continue Figure 58 Checkout Page On the last page of your shopping cart a buyer sees their full purchase details including the shopping cart contents contact details selected payment and shipping methods The buyer can edit any of these data If you as the online store owner have specified your Terms of service they are also displayed on this final page 98 Populating Site with Content Products Price per item Quantity Subtotal Mountain Bike z 500 EG Color green Model modell Condition new Model year 2007 a iia aaa Shipping Method 1 1 00 USD Edit shopping cart Total 5 601 00 USD Delivery information Payment information John Doe Address 1 City United States Payment method Cash on delivery Terms of Service Terms of Service text goes here I accept the Terms of Service Figure 59 Final Checkout Page By clicking Continue buyer completes the purchase An order is placed in Sitebuilder with a New status order confirmation is sent to the customer s e mail and a
13. Pages gt To add pages to the site structure Creating Site Structure 33 1 Select the necessary pages in the Standard pages or Special pages area Note The module titles in the page set may differ from their original names For example a page E Photo of the Personal Page page set represents the Image Gallery module You can identify a module by its icon 2 Click gt Or just drag and drop needed pages into the Your site structure box You can add as many modules of one type to your site as you wish except for the Flash Intro and Registration modules These modules can be added to your site only once Special pages E HTML Page By Blog File Download C E eShop O gf Flash Intro O Forum OS Guestbook bea Image Gallery OY Registration Figure 19 Adding Pages 34 Creating Site Structure Changing Position of Pages gt To change the pages hierarchy 1 Select the required page in the Your site structure box 2 Use required buttons in the Page position area To move a page from the second level to the top level of the site structure click Left To move a page from the top level to the second level click Right To move a page up at the same level click Up To move a page down at the same level click Down When you move a first level page Up or Down all dependent second level pages are moved together with it Note In Sitebuilder modules can be only first lev
14. Pages step Site regional and language options 2 Select a desired currency from the Currency list Note When selecting currency make sure it is Supported by all payment systems you wish to integrate with your online store Populating Site with Content 105 Configuring Payment Methods In Sitebuilder you can offer your customers the following payment options Offline payment options Cash on delivery Payment is made when a product is delivered to a customer Check Money order A customer issues a check or a money order that will be sent to you by regular mail Online payment options PayPal Authorize Net WorldPay BluePay 2Checkout com This is the default list of available payment systems Sitebuilder administrator can disable some of the payment systems and integrate a custom payment system to the eShop module To see the list of payment methods available to you as the store owner go to the Payment Systems tab on the eShop page of your Sitebuilder Wizard Using online payment options allows your online store buyers to pay using their credit cards When a buyer selects an online payment system he or she is asked to fill in the relevant payment details on the Checkout form After the order is submitted the transaction is processed by the payment gateway and returned with a certain status successful or unsuccessful which automatically changes the order status in Sitebuilder to Paid or Failed
15. To set up the appearance of your forum 1 On the Forum page click the Settings tab 2 Specify the maximum number of categories to be displayed on one page 3 Specify the maximum number of topics to be displayed on one page Specify the maximum number of replies to be displayed on one page 5 Specify the maximum number of search results to be displayed on one page To preview your forum appearance click Preview at the bottom of the Sitebuilder window and go to the forum page of your web site 2 Forum Maximum number of categories per page Maximum number of topics per page Maximum number of replies per page Maximum number of search results per page Figure 80 Setting Up Forum Appearance Populating Site with Content 137 Providing Registration for Your Site Visitors You can set up voluntary user registration on your web site This function has nothing to do with restricted access Logged in users do not have to enter their name address and other data each time they fill a form on the site this data is automatically inserted into the appropriate text fields of the form for example when posting to blog or buying in e shop Note To prevent automated registration users will be required to enter a confirmation code to be able to register on your site To set up registration on your site Go to the Pages step Select MH Registration in the Special pages box Click Go to the Edit step Select th
16. across several columns select a cell and click the plus sign in the Column Span area The cells are combined to the right horizontally or downwards vertically so if you select the last right cell in a row or the last bottom cell in a column the plus sign becomes disabled To unspan a cell click the minus sign in the corresponding area Column Span or Row Span CA Table Design 4 Table Properties Sa Cell Properties Accessibility Columns Column Span OK PAPA Cancel 1 e lt gt R o WM S p a n Figure 37 Spanning Cell Across Several Rows or Columns Splitting Cells To split a cell right click in a previously merged cell and select E Split Cell from the context menu The cell will be split depending on how it was merged horizontally or vertically Populating Site with Content 63 Making Tables Available for Users with Impaired Vision MS Windows OS include tools that help users with impaired vision to use computer programs without feeling any discomfort In order to generate content that can be interpreted by the Accessibility Tools integrated in MS Windows such as the Narrator the Magnifier and the On Screen Keyboard Table Wizard includes an additional tab called Accessibility The Narrator uses the information from the Accessibility table fields heading rows columns caption alignment and summary to produce tooltip message for each table cell Users with impai
17. eShop page click the Notifications tab 2 Inthe Terms of Service section in the Caption field type the heading for the terms of service lt will be displayed in bigger and bold font above the terms text 3 In the Text field specify the text of your terms Until you provide your text in this field no information you have specified in the Terms of Service section is visible to your customers 4 Ifyou want your customers to confirm their understanding and accepting of your terms you can place a check box below the terms text The label text for this check box you specify in the Acceptance check box label field For example have read and agree to the Terms of Service listed above Customers will not be able to proceed with the order until they select the acceptance check box lf you leave this field empty no confirmation is requested from your customers and no check box is displayed below your terms of service Caption Terms of Service Font 5 Ae B 7 U Terms of Service text goes here Jo lt gt Acceptance check box label I accept the Terms of Service Figure 63 Specifying Terms of Service for Your Customers Populating Site with Content 111 Setting Up Customer Order Notification You can customize automatic order confirmation message sent to your buyers by Sitebuilder gt To set up order notification message 1 Onthe eShop page go to the Notifications tab 2 Inthe Sender s e mail field ente
18. from the blog On the Blog page click the Content tab Select the post you want to remove Click lt Remove Selected OND y Managing Comments on Blog Posts All your posted entries can be commented by your site visitors You can edit and manage these comments and add your own ones The procedures of adding and managing your blog comments are described in the current section Note To prevent automated computer generated soam comments anonymous users will be required to enter a confirmation code to be able to comment on your blog In this section Adano COMMON praia 74 eu A DEEE EIEE 75 Rmn CONME I aria is 75 74 Populating Site with Content Adding Comment gt To add a comment 1 On the Blog page click the Content tab 2 Click View Edit Comments beside the corresponding post 3 Click Add New Comment 4 Enter a comment subject in the Subject field 5 Enter your name in the Posted by field 6 Enter the text of the comment in the Content field 7 Click OK To return to the list of posts click Back to Posts Main Properties Subject Comment to Post 1 Posted by Author 1 Times NewRomae As IB Z UA 4 Ja AA PA lis HS Comment text goes here Required fields Figure 42 Adding a Comment to a Blog Post Populating Site with Content 75 Editing Comment As a blog owner you can edit both your and your blog visitors comments To edit a comment On the Blog page click the Co
19. mouse drag it to the required table cell For information on further modules setup refer to Working with Modules on page 68 Removing Tables To remove a table select it with your mouse and press the DELETE key 66 Populating Site with Content Modifying HTML Source of Web Pages In Sitebuilder textual and tabular information on your web pages is automatically converted into the HTML code HTML which stands for HyperText Markup Language is a standardized language for presenting information graphics and multimedia on the World Wide Web Using the Tag Properties feature you can easily apply different styles and change properties of selected elements At the bottom of the Sitebuilder editor window you can see the panel displaying the HTML structure of the line on which your mouse cursor is now placed For example if you place the mouse cursor in a table the HTML code structure will contain the following tags TABLE TBODY TR TD The tag where the cursor stands is shown in bold gt To modify HTML source of a web page 1 On the Edit tab select the web page where you want to modify HTML source 2 Place your mouse cursor in the line you want to edit and click the tag name 3 Click Tag Properties The Tag properties dialog box opens In this dialog box you can change the following properties For TABLE Table tags you can adjust cell spacing cell padding table width and height table and cell alignment and define
20. payment transaction is initiated in case one of the online payment options was chosen Editing Product Properties v To edit the properties of a product On the eShop page click the Products tab h Click the 7 Edit icon beside the product you want to edit Configure the needed product parameters Click OK E N Populating Site with Content 99 Changing Order of Products You can change the order in which products appear in your catalog by moving particular products up and down in the list gt To move a product up or down in the list 1 Onthe eShop page click the Products tab 2 Click an upward t or a downward arrow against the product name One click on the icon moves the product one position up or down respectively For products occupying the topmost or the bottom position of the list the upward t or downward arrows are not displayed correspondingly Removing Product To remove a product from your online store On the E eShop page go to the Products tab Select the product you want to remove Click Remove Selected OND y 100 Populating Site with Content Arranging Products in Categories After you add a number of products to your e shop you may need to sort them by categories so that your customers could easily navigate in your catalog The procedures of adding and managing product categories are described in the current section For each product in your online store catalo
21. the borders of the cells 57 Cell padding Increase or decrease the space between the content and the border of a cell Border Set cell border width color and layout ID Setting ID for a table provides some options for advanced table handling Background Image Set an image as the table background CSS class Specify table CSS class and style CSS class is the predefined style which is applied to the selected text Click OK Thila Wira 2 CA Table Design Dimensions Width Height Layout Background a gt Alignment x Cell spacing Cell padding ID Background image URL Table C55 C55 class Clear Style Y Figure 34 Editing Table Properties ss 58 Populating Site with Content Alternatively you can resize the table horizontally or vertically edit table width or height or both with your mouse To do so click one of the table s resize handles and holding down your mouse drag the border to the location you prefer Figure 35 Resizing Tables with the Mouse Cursor Formatting Tables with CSS Classes CSS class provides easy and consistent way for formatting the tables gt Tousea CSS class 1 Create a table This process is described in detail in Inserting Tables on page 56 earlier in this guide 2 Open the Table Properties dialog box 3 Select a CSS class from the CSS class list in the Table Properties dialog box 4 Click OK Populating Site
22. the misspelled word with the word in the Suggestions field click Change To replace this word in the whole text click Change All Undoing and Redoing Actions To undo the last action click the J Undo icon To redo the last undone action click the a Redo icon Populating Site with Content 49 Inserting Images gt A OO N a To insert an image to a web page On the Edit tab select the desired site page Place the mouse cursor where you want to insert the image Click the Image Manager icon Click Browse and select an image to upload Note 1 The maximum size of an image is 200KB 2 The supported graphics file formats are gif jpg jpeg png bmp Click Open in the Browse dialog box If the file with the same name as the image you are uploading exists and you want to overwrite it select Overwrite if file with such name exists Click Upload On the left part of the window you can see the list of uploaded images Click the desired image name to preview it and to select it for inserting into the page Click Insert To delete an image from the list of uploaded images click it and click the icon I Browse al Overwrite if file with such name exists Maximum file size allowed 200KB File extensions allowed gif jpo jpeg ong brnp Figure 28 Inserting Images 50 Populating Site with Cont
23. to your account vou may lose it in case it expires or is deleted d Mever ask me again Figure 1 Assigning Your Trial Site to Your Account 4 You can proceed to the Wizard in the following ways Click F Edit your site on the Desktop screen Tasks section Gotohttp hostname port Wizard Click Go to Sitebuilder Wizard on the Desktop mb Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard 11 If no site is registered for your account yet a site with a default name and empty publishing settings will be automatically created and will open in the Wizard If your Sitebuilder provider has already registered a site for you then this site will open in the Wizard if you have several sites you can switch between them by using the Edit site list on the Wizard s Overview page Another way to open an 7 already existing site in the Wizard is to go to navigation pane gt Sites and click the Edit site in Wizard icon opposite the site name To access the Sitebuilder Wizard as an anonymous user in demo mode Open your Internet browser Enter the URL to Sitebuilder demo version into the address bar of your browser and press ENTER For example http hostname port Wizard The link may be distributed by a Sitebuilder provider or obtained otherwise Select the language of Sitebuilder interface from the Interface language list The Sitebuilder Wizard opens on the Overview page which provides access to all five steps of the Sitebuilde
24. where you want to insert the module Populating Site with Content 69 Block modules cannot be viewed directly on the Edit step You can only configure block modules there To preview block modules as they are displayed on your site click Preview To delete a block module from the page click Remove Module on the block module dialog box For details on configuring each particular module see the corresponding sections further in this guide For information on how to operate with lists of objects appearing on module management screens refer to section Working with Lists on page 14 In this section Lolo glo BIOO IPPO A e POE o O A 70 Adding Image Gallery ooooccccocnccocnncccnncnoncncnncnnnoncnonnnnononcnonnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnos 79 Providing Content for Downl0AJ occcooccccoccnccccnnccncnononnncnncnononononanncnnnnnonaninnos 88 Addmng Online STOTE rreraren ena E anD 89 Adano Fasa WMO eee ee E E 123 Adding GUUESto00Kk oocccocccocccccccccncnccncnonononncnonncnnnnnnnnrnonnnonnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnrnonarnnennnnnnns 125 o o glo Melo 8 y y POP she cccsecuadeciddeeaseetencensecensecantseedsendercesaudeestoaed EEEE EESE 129 Providing Registration for Your Site Visitors cccocccoccccccnococnonanononnnoncnnnannnos 137 PACING VND S rta ii ati 140 Adding Feedback ON A o seein ea en Eh En enini 147 Adding Online Status INGICAION tera 150 Adding RSS News Feeds ooccccoccncccccccoccnccncccconcncnncnnnonnnc
25. which you have found an error CHAPTER 1 Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard This chapter describes your first steps with the Sitebuilder Wizard In this chapter Overview of Main Steps to Create Site oocccccnnncccccnccncncconnnononncnonononannnnnnnnnnnnnos 9 Loggo MtO StepuUIlder rsrs 10 Learning Sitebuilder Wizard Interface oocccoccncoccccccncconococnconcnonanonnnnconcnnnnnonos 12 Starting to Work with Sitebuilder WIZaro cooonccconcncconnnconnnconcnnonacnnoncnnnnnnnos 17 E A A A O 18 Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard 9 Overview of Main Steps to Create Site As a rule the process of working on a site includes three main stages planning implementation and site updating or maintenance Planning The first and most essential stage in any project is planning Before starting with Sitebuilder think about the purpose of your site and its target audience After this decide where your site will be stored or in Internet terminology hosted This stage is beyond the scope of this document Since Sitebuilder is often provided in a bundle with a web hosting package we assume that you already have a web space for publishing your site Then you create a structure of your future site and prepare its contents including text and graphics The planning stage is extremely important because it eventually determines the usefulness of your site Implementation The next stage is the implementation of y
26. you to the Sitebuilder Administrator Panel Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard 13 s B Log out button which finishes the current session with the Sitebuilder Wizard Note Buttons Go to Admin Panel and Log out are not shown to users working in Sitebuilder in demo mode as anonymous users 9 Work area which displays the interface options available on the current step 10 Back button which enables you to get to the previous step of the Wizard you can also return to another step by selecting the corresponding tab in the top frame area 11 Preview button which allows you to preview the site at any stage of its creation 12 E Next button which takes you to the next step of creating your site you can also go to the next step by clicking the required tab in the top frame area In this section WONG WIN EISUS earn cn tenor bas 14 14 Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard Working with Lists When setting up page or block modules on the Edit step of the Sitebuilder Wizard you will see lists of various system objects blog posts online store orders etc In such a list each object record is a table row displaying the object name and the relevant parameters of the object for example for each forum topic the author of the topic the category the topic belongs to the date of last the update and the number of replies to the topic are displayed Above and below each list the total number of items contained in
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28. 3 Enter the maximum number of comments to be displayed on one post page in the Comments per page field 4 Enter the maximum number of symbols a post Summary can contain in the Post summary truncation limit field To preview your blog page appearance click Preview at the bottom of the Sitebuilder window and go to the blog page of your web site amp Blog Categories Settings Posts per page Comments per page Post summary truncation limit Figure 44 Setting Up Blog Appearance Populating Site with Content Adding Image Gallery The Image Gallery module allows you to place an image gallery or a photo album on your site in an easy and comfortable way You can upload images describe and categorize them set the order of images etc gt To add an image gallery to your site 1 Goto the Pages step 2 Select Image Gallery in the Special pages box 3 Click i You can add several image galleries to your site gt Toproceed to setting up your image gallery 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Select H Image Gallery in the Site map E Image Gallery Images Categories Settings Tools Image Upload Multiple Image Upload Buy Pictures Images Y Remove Selected pa Search 3 records total Mumber of entries per page 10 Pame o Cabepories iioii e a ai mr Image 1 jpg Category 1 Category 2 9 Image 2 jpg Category 1 t 4 0 Image 3 pg 3 records total Number of entries per page iC Figure 45 Image Gallery Editor
29. 37 All page modules available in Sitebuilder are described in Types of Pages on page 31 For instructions on how to include special pages in your site structure refer to Structuring Your Site on page 32 Block modules These modules do not require dedicated site pages they are inserted into ordinary text pages and work as embedded functional blocks There are the following block modules in Sitebuilder Area Map see page 140 Allows you to insert fragments of geographical maps into site pages You can choose between two third party GIS engines Google Maps API and Microsoft MapPoint Web Service e Feedback see page 147 Allows you to include a feedback form into the page 25 Online Status Indicator see page 150 Allows you to place an icon showing your ICQ or Skype status on your site Lu RSS Reader see page 152 Allows you to automatically load favorite news and information to you site from RSS news feeds also called channels Y Voting see page 155 Allows to conduct polls and online surveys Script see page 152 Allows you to add custom JavaScript or HTML code to your web pages Block modules are added and configured on the Edit step of the Sitebuilder Wizard General rules for working with block modules are the following You can add any number of block modules to a page To insert a block module into a page select the module icon in the Modules area on the right click and drag it to the page
30. 48 9 Populating Site with Content Mame Type Required Lastname String First name string E mail pai e DE E mail Contact String Comments o o Text xx O O CAPTCHA CAPTCHA Mew field name String Add Field a Figure 89 Managing Feedback Form Fields To add a new field click Add Field From the Name box select a name for the field or specify a custom name From the Type field select the type of data that can be entered in current field The supported field types are String allows specifying any arbitrary text string maximum 255 symbols It can include national characters punctuation marks and spaces but cannot include line breaks Text same as string but with line breaks allowed maximum 255 symbols E mail allows inputting e mail addresses only Double allows entering a floating point number with a point or a comma as a decimal point Integer allows entering an integer number positive negative or zero Currency allows entering a floating point number Date allows entering a date in format MM DD YYYY with a slash as a separator Phone allows entering an international phone number May contain numbers spaces parentheses and symbols Password allows entering any arbitrary text string CAPTCHA allows entering Latin characters and digits To make a field required for filling in select the Required check box beside the corresponding field 10 Set the or
31. 8 3 Click Edit publishing settings Your site has never been published Preview site Edit publishing settings a Publishing mode FTP pa Publishing mode It can be FTP COPY or Virtuozzo Host IP address or DNS name Select a host E Port 21 Port used For FTP connection IF it is omitted then the default port will be used Web site URL The address the site is available at after publication E g http idomainname cori Login Your user name to access the FTP server Password Your password Eo access the FTP server Working directory The path on the FTP server the Files of the site must be published to E g Feiprooe dir or wawi e Publish Figure 98 Specifying Site Publishing Settings Required Fields Sitebuilder administrator can prohibit users from editing publishing settings In that case publishing settings will be displayed to you in read only mode 4 Select a publishing mode the list of available publishing modes is configured by your Sitebuilder provider FTP publishing site to an FTP server Virtuozzo publishing site to a Virtuozzo virtual environment XCopy publishing site using the XCOPY technology 5 If you select FTP publishing mode provide the following parameters Hostis the IP address or domain name of the FTP server lf the maximum number of hosts allowed by your plan is limited select a host from the list This list consists of hosts included in your service
32. Google Base web site http oase google com support bin answer py answer 59558 amp hl en Note The possibility to specify data type for an option is not supported by Sitebuilder You specify the namespace prefix and the tag name only the data type is set to its default value String which allows inputting any arbitrary text string containing any characters except for line break 118 Populating Site with Content Add New Product Main Properties Colors Options Categories Custorn a Add New Option Name in catalog Name in R55 feed Values comma separated model 1 model2 model3 tA O Figure 67 Adding Product Options Populating Site with Content 119 Supplying Your Product Catalog as RSS Feed Subscribing to your catalog RSS feed enables the customers to browse your product offerings and check for updates on a regular basis Converting the contents of your online store catalog to RSS 2 0 format is done automatically by Sitebuilder the Eil RSS button is placed on the front page of your online store and by clicking this button the customers proceed to a page where they can subscribe to your catalog RSS feed The same hu RSS button is also shown on each category page allowing your customers to monitor products belonging to selected categories only In Internet Explorer starting from version 7 0 the subscription is done by adding your feed to the browser s Favorites Center In Mozilla Firefox your customers will
33. New York Caldwell Missouri United States Figure 87 Specifying a Geographical Location to be Shown on the Map MS MapPoint 6 Enter the name of the location you want to show in the Find Locations field 7 Click Find Locations 8 From the list of results select the location to be displayed on your web page 9 Click OK Populating Site with Content 147 Adding Feedback Form Online feedback forms enable you to gather information about your site visitors gt To set up a feedback form on your site 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Inthe Modules area click the Feedback module icon and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page 3 To set up the general properties of your feedback form click Properties and Inthe Title field enter a name for the feedback form Inthe E mail field enter the e mail address the filled in feedback forms will be sent to Inthe Subject field enter the subject of the feedback e mail message 4 Click OK Feedback Properties Title Feedback Form a E mail vouri email com Subject Subject y Figure 88 Configuring General Feedback Form Properties 5 To arrange the list of fields in your feedback form click Add Edit Fields By default the Feedback module contains a number of fields commonly used in feedback forms You can adjust the existing fields as well as add new ones 1
34. O SWSOFT e PLESK SITEBUILDER Plesk Sitebuilder 4 1 for Windows Wizard User s Guide Revision 1 0 ge SWSOFT Copyright Notice ISBN N A SWsoft 13755 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 600 Herndon VA 20171 USA Phone 1 703 815 5670 Fax 1 703 815 5675 Copyright 1999 2007 SWsoft Holdings Ltd All rights reserved Distribution of this work or derivative of this work in any form is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained from the copyright holder Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc X Window System is a registered trademark of X Consortium Inc Intel Pentium and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation MS Windows Windows 2003 Server Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation IBM DB2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp SSH and Secure Shell are trademarks of SSH Communications Security Inc MegaRAID is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc PowerEdge is a trademark of Dell Computer Corporation Request Tracker is a trademark of Best Practical Solutions LLC ActiveSite Compiller v4 is a trademark of Intorel Inc XML RPC Library under MIT License Contents Preface 5 ABOUT Plesk SIEDUNGER arta ada 5 Whats New il IRIS Vera tai 6 ADOUCMIS GUS e ee eee 6 Who should RE Ad this GUS 7 TYPOGrapniGal GONVENTIONS aaa daa abia 7 ROSADA Aa O a ive lo cia 7
35. Structure 37 Choosing Site Language and Customizing Settings for Display of Numbers Currencies Time and Date In Sitebuilder you can create a site in the language which is different from the language of your Wizard interface The desired language is selected on the Pages step of the Sitebuilder Wizard The choice of the language determines the format of numbers the site currency and also the format of date and time records everywhere on your site gt To select the language for your site and the format of displaying numbers currencies times and dates 1 Go to the Pages step 2 Select the language of your site content and modules interface from the Interface language list In the Standards and formats area you will see the format of numbers date and time and the currency associated with the chosen language If you do not see a required language in the list check SWsoft web site http www swsoft com en download sitebuilder to see if it is available Only a user with administrator s privileges can download and install language packs in Sitebuilder If you wish to use any of the available Sitebuilder language packs contact your Sitebuilder provider for assistance Note that the currency settings of the online store module us independent from the general language and currency settings of the site If necessary you can set a different currency for your online store at a later stage by configuring the eShop module accordingly
36. a shipping method on the checkout page a required option and the cost associated with the method is added to the order total gt Toadda shipping method 1 On the 3 eShop page click the Shipping Methods tab 2 Click Add New Shipping Method 3 On the Main Properties tab 1 Specify the method name in the Shipping method field 2 Enter the delivery cost in the Shipping cost field 3 From the Position in list list select under which index number the method should be displayed in the list 4 lf you want to provide a short description of the method enter it on the Description tab 5 Click OK If you do not specify any shipping method for your online store the shipping method option does not appear on the checkout page Add New Shipping Method Main Properties Description Shipping method Shipping method 1 CT Shipping cost 1 00 A Position in list 1 Figure 62 Creating a Shipping Method 110 Populating Site with Content Specifying Terms of Service for Your Customers As the online store owner you might want to report your terms of service to your customers to clarify rights and responsibilities of both sides These terms will be displayed after a customer clicks the Checkout button on the order confirmation page Also you can accompany the text of your terms with a check box requiring customers to confirm their accepting of the terms gt To specify your terms of service 1 On the
37. ad permission for the root folder are required Note 1 If you use IIS 5 0 the above permissions should be given to the identity specified in configuration system web deployment processModel userN ame of the SWINDIR S Microsoft NET Framework v2 0 50727 CONFIG machi ne config file 2 If you use IIS 6 0 the above permissions should be given to the application pool identity specified in IIS settings Start gt IIS Manager gt Application Pools gt respective application pool gt Properties gt Identity tab IIS application pool identity VETWORK SERVICE by default must have permission to create files and folders in the SWINDIR temp folder The order in which the default documents default htm default aspx and so on will be used to respond the browser request is defined working directory menu gt Properties gt Documents tab Publishing server works in the Medium Trust mode at least If a server works in the Medium Trust mode it must be granted with OleDbPermission for accessing Microsoft Access database and with WebPermission for some of the modules to work correctly OleDbPermission is set in the web mediumtrust config file stored on the publishing server By default this permission is disabled To grant this permission you should add the OleDbPermission Class to the following sections of the web mediumtrust config file SecurityClasses 162 Publishing Site Example lt SecurityClass Name OleDbPermission
38. alog by moving particular categories up and down in the list gt To move a category up or down in the list 1 Onthe 2 eShop page click the Categories tab 2 Click an upward t or a downward arrow against the category name One click on the icon moves the category one position up or down respectively For categories occupying the topmost or the bottom position of the list the upward t or downward arrows are not displayed correspondingly Removing Category To remove a category On the eShop page click the Categories tab select a category you want to remove Click Remove Selected ON y Note When a category is removed the products belonging to this category remain in your catalog These products are displayed in the uncategorized list unless they have been assigned to other categories Configuring Payment Settings for Your Online Store You can configure the following payment settings for your online store currency and price format payment systems and shipping methods In this section Sl o A A PES PE OPE OE A 104 Configuring Payment Methods cccooccnccoccncccnncnconnconononcnnononononnncnnonnncnonnarononnanons 105 alo o An ee oo 109 104 Populating Site with Content selecting Currency gt To set currency to be used in your online store 1 Onthe eShop page go to the Payment Systems tab By default the currency and price format of your online store are the same as for the whole site
39. ate and manage categories In this section Adding CACO OLY couse sea o EE 85 PP oe A 86 Changing Order of Categories cccocccccccccccccnconcncconcncnncnononononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnrnnnnnnnss 86 Removing CAlCOONY AAA OPROPROU O05 O0NuY Y eO0 A 86 Populating Site with Content 85 Adding Category To add a category On the H Image Gallery page click the Categories tab Click E Add New Category On the Main Properties tab enter a name for the new category in the Name field 4 From the Position in list list select under which number the category should appear on the page 5 If you want to add an image to be displayed beside the category name click Browse select an image file on your computer and click Open then click Upload The uploaded image is displayed in the Preview area 6 If you want to provide a short description for the category enter it on the Description tab Site visitors see this description beside the category name 7 Click OK On y Add New Category Main Properties Description Name Position in list Preview Mew image Required fields G oK Cancel Figure 48 Adding a Category for Images 86 Populating Site with Content Editing Category gt To edit a category 1 On the E Image Gallery page click the Categories tab 2 Click the P Edit icon beside the category you want to edit 3 Configure the category parameters as desired 4 Click OK Changing Order of Catego
40. ategories list By default categories are shown in two columns To show categories one below another like items in the uncategorized product section set the number of columns to 1 To set a default parameter the products should be sorted by select a desired value from the Sort field for products list To set a default order the products should be sorted in select a desired option Ascending or Descending To define the number of products to be displayed on one page enter a desired value in the Number of products per page field These settings apply to all product lists to the list of uncategorized products shown on the front page of your online store and to the list of products contained in each category To customize the order of sections on the catalog page select elther of the two options Show categories first selected by default or Shown uncategorized products first lf you wish to change the order of categories in your catalog go the the Categories tab and set the desired order using the upward t or downward arrows Populating Site with Content 113 Ss eShop Products Categories Shipping Methods Notifications Payment Systems Settings Orders Number of columns in the categories list 2 Sort Field For products Mame Ascending Sort order For products C Descending Mumber of products per page 5 Enable stock level tracking r Show categories First Layout O Show uncategori
41. be suggested to subscribe either by adding your feed to their bookmarks or by using one of proposed RSS reader applications Google My Yahoo Bloglines and other 120 Populating Site with Content E eShop Windows Internet Explorer eShop You are viewing a feed that contains frequently updated content When you subscribe to a feed it is added to the Common Feed List Updated information from the feed is automatically downloaded to your computer and can be viewed in Internet Explorer and other programs Learn mare about feeds chy BENE Wi this feed Mountain Bike Internet Explorer Subscribe to this Feed Ni When you subscribe to a feed itis automatically added to the Favorites Center and kept up to date Name eShop Brief description of Create ir Feeds a New folder EShopHandler a Mountain Bike gt Figure 68 Customer Subscription to Your Catalog RSS Feed If necessary interested buyers and partners can incorporate your eShop RSS channel into their own web pages To do so they can use one of specialized add ons such as the Sitebuilder module RSS Reader The appearance of your product catalog in the RSS feed is as follows All products are shown in a single sheet not sorted by category Each product is rendered as a separate entry Each product color option is rendered as a separate entry for example T Shirt Blue navy and T Shirt Red are displayed as separate entries Populating Site w
42. ble color schemes menu styles and page banners further on this step The list of available site design templates is determined by your service plan gt To select a design template for your site 1 On the Design step select a template category from the Category list The default design template which goes with the category is displayed in the main design preview window the alternative ones in smaller windows beside the main window 2 Select a design template Click the design template you like to select it for your site The selected template appears in the main design preview window By selecting a design template you can view the color schemes menu styles and the page banner which go with it To choose a design template on pure aesthetic grounds not by category select All categories to display all available templates and click the desired one to select it ID ayv 259 ID vap 26 Category Art and Photography Keywords PREVIEW Figure 11 Selecting a Design Template Creating Site Design 23 Selecting Color Scheme For each design template three color schemes are available No custom color schemes can be uploaded to Sitebuilder To select a color scheme for your site on the Design step in the Color schemes area select the color scheme you like The selected color scheme is outlined with a red frame Figure 12 Selecting a Color Scheme 24 Creating Site Design Sele
43. ch text element it is possible to break the text into multiple lines To do so insert the lt br gt tag where you want the line break to be For example first line lt br gt second line lt brsthird line Site info Site title 1 Subtitle Tooter message Figure 16 Specifying Site s Title Subtitle and Footer Message 28 Creating Site Design Buying Pictures from Fotolia In Sitebuilder you can buy images from Fotolia http www fotolia com swsoft the first worldwide social marketplace for royalty free stock images directly from the Sitebuilder Wizard As an SWsoft customer you can a get 20 discount on Fotolia pictures gt To purchase images from Fotolia 1 On the Design step click the cD Buy pictures shortcut 2 Follow the instructions provided on the Fotolia Web site to purchase images Note If you do not see this shortcut it means that this option is disabled in the Sitebuilder license Figure 17 Buying Pictures from Fotolia CHAPTER 4 Creating Site Structure A site consists of several pages linked together to present information in an ordered way Using Sitebuilder you can arrange the pages in the two levels of hierarchy top level pages and second level pages Therefore before this stage you must clearly understand how you intend to structure your site Note The maximum number of pages you can create using Sitebuilder is determined by your license for administrator or by your service p
44. chy of product categories for more flexible and convenient catalog navigation Adding colors and options for e shop products You can specify several color options for each product as well as provide various product options such as apparel size the material the product is made out of the location where the product was made and much more Specifying terms of service You can specify your terms of service to clarify rights and responsibilities of both sides displayed to the customers on the checkout page Inventory support You can track the flow of goods as you ship them to customers and refill the stock E shop catalog RSS feed Site visitors can now subscribe to your online store s RSS feed which enables them to browse the product offerings and check for updates on a regular basis Google Base submit Submitting information about a product catalog to Google Base will make the catalog searchable on Google Product Search Google Maps and on the main Google web search About this Guide This guide instructs you how to create and publish sites on the Internet using the Sitebuilder Wizard This guide covers the following steps of creating and publishing sites oa FF GW N Selecting the type of site see page 19 Creating site design see page 20 Creating and editing site structure see page 29 Creating and editing site content see page 39 Publishing a site on the Internet see page 157 Preface 7 Who Should Read this G
45. click the Hide modules icon To restore the Modules area on the screen click the Show modules icon Note When you edit special pages page modules the Modules area of the screen is not displayed In this chapter Setind Ub Sl MAD rastros ce cen setae ee sabias 41 SA OO O 44 Working WITH Tables serrana 55 Modifying HTML Source of Web Pages cccsccccseeeseeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeaes 66 Working with Modules cccccccceeecseeeceeeeceeeeeeeseeeeseeeeseeeseueeseeseeeeseneeseeesaneess 68 Populating Site with Content 41 Setting Up Site Map If upon filling your site with content you decide to rename some pages hide them in site navigation or provide them with some keywords or description to be used by search engines you can do that on the Edit step in the Site map area i a 112 amarte Page title Home Page keywords Page description Show this page in site map Required fields Figure 25 Setting Up Site Map Renaming Pages To rename a page select it in the Site map area and provide a new name in the Page title field This will rename the page in the site menu and in the browser s title bar Note that the page title may contain 256 symbols at maximum 42 Populating Site with Content Specifying Keywords to be Used by Search Engines The keywords should be carefully selected to reflect the page content because they are used by search engi
46. click the Download shortcut File Download 46 0 KB uploaded Download File name My File doc Open in browser F Path to new file Upload Figure 50 Providing Content for Download Populating Site with Content 99 Adding Online Store In Sitebuilder you can set up your own online store by adding the eShop module into your site You as the online store owner can offer your customers a feature rich product catalog accept online payments from buyers and manage orders submitted by them You can integrate your e commerce resource with various payment gateways so that customers can pay for their purchases using their credit cards gt To add an online store to your site 1 Goto the Pages step 2 Select 5 eShop in the Special pages box 3 Click ii You can set up several online stores on your site by adding as many eShop page modules to your site structure as necessary Currency payment settings lists of categories and products you create in different eShop modules are independent of each other gt To proceed to setting up your online store 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Select 5 eShop in the Site map area eShop o Products Categories Shipping Methods Notifications Payment Systems Settings Orders Number of entries per page 10 25 100 ss P Name Tal Stock level Categories Lo 2 gg Saddle 5 70 00 USD 0 Bicyoes Cyding Accessones L y Mountain Bike 5600 00 USD Bicycles 4 3 2 Bi
47. cnccncnnnnncncnncnnnnncncnnnnnnnncnnnos 73 Managing Categories of Blog POSTS ccoocccoccncccnccncnccnnncnnnconcnonanonnnncnncnonanonos 75 setting Up Blog Appearance rss ins 78 Populating Site with Content 71 Managing Posts in Your Blog After you add blog to your site the next step is to fill it in with posts The procedures of adding and managing your blog posts are described in the current section In this section FPOSUNG tO YOUR Bl arrasada lar dada 72 EAIN POS id ii A a 73 A e e a Nowra nares Meare 73 72 Populating Site with Content Posting to Your Blog gt To add a blog post 1 On the Blog page click the Content tab 2 Click Add New Post 3 Enter a post subject in the Subject field 4 Enter post text in the Content field 5 Ifyou want to add an image to the post click the Image manager icon browse to an image file and click Upload 6 Click OK At this stage the list of categories is empty After you add some categories see page 75 you can refer the created message to a desired category or several categories Main Properties Categones Post 1 Post content goes here Regured felds Figure 41 Posting to Your Blog Populating Site with Content 73 Editing Post gt To edit an existing blog post 1 Onthe amp Blog page click the Content tab 2 Click the P Edit icon beside the post you want to edit 3 Edit the post as desired 4 Click OK Removing Post To remove a post
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49. concncnonnnonncnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnos 46 Finding and Replacing Text ccccecccscccsccceeccecccseecececeeeceeeceeecseeseeeneeesseeneeenes 47 SRECKO PENNO ssrssan daran cai cna te EEA EE 48 Undoing and REGOING ACTIONS soriana 48 Inserting IMAGES cccccccecccececececeeeceeeceeeceeeceeeceuecsueceeessuesseeceeeseeeseeesseeneeeneeenes 49 Inserting Links A eE O OP RU PEO POP PE PRO PEO O PR ORO O O A 50 Populating Site with Content 45 Applying Styles Fonts and Colors to Text gt 1 2 To apply formatting to a text On the Edit tab select the desired site page Select the text fragment you want to edit Apply desired formatting options to the selected text Select a font from the Font list Select a font size from the Size list Select a style from the Paragraph Style list Click the A gt Text Color icon and select a color Clickthe 7 Background Color icon and select a color Click the B Bold J Italic UY Underline or Strike Through icons to make the text bold italic underlined or strikethrough respectively Click the Subscript or x Superscript icon to make the text subscript or superscript respectively To insert a special symbol into the text place the mouse cursor on the required spot on the page click the Insert Symbol icon and select a symbol Formatting Paragraphs gt 4 2 3 To apply formatting to a paragraph On the Edit tab select t
50. cting Banner In Sitebuilder banner is a large image of rectangular shape which serves as a central element of the page layout Each design template offers a choice of available banners gt To select a banner 1 On the Design tab in the Banners area click the down arrow to expand the list of available banners 2 Select the banner you need You can also upload a custom banner for your site gt Toupload a banner 1 Click Browse in the Banners area 2 Inthe Browse window find and select the banner image you want to upload 3 Click Open in the Browse window 4 Click Upload in the Banners area ms O Br 29 oo aj is kiii ee ee tal j ss S T io ia Banners i ml Eg Se eae y DO train Figure 13 Selecting or Uploading a Banner Creating Site Design 25 Selecting Menu Style Menu style defines the visual appearance of the menu items on your site To select a menu style on the Design step in the Menu styles area select the style you like The selected style is outlined with a red frame Figure 14 Selecting a Menu Style 26 Creating Site Design Uploading Logo In Sitebuilder logo is a small image displayed at the top of each page within page banner The maximum size of logo image is 320x320 pixels the supported image files formats are bmp gif jpg pna gt To upload a logo 1 On the Design step click Browse in the Logo area
51. d keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page 3 Click Change Script Source and replace the default text with the code of your script 4 Click OK 154 Populating Site with Content Script Change Script Source Script text Script text lt l Delete this text and insert your script here f gt Figure 94 Inserting Scripts to Your Web Pages Populating Site with Content 155 Conducting Polls and Online Surveys Online polls and surveys enable you to receive valuable feedback from your site visitors You can collect votes on different questions and display the results as dynamic graphical charts directly on the page The Sitebuilder voting module tracks visitor uniqueness based on the single session principle that is a visitor cannot vote several times in this poll within the same session gt To set up voting on your site 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Inthe Modules area click the Y Voting module icon and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page 3 To provide the question of your survey click Change Question and type your question Yoting Change Question Font Erer A gt B Z UA LAA A l How do you like my web site e lt gt Required fields Cancel Figure 95 Specifying a Question for Your Poll 4 To arrange the list of available answers click Change Answers The Voting module must contain at least two answers By default the module
52. der of fields in the feedback form by clicking or beside the fields you need to move 11 To remove a field select the field you want to remove and click amp Populating Site with Content 149 12 Click OK 13 To specify the text to be displayed to the site visitors after they submit the feedback form click Response Text and provide your text Feedback Response Text Font eres A Oe BS UA Aa AAA Eli Thank you for your feedback e lt gt Required Fields Cancel Figure 90 Specifying Text to be Displayed to Site Visitors after They Submit the Feedback Form 14 Click OK 150 Populating Site with Content Adding Online Status Indicator Online Status Indicator module allows you to place an icon showing your ICQ or Skype status on your site gt To add an online status indicator to your site 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Inthe Modules area click the 25 Online Status Indicator module icon and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page 3 Click Configure on the title bar of the module window select your instant messenger provider ICQ or Skype 5 If you select ICQ Specify your ICQ UIN Select the type of icon to be displayed for your ICQ status The result of your choice is shown in the Preview area Click OK Online Status Indicator Configure Select your instant messenger provider ico Skype ICO UIN Your ICQ UIN ICO ican 21 Preview 28 Online Fig
53. e M Registration page in the Site map To enable or disable registration select or clear the corresponding check box in the Registration section ou hw nD y Note If you disable registration and do not remove the registration page from your site structure your site visitors will still be able to access this page but will not be able to log in using their existing account 7 To allow registered visitors to recover their forgotten passwords select the Enable check box in the Password recovery section M Registration Settings Password recovery O Enable D Disable Registration Enable Disable Figure 81 Providing Registration for Your Site Visitors When a site visitor accesses the registration page they are prompted to register or log in using their existing account 138 Populating Site with Content Log in Register Registration and submitting your personal User name i K information will facilitate your use of our site Passweord d Remember my login Register How Figure 82 Registration Page In this section Managing Registered Site VISItOFS oooccconcnconnnconncncnncnnnnncncnnnnnnnncnnoncnnnnncnnnns 138 Managing Registered Site Visitors After your site is published you can manage your registered site users through the Sitebuilder Administrator Panel gt To proceed to managing registered site visitors 1 Proceed to your Administrator Panel by clicking Go to Admin Panel a
54. e order status Specify a comment for an order for example the reason of order cancellation or other order specific information To manage an order On the eShop page go to the Orders tab Click the Edit icon beside an order From the Status list select a status for the order Orders can have one of the following statuses New status is automatically assigned to all new unpaid orders in the system Paid status is automatically assigned to orders after online payment gateway reports a successful transaction Processed status is set manually for orders being processed at the time Backorder status is set manually to indicate deferred orders Completed status is set manually for orders which have been completed and delivered to the customers Cancelled status is set manually for orders cancelled by customers for example after you receive the corresponding request from your customer Failed status is automatically assigned to orders processed by online payment systems in case the payment transaction fails Note For offline payment options Cash on Delivery and Cash Money Order you will need to specify the Paid or Failed statuses manually To attach a comment to the order specify the required information in the Comment field Commented orders are marked with the amp icon on the Orders tab Hovering over this icon will display the comment text Populating Site with Content 123 Adding Flash Int
55. e section 3 Your site structure area shows the final structure of your site Site regional and language options area allows you to set the site language and the format of numeric data You can expand or collapse this section by clicking the or icons 5 Special pages area displays all available types of pages which can be added to your site structure one common text page and all available page modules You can ah ah expand or collapse this section by clicking the or icons 6 Cun dang bs buttons allow you add or remove pages from the site structure 7 Page position area enables you to organize the hierarchy of pages on page 34 in the site map and to rename pages Read this chapter to know how to use these options In this chapter TYD Sa PaO tna ne ee 31 MAA 32 Choosing Site Language and Customizing Settings for Display of Numbers Currencies Time and Date ocoococcococcncnccncnccnnoncnconcnnononnnnnnnonnnnnnnonencnnannnnannnnnns 37 Creating Site Structure 31 Types of Pages In Sitebuilder there are two types of pages Standard common pages ordinary pages used for displaying text information Such pages are marked with icons in the site map Special pages page modules which extend the site functionality Each module is designed for a certain purpose and is identified by Its own icon There are the following types of page modules in Sitebuilder E Blog see page 70 Supports a standard s
56. e with the easy way to jump from one part of the text to another gt oF OQ N e O To insert an anchor Place the cursor where you want the link to lead to Click the E5 Hyperlink Manager icon Click the Anchor tab Enter a name for the anchor and click OK Select some text or an image that will be the hyperlink leading to the anchor Click the Hyperlink Manager icon again On the Hyperlink tab select the newly created anchor from the Existing anchor field Click OK Hyperlink 2 Anchor Sd E mail Name OK Cancel Figure 31 Inserting Anchors 54 Populating Site with Content Inserting E Mail Links If you want visitors of your site to contact you by e mail insert an e mail link to your web pages On a web page this looks like your e mail address underlined and when a user clicks it a mail program on his or her computer opens a Compose New Message window with your e mail address specified as the recipient address When placing e mail links you can also specify the default subject for the message To insert e mail link Select the text which you want to set as the e mail link Click the E5 Hyperlink Manager icon Click the E mail tab In the Address field type the needed e mail address In the Link text field you can modify the previously selected text In the Subject field type the text that will be the subject of the e mail message 7 To set up the appearance of the link s
57. eShop page go to the Products tab Click Y Add New Product Enter the name under which the product is displayed in the catalog in the Name field Enter the product price in the Price field it will be displayed to site visitors in the currency and format you select on the Payment Systems tab lf you want to control the flow of goods as you ship them to customers and refill the stock enter the quantity of this product on stock in the Stock level field By default stock level tracking is enabled in your eShop If you do not wish to use this feature you can disable it in your online store settings eShop gt Settings tab gt Enable stock level tracking check box Product stock quantity remains visible on the Products tab of your online store settings but the quantity is not recalculated after you change the order status The stock level calculation is performed according to the following rules When your customer buys a certain quantity of products in your online store the fact of the purchase does not affect the product quantity record Only after you as the online store owner manually change the customer s order status to Processed or Completed the quantity of items in the order is subtracted from the stock quantity record If later you change either of these two statuses to any other order statuses in Sitebuilder Backorder Failed Cancelled etc the order quantity is added back to the quantity record Stock level
58. ed VisiON occcocccoccconncocnnos 63 Addo Contento Table ics sash ese od olas 64 Removing MADE Sl tcl ieee 65 56 Populating Site with Content Inserting Tables gt To insert a table 1 Place the cursor where you want to insert a table 2 Click the Insert Table icon To simply insert a table without specifying any parameters move the mouse cursor to select the number of columns and rows you want To configure more settings of the created table click Table Wizard See the following subsections for details on working with the Table Wizard ix Table Table Wizard Figure 33 Inserting Tables Editing Table Properties gt To set the table properties 1 2 On the Table Properties tab set the following parameters 3 IIA murari MINERA NANA ENANA ERAN NINA NARRAN ANNAN ANAND RANA RAN NARRAN NARRAN ALAN ANA RANA RANA HANA RNA NANA RNA NANA RANA ENA HANA NARA NANA n1 A A O en a a ae a es a a ae ca ee aa san an a an a a a a a a ioe eR yt ty e Po eiii TRP S EE EE ES Ry et P E i a Po a A A e O ii Right click inside the table and click Set Table Properties to open the Table Wizard Populating Site with Content Width Height Specify the width and height of the table in pixels or percent Background Set the background color of the table Alignment Align the table to the left center or right part of the page Cell spacing Increase or decrease the space between
59. el pages in the site structure and cannot have dependent second level pages The only exception is the File Download module which you can set a second level page but you cannot depend other pages on it Page _ Your site structure position EF D Home About Me O Bs Blog OY Registration Figure 20 Changing Position of Pages Creating Site Structure 35 Renaming Pages gt To rename a page 1 Select the page in the Your site structure box and click Rename Or just double click the page s name to make it editable 2 Provide a new name for the page 3 Press ENTER If you choose to rename the page at a later stage you can use the Page title field on the Edit step of the Sitebuilder Wizard m Your site structure 4 E E 3 Home F About Mel EC Bs Blog OY Registration Figure 21 Renaming Pages 36 Creating Site Structure Removing Pages To remove a page from the site map select the page in the Your site structure box and click kl k Note In Sitebuilder you cannot delete all pages from the Your site structure area In case you need to clear the space for example before setting up a completely new site structure we recommend to select all pages except one delete them add the necessary pages to the site and then delete or reuse the old page _ Your site structure E C Home C About Me C amp Blog OY registration HTML Page Figure 22 Removing Pages Creating Site
60. eld To set the order in which options are displayed use the upward t and downward arrows o remove an option click aA against the corresponding option Add New Product Main Properties Colors Options Categories Custom Add New Option Name in catalog Name in RSS feed Values comma separated Model E o E 0 g model UN imodel1 model2 model3 Condition g condition new used Model year g year 2007 Figure 54 Adding Product Options 12 If you wish to refer a product to a category or categories go to the Categories tab and select the appropriate categories At this stage the list of categories is empty After you add some categories See page 101 of your own or edit the existing ones See page 102 you can refer the created product to a desired category 13 Click OK Populating Site with Content 95 Previewing Your Catalog Once you add a product to your catalog you can preview it and make a test purchase to see how your customers will navigate your online store and place their orders To do so Click the E Preview button at the bottom of Sitebuilder window and navigate to the online store page For each product the following details are displayed to your site visitors Product name By clicking it a visitor proceeds to the product details page Product image thumbnail if uploaded Brief product description if specif
61. elect a desired CSS class from the CSS class list 8 Click OK O oo fF O N e Hyperlink e Anchor g E mail Address Link text Subject CSS claze No class Figure 32 Inserting E Mail Links Populating Site with Content 55 Working with Tables Tables are used to organize textual and numerical information in a convenient and clear way Besides on web pages tables are often used as a convenient tool for building page layout When you base your page layout on a table you Have more freedom in positioning elements on a web page Ensure that organized text is displayed correctly in all browsers and screen resolutions With table based layout you may for example incorporate an RSS feed into your page as a side frame by drag and dropping the RSS module as described in Adding RSS News Feeds see page 152 into one of the table columns The current section describes how to work with tables insert tables add and delete rows columns and cells merge and split cells and resize tables and cells In this section Edi A A A ctate tte eee 56 Editing Table Propertie Saneantes 57 Adding or Removing Rows Columns and Cells ccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeess 59 E ANG ESPOSA ene eee cee ce eee ee eee 60 o ree 60 Spanning Cell Across Several Rows Or COlUMMNS occcoccncccccnccncnccncnncnanncnncnnnnnnnos 62 S PIN E E ae on ene ee eee nee eee eee eee eae 62 Making Tables Available for Users with Impair
62. elect a desired value Product price The Add to Cart and Buy buttons The Back shortcut Mountain Bike Full description of Mountain Bike Color MB green Ml reo Model Condition Model year Price 600 00 USD Buy Figure 56 Product Details Page When your customers click Add to Cart for a certain product in the catalog this product is added to their shopping cart Having filled the cart customers click Buy to proceed to the shopping cart itself and actually purchase the items The first page of your shopping cart displays the following details For each product the product name and color other options price per item quantity and the product subtotal quantity x price Customers can specify any quantity for each product they want to purchase or if necessary delete items from the shopping cart by clicking Delete or by setting 0 in the Quantity field The order total without shipping Product Price per item Quantity Subtotal Mountain Bike areas eae Delete 5600 00 USD 5 600 00 USD Color green Modet modell Condition new Model year 2007 as 600 00 USD l 000 00 USO Total without shipping 5 600 00 USD Update Cart Checkout Figure 57 Precheckout Page Populating Site with Content 97 On the second page of the cart your buyers are asked to fill in their contact information select a payment method and a shipping cost if you have previously specified any shipping costs
63. ent Inserting Links Using the Sitebuilder editor you can insert both internal and external links Internal links point to other pages of your site External links pointing to other sites are often used to improve your site popularity and will direct visitors of your site to friendly sites the so called link exchange Using the Sitebuilder hyperlink manager you can add the following types of links Hyperlink see page 51 Links to the pages of your site see page 51 Anchor see page 53 E mail link see page 54 To edit a link right click the selected link and click Edit Link To remove a link right click the selected link and click Remove Link In this section Inserting HyperlidksS ooccooccoocccoccconnoocconcnoncnoncnonnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnncnnnnns 51 Inserting Links to Pages of Your Slt8 cccoccccocncoccccccnconcncnnnocnnnonanononnnoncnonanonos 51 Mering Nel MNOS scosese nEn E E E a 53 MSerningiE Mail LINK Secs rencnabints musdontreuta ants dusdentreunabnt pusdentreunabnt musdentreue 54 Populating Site with Content 51 Inserting Hyperlinks Hyperlink is a reference in a hypertext document to another document or other resource gt 1 To insert a hyperlink Place the cursor where you want to insert a link or select a text which you want to set as hyperlink Click the E5 Hyperlink Manager icon In the URL field specify the web address which you want the link to poin
64. es The procedures of managing replies to topics are described in the current section Note To prevent automated computer generated spam messages anonymous users will be required to enter a confirmation code to be able to post in your forum In this section oo 910 RODIY APA ONU eo eE E 133 nn e AA ch eaniopueh T 134 REMOVING Reply ccccseccsseccseceesecseusecsetcesecseusensecseseeseeseesecseasesetseseeseutensensegs 134 Adding Reply To add a reply On the amp Forum page go to the Content tab Click the subject of the topic to which you want to post a reply Click Add New Reply Enter a reply text Click OK oh ond y To return to the list of topics click 4 Back to Topics Add New Reply iez A B 7 UA 4 BRATS ELE Reply text goes here e gt Figure 78 Adding a Reply to a Forum Topic 134 Populating Site with Content Editing Reply gt To edit a reply On the Forum page go to the Content tab 2 Click View Edit Replies against the respective topic The number of replies is shown in brackets ol 3 Click the P Edit icon beside the reply you want to edit 4 Edit the reply text as desired 5 Click OK To return to the list of topics click 4 Back to Topics Removing Reply To edit a reply On the Forum page go to the Content tab Click View Edit Replies beside the corresponding topic Select a reply and click Remove Selected OND y Managing Cate
65. escription RULE a me TRENT CTRA AR Mame Category Postion in ist 1 Required fields Figure 43 Adding a Category for Blog Posts Editing Category gt To edit a category 1 On the Blog page click the Categories tab 2 Click the d Edit icon beside the category you want to edit 3 Edit the category properties as desired 4 Click OK Populating Site with Content 77 Changing Order of Categories You can change the order of categories as they appear in your blog by moving particular categories up and down in the list gt To move a category up or down in the list 1 Onthe amp Blog page click the Categories tab 2 Click an upward t or a downward arrow against the category name One click on the icon moves the category one position up or down respectively For categories which have reached the topmost or the bottom position of the list the upward t or downward arrows are not displayed correspondingly Removing Category gt To remove a category 1 On the Blog page click the Categories tab 2 Select a category you want to remove 3 Click X Remove Selected Note After a category is removed all posts which have been assigned to it remain in the blog 78 Populating Site with Content Setting Up Blog Appearance gt To set up the appearance of your blog 1 On the Blog page click the Settings tab 2 Enter the maximum number of posts on one blog page in the Posts per page field
66. estbook page go to the Settings tab In the Message lifetime field enter the number of days after which the messages will be added to archive Whether a message is or is not archived is shown in the S column on the Content tab In the Number of messages per page field specify the number of messages to be displayed on one guestbook page lf you want the message authors e mails to be displayed to guestbook visitors select the Show author s e mail check box To preview your guestbook appearance click Preview at the bottom of the Sitebuilder window and go to the guestbook page of your web site SB Guestbook Content Settings Message lifetime Mumber of messages per page Show author s e mail Figure 73 Setting Up Guestbook Appearance Populating Site with Content 129 Adding Forum Online forums are web based message boards where visitors can open new topics post topic relevant messages and discuss a wide range of questions gt To add a forum to your site 1 Go to the Pages step 2 Select Forum in the Special pages box 3 Click i You can add several forums to your site gt To proceed to setting up your forum 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Click amp Forum in the Site map Forum Content Categories Settings Tools Add New Topic Topics x Remove Selected Search records total Number of entries per page 10 25 100 Subject Categories Author Last message Replies Edit 1 Ge
67. et of blog functionality posting commenting content categorizing etc A Blog page is very convenient for organizing the News Events and similar pages of your site ba Image Gallery see page 79 Supports image upload batch image upload with group editing functions etc File Download see page 88 Allows to provide various content for download to your site visitors Note Each File Download page can hold only one file To provide several files for download add several File Download pages to your site structure eShop see page 89 Supports basic online store functions shopping cart multi currency categorized product catalog with thumbnail upload capability shipping cost support Provides integration with various online payment systems including PayPal Authorize Net BluePay 2Checkout com and others Flash Intro see page 123 A pre designed flash introduction to your site You can choose between several designs of the intro and insert your own text information into it Note The Flash Intro module is the only page module that requires no database connection and therefore can be included in a static site B Guestbook see page 125 A standard guestbook Forum see page 129 A standard forum engine which supports threading categorizing etc a Registration see page 137 Allows you to set up voluntary user authentication on your web site The list of available modules is determined by your license f
68. ew Romar E A B 7 UA Ea Reset to default ima Figure 60 Creating a Subcategory If you want to add an image that will be displayed beside the category name in the catalog click Browse locate an image file and click Upload Note Later you can preview this image on the Categories tab by clicking the e icon for the product in the P preview column For categories for which no image has been uploaded this icon is not displayed lf you want to provide a short description for the category enter it in the Category description text box 7 Click OK Newly created categories appear in your eShop catalog in the order of their creation For details about changing the order of categories in the catalog see Changing Order of Categories on page 103 102 Populating Site with Content Add New Category Parent category lt none gt Category image lt lt Gana Upload Reset to default image Category ac Y BUS Aaa ATA Zii Mountain nas cles racing bicycles touring bicycles BMX bicycles Required fields Duw Cancel Figure 61 Creating a Category for Products Editing Category gt To edit an existing category 1 On the 3 eShop page click the Categories tab 2 Click the P Edit icon next to the desired category name 3 Edit the category properties as desired 4 Click OK Populating Site with Content 103 Changing Order of Categories You can change the order in which categories appear in your cat
69. g the following details are displayed to your site visitors Category name By clicking it a visitor proceeds to the category page The number of products contained in the category in brackets beside the category name Category image if uploaded Category description By clicking the category name your site visitor gets to the category page on which the following information is shown Category description A list of products contained in the category A customer can navigate back to the catalog by clicking the Back to catalog shortcut Read the current section to know how you can configure all these parameters for a category In this section Adding Gategory to Catalog sims 101 EMI e ee 102 Changing Order of Categorles cccooncccoconnoconaconoconcnconanononnnrononononononcnnenanennss 103 REMOVING Caledonia ico 103 Populating Site with Content 101 Adding Category to Catalog gt To add a product category A O N 6 On the eShop page click the Categories tab Click E Add New Category Enter a name of the new category in the Name field If you want to make this category a subcategory of an earlier created category select one from the Parent category list You can create as many levels of categories hierarchy as you wish Add New Category Name BM Bikes Se r Mo Parent category none gt Category image ii Bicycles Category description Cycling Accessories Times N
70. g markers and polylines and display shadowed info windows just like Google Maps The Google Maps API service is provided free of charge The Google Maps API service supports the following browsers Internet Explorer 6 0 and later Firefox 0 8 and later Safari 1 2 4 and later Netscape 7 1 and later Mozilla 1 4 and later To insert a Google map into a page Go to the Edit step In the Modules area click the Area Map module icon and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page 3 Click Select Provider N y Area Map Select Provider Select a mapping service provider Google Maps API O Microsoft MapPoint Provide a Google Maps AFI key to use the Google Maps API service Click here if you do not have a Google Maps API key Google Maps API key ae Advanced Specify the URL For which your Google Maps API key is gererated We recommend to type the URL in lower case because the Google Maps API service is case sensitive Web site URL Figure 83 Selecting Google Maps as a Mapping Service Provider 4 Select Google Maps API 5 Enter your registration key in the Google Maps API key box and click OK Note If you get an error message saying that the key you have specified was generated for another URL enter your web site URL in the Web site URL field to fix the problem 142 Populating Site with Content If you haven t registered this service with Google yet click the provided link
71. gories of Forum Topics You can sort the topics in your forum by subjects they discuss These subjects are called categories The procedures of adding and managing categories are described in the current section In this section Adano ASAI COORY cxunectsamsteatenomuse un A 135 Eding C AICO ONY A e E E o a 135 REMOVING CateQOlY occccocnccoccnccncnccnncncnncncnnncncnnrnnnnnrnnnnrnrnnnnnnnnrnnrnnnrrnnrrronrnrnnarinnns 135 Populating Site with Content 135 Adding Category gt To add a category 1 On the Forum page click the Categories tab 2 Click f Add New Category 3 Enter a name of the new category in the Name field 4 l you want to provide a short description of the category click the Description tab and enter a text of your choice 5 Click OK Add New Category Main Properties Description Name Announcements Required Fields Cancel Figure 79 Creating a Category for Forum Topics Editing Category t y E G N To edit a category On the Forum page click the Categories tab Click the P Edit icon beside the category you want to edit Edit the category parameters as desired Click OK Removing Category W N y To remove a category On the Forum page click the Categories tab Select the forum category you want to remove Click Remove Selected 136 Populating Site with Content Setting Up Forum Appearance gt
72. h Content Suspending and Unsuspending Site Visitor Account By default all created site visitor accounts are active lf an account is active the site visitor can access this site by entering their login and password If due to some reasons you want to prohibit a site visitor from accessing a site you can suspend their account gt To suspend a site visitor account 1 On the Site Users screen select the site visitor account you want to Suspend 2 Click Deactivate Suspended site visitor accounts are indicated with the y sign gt To unsuspend a site visitor account 1 On the Site Users screen select the site visitor account you want to unsuspend 2 Click Activate Unsuspended site visitor accounts are indicated with the O sign Adding Maps You can add maps to your site thus displaying any location that may be of interest to your site visitors To add geographical maps to your site you can either use the free of charge Google Maps service or purchase the Microsoft MapPoint Web Service from Microsoft Inc In this section Configuring Google Maps API Service occccoccccccoccnccccncconnncnncnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononos 141 Configuring Microsoft MapPoint Web ServiC8 ccoonccconccccocccconcnccncnnnnncnconcnnnnanons 145 Populating Site with Content 141 Configuring Google Maps API Service The Google Maps API service lets you embed Google Maps in your own web pages You can add overlays to the map includin
73. he desired site page Place the cursor anywhere in the paragraph you want to format Apply necessary formatting To align the text click the Align Left Align Center Align Right or Justify icon To change the indentation of the text click the Indent or 2 Outdent icon To insert a horizontal rule between two paragraphs place the cursor at the end of the first paragraph and click the Horizontal Ruler icon To start a new paragraph click the 7 New Paragraph icon before the beginning of the new prospective paragraph Not supported in Mozilla Firefox 46 Populating Site with Content Copying and Moving Text gt 4 2 oO of Q To copy or move text On the Edit tab select the desired site page Select a text fragment To move the text click the Cut icon To copy the text click the Copy icon Place the cursor where you want the text to appear Click the Paste icon Populating Site with Content 47 Finding and Replacing Text gt 1 2 OuohwoNnD y N To find a particular text fragment on the page On the Edit tab select the desired site page Click the A Find icon Not supported in Mozilla Firefox please use CTRL F instead On the Find tab enter the text you want to find in the Find field Indicate the area of the search by selecting one of the following options Entire text Entire text on the web page will be searched for indicated word or phrase Selection only O
74. hoose this method you purchase one license for all Area Map modules added to all your sites gt To embed a Microsoft MapPoint Web Service map into your web page Go to the Edit step 2 Inthe Modules area click the Area Map module icon and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page 3 Click Select Provider Area Map Select Provider Select a mapping service provider O Google Maps API Microsoft MapPoint Provide user name and password For connecting to Microsoft Map Point Web Service Click here to purchase a Microsoft MapPoint Web Service account User name Password Figure 86 Selecting Microsoft MapPoint as a Mapping Service Provider 4 Select Microsoft MapPoint 5 Enter your Microsoft MapPoint Service credentials in the Username and Password fields and click OK If you have not yet purchased a Microsoft MapPoint Service license click the provided link to go to the Microsoft MapPoint Service page and follow the instructions on purchasing the Microsoft MapPoint Service 146 Populating Site with Content Area Map Choose Location Find locations Mew York NewYork United States Hew York on United States New York fcounty New York United States New York Lincolnshire England United Kingdom Mew York Worth Tyneside England nited Kingdom New York Santa Rosa Florida United States New York Wayne Iowa United States Hew York Ballard Kentucky United States
75. ied Product color options if specified displayed as square icons of appropriate color Other options of the products if specified for example size Product price given in the currency of your online store see Setting Currency and Price Format lf the product is set as an advertise only item and its price is set to 0 zero price is not shown for this product For sellable products with zero price price is shown as 0 00 Actions available for the product For products which have no color and other options specified the Add to Cart and Buy buttons For products which allow several options to choose from the Select and Buy button which leads to the product page lf the product is set as an advertise only item no action buttons are displayed Price 5 00 USO Figure 55 Catalog Front Page By clicking the product name your site visitor gets to the product page on which the following information is shown Product name A large product image Full product description Product color options if specified For each color option your visitors will see 96 Populating Site with Content A clickable icon of appropriate color Clicking an icon will display the image of the product for this color modification if uploaded The color name you specified while adding this color option Other options of the product if specified Each option is shown as a drop down list from which visitors s
76. ing your product catalog to Google Base consider indexing the relevant custom options for each of your products You can specify option attributes in one of the following formats Regular Google Base attributes marked with the g prefix g made_in g width etc Custom attributes you can create in Google Base starting with the c prefix Attributes from namespaces other than g and c are not allowed gt To index your product properties with regular Google Base attributes 1 Onthe eShop page click the name of the product you wish to index the properties for 2 On the Options tab in the field Name in RSS feed specify a corresponding Google Base attribute for each relevant product option For regular Sitebuilder options such as Apparel size and Shoe size US UK EU the corresponding Google Base attribute g size is specified automatically by Sitebuilder Note Specify the full RSS attribute name without the brackets for example g made_ in For a list of Google Base tags refer to Appendix Most Common Google Base Attributes on page 163 The full list of option tags is available on the Google Base web site http oase google com support bin answer py answer 59451 amp hl en 3 Click OK If you do not find the attribute that properly describes your product option in the list of regular Google Base attributes you can create a custom one For detailed information on creating custom Google Base tags refer to
77. is not shown to your online store customers it is intended for your internal use only so even if the quantity of the product turns to 0 Zero your customers will still be able to buy the product in any quantity they choose If you do not wish to sell the product just to display information about it select the Advertise only check box Your e shop buyers won t be able to add this product to their carts lf you want to upload an image of the product click Browse navigate to the image file and click Upload Later you can preview this image on the Products tab of your e shop by clicking the amp icon for this product In your online store catalog the image is shown Beside the product name and description on the catalog page On the product page lf you want to add a short description of the product enter it in the Brief description text box 92 Populating Site with Content The brief product description is displayed on the catalog page 9 If you want to accompany your product with a detailed description enter it in the Full description text box The full product description is displayed on the product details page Add New Product Main Properties Colors Options Categories Name Mountain Bike De price 000 CCS Reset default image ee 135x85 Brief description Times New Romay 2 A BIFUASEaA BRAY amp Brief description of Mountain Bike E Full description Times NewRomay 2 A g
78. ith Content 121 Products are shown in the order you define on the Products tab of your online store For each product the RSS feed displays The product name By clicking it customer proceeds to the product page of your online store from which he or she can buy a product or navigate to other pages of your online store The product image if uploaded The brief description of the product if specified In some cases you may need to provide the RSS feed link to interested third parties gt To obtain the link to your catalog RSS feed On the eShop page click Preview On the site preview go to the online store page Right click the fil RSS button on the main page of your store catalog and choose the Open in New Window option from the context menu oO N a Open in Mew Window Save Target 4s Print Target Sooarel sine Hater Style Price 5 00 USD Figure 69 Supplying Your Product Catalog as RSS Feed 4 Copy the link of the RSS feed page from the browser address bar You can supply this link to your partners by e mail or otherwise 122 Populating Site with Content Managing Customers Orders After a buyer completes and submits the Checkout form an order is placed in your store lt appears in the list of orders on the Orders tab of the S eShop page As the store owner you can make a test order in the site preview mode You can perform the following operations on an order On y Change th
79. ke T Shirt 5 00 USD 30 Uncategorized shown on front page 3 records total Number of entries per page Figure 51 Online Store Editor 90 Populating Site with Content In this section Manada PrOGUCIS osuna idos nds la cd siaaga 90 Arranging Products in Categorles occccocccccnccocnccncnonononnnnncncnonanonnnonannonanennnnos 100 Configuring Payment Settings for Your Online Store ccccconcncccoccnconocononnnnnnos 103 Specifying Terms of Service for Your Customers ooccooccccncccconcnccncnnnnncnnonanennnnnos 110 Setting Up Customer Order NotificatiON oocccoccnccccnnccccncconononannnoncnnnononos 111 Setting Up Catalog Appearance cccocccccocccccccnccncncconnnonncnnonnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnncnss 112 Making Your Catalog Searchable by Google oooccccconcccconcccccncccconnncncnnaninonnnons 114 Supplying Your Product Catalog aS RSS Feed ccceceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeees 119 Managing Customers Orders ice tii 122 Managing Products After you add the eShop module to your site the next step is to populate it with products The procedures of adding and managing products are described in the current section In this section Adang Productio aa aca 91 Editing oo e AAA eta E EN E 98 Changing Order Of PKOGUCIS ursicainisanioia nica 99 FAGIMIOVINIG Frodo lia tii lia 99 Populating Site with Content 91 Adding Product to Catalog ON y To add a new product On the
80. lan for all other users To facilitate your work with Sitebuilder pages are grouped into page sets pre defined site structures designed for displaying certain types of content The default page set of your site is determined by the type of site you chose on the Start page of the Sitebuilder Wizard On the Pages step you can build any possible site structure by adding desired pages and arranging them as needed Find out about the types of pages on page 31 offered by Sitebuilder and about the process of adding pages on page 33 and site structuring on page 34 The Pages step screen provides the following functionalities to facilitate structuring your site l 2 3 JE su E renos YEW ae E tas AD nata TA rerh 5 Supper E Haig E Gels Adri Peral ES Log aul Sie phir 8 anio pal binek Inberdace lnayergo Pres opio acts kecasi of predelired a sl a ml a e ma re a en Anat ond dera a ro Erez Staclerds oral fortress PE pi on SS hier ed Pree ae SUE See See ed ira Sart Bot ian ba ogc ihe pra Era Lira al E PA AAA 1 44 PH dee EM date red dune 24 2007 Figure 18 Step 3 Creating Site Structure 30 Creating Site Structure 1 Page sets area allows you to choose a page set The selected page set is shown in red frame 2 Standard pages area displays the structure of the page set chosen in the Page sets area You can expand or collapse this section by clicking the or icons in the top bar of th
81. lar Books and g author The author of the John Steinbeck music information width The genre of the product Rock and Roll g artist The artist or designer that Michael Jackson created the work Consumer g functions Functions and features of photo capacity products and the product SECURUS g height The height of a product length g tech_spec link The URL of technical http www exampl specifications of the e com productitec product if available This hspec html should not forward to another URL it must point directly to the target page The domain name may not be an IP address 164 Appendix Most Common Google Base Attributes g wireless_interfac Wireless interface that the Bluetooth e cell phone uses g battery_life The average life of the Numbers only battery if the computer is 6 a laptop in hours g capacity For electronic devices the 256 MB amount of memory included in a product For appliances the volume of space within the appliance g operating_syste The operating system a Linux m computer is running g optical_drive The type of optical drive DVD R included with a computer g processor_spee The processor speed for 1 67 GHZ d the computer g screen_size The diagonal screen size 37 inches The weight of a product 20 pounds g focus type The type of focus a auto manual fix camera has g megapixels The resolution of a digital 6 MP imaging device g zoom The maximum amount a 10x camera can
82. les also apply to the list of design template categories on the Design step of the Sitebuilder Wizard For information on using these options on the Design step read section Creating Site Design see page 20 To choose a list object for further operation select the check box to the left of the object s name P Name prodi prod2 prod3 prod4 Figure 6 Selecting Particular Objects in a List To choose all objects in the list select the check box at the head of the column P Name prodi prod prods prod4 Figure 7 Selecting All List Objects at Once To perform operations with certain objects in a list select the required objects and click an operation shortcut above the list for example X Remove Selected In the list of guestbook messages the status of a message Is indicated by icon in the Status S column not archived or archived O 16 Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard In most lists individual operation shortcuts are displayed for each item For example for each product category on the Categories tab on the eShop page there are arrows and used to change the order in which the categories are displayed on the site page and the Edit icon used to open the categories in editing mode In most lists you can configure or edit a list object by Clicking the object name if it is clickable for example the post names on the Content tab of the Blog page Clicking the Edit icon for this
83. level pages To understand how hiding pages correlates with pages hierarchy see the example below Let the site structure look as follows Page 1 Page 2 hidden Page 3 Page 3 1 hidden Page 3 2 Page 4 hidden Page 4 1 Page 4 2 hidden To understand the dependency of pages visibility and position in the hierarchy see the table below Active Page Visible Pages Page 1 Page 1 Page 3 Page 2 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 3 1 Page 1 Page 3 Page 3 1 Page 3 2 Page 3 2 Page 1 Page 3 Page 3 2 44 Populating Site with Content Page 4 1 Page 1 Page 3 Page 4 1 Page 4 2 Page 1 Page 3 Page 4 1 Page 4 2 active page is a page where site visitor is currently stands Working with Text Sitebuilder is empowered with a user friendly WYSIWYG What You See ls What You Get content editor which enables you to see the content on the display screen exactly as it appears on the Internet This subsection describes the ways of working with textual information on your web pages You will learn how to format characters and paragraphs cut copy paste text insert images and links check spelling and more Figure 27 WYSIWYG Toolbar In this section Applying Styles Fonts and Colors to Text ooonocccocccconcnconccncnncncnncononannnoncnonnnnnos 45 Formatting ParagraDlS usted piscina isabel tada pcra isaac darian is bdsn ada ncasi s 45 Copying and MOVING TexXt coooccccoccnccoccnccccn
84. ms or questions that are not covered in the user documentation or FAQs click the Support button at the top right of the Sitebuilder window to submit a request to your support representative CHAPTER 2 Choosing Type of Created Site The first step of creating site with Sitebuilder is to choose whether you want to start creating your site from scratch or use one of proposed site templates the so called site families By default there are two site templates available blog and image gallery but the Sitebuilder administrator can extend this list by creating custom site templates and including them in your service plan To choose the type of a created site go to the Start step and click the required site family to select it The Start page looks as follows JET E rr Br E E ra AX Fasdbac Jal Supp E ida Ch Gois Arri Pare n Lag cul Caba your site ee ge Prom Era chong bean hull ae of rmac Geek a rca pres agen E pa EL ii engl functional oe fra Blog red raya Galery ae Ape yingi aa a pral Create your blog Can a dedica bkg vite que and a in tha cared vato Sino tardaba Yoo can cha oer da stare 4d regul pas and Arcor reduks ode de are Monroe Eh prr dod be Sres dE pros ee cl your photogallery I E an pde alr Orono or irse sry on he ee Vo Pus the e opis ocre an pra par be be aa MAT A app ing Geog bates acing hurctiorad macula Figure 9 Step 1 Choosing a Site Type The chosen site family is indicated
85. neral Forum Rules Announcements admin 11 21 2007 1 36 04 PM View Edit Replies 0 Fd 1 records total Number of entries per page 10 25 100 Figure 74 Forum Editor In this section Managing Forum TOPICS occooccccoccconcnconcnnncnconcnnoncnonnnconcnnnnrnnnnnconrnnnnrrnnrncnnrinancnnns 130 Managing Replies to TOPICS cccooccoocccconnonccconcnonancnnonccnononarcononccnanonancnnnnnnno 133 Managing Categories of Forum TOPICS ooccccoccnconcccccncnconcnnnoncnonnnnnnnnrnnnnrononaninnns 134 Setting Up Forum Appearance cccsccecceecscsececceeecceececcecescueeeceeeescesesceeeess 136 130 Populating Site with Content Managing Forum Topics After you add a forum to your site you can try it and post a new topic The procedures of managing forum topics are described in the current section Note To prevent automated computer generated spam messages anonymous users will be required to enter a confirmation code to be able to post in your forum In this section Adding TODIC TO OU o e de 131 EIUN TODI a 132 Removing POIS erer A N 132 Populating Site with Content 131 Adding Topic to Your Forum Before adding a topic you should create some categories because if you do not refer a topic to any category this topic will not be displayed in your forum gt Toadd a topic 1 On the Forum page go to the Content tab 2 Click Add New Topic 3 On the Main Properties tab enter a subject of the
86. nes to find your site pages on the Internet To provide a page with keywords select the necessary page in the Site map area and type the desired keywords in the Page keywords field Providing Description to be Displayed in Search Results Description is displayed with the page title and URL when the page appears as a result of a user s query on a search engine Therefore description should give the main idea of the page so everyone could instantly understand what the page is about To provide a page with description select the necessary page in the Site map area and type the desired text in the Page description field Populating Site with Content 43 Hiding Pages in Site Navigation In Sitebuilder you can make certain pages invisible in site menu The page which you choose to hide will be accessible only by clicking a link placed on other pages of your site or wherever you would like to place it Note that when a site visitor actually accesses a hidden page it appears in the site menu and when they switch to another not hidden page the hidden page disappears again To hide a page in the site navigation menu clear the Show this page in site map check box In the Wizard interface hidden pages are highlighted with grey color in the site map and in the site structure on the Pages step Site map Site map File Download cn a la is eShop Figure 26 Hiding Pages in Site Navigation You can hide both first and second
87. new topic Add New Topic Main Properties Content Categories subject eneral Forum Rules Figure 75 Specifying Topic Subject 4 Click the Content tab and enter your text Add New Topic Main Properties Content Categories apez A O B Z UAX BO AYR BIE Welcome tomy forum The following is a list of general forum rules Please read them carefully before posting in this forum Be polite Use the search function before posting ee al Required fields Cancel Figure 76 Adding Topic Content 5 Click the Categories tab and select one or several categories you wish to refer the topic to 132 Populating Site with Content Add New Topic Main Properties Content Categories 3 Categories Mieke Announcements F Forum Mews Required fields WV k Figure 77 Referring a Topic to a Category 6 Click OK Editing Topic V To edit a topic On the Forum page click the Content tab ol Click the P Edit icon beside the topic you want to edit Edit the topic content as desired Click OK A G N Removing Topic To remove a topic On the Forum page click the Content tab Select the topic you want to remove Click Remove Selected W N y Populating Site with Content 133 Managing Replies to Topics After some topics were added to your forum you and your site visitors can add replies to those topics You can edit and manage both your and your site visitors repli
88. nly selected part of the text will be searched for indicated word or phrase Indicate the direction of the search by selecting one of the following options Up The search is done in the upper part of the text starting from the cursor position Down The search is done in the lower part of the text starting from the cursor position Select the method of the search by selecting either one of the following command options Match case Only the text that exactly matches the case uppercase and lowercase character formatting is searched for the specified search pattern Match whole words only Only the exact text you specified is searched for Click Find Next To find and replace a word or phrase Click the Find icon Click the Replace tab Enter the text you want to replace in the Find field Enter the replacement text in the Replace with field Click Replace To replace all the mentions of the search pattern in the text click Replace All 48 Populating Site with Content Checking Spelling gt 4 2 To check spelling on the page On the Edit tab select the desired site page Click the Spellchecker icon In the Not in dictionary field a possible spelling mistake is shown lf you are sure that the word found by the Spell Check editor is not misspelled click Ignore to ignore this part of the text To ignore all parts of the text containing this word click Ignore All lf you want to replace
89. nnnnnnncnnnnnnnonnnnonnnnnnoncnonos 7 Typographical Gonventions iii da 7 a OFS 101 AR ER E e ro ROO Perry ever Reaver 7 About Plesk Sitebuilder Plesk Sitebuilder consists of two parts Wizard and Administrator Panel With the Sitebuilder Wizard you can create sites by simply choosing the design preset you like and adding text and images And then you can add picture galleries blogs and online stores with a few clicks You do not need to know any markup or scripting languages to have a site The Administrator Panel is a tool for managing and maintaining web sites created in the Wizard In this section What s New in This Version cccccecceccececccccacecccccccecccueaceeeneaucueeneaueceeneaneaeens 6 6 Preface What s New in This Version Plesk Sitebuilder 4 1 offers you the following new features Online Status Indicator module This module allows you to embed an icon showing your ICQ or Skype status on your site CAPTCHA for anonymous site visitors To prevent automated spam on your site anonymous users will be required to enter a confirmation code to be able to register on your site and to post in your blog forum or guestbook WorldPay payment system support You can integrate your e shop with one more payment gateway Built in BluePay merchant account registration You can register a BluePay merchant account directly from Sitebuilder Creating nested product categories You can create multi level hierar
90. nnnnononnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnss 152 Inserting Scripts to Your Web Pages occcccoccccoccnccocnccccnncnncnononnnnnnnncnnnnnonanonnns 152 Conducting Polls and Online SurveyS ccccsccceccseeeeeseeeeeseeeeesseeeeeseeeeesseeeeeeas 155 70 Populating Site with Content Adding Blog A blog is a publicly accessible personal diary or journal consisting of messages and comments You can add a blog to your site and post you messages there The visitors of your site can read your blog posts and give their comments If you have lots of posts in you blog you can subdivide them into categories for convenience gt To add a blog to your site 1 Goto the Pages step 2 Select S Blog in the Special pages box 3 Click gt You can add several blogs to your site gt To proceed to setting up your blog 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Select Blog in the Site map area E Blog Content Categories Settings Tools Add New Post Posts Y Remove Selected Search 3 records total Mumber of entries per page 10 25 100 Subject Categories Postedon Comments Edit Category 1 11 16 2007 9 52 57 AM View Edit Comments 0 Category 1 Category 2 11 16 2007 9 52 25 AM View Edit Comments 1 Post 1 11 16 2007 9 51 20 AM View Edit Comments 0 3 records total Mumber of entries per page Figure 40 Blog Editor In this section Managing Posts in Your BIO pira 71 Managing Comments on Blog POSTS occccoccnccccncccc
91. ntent tab Click View Edit Comments beside the corresponding post Click the P Edit icon beside the comment you want to edit Edit the comment as desired Click OK oho n y To return to the list of posts click Back to Posts Removing Comment To remove a comment On the Blog page click the Content tab Click View Edit Comments beside the corresponding post select the comment you want to remove Click lt Remove selected BUON y To return to the list of posts click Back to Posts Managing Categories of Blog Posts After you add some messages to your blog you can group them by the discussed subject In Sitebuilder these subjects are called categories See the following sections to learn how to create and manage categories In this section Adding Category osos 76 ECN Caleg aeii E E ca erie E E 76 Changing Order of Categories occcccocncccccnconcnccconnnocncnononnnonnnnonnnnnonnnnnnnrnnnanenos 77 Removing CALC OON Y esinin 77 76 Populating Site with Content Adding On y Category To add a category On the Blog page click the Categories tab Click FW Add New Category On the Main Properties tab enter a name for the new category in the Name field From the Position in list list select under which number the category should appear on the site page lf you want to provide a short description for the category enter it on the Description tab Click OK ae Main Properties D
92. object in the list for example for a product on the Products tab of the eShop page In some lists you will also see shortcuts to managing the objects dependent items such as the View Edit Comments shortcut for each blog post on the Content tab of the Blog page Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard 17 Starting to Work with Sitebuilder Wizard The Overview page provides quick access to and contains short description of each of the five steps required for creating a site in Sitebuilder E apwi Eh O dodo dr Pana E Logo Start Design Taie Geneon bs jan dd Select the deo Por por Ate Casta y ect thes circa of Cas ore ait the orden of Publech por bs hn 5 ras Bee ho crests urate oar he Ope not mher hir pa a Figure 8 Sitebuilder Wizard Overview Page The five Sitebuilder Wizard steps are as follows 1 Start On this step you choose whether to create a site from scratch or create a site using one of the proposed site templates site blog site photo gallery etc 2 Design On this step you configure your site layout color scheme menu style logo and banner as well as set up text elements appeared at the background of your site such as title phrase or copyright notice 3 Pages On this step you configure the structure of your site and arrange the pages hierarchy in the site map 4 Edit On this step you create and edit the content of your site pages 5 Publish On this step you publish your site on the Internet
93. onnncnnnnonnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 128 126 Populating Site with Content Managing Guestbook Messages After you add the guestbook to your site you can try it and post a new message The procedures of managing guestbook messages are described in the current section Note To prevent automated computer generated spam messages anonymous users will be required to enter a confirmation code to be able to post in your guestbook In this section Adding Message to Your Guestbook ccooccccoccnccccncccccncnncnnnonnnonnnnnnnnnnonannnnononos 127 EGIUING MESS AGO aia 127 Removing IMICSS lus 128 Populating Site with Content 127 Adding Message to Your Guestbook To add a message On the ti Guestbook page go to the Content tab Click Add New Message Enter a message text Click OK BON y Add New Message Font ref A AB 2 UALS BRO YIM SE Message 1 Required fields Cancel Figure 72 Adding Message to Your Guestbook Editing Message v To edit a message On the B Guestbook page go to the Content tab h Click the 7 Edit icon beside the message you want to edit Edit the message Click OK E N 128 Populating Site with Content Removing Message OND y To remove a message On the Guestbook page go to the Content tab select the message you want to remove Click Remove Selected Setting Up Guestbook Appearance To set up the appearance of your guestbook On the B Gu
94. oooccccconcncocccnncconcnnnnonononnncnnononononnnrononanennos 108 Configuring 2Checkout com IntegratiON cccoonccccconcncononnnconnconononcncnnarononanennos 108 Configuring Check Money Order Payment Method gt To customize check money order settings 1 Onthe 2 eShop page click the Payment Systems tab 2 To enable this payment system in your buyers shopping carts select the check box beside the Check Money order payment option 3 In the Make payable to field enter the name of person to whom funds should be sent 4 In the Send to address field enter the postal address where the check or order should be sent Configuring PayPal Integration gt To configure the PayPal payment system for your online store 1 Onthe 2 eShop page click the Payment Systems tab 2 To enable this payment system in your visitors shopping carts select the check box beside its name 3 In the PayPal account e mail field enter the e mail address you use to log in to PayPal Note Requests to PayPal server are executed only on published sites If you open your site in the preview mode you can see the corresponding window but the request to PayPal server is not executed Populating Site with Content 107 Configuring Authorize Net Integration gt To integrate Authorize Net payment system in your online store On the eShop page click the Payment Systems tab 2 To enable this payment system in your visitors shopping carts select
95. or Sitebuilder administrators or by your service plan for other users In Sitebuilder you can add several page modules of one type to a site except for Flash Intro and Registration 32 Creating Site Structure Structuring Your Site You can build and edit your site structure on the Pages step of the Sitebuilder Wizard To facilitate your work with Sitebuilder pages are grouped into page sets pre defined site structures designed for displaying certain types of content The default page set of your site is determined by the type of site you chose on the Start page of the Sitebuilder Wizard You see this default page set highlighted in the list of page sets its structure is displayed in the Your site structure box on the right You can modify the proposed site structure as desired by adding pages from other page sets or even whole page sets renaming pages changing pages hierarchy or removing pages from the Your site structure box The list of page sets available depends on your service plan and can be extended only by your Sitebuilder administrator The structure of each page set is shown in the Standard pages area after you select the page set in the list The Special pages area shows a list of special pages or modules which you can add to your site plus one common site page which you can use as an ordinary text page To learn which modules are available refer to Types of Pages on page 31 earlier in this section Adding
96. ore freedom in positioning elements on a web page ensure that organized text is displayed correctly in all browsers and screen resolutions Note If you wish to use tables for organizing your content set the table Border parameter to 0 For details on setting table parameters refer to Editing Table Properties on page 57 Sitebuilder allows you to add all types of content to tables including text images and block modules gt To insert text in a table 1 Place your mouse cursor in the desired table cell 2 Enter your text You can either Type in your text see Working with Text for instructions on performing various formatting and other operations with the text or Populating Site with Content 65 Paste it from the clipboard by right clicking on the cell and choosing E Paste from the content menu or by using the keyboard shortcut CTRL V The table cell is resized to accommodate the text If necessary you can enable or disable the word wrap function you can also set the text alignment in the cell Refer to section Editing Cell Properties on page 60 for details on both these operations gt Toinsert an image ina table 1 Place your mouse cursor in the desired table cell 2 Insert the image as described in Inserting Images see page 49 The table cell is resized to accommodate the image To insert a block module click on the desired block module in the Modules section of the Edit page and keeping down your
97. our site The five step Sitebuilder Wizard takes you through the entire process of creating your site from initial design to publishing and maintenance The following is an overview of the main steps required to create a site using Sitebuilder 1 To create a site open the Sitebuilder Wizard You can start working with the Wizard anonymously without supplying login and password 2 Complete the first four Wizard steps select a template for your site or choose to create a site from scratch set up the design of your site create the site structure add site contents including various site modules and provide extra information for search engines 3 Go to the Publish step and start the publishing process If you do not have a Sitebuilder account and work with the program in demo mode the site you create is temporary and cannot be published on the Internet until you register and buy hosting for your site Once you are done with this you can log in to Sitebuilder and assign your trial site to your account thus making it possible to permanently publish your site on the Internet Maintenance When you complete the above steps your site becomes available for visitors It is critical to keep your site content fresh because this is a good way to show your attitude to customers and services Therefore update your site on a regular basis All you need to do is to log in to the Sitebuilder edit the content and click Publish Sitebuilder will transfe
98. p now shortcut and fill out the opened form After you provide all required data and click OK a Merchant ID and a Secret Key will be generated for you and will be automatically put into the corresponding fields on the Payment Systems tab If you do not see the Sign up now shortcut it means that this option has been disabled by your Sitebuilder provider Note Requests to BluePay server are executed only on published sites If you open your site in the preview mode you can see the corresponding window but the request to BluePay server is not executed Configuring 2Checkout com Integration gt To configure the 2Checkout com payment system for your online store 1 Onthe eShop page click the Payment Systems tab 2 To enable this payment system in your visitors shopping carts select the check box beside its name 3 In the Vendor account number field enter the login user name you use to log in to 2Checkout com Note Requests to the 2Checkout com server are executed only on published sites If you open your site in the preview mode you can see the corresponding window but the request to 2Checkout com server is not executed Populating Site with Content 109 Adding Shipping Costs Sitebuilder allows you to add a shipping cost to the order total in your online store You can specify a separate shipping cost for each available delivery method or geographical area When placing an order in your online store the customer chooses
99. plan Publishing Site 159 lfthe number of hosts allowed by your plan is unlimited you can specify any FTP server you have at your disposal make sure that the server meets the requirements see page 161 Port is the port for connecting to the specified FTP server Web site URL is the address the site will be available at after publication Working directory is the path on the FTP server to the folder where the site files will be stored after publication lf the FTP server is password protected specify the access credentials in the Login and Password fields If you select XCOPY publication mode provide the following parameters Host is an IP address domain name or machine name of the publishing server Web site URL is the address the site will be available at after publication Working directory is a name of the share on the server and the path to the files of your site Do not include the name of the server into this path For example Sitebuilder Sitel If you select Virtuozzo publication mode provide the following parameters SVE is the IP address or domain name of the service virtual environment Port is the port for connecting to the service virtual environment VE identifier is the digital identifier of the virtual environment on the hardware node Web site URL is the address the site will be available at after publication Working directory is the absolute path within the virtual environment to the folder whe
100. r Wizard 12 Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard Learning Sitebuilder Wizard Interface In Sitebuilder a site is created in five steps Each step has its own working and navigation principles which will be covered in respective sections further in this guide Here we will outline the general principles of working with the Sitebuilder Wizard interface and enumerate elements present on all Sitebuilder screens ID Y me 3 10 11 12 Figure 2 Sitebuilder Wizard Interface Every Sitebuilder Wizard window contains the following elements 4 Logotype image The default logotype is a Sitebuilder image linked to the SWsoft official site This image can be customized by your Sitebuilder provider Top help string which provides short instructions about the operations you can do on this page and displays the result of your last action Shortcuts used to switch between the five Sitebuilder Wizard steps The step you are currently on is highlighted in color Feedback button which enables you to submit your opinion or suggestions on Sitebuilder usability and functionality Support button which by default opens Sitebuilder Online Server Support screen on the SWsoft official site where you can fill in the form to request the help of SWsoft technical support team This link can be customized by your Sitebuilder provider Help button which opens the online version of this guide Go to Admin Panel button which takes
101. r catalog to Google Base use the Bulk Upload option Google Base allows you to upload up to 100000 items per bulk upload with a maximum file size of 20MB If you wish to upload a larger file contact Google Base for assistance http oase google com support bin request py Prior to uploading information to Google Base we recommend to make sure that your online catalog information complies with the Google Base Program Policies http oase google com support bin answer py answer 61118 amp topic 2906 To upload your catalog to Google Base you need a Google account If you do not have a Google account yet click here httos www google com accounts NewAccount continue htip 3A 2F 2Fbase goo le com 2Fbase 2Fbulkuploads amp followup http 3A 2F 2Fbase google com 2Fbas e 2Fbulkuploads amp service qbase amp hl EN to register one gt To submit your catalog to Google Base 1 Open your site preview and go to the online store page 2 Right click the RSS link on the catalog page and select Save Target As in Internet Explorer or Save Link As in Mozilla Firefox from the context menu and save the file with xm1 extension Populating Site with Content 115 Er fies Los Open Open in New Window Save Target As Print Target Spogrel sis Matsia Style Price 5 5 00 USD Figure 66 Submitting Your Catalog to Google Base Note In Internet Explorer specify any arbitrary name in the File name field and leave the defaul
102. r schemes area where you can choose the colors for your site see page 23 Creating Site Design 21 Banners area enabling you to select or upload a banner for your site see page 24 Menu styles area where you can choose the appearance of the site menu see page 25 Logo area enabling you to upload your custom logo see page 26 N O A Site info area where you can provide the information to be displayed within the banner and in the footer of your site pages see page 27 8 The design template list navigation area Read this chapter to learn how to use these options to create your site design In this chapter Selecting Design Template ccccoccnccccncocccnconcnconnnnnnnnnnnnnnonannnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnonens 22 Sselecina COlOM ENEM soii 23 CA PP 24 SEISCTING Men SY do do elo eds ates 25 UPOAN EO A men cement rr tie cht es are ker ei errr Serne rr ene ne me eer ear ret ee ere ey te 26 Specifying Site s Title Subtitle and Footer Message ooccccccccccconiconiconinaninonos 27 Buying Pictures from FOto l2 cooccconccoccooncconcconcconccnnncnnconnnnnnonannnancnanenons 28 22 Creating Site Design Selecting Design Template On this step you choose the general graphic and layout concept of the site page the site design template For more convenience design templates are grouped into categories the most frequently encountered site types Your choice of the design template defines the choice of availa
103. r site visitors The file format is arbitrary the maximum size of the file is determined by parameters of your network gt Toadd the File Download module to your site 1 On the Pages step select 35 File Download in the Special pages box 2 Click Waste You can place only one file on the File Download page If you wish to provide several files for download add as many File Download pages to your site map as necessary gt To upload a file you wish to provide for download On the Edit step select File Download in the Site map area Click Browse select a file and click Open Click Upload Specify a name for the file in the File name field bb GW N Under this name the file will be displayed to site visitors By default it is the original name of the uploaded file Note National characters in file extensions are not supported If your file extension contains national characters replace them with Latin characters 5 If you want to leave your site visitors the choice to open or save the file leave the Open file in browser option unselected If you want the file just to open in a visitor s browser window select the Open file in browser option In the upper part of the screen you will see the results of the operation and the file size To replace the uploaded file click Browse once again and select another file To ensure that the provided setup works correctly you can perform a test download of the file To do so
104. r site pages in addition to the existing Sitebuilder modules With the help of such elements you can Display time and date Display pop up messages Set up automatic forwarding to other web pages Set up a variety of visual effects change of background color text effects on mouse hover and more Participate in banner networks Place interactive elements on the page games for example Miner calculator entertainment tests and much more Sitebuilder allows you to add any code written in any scripting or other language into the Script module HTML DHTML XML PHP Perl CGI JavaScript Java applets and many more You can find all kinds of third party scripts on popular webmasters resources available on the Internet The scripts will work correctly in case the publishing server is configured accordingly study the Readme file for the script you wish to add to find out what is required to be installed on the publishing server in order for the script to work properly Note that to preview a script its requirements must be met by the server where Sitebuilder is installed contact your Sitebuilder service provider on that matter Note PHP scripts will work only if the site is published as static HTML pages and the IIS web server is configured in such a way that HTML pages are treated as PHP gt To insert a piece of code to your site 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Inthe Modules area click the Script module icon an
105. r the e mail to be displayed in the From field of the notification e mail 3 Inthe Subject field enter the subject of the notification e mail 4 Inthe Message field enter the text of the notification e mail You can insert the following macros into the body of the notification message Site URL The shopping cart contents To a macro choose a desired one from the Macro list on the WYSIWYG panel Sender s e mail jexamplet example cor Subject New order Insert Times Mew Roma 2 Message First and foremost we would like to taank you for choosing our web site e shop Below is your order information sb shopping art ontent e gt Figure 64 Setting Up Customer Order Notification 112 Populating Site with Content Setting Up Catalog Appearance The main page of your eShop displays the first page of the product catalog To preview your catalog appearance click Preview at the bottom of the Sitebuilder window and go to the online store page of your web site The catalog page is divided into two sections gt mb The product categories section The uncategorized products list products are shown one below another in the order you specified see page 99 To configure the appearance of your product catalog On the eShop page go to the Settings tab To customize the number of columns displayed in the categories list select the desired value from 1 to 5 from the field Number of columns in the c
106. r the updated content to your hosting location For detailed instructions on what to do on every step of creating your site see the following chapters 10 Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard Logging In to Sitebuilder The Sitebuilder Wizard access procedure is different for different user roles Below we describe the login process for site owners and anonymous users The Sitebuilder administrator and resellers access the Sitebuilder Wizard from their Administrator Panels gt Tolog into the Sitebuilder Wizard using your site owner account 1 Open your Internet browser 2 Enter the URL you have received from your Sitebuilder provider into the address bar of your browser and press ENTER For example http hostname port Admin 3 Enter you user name and password select the interface language and click Log in If prior to gaining a Sitebuilder account you have created a trial site in the Sitebuilder Wizard on the same computer that you are logging in from you will be prompted to assign the site to your account and thus upgrade it to a regular site You can skip this step and register your trial site later but note that it may be deleted by your Sitebuilder provider or automatically destroyed after the expiration date Own site Assign your trial site to your Sitebuilcer account Specify any arbitrary site name TA and click Own Site Site name Sitel Required Fields Do not own site IF vou do not assign the site
107. re created on the Pages step of the Wizard By selecting a page in this area you open its content for editing in the work area of the screen In this area you can also adjust the general page parameters in the site map See page 41 To hide the Site map section click the Hide site map icon To restore the Site map area on the screen click the Show site map icon 2 Work area provides access to different functions depending on the type of the edited page On ordinary text pages the work area provides the space for creating the text content of the page see page 44 with the help of the WYSIWYG editor like on the screenshot above 40 Populating Site with Content On special pages or page modules the work area provides the module editor screen where you can configure various parameters of the module on the respective tabs and in most cases populate the module with content for example fill your online store catalog with products For information on working with lists of objects on module management pages read section Working with Lists on page 14 For more information about configuring and editing each module see the respective sections further in this chapter 3 Modules area allows to embed block modules in text pages by clicking and drag and dropping the module icon to the required spot on the page For some tips on using block modules see section Working with Modules on page 68 To hide the Modules section
108. re the site files will be stored after publication In the Login and Password fields specify the credentials for accessing the SVE Click Publish The progress bar displaying the status of publication appears Publishing is in progress Please wait 68 completed gt O 00000 Figure 99 Publication Progress Indicator After successful publishing your site immediately goes live and its full functionality is available to visitors You can proceed to your site by clicking Visit Site 160 Publishing Site O Congratulations Your site has been successfully published Last publishing settings Publication date 11 27 2007 1 36 20 PM Your site is available at http ii example com Publishing location Frost Feplogini e xample com Edit publishing settings A Publishing mode FTF Publishing mode It can be FTP 8COPY or Virtuozzo Host example com g Fork 21 Port used for FTP connection IF it is omitted then the default port will be used Web site URL http H example com The address the site is available at after publication E g http domainname com Login vour login on the FTP server Your User name to access the FTP server Password Working directory The path on the FTP server the Files of the site must be published to E g Ftprootidir or way Required Fields The publishing settings have not been changed since last successful publication visit site Figure 100 Successf
109. red vision can hear those tooltips as they hover over certain cells with their mouse cursor gt To make the table available for users with impaired vision 1 Right click inside the table and click the E3 Table Properties icon in the context menu Click the Accessibility tab Enter a number of rows that will be set as headings in the Heading rows field The maximum number of heading rows and columns depends on the total number of rows and columns in your table Enter a number of columns that will be set as headings in your table in the Heading columns field Enter the title of the table in the Caption field Select the position of the caption relative to the table from the Caption alignment field Enter a short description of the table to be vocalized in the Summary field If your table contains heading rows columns and the information specified in the table cells makes sense only together with the headings select the Associate cells with headers check box The tooltip message for the cells will include the names of the headings Click OK 64 Populating Site with Content Heading rows 0 Max 3 Heading columns 0 Max 2 Caption alignment Caption Summary dl Associate cells with headers Figure 38 Making Tables Available for Users with Impaired Vision Adding Content to Table Tables are often used for building web page layouts When basing your page layout on a table you have m
110. ries You can change the order in which categories appear in your gallery by moving particular categories up and down the list gt 1 2 To move a category up or down in the list On the E Image Gallery page click the Categories tab Click an upward t or a downward arrow against the category name One click on the icon moves the category one position up or down respectively For categories which have reached the topmost or the bottom position of the list the upward t or downward arrows are not displayed correspondingly Removing Category N y 3 To remove a category On the E Image Gallery page click the Categories tab Select the category you want to remove Click lt Remove Selected Note After a category is removed all images which have been assigned to it remain in the gallery Populating Site with Content 87 Setting Up Image Gallery Appearance gt To set up image gallery appearance 1 On the Image Gallery page click the Settings tab 2 Inthe Images per page field enter a number of images to be displayed on one page To preview your image gallery click Preview at the bottom of the Sitebuilder window and go to the image gallery page of your web site E Image Gallery Images per page Figure 49 Setting Up Image Gallery Appearance 98 Populating Site with Content Providing Content for Download The File Download module allows to provide various content for download to you
111. ro A flash intro is the flash animated introduction clip launched prior to opening the home page of a site You can choose between several designs of the intro and insert your own text information into it The Flash Intro module is the only page module that requires no database connection and therefore can be included in a static site Note For correct display of Asian and Arabian national characters make sure that you have Adobe Flash Player version 9 0 or later installed You can add only one Flash Intro module to your site gt 1 WN Aa yU DN 6 7 To add a flash intro to your site Go to the Pages step Select 4 Flash Intro in the Special pages box Click a To configure the flash intro settings Go to the Edit step Select 4 Flash Intro in the Site map area select a design of your flash clip by clicking one of the thumbnails in the Designs area The selected design is outlined with a red frame In Title field enter a text to be displayed as the flash introduction title it will appear first and in a larger font In the Body text field enter a text to be displayed as the body of the flash clip From the Background color list select a background color of the flash Clip From the Animation pattern list select a color of your flash clip outline You can see the small preview image of the flash clip with the new parameters in the Preview area 124 Populating Site with Content F Flash Intro Set
112. s in your online catalog from the provided drop down box or specify your custom item type Click Register bulk upload file and continue to formatting instructions at the bottom of the page On the Format your Products page click I m done formatting my file Continue to upload 116 Populating Site with Content All basic formatting of your catalog is done automatically by Sitebuilder For instructions on specifying RSS attributes for additional product options such as size made in and other parameters read section Indexing Your Online Store with Google Base Tags On the file upload page click Browse locate the catalog file in your local file system and click Upload and process this file The Google Base dashboard will show status Processing bulk upload file for your file ltems submitted using a bulk upload are indexed within 24 hours After the file is successfully processed the file status turns to Success denoting that your catalog items are now searchable by Google If the page shows status Bulk upload failure click the See details and get help link for troubleshooting instructions Try fixing the issue and re uploading the file by clicking the delete this file link and repeating the bulk upload procedure In this section Indexing Custom Product OptiONS occccoccnccccnnccccnccncnnnonnncnncnnnnnnnnnarnnnnnnnnnncnnnos 117 Populating Site with Content 117 Indexing Custom Product Options Prior to submitt
113. site 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Inthe Modules area click the 1 RSS Reader module icon and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page 3 Click Choose Channel on the title bar of the RSS Reader module Select a channel to import the news from 5 To specify a custom channel click Custom channel and enter the channel URL in the field below 6 Click OK Channels Select 4 channel MSNBC Top News F ol com Wired News Scripting News Ei Network BBC News i MSN Dictionary com World UK Edition Entertainment Dilbert DELL Infoworld Reuters Associated Top News TopNews Press Workbench Mew York Washington Times Post Gizmodo The Register ComputerworHd PCWorld com Latest News Salon com Engadget Custom channel http export cnet comfexport feeds news rss 1 11176 0 xml Figure 93 Adding RSS News Feeds Populating Site with Content 153 Inserting Scripts to Your Web Pages Using the Script module you can insert ready code snippets in your web pages You can use this module to Add functional elements to you
114. t B 7 UA EAR AY Full description of Mountam Bike Required fields WV OK Figure 52 Adding a Product to Catalog 10 If you wish to specify several color options for the product go to the Colors tab and click Add New Color Inthe Color name field specify a name that will be easy for you to associate with this color Click the M icon and choose a desired color from the palette The color HEX code automatically appears in the Color value field f you wish to upload a separate image illustrating the specified color modification of the product click Browse navigate to the image file and click Upload The thumbnail is shown on the product page after a visitor clicks on the corresponding color icon Populating Site with Content 93 Note If later you wish to remove the color modification image click the Reset to default image shortcut for the corresponding color on the Colors tab In the catalog the main product image the one from the Main Properties tab is shown for this color modification t To set the order in which color options are displayed use the upward and downward arrows o remove a color option click aA against the corresponding option Available color options are shown both on the main catalog page and on the product page Add New Product Main Properties Colors Options Categories Add New Color Color name green Color value HEX 009900 a
115. t the top of the screen On the navigation pane click Sites Click your site in the list of sites 4 Click 2 Site Users N In this section Adding Site Visitor ACCOUNT cccceececeeeeeeeeeeceeeeseeeeeeeeeeseaeeeseeeessaeeeseeeesaeeeess 139 Changing Site Visitor Account Information oooccccconcnncnonnnccnncnnonononennnnnnononennos 139 Suspending and Unsuspending Site Visitor Account ccceeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 140 Populating Site with Content 139 Adding Site Visitor Account If you want to provide visitors of a site with ready accounts you can register them in your Administrator Panel and then give the site visitors their credentials for authenticating on the site gt 4 2 3 To add a site visitor account On the 2 Site Users screen click 2 Add New Account Specify the contact and login information lf necessary in the Home page URL field specify the URL to the site visitor s home page This URL will be automatically inserted to the messages posted by this site visitor to the guestbook Click OK Changing Site Visitor Account Information You may need to modify site visitor accounts if for example a site visitor forgets his or her password or specifies wrong e mail gt 1 To modify a site visitor account On the Site Users screen click the name of the site visitor whose account you want to modify Make necessary changes Click OK 140 Populating Site wit
116. t alignment Background i y Dimensions Additional Height ID Width _ No wrapping Background image URL Cell CSS CSS class Clear Style Figure 36 Editing Cell Properties Merging Cells Sometimes you may need to unify several rows or columns by a single horizontal or vertical cell containing information common for these cells To do this you can either span a cell across several rows or columns or merge several cells into one horizontally or vertically Populating Site with Content 61 The difference between these two option is that when you merge cells the content of all merged cells is merged as well and remains in the resulting cell and when you span a cell across several rows or columns only the content of the spanned cell remains the content of the cell to the right of the spanned cell is deleted To merge cells right click in a cell and select the needed option from the context menu To merge the cell with the cell to the right click the Merge Cells Horizontally icon To merge the cell with the cell above click the a Merge Cells Vertically icon 62 Populating Site with Content Spanning Cell Across Several Rows or Columns gt To span a cell across several rows or columns 1 Right click anywhere in the table and select Set Table Properties from the context menu 2 To span a cell across several rows select a cell and click the plus sign in the Row Span area 3 To span a cell
117. t option XML Document selected in the Save as type field In Mozilla Firefox specify the file name in format filename xm1 in the File name field and select All Files from the Save as type field Having saved the file make sure that it keeps the xml extension Open the Bulk Upload Instructions http base google com support bin answer py answer 5953748hl en page on the Google Base web site and click the Get started register and submit your bulk upload link at the bottom of the page On the About Me page you will be asked to provide the Display name Description optional and Website URL optional to be displayed on your Google Base account page By default the Display name field contains your e mail address specified at Google account registration You may leave this default value as is leave the optional fields blank and proceed If later you wish to specify or edit this information go to the Settings tab of your Google Base account page specify the information and click Save Changes at the bottom of the page Click Next to continue On the Specify a Bulk Upload page Enter any arbitrary name for the uploaded file in the File name field Under this name the file will appear on the Bulk Upload tab of your Google Base account page Note The file name must also end with the xm1 extension The file name may contain Latin characters and numbers only and may not contain spaces Select the Item type the type of item
118. t to In the Link text field specify or change the text that will make up the link From the Protocol list select the protocol to be used to access the linked resource http ftp and other From the Target list select how the link will open in the same window in the new window and so on In the Tooltip field type the text to be displayed when the cursor is hovered over the link To set up the appearance of the link select a desired style from the CSS class field Click OK Link text Protocol Target Tooltip CS5 class Mo class Figure 29 Inserting Hyperlinks 52 Populating Site with Content Inserting Links to Pages of Your Site gt To insert a link to a page of your site 1 Goto the Edit step and navigate to the page where you want to insert the link 2 Type Select the text which you want to set as a link 3 From the Custom links list select the page to which the link should lead Microsoft Search Engines Pages Of This Site Home Blog File Download eShop Flash Intro Forum Guestbook Image Gallery Registration Figure 30 Inserting Links to Pages of Your Site Populating Site with Content 53 Inserting Anchors Anchor is a word or a group of words that define the destination a hyperlink leads to Anchors are very helpful in facilitating navigation through a great amount of text located in a single place With this function you can provide the readers of the messag
119. the check box beside its name 3 In the Login field enter the login user name you use to log in to Authorize Net 4 In the Transaction key field enter the transaction key used for encrypting data mb Note Requests to Authorize Net server are executed only on published sites If you open your site in the preview mode you can see the corresponding window but the request to Authorize Net server is not executed Configuring WorldPay Payment System gt To integrate WorldPay payment system in your online store 1 Onthe eShop page click the Payment Systems tab 2 To enable this payment system in your visitors shopping carts select the check box beside its name 3 Enter the Installation ID given to you by WorldPay Note Requests to WorldPay server are executed only on published sites If you open your site in the preview mode you can see the corresponding window but the request to WorldPay server is not executed 108 Populating Site with Content Configuring BluePay Integration gt To configure the BluePay payment system for your online store 1 Onthe eShop page click the Payment Systems tab 2 To enable this payment system in your visitors shopping carts select the check box beside its name 3 In the Merchant ID and Secret Key fields provide the corresponding data which you received from BluePay If you do not have a BluePay merchant account yet you can get one directly from Sitebuilder click the Sign u
120. the image click the Description tab and enter a text of your choice 7 Click OK At this stage the list of categories is empty After you add some categories see page 85 they appear on the Categories tab and you can refer the image to a desired category or several categories Image Upload Main Properties Description Categories Name Imaget OO Position in list Preview Browse New image Required fields a OK Ea Figure 46 Uploading Images 82 Populating Site with Content Sitebuilder provides a possibility of batch image upload allowing to publish many images at once You can upload the images from your local file system and perform a group resize operation on them The maximum size of the batch is determined by the disk space on the publishing server gt 1 To upload multiple images Arrange the images you want to upload in one folder on your computer On the E Image Gallery page click E Multiple Image Upload on the Images tab Multiple image upload requires ActiveX Control to be installed in your browser lf the required component is missing from your browser you will be prompted to install it Follow the on screen instructions to install the component If you fail to install required components click the If you do not see the Multiple Image Upload window click here shortcut to open simplified image upload dialog where
121. the list is displayed Below the list you can adjust the number of items to be displayed per page 10 25 or 100 In multi page lists you can navigate between the pages by clicking the page number shortcuts above and below the list To go to the first last page of the list click First or Last accordingly In lengthy lists you can find items using the search function or sort items by the available parameters To find an item type a search criterion into the input box above the list and click Search The list will show the items matching the search criterion To return back to viewing all items click Show All a Search E Show All Figure 3 Searching for Objects To sort list items by a certain parameter in ascending or descending order click the parameter s title in the column heading The order of sorting will be indicated by a small triangle displayed next to the parameter s title Figure 4 Sorting Objects In some lists you can filter items by a number of parameters by selecting one of them from the list for example on the Orders tab of your eShop page you can filter out orders of certain status All New Paid Processed Backorder Cancelled Completed Failed Getting Started with Sitebuilder Wizard 15 Orders J Delete status 1 records total d ID Crear New ie 1 records total Processed Backorder Cancelled Complsted Falled Figure 5 Filtering Objects Note All the above described princip
122. the style of borders For TR Table Row tags you can adjust row color and borders For TD Table Data tags you can change table text padding margin and decoration For A Link tags you can change the link padding margin and decoration in the text For UL Unordered List and OL Ordered List tags you can change the style of the list items For HR Horizontal Rule tags you can adjust the colors and borders For IMG Image tags you can adjust the colors and borders 4 Click OK The changes will be immediately applied on the page Populating Site with Content 67 GUEST tbody Tag Properties Colors and borcers Color x Left border pl ml px Right border Dal a gt Top border ke mil_ mx Bottom border fl pex Ps ini rag antag S anh SS SS a a eo as x ee mep 7 i i T i 34 Tag Properties TABLE gt TBODY gt Remove Elemen Figure 39 Modifying HTML Source of Web Pages 68 Populating Site with Content Working with Modules In Sitebuilder there are two types of modules Page modules or special pages These modules are added to your site as separate web pages on the Pages step of Sitebuilder Wizard There are the following special pages in Sitebuilder Ey Blog see page 70 E Image Gallery see page 79 File Download see page 88 is eShop see page 89 J Flash Intro see page 123 A Guestbook see page 125 Forum see page 129 J Registration see page 1
123. ting arrow When E you hover your mouse over the arrow the arrow color is changed to red To insert a row above click the upward pointing arrow gt To insert a column to the left click the arrow pointing left 18t To insert a column to the right click the arrow pointing right 42 To remove the current column click the circle between the arrows on the top border of the highlighted cell To remove the current row click the same circle on the left border of the highlighted cell 60 Populating Site with Content Editing Cell Properties gt To configure the parameters of a cell 1 Right click inside the cell and select Cell Properties from the context menu 2 On the Cell Properties tab set the following properties Content alignment Align the content in the selected cell vertically or horizontally Background Set the background color of the cell Width Height Specify the width and height of the selected cell in pixels or percent ID Setting ID for a cell provides options for advanced cell handling for advanced users and developers No wrapping Enable disable cell wrapping that is if enabled it forces new line when the text reaches the cell border Background image Set an image as the background of the cell CSS class Specify cell CSS class and style CSS class is the predefined style which is applied to the selected text 3 Click OK H Cell Properties Conten
124. tings Designs Settings Title Body text Background color Animation pattern Preview Title mid a Ever ii Ton y r gt es A bi Blue Rhomb Figure 70 Adding Flash Intro Populating Site with Content 125 Adding Guestbook Guestbook enables your visitors to leave their notes messages and comments The main difference between guestbooks and online forums is that in forums all messages are grouped in threads or topics In guestbooks all messages are displayed as they were submitted in the reverse order new messages appearing on the top gt To add a guestbook to your site 1 Goto the Pages step 2 Select E Guestbook in the Special pages box 3 Click You can add several guestbooks to your site gt To proceed to setting up your guestbook 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Select E Guestbook in the Site map E Guestbook Content Settings Tools Add New Message Messages Remove Selected Search z2 records total Number of entries per page 10 25 100 S Message Author Posted on Edit 11 21 2007 11 14 14 i Pri Message 2 author an Py A 11 21 2007 11 08 27 i Fl 2 Message 1 admin ae Fd 2 records total Number of entries per page 10 25 100 Figure 71 Guestbook Editor In this section Managing Guestbook Messages cooocccoccccccnconcococnccncncnnnonnnnnoncnonanonnnnnoncnnnnnonos 126 Setting Up Guestbook Appearance ccooccccoccccccncoocncocnonocnn
125. to go to the Google Web site and complete the free sign up procedure as described When registering a Google Maps API key be sure to specify the correct URL of your site Click Choose Location Specify the location you want to show on your map and Click Search Worldwide to search the whole map or Click Search Current Map Area to search only within the currently displayed map fragment lf there are several locations satisfying your search criterion all of them are displayed on the map and are also listed in a small window below the search field each is indexed with a letter To switch between the found locations click on required placemarks on the map or in the list To remove the list of search results click Clear results If for some reason Google does not find the required location or if you want to specify your own location use the arrows and scaling functions to manually navigate to the required geographical point To save a found placemark click on it click Save edit the placemark title and the address of the location as desired and click Save You can also add custom placemarks just click in a desired spot on the map specify a title for the placemark and the address of the location in the Title and Address fields and click Save 9 Click OK Populating Site with Content 143 ben Area Map Choose Location Click on thee map to add a placemark Dr 49 placemark i change its posik n 5 ail wh Se S
126. uide The target audience of this guide is regular users of Sitebuilder as well as guests who are working with Sitebuilder in the guest mode creating trial sites without publishing them on the Internet Typographical Conventions Before you start using this guide it is important to understand the documentation conventions used in it The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special information Fomatingcomenton Ipeothiomaton example Special Bold Items you must select such as Go to the Content tab menu options command buttons or items in a list Titles of chapters sections Read the Creating Site Design chapter and subsections Italics Used to emphasize the Block modules These modules do not importance of a point to require dedicated site pages introduce a term or to designate a command line placeholder which is to be replaced with a real name or value Monospace URLs names of commands Go to files and directories http hostname port Wizard CAPITALS Names of keys on the SHIFT CTRL ALT keyboard KEY KEY Key combinations for which CTRL P ALT F4 the user must press and hold down one key and then press another Feedback If you have found a mistake in this guide or if you have suggestions or ideas on how to improve this guide please send your feedback to userdocs swsoft com Please include in your report the guide s title chapter and section titles and the fragment of text in
127. ul Publication Notification If next time you come to publish your site you ll find that the publishing settings have been changed since the last publication you can revert them to their previous state To do so click Revert Publishing Settings at the bottom of the form with the publishing setting In this chapter Requirements to Publishing Location ccooocccconcnnoncnconccnnoncncnnnnnnnncncnncnnnnnconnns 161 Publishing Site 161 Requirements to Publishing Location For the published sites to work correctly publishing server must meet the following requirements ASP NET 2 0 50727 or later is installed on the publishing server For detailed information about configuring ASP NET 2 0 refer to the ASP NET 2 0 Deployment Guide http www microsoft com downloads details aspx familyid 9E33EA25 666C 47FA AC52 8D04785C4BD28displaylang en The working directory is mapped on the IIS server as web application For the ASP NET ISAPI to be executed the working directory must have the Scripting permission enabled working directory menu gt Execute Permissions gt Scripts Only Application pool to which the working directory is assigned does not contain ASP NET 1 1 applications ASP NET account has the following permissions l the App Data folder does not exist read write delete permission for the root folder is required Ifthe App Data folder exists then read write delete permission for the App Data folder and re
128. ure 91 Setting Up Online Status Indicator for Your ICQ Account 6 If you select Skype Specify your Skype name Select an icon to be displayed for your Skype status The result of your choice is shown in the Preview area If you want site visitors to be able to call you on Skype directly by clicking the status indicator icon select the Start Skype call upon clicking the icon check box Click OK Populating Site with Content 151 Online Status Indicator Configure Select your instant messenger provider Oreo O Skype Skype name our Skype Mame Skype icon bigclassic ule Start Skype call upon clicking the icon Preview I m online Figure 92 Setting Up Online Status Indicator tor Your Skype Account 152 Populating Site with Content Adding RSS News Feeds RSS which stands for Really Simple Syndication allows you to automatically load favorite news and information on you site from RSS news feeds also called channels Many well known news communities and corporate sites offer news headlines and article summaries in the form of news channels RSS readers retrieve the recent content from the RSS news feeds and display it on your site A visitor can preview the recent news content from your site and will be redirected to the news page if they want to read the full story The news from RSS channels are updated automatically and do not require any interaction from your part gt To add RSS news feeds to your
129. with Content 59 Adding or Removing Rows Columns and Cells gt 1 2 h h To add a row or a column Place the cursor in the table where you want to add a row or column Click the H 7 Insert Table icon To insert a row above or below the row where you placed the cursor click the za Insert Row Above or the Insert Row Below icon respectively To insert a column to the left or to the right of the column where you placed the q q cursor click the Insert Column to the Left or the Insert Column to the Right icon respectively To remove a row column or cell Place the cursor in the cell you wish to delete Right click within the cell and depending on the operation you wish to perform select Delete Row Delete Column or Delete Cell from the context menu After you delete a column or row other columns and rows are resized to fill the space After you delete a cell other cells in the row are shifted left To add or remove a row or a column using the Table Wizard Right click anywhere in the table and select Set Table Properties On the Table Design tab click the plus sign or the minus sign in the Columns or Rows area respectively In some web browsers the table cell containing a cursor will be marked with quick operation shortcuts two small arrows and a circle 142 You can use these shortcuts to edit your table in the following way To insert a row below the current row click the downward poin
130. with the vV sign Having selected a site family click Next at the bottom of the screen to proceed to configuring the design of your site CHAPTER 3 Creating Site Design In Sitebuilder you can build the graphic design of your site by combining the provided presets with your custom design elements which you can upload to Sitebuilder Sitebuilder offers design presets of several types including design templates color schemes page banners and site menu styles The custom elements you can upload are the page banner and logo Besides uploading your own banner and logo you personalize your site by specifying your own the site title subtitle and footer message Below you will find a step by step instruction on designing your site in Sitebuilder The Sitebuilder Design step screen looks as follows Teplice A 1 LY Ala LATER cs lo pa J r 8 r E ieee Figure 10 Step2 Creating Site Design The work area of the screen contains the following elements 1 Design template selection area which provides the functions facilitating the choice of a site design template see page 22 When you choose to display All categories this area shows all available design templates 2 Design template preview window displaying the currently selected template Click this window for full size preview of the template The chosen design template color scheme and menu style are shown in red frames in the corresponding areas of the screen 3 Colo
131. y site to a regular site Any supplementary information considered to be important by the Sitebuilder administrator for example instructions on how you can get an account in Sitebuilder and buy hosting If you wish to send this information to your e mail address enter the address in the field at the bottom of the page and click Send To open the trial site click Visit Site The site is available during its life time period which is determined by your Sitebuilder administrator The site you have created is a trial site and cannot be published until you sign up Your trial site will be available For unlimited period at 192 166 57 252 27006 Wizard HostingPreview aspxrsitelD 592f2639423c4434091e9551c10e3e60 To publish your trial site contact your Sitebuilder provider After choosing a hosting plan you will be able to continue editing your web site and publish it Send site information to your e mail Figure 97 Publish Step Look for Anonymous Users 158 Publishing Site Publishing your site as a regular Sitebuilder user If you are a registered Sitebuilder user follow the guideline below to publish your site gt To publish your site 1 Go to the Publish step 2 If your Sitebuilder administrator has already specified the publishing settings for your site or you have done it yourself in your Administrator Panel then just click Publish and publication begins If publishing settings are not specified perform steps 3
132. you can upload 10 images at once lf the required component is successfully installed perform the following steps In the left frame of the Add New Images window navigate to the required folder in your local file system select the images you want to upload When selecting images follow these guidelines To select or deselect an image click it To select all images in the folder click Select All To deselect all images click Deselect All From the Upload to category list select a category to refer images to If you have already created a category for your images select the required category from the list lf you want to create a new category for the images select Create new category and type the category name in the field that appears lf you do not want to refer images to any category select No category If necessary from the Resize large images to list select the dimensions the uploaded images should be resized to Click Upload A ter the upload is complete click OK on the progress bar and on the screen Populating Site with Content 83 bh Add new images bmp api jp preg Se Local Disk C ee TE Fy Ga Ja Sect 2imoges CA Opes 1o lect dem he i ir TA J 1 Y Y S Local Disk D Resize large images to 1024x7668 m Figure 47 Uploading Multiple Images Previewing Images gt To preview an image 1 On the E Image Gallery page click the Images tab 2 Click the
133. zed products First Figure 65 Setting Up Catalog Appearance 114 Populating Site with Content Making Your Catalog Searchable by Google Submitting information about your products to Google Base will make your catalog searchable on Google Product Search http www google com products Google Maps http maps google com and on the main Google web search http www google com To submit a catalog to Google Base means to upload an XML file containing the information about your products to your Google Base account Creating such a file does not require any XML knowledge because Sitebuilder will automatically convert all information from your catalog into RSS 2 0 XML file fully compatible with Google Base requirements In this XML file Sitebuilder puts the following information about each your product product name the category a product belongs to full product description price quantity on stock color other options size etc and a link to the product page Regular product options such as Apparel size and Shoe size US UK EU are automatically indexed with the corresponding Google Base attribute g size If you have specified some custom options for your products such as country of origin dimensions manufacturer brand name etc and wish to make your catalog searchable by them as well you will need to index these options manually as described in Indexing You Online Store Product Options see page 117 To submit you
134. zoom g display_type The type of display on the LCD television or monitor g color_output Information about whether Acceptable values or not the printer is a color are false or true printer g load_type The type of loading for a top front etc washer g platform The platform the game is Nintendo Wii on Toys g age_range The suggested age range 10 14 for the toy Vehicles g condition The condition of the new used vehicle refurbished g make The vehicle manufacturer g mileage The current mileage of the 77000 vehicle g price_type The type of pricing for the Acceptable values vehicle are negotiable or Starting g title The name or title of the 2003 Honda Civic vehicle LX Appendix Most Common Google Base Attributes 165 g vehicle_type The type of vehicle car motorcycle scooter g vin Vehicle Identification 1M8GDM9AXKPO Number 42788 The model year or year 2003 built The full list of Google Base attributes sorted by category is available here http oase google com base producits html under the Required Attributes title

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