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Sitebuilder 4.0 for Windows Wizard User's Guide

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2. 1 2 3 To remove a message On the ti Guestbook page click the Content tab oelect the message you want to remove Click 2X Remove Selected Setting Up Guestbook Appearance 1 2 To set up the appearance of your guestbook In the Bi Guestbook module click 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 enter a number of messages to be displayed on one guestbook page If you want the e mails of messages authors to be displayed to the guestbook visitors select the Show author s e mail check box Populating Site with Content 70 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 set up your forum 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Click Forum in the Site map Managing Forum Topics After you add 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 Adding Topic to Your Forum To add a topic On the Forum page click the Content tab Click Add New Topic
3. gt Tounsuspend 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 see page 76 or purchase the Microsoft MapPoint Web Service see page 77 from Microsoft Inc Populating Site with Content 76 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 including 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 N y A C 9 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 embed a Google Maps API module into your web 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 Click Select Provider Select Google Maps API Enter your registration key in the Google Maps API key box and click OK If you haven t registered this service with Google yet click
4. 1 records total d ID Crear New iu 1 records total Processed Backorder Cancelled Complsted Failed Figure 3 Filtering Objects Note All the above described principles 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 17 To choose a list object for further operation select the check box to the left of the object s name Getting Started with Sitebuilder 13 P Mame prodi prod proda prod4 Figure 4 Selecting Particular Objects in a List To choose all objects in the list select the check box at the head of the column P Mame pradi prod prods prad4 Figure 5 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 a status icon in the Status S column not archived Q or archived O 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 yo
5. On the Main Properties tab enter a subject of the new topic Click the Content tab Enter your text Click OK At this stage the list of categories is empty After you add some categories see page 72 they appear on the Categories tab and you can refer the topic to one of them O oo fF OQ N a Note If you do not refer a topic to any category this topic will not be displayed in your forum Populating Site with Content 71 Editing Topic gt To edit a topic 1 Inthe Forum module click the Content tab 2 Click the 7 Edit icon beside the topic you want to edit 3 Configure the needed topic parameters 4 Click OK Removing Topic gt To remove a topic 1 In the Forum module click the Content tab 2 Select the topic you want to remove 3 Click XX Remove Selected 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 replies The procedures of managing replies to topics are described in the current section Adding Reply To add a reply In the Forum module go to the Content tab Click the subject of the topic to which you want to add a reply Click Add New Reply Enter reply text Click OK Ooh 0 No wv Editing Reply To edit a reply In the Forum module go to the Content tab Click View Edit Replies against the respective topic Click the d Edit icon be
6. SITEBUILDER Sitebuilder 4 0 for Windows Wizard User s Guide Revision 1 0 We SWSOFT ISBN N A SWsoft 13755 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 325 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 ABOUTS EDU E ni o colas 5 ABOUE TAS QUA UU Ud cocoa 5 Who should ead This GUIS uot n eco qct o Ru a debite edes as sonent out enda tuto herus a 5 Typographical CONVENTIONS cid i oscaiog is ttis lta cunc R a a a a 6 o A A a aN 6 Getting
7. f no site is registered for your account yet Gotohttp hostname port Wizard or click Go to SWsoft Sitebuilder Wizard on the Desktop a site with default name and empty publishing settings will be automatically registered in the Administrator Panel and you will be taken to the Wizard Go to navigation pane gt Sites gt Add New Site and specify all required parameters to register your site Click OK Now click the Edit site in Wizard icon opposite the site name Getting Started with Sitebuilder 10 Learning Sitebuilder 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 l z 3 4 2 5 D 8 SITEBUILDER Creada ari gd a credant ol spur vea oa u E E z 3 10 11 12 Figure 1 Sitebuilder Wizard Interface Every Sitebuilder Wizard window contains the following elements 1 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 Wi
8. Adding Site Visitor Account If you want to control the number of registered visitors on a site you can register them yourself and then provide them with credentials for accessing the site gt Toadd a site visitor account 1 On the l Site Users screen click 3 Add New Account 2 Specify the contact and login information 3 If 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 4 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 To modify a site visitor account 1 On the Site Users screen click the name of the site visitor whose account you want to modify 2 Make necessary changes 3 Click OK Populating Site with Content 75 Suspending and Unsuspending Site Visitor Account By default all created site visitor accounts are active If 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
9. 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 33 with the help of the WYSIWYG editor like on the screenshot above Populating Site with Content 30 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 catalogue with products For information on working with lists of objects on module management pages read section Working with Lists see page 12 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 47 To hide the Modules section click the Hide modules icon To restore the Modules area on the screen click the Show modules icon In this chapter 1 WO Sie Wa RR 30 WoOrking WI GC mr m 33 Working with Tables esses 40 Modifying HTML Source of Web Pages oocccoccccoccccccnccocccncnconcnonanonnnnconcnonan
10. Hmmm mme menm 28 Creating Site Structure 25 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 5 Blog see page 48 Supports a standard set 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 Es Image Gallery see page 52 Supports image upload batch image upload with group editing functions etc File Download see page 57 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 i eShop see page 58 Supports basic online store functions shopping cart multi currency categorized product catalogue with thumbnail upload capability shipping cost support Provides integration with 6 payment systems including PayPal Authorize Net BluePay 2Checkout com Flash Intro see page 67 A pre designed flash introduction to your site You can choose between several designs of the intro and insert your own te
11. Net server is not executed Configuring PayPal Integration To configure the PayPal payment system for your online store In the eShop module click the Payment Systems tab select the check box beside the PayPal payment system In the E mail address field enter the e mail address you use to log in to the PayPal service On y 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 Configuring BluePay Integration To configure the BluePay payment system for your online store In the eShop module click the Payment Systems tab oelect the check box beside the BluePay payment system In the Merchant ID and Secret key fields provide the corresponding data which you received from BluePay ON y 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 Populating Site with Content 64 Configuring 2Checkout com Integration To configure the 2Checkout com payment system for your online store In the eShop module click the Payment Systems tab select the check box beside the 2Checkout com payment system In the Vendor account number field enter the login user name you use to log in to 2Checkout com on y Note Requests to the 2Check
12. You can set up several online stores on your site by adding as many eShop page modules to your site structure as necessary In this case the currency payment settings lists of categories and products you create in different eShop modules are independent of each other gt To set up your online store 1 Goto the Edit step 2 Select eShop in the Site map 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 Populating Site with Content 59 Adding Products to Catalogue Toadda new product 1 On the eShop page click W Add New Product on the Products tab 2 On the Main Properties tab specify the general product properties Name under which the product is displayed in the catalogue Price which is displayed in the catalogue in the currency and format you select on the Payment Systems tab of eShop module editor Position in list which is the index number under which the product is displayed in the catalogue 3 If you do not wish to sell this product just to display information about it select the Advertise only check box Your eShop buyers won t be able to add this product to their carts 4 l you want to add an image that will be displayed beside the product name go to the Image tab browse to an image file on your computer and click Upload Note Later you can previ
13. formatting the tables 1 To use a CSS class Create a table This process is described in detail in Inserting Tables earlier in this guide Open the Table Properties dialog box Select a CSS class from the CSS class list in the Table Properties dialog box Click OK Populating Site with Content 43 Merging Cells 1 2 To merge cells Place the cursor in the cell which you want to merge with another cell Click the 7 Insert Table icon 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 Es Merge Cells Vertically icon Splitting Cells 1 To split a cell in the table using the Insert Table dialog box Place the cursor in a cell which you want to split it must be a previously merged cell Click the Insert Table icon Click the Split Cell icon Populating Site with Content 44 Formatting Cells Toconfigure the parameters of your table cells Right click inside the cell and select Cell Properties from the context menu On the Cell Properties tab set the following properties 1 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 advan
14. left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page 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 by clicking Add Field In the Name field tyoe a name for the field From the Type field select the type of data that can be entered in current field String for entering text of maximum 255 symbols without line breaks The text can include letters of national alohabets punctuation marks special symbols Text for entering text of maximum 1500 symbols The text can include line breaks letters of national alphabets punctuation marks special symbols On the published site the text is displayed in the multiline mode E mail for entering e mail addresses Double for entering floating point numbers A comma or a point can be used as a decimal separator Integer for entering integer numbers Date for entering dates Phone for is the type of field where you can enter an international phone number To make a field required for filling in select the Required check box beside the corresponding field Set the order of fields in the feedback form by clicking or beside the fields you need to move To remove a field select the field you want to remove and click X To specify the text to be displayed to the site visitors a
15. level click Down Renaming Pages 1 2 3 To rename a page Select the page in the Your site structure box and click Rename Or just double click the page s name to make it editable Provide a new name for the page 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 Creating Site Structure 28 Removing Pages To remove a page from the site map select the page in the Your site structure box and click 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 Choosing Site Language and Customizing Settings for Display of Numbers Currencies Times and Dates The language of Sitebuilder interface and the language of your site can be configured independently You may need this option if you want to create a site in a language which is not in the list of available Sitebuilder interface languages In that case it is possible to select the desired language of your site on the Pages step 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 a
16. lt SecurityClass Name OleDbPermission Description System Data OleDb OleDbPermission System Data Version 2 0 0 0 Culture neutral PublicKeyToken b77a5c561934e089 PermissionSet Example rPermissior class OleDbPermissrlon versron li Unrest ered 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 IPermiussron class WebPermissi0on version 1 UnGeSsEe ri Cred muet Note The server where Sitebuilder is installed must work in the Full Trust mode More detailed information about OleDbPermission you can find here http msdn2 microsoft com en us library ms998341 aspxfpaght000020_oledbpermission More detailed information about trust levels you can find here http msdn2 microsoft com en us library wyts434y aspx
17. 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 Populating Site with Content 46 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 To modify HTML source of a web page 1 On the Edit tab select the web page wh
18. Populating Site with Content 41 Removing Rows Columns and Cells gt To remove a row column or cell 1 Place the cursor where you want to delete a row or a column 2 Click the Insert Table icon za To remove a row click the gt Delete Row icon To remove a column click the Hu Delete Column icon To remove a cell click the E Delete Cell icon Populating Site with Content 42 Formatting Tables gt To set the table properties 1 3 Right click inside the table and click the E Set Table Properties icon in the context menu On the Table Properties tab set the following properties 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 the borders of the cells 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 Note CSS class is the option for advanced users only Click OK Formatting Tables with CSS Classes CSS class provides easy and consistent way for
19. 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 see page 25 earlier in this section Creating Site Structure 27 Adding Pages gt 1 To add pages to the site structure 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 H Image Gallery module You can identify a module by its icon 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 Changing Position of Pages gt 1 2 To change the pages hierarchy Select the required page in the Your site structure box 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
20. Sitebuilder are described in Types of Pages see page 25 For instructions on how to include special pages in your site structure refer to Structuring Your Site see page 26 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 75 Allows you to include a map image of a certain location point into a web page You can choose between two third party GIS engines Google Maps API and Microsoft MapPoint Web Service Feedback see page 78 Allows you to include a feedback form into the page RSS Reader see page 79 Allows you to automatically load favorite news and information to you site from RSS news feeds also called channels Voting see page 80 Allows to conduct polls and online surveys ocript see page 79 Allows you to add your own Java Script 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 where you want to insert the module Block modules cannot be viewed directly on the Edit step You can only configure block modules there To preview bloc
21. Started with Sitebuilder 7 Overview of Main Steps to Create Site occcccnccccoocnnncccnnnccncnoonnncnnnnnonnnnonnncnnnnnnnnonnnannnnnnnnnnonenanennnns 8 EOOGING AIG SHED UNC D UU D EET 9 Learmng oiteb llder ntelaeG educitur is LOI e e Dorn acai leven cider ao E eoe atu ees liliana 10 VACOFISIBIQUAMIUAT EAS TS ua EO Ve rte a oa ios a ca UU e Duobus 12 Siartingito Work WIN SItebUHGel s uiid io LP re suenan ev ud Ue epe Dow eal LOS redd vu eoe nete ioter eot Uc be ee Pv esta 14 GWN HED bm Em 15 Choosing Type of Created Site 16 Creating Site Design 17 Selecting Design Template for Site nennen nnns 19 Selecting Color Sche Me e Ln 19 SA Banner NR a a E eee eee 20 Selecting Ha Ve a 6 Pave 18 gt pean rene nr Ed eee 20 WI PIO AGING Moro jo ches See che eg a eel aot ale ale ke 21 Specifying Site s Title Subtitle and Footer Message ccccseeececceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeeeseeesens 21 Buying Picturesom FOTON ida abad 22 Creating Site Structure 23 Types OPaOS saena tea tan A dd 25 SUCIA Y OUL Sl m sm 26 Adding PAGS So edet 27 Changing Positlon Of PAGCS vist bs 27 Renaming ade Sinai Em 27 REMOVING PATOS ir A A A AENA 28 Choosing Site Language and Customizing Settings for Display of Numbers Currencies Times and DAS NA A AS ASAS C 28 Populating Site with Content 29 Seting Up Site MM o i et 30 Renaming Pages weds Pediat rented Cisco at dai 30 Specifying Keywords to be Used by Search Engines occccccccccccccon
22. ad write delete permission for the App Data folder and read 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 llS Manager gt Application Pools gt respective application pool Properties gt Identity tab IIS application pool identity NETWORK 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 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 the RSS module 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 Publishing Site 04 Example
23. ard arrows are not displayed correspondingly Removing Category Toremove a category 1 In the E Image Gallery module click the Categories tab 2 Select the category you want to remove 3 Click XX Remove Selected Setting Up Image Gallery Appearance Tosetup image gallery appearance 1 In the F Image Gallery module click the Settings tab 2 Inthe Images per page field enter a number of images to be displayed on one page Populating Site with Content 57 Providing Content for Download The File Download module allows to provide various content for download to your site visitors The file format is arbitrary the maximum size of the file is determined by parameters of your network gt To add the File Download module to your site 1 On the Pages step select File Download in the Special pages box 2 Click 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 In this case we recommend creating all File Download pages as second level pages and attaching them to one top level page gt Toupload a file that will be available for downloading 1 On the Edit step select File Download in the Site map area Click Browse select a file and click Open 2 3 Click Upload 4 opecify a name for the file in the Filename box Under this name the file will be displayed to site visitors By default it is t
24. ced 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 Click OK Populating Site with Content 45 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 impaired vision can hear those tooltips as they hover over certain cells with their mouse cursor Tomake 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
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26. ctionality is available to visitors You can proceed to your site by clicking Visit Site 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 oocococnccccccccnccncncoononncncnanononnnoncnonanonos 83 Publishing Site 03 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 fthe App Data folder does not exist read write delete permission for the root folder is required fthe App Data folder exists then re
27. d paragraphs cut copy paste text insert images and links check spelling and more Applying Styles Fonts and Colors to Text 1 2 3 To apply formatting to a text On the Edit tab select the web page where you want to edit the text oelect the portion of the text you want to change Apply the necessary formatting options 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 4 7 Foreground color icon to choose a font color Click the 7 Background color icon to choose a background color Click the B Bold J Italic Y 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 click the gt Insert Symbol icon and select a symbol Populating Site with Content 34 Formatting Paragraphs gt To apply formatting to a paragraph 1 On the Edit tab select the web page where you want to edit the text 2 Select the text which you want to format 3 Apply necessary formatting commands To align the text click the Align left Align center Align right or Justify icon on the toolbar To change the indentation of the selected text click the Indent or 5 Outdent icon on the toolbar To insert a horizontal rule place a cursor in an
28. e Edit icon beside an order 2 From the Status list select a new status for the order E shop orders can have the following statuses New The status is used for new unpaid orders Paid The status is used for new paid orders This status is assigned to an order upon receiving the payment notification from a payment system Processed The status is used for orders being processed at the time Backorder The status is used for deferred orders Completed The status is used for orders which have been completed and delivered to the customers Cancelled The status is used for order canceled by the customers Failed The status is used for orders which cannot be processed for some reason 3 Click OK To filter the orders by status use the Status list To filter the orders by time period use the Time period list To delete an order select it and click Delete If you have several online stores on your site then use the E shop name list to switch between them Populating Site with Content 66 Setting Up Online Store Appearance Tosetup the appearance of your online store 1 2 In the 5 eShop module click the Settings tab In the Notification sender s e mail address field specify the e mail address to be displayed in the From field of order confirmations sent to your customers In the Number of columns on Categories page field specify the number of columns of categories to be displayed on one page oelec
29. e 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 OK to start the search Click Find Next to look for the next mention of the search pattern To find and then replace a word or phrase Click the 4 Find icon in the editor toolbar 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 Populating Site with Content 36 Checking Spelling 1 To check spelling on the page On the Edit tab select the web page where you want to check the spelling Click the Y Spellchecker icon In the Not in dictionary field a possible spelling mistake is shown If 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 If you want to replace the misspelled word with the word in the Suggestions field click Change To change 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 e Redo icon Populating Site with Content 37 Inserting Image
30. e The selected color scheme is outlined with a red frame Creating Site Design 20 Selecting 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 1 2 To select a banner On the Design tab in the Banners area click the down arrow to expand the list of available banners Select the banner you need You can also upload a custom banner for your site 1 2 To upload a banner Click Browse in the Banners area In the Browse window find and select the banner image you want to upload Click Open in the Browse window Click Upload in the Banners area 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 Creating Site Design 21 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 png Toupload a logo 1 On the Design step click Browse in the Logo area 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 th
31. e added to your sites Purchase MapPoint Web Service through Microsoft Volume Licensing If you choose this method you purchase one license for all Area Map modules added to all your sites To embed a Microsoft MapPoint Web Service map into your web 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 Click Select Provider Select Microsoft MapPoint Enter your Microsoft MapPoint Service credentials in the User name 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 Enter the name of the location you want to show in the Find Locations field Click Find Locations From the list of results select the location to be displayed on your web page Click OK Note If later you change your Microsoft MapPoint Service account settings click Relog in to MS Map You will be forwarded to the Area Map configuration window where you can enter your new credentials Populating Site with Content 78 Adding Feedback Form Online feedback forms enables you to gather information about your site visitors gt 1 2 To set up a feedback form on your site Go to the Edit step In the Modules area click the Feedback module icon and keeping the
32. e 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 Specifying Site s Title Subtitle and Footer Message oite 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 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 Creating Site Design 22 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
33. e Wizard About This Guide This guide instructs you how to create and publish sites on the Internet using the SWsoft Sitebuilder program This guide covers the following steps of creating and publishing sites Creating site design see page 17 Creating and editing site structure see page 23 Creating and editing site content see page 29 bb c N Publishing a site on the Internet see page 81 Who Should Read This Guide 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 Preface The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special information Fomating comenton iaaa Example 000000 Special Bold Items you must select such as Go to the QoS tab menu options command buttons or items in a list 6 Titles of chapters sections Read the Basic Administration and subsections chapter Italics Used to emphasize the importance of a point to introduce a term or to designate a command line placeholder which is to be replaced with a real name or value Monospace The names of style sheet selectors files and directories and CSS fragments Loo SOE Ee On screen computer output in your command line sessions source code in XML C or other programming languages Preformatted Bold What you type contrasted with cd root rp
34. ebuilder you can choose which site pages should be visible in site menu and which not The page which you choose to be hidden 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 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 You can hide both first and second 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 Page3 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 Page 4 Page 1 Page 3 Page 4 Page 4 1 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 on Page 3 2 Page 1 Page 3 Page 3 2 Populating Site with Content 33 Working with Text This subsection describes the ways of working with textual information on your web pages You will learn how to format characters an
35. electing Design Template for Site 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 available 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 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 lik
36. ere 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 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 in the editor screen Populating Site with Content 47 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 Blog see page 48 Image Gallery see page 52 File Download see page 57 eShop see page 58 Flash Intro see page 67 Guestbook see page 68 Forum see page 70 Registration see page 73 All page modules available in
37. ew this image on the Products tab by clicking the amp icon for the product in the P Preview column For products for which no image has been uploaded this icon is not displayed in the list 5 f you want to add a short description of your product go to the Description tab and type your text in the text box 6 Click OK At this stage the list of categories is empty After you add some categories see page 60 you can refer the created product to a desired category To preview products in your online store click Preview at the bottom of the Sitebuilder window and go to the online store page of your web site Editing Product Properties gt To edit the properties of a product 1 On the 3 eShop page click the Products tab Click the rd Edit icon beside the product you want to edit Configure the needed product parameters Click OK E G N Populating Site with Content 60 Changing Order in which Products are Listed in Catalogue You can change the order in which images appear on the site page by moving particular images up and down in the list To move an image up or down in the list click an upward 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 upward or downward arrows are not displayed correspondingly Removing Product Toremove a product from your onl
38. 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 23 CHAPTER 5 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 regulated by your service plan 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 organizing the available types of pages into a hierarchy which addresses your needs Find out about the types of pages see page 25 offered by Sitebuilder and about the process of adding pages see page 27 and site structuring see page 27 The Pages step screen provides the following functionalities to facilitate structuring your site SITEBUILDER E IDOL q LITA m Feedback m Suppor CE Hai a Ge be cr Paral ES Loa zu am ee dl nl mmm Tira lee amm Site wd inia of medie Erie Stoecerds ana For
39. fter they submit the feedback form click Response Text and provide your text 10 To set up the general properties of your feedback form click Properties and In the Title field enter a display name of 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 mails 11 Click OK Populating Site with Content 79 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 Toadd RSS news feeds to your site 1 Goto the Edit step 2 n the Modules area click the 1 RSS Reader module icon and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page 3 Click Change Channel and select one of the proposed channels 4 To specify a custom channel click Custom channel and enter the channel URL in the field below 5 Click OK I
40. he 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 or append a dot at the end of the string to make these characters a part of the file name 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 click the Download shortcut Populating Site with Content 58 Adding Online Store In Sitebuilder you can set up your own online store by adding the eShop module into your site You as an e shop owner can add products and categories sort products by categories and manage orders submitted by the customers Your customers can browse your online store add products to their shopping carts select their preferred payment systems and shipping methods and submit their orders After the first purchase they can return to their shopping carts any time and continue shopping Your e commerce resource can be integrated with PayPal Authorize Net BluePay and 2CheckOut com payment systems so that customers could pay for their purchases using their credit cards gt To add an online store to your site 1 Go to the Pages step 2 Select eShop in the Special pages box 3 Click PA
41. hes dre ani reennge thee peores sie Sres 26 you le Create your photogallery Cesare aun publ vor phiobo or ee pales on hee see ina Puras Che ree piire Epcpnigaes and peers pour sie De ac or rums pamm phig dern beaten anziniroducrmg Functional macula Figure 7 Step 1 Choosing the Site Type The chosen site family is indicated with the vf sign Having selected a site family click Next at the bottom of the screen to proceed to configuring the design of your site 17 CHAPTER 4 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 oitebuilder 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 11 LY Ala LATER foie pa 8 r E ae Figure 8 Step 2 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 19 When you cho
42. hrase or copyright notice Pages Enables you to add and structure web pages on your site Edit Enables you to create and edit your site content Publish Enables you to put your site online 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 Getting Started with Sitebuilder 15 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 oitebuilder page Use FAQ For the fastest way to solve your problems with Sitebuilder check out the Sitebuilder FAQ page http faq 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 troub
43. https www paypal com Authorize Net http Awww authorize net BluePay http oluepay com and 2Checkout com Inc http www 2checkout com official web sites 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 Configuring Check Money Order Payment Method To customize check money order settings In the eShop module click the Payment Systems tab select the check box beside the Check Money order payment option In the Make payable to field enter the name of person to whom funds should be sent 4 n the Send to address field enter the postal address where the check or order should be sent ON wv Populating Site with Content 63 Configuring Authorize Net Integration Authorize Net allows your customers to pay for your products online using credit cards or electronic checks Tointegrate Authorize Net payment system in your online store In the eShop module click the Payment Systems tab Select the check box beside the Authorize Net payment system In the Login field enter the login you use to log in to Authorize Net In the Transaction key field enter the transaction key used for encrypting data A c N 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
44. ine store 1 Onthe eShop page go to the Products tab 2 Select the product you want to remove 3 Click XX Remove Selected Managing Categories of Products 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 catalogue The procedures of adding and managing product categories are described in the current section Adding Category to Catalogue gt Toadda product category 1 Onthe eShop page click the Categories tab 2 Click Add New Category 3 On the Main Properties tab enter a name of the new category in the Name field 4 From the Position in list list select the index number under which the category will be displayed in the catalogue 5 f you want to add an image that will be displayed beside the category name go to the Image tab browse to an image file and click Upload Note Later you can preview this image on the Categories tab by clicking the icon for the product in the P Preview column For categories for which no image has been uploaded this icon is not displayed 6 If you want to provide a short description for the category click the Description tab and enter a text of your choice 7 Click OK Populating Site with Content 61 Editing Category gt To edit an existing category 1 Onthe eShop page click the Categories tab Click the P Edit icon next to the desired category name Edit the category pr
45. ing 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 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 make your temporary site regular 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 To open the trial site click Visit Site The site is fully functional and allows you to perform all operations allowed by modules except for placing orders in your online store The site is active during its life time period which is determined by your Sitebuilder administrator Publishing your site as a regular Sitebuilder user If you are a registered Sitebuilder user f
46. ip From the Object scheme field 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 Populating Site with Content 68 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 Go to the Pages step 2 Select l Guestbook in the Special pages box 3 Click You can add several guestbooks to your site Tosetup your guestbook 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Select B Guestbook in the Site map 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 Adding Message to Your Guestbook gt To add a message On the B Guestbook page click the Content tab Click Add New Message Enter a message text Click OK Ac N Populating Site with Content 69 Editing Message m E c N To edit a message In the B Guestbook module click the Content tab Click the 9 Edit icon beside the message you want to edit Edit the message Click OK Removing Message
47. itebuilder 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 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 Page or Last Page 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 Ch Search 29 Show All Figure 2 Searching for Objects In some lists you can filter items by a number of parameters by selecting one of them from the drop down box 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 Orders 9X Delete status
48. k 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 Populating Site with Content 48 For details on configuring each particular module see the corresponding sections further in this guide The links to appropriate pages are provided near the module names in the list above 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 amp Blog in the Special pages box 3 Clik gt You can add several blogs to your site gt To setup your blog 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Select amp Blog in the Site map area 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 Posting to Your Blog To add a blog post 1 In the amp Blog module 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 f you want to add an image to the post click the E Image manager icon brow
49. l be available 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 oitebuilder will transfer 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 Getting Started with Sitebuilder 9 Logging In to Sitebuilder Anonymous users who can work in the Sitebuilder Wizard in demo mode only do not need to provide any access credentials they are taken to the Wizard by following a promotional link to the trial version of the Wizard the link is distributed by Sitebuilder provider over the Internet or in some other ways Tologin to the Sitebuilder Wizard using your site owner account 1 Open your Internet browser 2 Enter the URL that your Sitebuilder provider has given to you into the address bar of your browser For example http hostname port Admin 3 Enter you user name and password and click OK 4 You can proceed to the Wizard in the following ways f your Sitebuilder administrator has already registered a site for you then on the navigation pane click Sites and click the P Edit site in Wizard icon opposite the site name
50. leshoot common problems Note that SWsoft does not provide official support through this forum Contact technical support If you have any problems or questions that are not covered in the user documentation or FAQs click the jei Support button at the top right of the Sitebuilder window to submit a request to your support representative 16 CHAPTER 3 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 SITEBUILDER I E support QD reip C Gois Ar n Pared uos rro ell ly rede werd iba bo cn A acm alae thick Menit fat the right honor comer ol thie seen ciliata your site oe ote am mcradrh hoc rom a a Full ast of rmac design anc Funczanal praeser agar arci pags gar darigri engl functional oe fra Blog red raya Galery m deeem det Dur D ja and pral Create your blog Cramem a dedica bkg vite que anc aab unireg tha cared rat af Sino tardaba Yoo can teris a cii urat da stare ak regul poses and Arcor rence io t
51. m one part of the text to another gt To insert an anchor 1 Place the cursor where you want the link to lead to 2 Click the Hyperlink Manager icon 3 Click the Anchor tab 4 Enter a name for the anchor and click OK 5 Select some text or an image that will be the hyperlink leading to the anchor 6 Click the Hyperlink Manager icon again 7 On the Hyperlink tab select the newly created anchor from the Existing anchor field 8 Click OK Inserting E Mail Link 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 Toinsert e mail link 1 Select the text which you want to set as the e mail link Click the 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 Toset up the appearance of the link select a desired CSS class from the CSS class list 8 Click OK O of W N Populating Site with Content 40 Working with Tables This section describes how to wo
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53. ms php on screen computer output Feedback The system supports the so called wildcard character search The license file is located in the httpdocs common license directory ls al files total 14470 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 which you have found an error CHAPTER 2 Getting Started with Sitebuilder This chapter describes your first steps with the Sitebuilder Wizard In this chapter Overview of Main Steps to Create Site oocccccnnncccccnccccnccnnnnonnnnononononannnnncnnnnnnnos 8 Loggo io AA 9 Learning Sitebuilder Interface ooocccoccoccnccooncconnononcconnccannonanonnnncannnnanonos 10 Starting to Work with Sitebuilder occcoocccccccnccccncconnnoconnccnnnnnnannnnncnnnnnnnos 14 Cerno HED aaran TTC 15 Getting Started with Sitebuilder 8 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 terminol
54. n them The maximum size of the batch is determined by the disk space on the publishing server Toupload multiple images 1 In the amp Image Gallery module click E Multiple Image Upload on the Images tab Multiple image upload requires ActiveX Control to be installed in your browser If 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 you can upload 10 images at once If the required component is successfully installed perform the following steps 2 Inthe left frame of the Add New Images window navigate to the required folder in your local file system 3 Select the images you want to upload 4 l you have already created a category for your images then from the Upload to category list select a category you want to refer the images to If you have not created categories yet select Create new category and type its name in the appeared field 5 If necessary from the Resize large images to list select the dimensions the uploaded images should be resized to 6 Click Upload Populating Site with Content 54 7 After the upload is complete click OK on the progress bar and on the screen Previewing Images gt To preview an image 1 In the E Image Galle
55. nd 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 3 Select the type of formatting standard from the Standards and formats list The sample of the selected standard is displayed under the Standards and formats list 29 CHAPTER 6 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 add 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 s SITEBUILDER ale and ede the cantes of aar b spe Figure 10 Step 4 Populating Site with Content 1 Site map area shows the site structure 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 30 To hide the Site map section click the Hide site map icon To restore the Site map area on the screen
56. nserting Scripts to Your Web Pages Using the Sitebuilder Wizard you can add your own Java Script HTML and DHTML code to your web pages Toinsert a piece of code to your site 1 In the Modules area click the Script module icon and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page 2 Click Change Script Source and enter your code 3 Click OK Populating Site with Content 80 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 1 2 oc 00 To set up voting on your site Go to the Edit step In the Modules area click the Voting module icon and keeping the left mouse button pressed drag the icon to the page To provide the question of your survey click Change Question and type your question To arrange the list of available answers click Change Answers To add an answer click Add New Answer Enter an answer variant in the newly appeared field To change the order of answers in the voting form use and arrows To delete an answer select an answer and click X Click OK 81 CHAPTER 7 Publishing Site Publish
57. number of categories per page Enter a maximum number of topics per page Enter a maximum number of replies per page Enter a maximum number of search results per page 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 Registered users don t have to enter their name address and other data each time they fill a form in the system this data is automatically inserted into the appropriate text fields of the form for example when posting to blog or buying in e shop gt Toenable registration on your site 1 ON ay o ND Go to the Pages step Click B To set up registration settings Go to the Edit step Select cel Registration in the Site map To enable or disable registration select or clear the corresponding check box in the Registration section To enable or disable password recovery option select the corresponding check box in the Password recovery section Populating Site with Content 74 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 at the top of the screen NO On the navigation pane click Sites Click your site in the list of sites 4 Click 2 Site Users O
58. ogy hosted This stage is beyond the scope of this document Because Sitebuilder is often provided 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 your site The five step oitebuilder 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 the design create the site structure add site contents add site modules and provide extra information for search engines 3 Go to the Publish step and start the publication process If you do not have a oitebuilder account and work with the program in demo mode the site you create is temporary and cannot be published on the Internet until you buy hosting After you purchase hosting services from your provider you will be provided with a domain name The Sitebuilder provider will point your Sitebuilder account to your domain name and after publication your site wil
59. ollow the guideline below to publish your site gt To publish your site 1 Goto the Publish step 2 f 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 8 3 Click Edit publishing settings 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 administrator FTP publishing site to an FTP server VPS publishing site to a virtual private server XCopy publishing site using the XCOPY technology Publishing Site 02 5 f you select FTP publishing mode provide the following parameters Hostis the IP address or domain name of the FTP server fthe 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 plan fthe 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 83 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 Wo
60. onos 46 Working with Modules cccccccceeecseeeceeeeceeeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeeeseueeseesseeeseueeseeesaeeess 47 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 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 Populating Site with Content 31 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 engines to find pages with requested information To provide a page with keywords select the necessary page in the Site map area and type the needed 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 the result of a user 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 32 Hiding Pages in Site Navigation In Sit
61. operties as desired Click OK E c N Changing Order in which Categories are Listed in Catalogue You can change the order in which categories appear in the Categories list by moving particular categories up and down in the list To move a category up or down in the Categories list click an upward 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 or downward arrows are not displayed correspondingly Removing Category Toremove a category 1 Onthe eShop page click the Categories tab 2 Select a category you want to remove 3 Click X Remove Selected Note When a category is removed the products belonging to this category remain in your catalogue These products are displayed in the uncategorized list unless they have been assigned to other categories as well 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 Selecting Currency gt To select a currency to be used in your online store 1 Inthe eShop module editor go to the Payment Systems tab 2 From the Currency list select a desired currency When selecting currency make sure it is supported by all payment systems you wish to integrate into your online
62. ose 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 Color schemes area where you can choose the colors for your site see page 19 Creating Site Design 18 Banners area enabling you to select or upload a banner for your site see page 20 Menu styles area where you can choose the appearance of the site menu see page 20 Logo area enabling you to upload your custom logo see page 21 Oo Oc 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 21 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 for Site oooccccccnccccnncccnnnconnnononnnonnnnnnncnonarononanoss 19 Seleecing Golor SCI GING isis 19 Selecting Bann OF suse ses cites decebat tet usa ubt tust ape dogs aptus ha dot eue 20 Selec Men SV i dte oo D o D top DR dem pdt 20 UPEN EO Oe tl 21 Specifying Site s Title Subtitle and Footer Message 21 Buying Pictures from Fotolia 1 else 22 Creating Site Design 19 S
63. out 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 Adding Shipping Methods and Specifying 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 a shipping method a required option and the cost associated with the method is added to the order total gt Toadda shipping method 1 Inthe eShop module click the Shipping Methods tab 2 On the Shipping Methods tab 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 go to the Description tab type your text 5 Click OK Populating Site with Content 65 Managing Customers Orders Orders management becomes available after you publish your site You can manage the orders only from your Administrator Panel To proceed to orders management go to the Orders tab in the eShop module and click Go to Orders List Tochange order status 1 Click th
64. ries appear in the Categories list by moving particular categories up and down in the list To move a category up or down in the Categories list click an upward 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 or downward arrows are not displayed correspondingly Removing Category Toremove a category 1 Inthe amp Blog module click the Categories tab 2 On the Categories tab 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 Setting Up Blog Appearance Tosetup the appearance of your blog 1 In the Blog module click the Settings tab 2 Enter the number of posts to be displayed on one blog page in the Posts per page field 3 Enter the number of comments to be displayed on one blog 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 Populating Site with Content 52 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 Go
65. rk with tables You will know how to insert tables add and delete rows columns and cells merge and split cells and drag tables to another location in your site content Inserting Tables Tables are used to organize textual and numerical information in a convenient and clear way They represent even large amounts of textual information in an easy to read format Tables consist of grids formed by rows and columns On web pages tables are often used as a formatting tool to maintain the size and proportion of page borders in all browsers and output formats Borders can be made invisible and information in a table appears as formatted in a desired way For example this can be useful when organizing the text in several columns like in a newspaper gt To insert a table 1 Place the cursor where you want to insert a table 2 Click the Insert Table icon 3 Move the mouse cursor to select the number of columns and rows you want Adding Rows and Columns Toaddarow or a column 1 Place the cursor in the table where you want to add a row or column 2 Click the Insert Table icon To insert a row above or below the row where you placed the cursor click the zH 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 y cursor click the Insert Column to the Left or the Insert Column to the Right icon respectively
66. rking directory is the path on your FTP server to the folder where the site files will be stored after publication fthe FTP server is password protected specify the access credentials in the Login and Password fields 6 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 7 f you select VPS publication mode provide the following parameters Physical server is an IP address domain name or machine name of the computer running a virtual server Port is a port for connecting to the specified virtual server VPS identifier is an integer number of a virtual server identifying it on the physical Server Web site URL is the address the site will be available at after publication Working directory is the absolute path on the virtual server to the folder where the site files will be stored after publication If the server is password protected specify the access credentials in the Login and Password fields 8 Click Publish The progress bar displaying the status of publication appears After successful publishing your site immediately goes live and its full fun
67. ry module click the Images tab 2 Click the E Preview icon against the image you want to preview The image opens in a new window Editing Image Properties gt To edit an image 1 In the F Image Gallery module click the Images tab Click the d Edit icon against the image you want to edit Configure the image parameters as desired Click OK E G N Changing Order in which Images are Listed on Page You can change the order in which images appear on the site page by moving particular images up and down in the list To move an image up or down in the list click an upward 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 upward or downward arrows are not displayed correspondingly Removing Image Toremove an image 1 In the F Image Gallery module click the Images tab 2 Select the image you want to remove 3 Click XX Remove Selected Populating Site with Content 55 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 It is especially convenient to split images into categories when the number of images is big See the following sections to learn how to create and manage ca
68. s gt To insert an image to a web page 1 On the Edit tab select the web page where you want to insert the image Place the mouse cursor on the place in your site where you want to insert the image Click the Al 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 the Overwrite if file with such name exists option Click Upload In the left dialog box the name of uploaded image is displayed In the right dialog box you can preview the image by selecting its name in the left dialog box Click Insert Inserting Links Using the Sitebuilder editor you can insert both internal and external links Internal links point to other places of your site taking the reader to related pages 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 ink exchange Using the Sitebuilder hyperlink manager you can add the following types of links Hyperlink see page 38 Links to the pages of your site see page 38 Anchor see page 39 E mail link see page 39 Populating Site with Content 38 Inserting Hyperlink Hyperlink is a reference in a h
69. se 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 50 you can refer the created message to a desired category or several categories Populating Site with Content 49 Editing Post gt To edit an existing blog post 1 On the Blog page click the Content tab 2 On the Contenttab click the Edit icon beside the post you want to edit 3 Edit the needed post parameters 4 Click OK Removing Post gt Toremove a post from the blog 1 Onthe amp Blog page click the Content tab 2 On the Content tab select the post you want to remove 3 Click X Remove Selected Managing Comments on Blog Posts All your posted entries can be commented by your site visitors You can edit and manage these comments as well as add your own ones The procedures of adding and managing your blog comments are described in the current section Adding Comment To add a comment In the E Blog module click the Content tab Click View Edit Comments beside the corresponding post Click Add New Comment Enter a comment subject in the Subject field Enter your name in the Posted by field Enter the text of the comment in the Content field Click OK Mog bb c N Populating Site with Content 50 Editing Comment As a blog owner you can edit both your and your blog visitors comments To edit a comment In the amp Blog module click the Content
70. side the reply you want to edit Edit the reply text Click OK c1RO Na w Populating Site with Content 72 Removing Reply gt To edit a reply 1 Inthe Forum module go to the Content tab 2 Click View Edit Replies beside the corresponding topic 3 Select a reply and click XX Remove Selected Managing Categories 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 Adding Category gt To add a category 1 Inthe Forum page click the Categories tab 2 Click P 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 Editing Category gt To edit a category 1 Inthe Forum module click the Categories tab 2 On the Categories tab click the d Edit icon beside the category you want to edit 3 Configure the needed category parameters 4 Click OK Removing Category Toremove a category 1 Inthe Forum module click the Categories tab 2 On the Categories tab select the forum category you want to remove 3 Click XX Remove Selected Populating Site with Content 73 Setting Up Forum Appearance oF Q N To set up the appearance of your forum In the Forum module click the Settings tab Enter a maximum
71. store Populating Site with Content 62 Configuring Payment System Settings In Sitebuilder you can offer your customers the following payment options Offline payment options Cash on delivery Payment is made when product is delivered to a customer Check Money order Customer issues check or money order that will be sent to you by regular mall Online payment options PayPal Customer pays you for the product online using PayPal payment system Authorize Net Customer pays you for the product online using Authorize Net payment system BluePay Customer pays you for the product online using BluePay payment system A2Checkout com Customer pays you for the product online using 2Checkout com payment system 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 use all these payment options you need to configure them in your eShop The only exception is the Cash on Delivery option which does not require you to provide any details you can only activate or deactivate it in your online store To accept payments online you should integrate the PayPal Authorize Net BluePay and 2Checkout com payment gateways into your online store To do so you should register merchant or vendor accounts with these systems For more details about signing up to these payment systems visit the PayPal
72. t a parameter the products list will be sorted by from the Sort field on Products page list oet the order the products will be sorted in by selecting the Ascending or Descending option In the Number of Products field specify how many products should be displayed per page Populating Site with Content 67 Adding Flash Intro 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 Note 1 The Flash Intro module is the only page module that requires no database connection and therefore can be included in a static site 2 For correct display of Asian and Arabian national characters make sure that you have Adobe Flash Player version 9 0 or later installed ON ay oO Na 6 7 To add flash intro to your site Go to the Pages step Select 4 Flash Intro in the Special pages box Click To configure the flash intro settings Go to the Edit step Select 4 Flash Intro in the Site map area oelect 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 Header text field enter a text to be displayed as the flash introduction title In the Body text field enter a text to be displayed as the body of the flash clip From the Background scheme list select a background color of the flash cl
73. tab Click View Edit Comments beside the corresponding post Click the d Edit icon beside the comment you want to edit Configure the needed comment parameters Click OK oho Na y Removing Comment gt To remove a comment In the amp Blog module click the Content tab Click View Edit Comments beside the corresponding post oelect the comment you want to remove A GW N e Click Remove selected Managing Categories of Blog Posts After you add some messages to your blog you can sort them by subjects they discuss These subjects are called categories See the following sections to learn how to create and manage categories Adding Category gt To add a category 1 Inthe Blog module click the Categories tab 2 Click P Add New Category 3 On the Main Properties tab enter a name of 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 f you want to provide a short description of the category click the Description tab and enter any text of your choice 6 Click OK Populating Site with Content 51 Editing Category gt To edit a category 1 Inthe Blog module click the Categories tab 2 On the Categories tab click the P Edit icon beside the category you want to edit 3 Edit the needed category parameters 4 Click OK Changing Order in which Categories are Listed on Page You can change the order in which catego
74. tegories Adding Category 1 2 3 To add a category In the amp Image Gallery Module click the Categories tab Click FW Add New Category On the Main Properties tab enter a name of 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 f you want to add an image that will be displayed beside the category name click the Image tab 6 Click Browse select an image file on your computer and click Open 7 Click Upload The uploaded image is displayed in the Preview area 8 If you want to provide a short description of the category click the Description tab and enter a text of your choice 9 Click OK Editing Category gt To edit a category 1 In the E Image Gallery module click the Categories tab 2 Click the 9 Edit icon beside the category you want to edit 3 Configure the needed category parameters 4 Click OK Populating Site with Content 56 Changing Order in which Categories are Listed on Page You can change the order in which categories appear in the Categories list by moving particular categories up and down in the list To move a category up or down in the Categories list click an upward 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 or downw
75. the provided link 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 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 Back to the Area Map module click Choose Location Type the name of the geographical location you want to show and click Find Locations If for some reason Google doesn t 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 Click on the required point on the map On the form that appears specify the title and address of the location in the Title and Address fields and click Save Click OK On the site page the specified location is marked with the red icon The title and address of the location is displayed after you click on the icon Populating Site with Content TT 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 8 9 Purchase MapPoint Web Service through a direct agreement with Microsoft If you choose this method you purchase one license per each Area Map modul
76. to the Pages step 2 Select H Image Gallery in the Special pages dialog box 3 Click i You can add several image galleries to your site gt To set up your image gallery 1 Go to the Edit step 2 Select H Image Gallery in the Site map Managing Images After you add 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 Populating Site with Content 53 Uploading Images Toupload one image at a time 1 In the E Image Gallery module 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 Click the Image tab Click Browse select an image file on your computer and click Open 6 Click Upload The uploaded image is displayed in the Preview area of the Image tab 7 f you want to provide a short description of the image click the Description tab and enter a text of your choice 8 Click OK At this stage the list of categories is empty After you add some categories see page 55 they appear on the Categories tab and you can refer the image to a desired category or several categories gd AR 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 o
77. u 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 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 14 Starting to Work with Sitebuilder The Overview page provides quick access to and contains short description of each of the five steps required for creating a site in Sitebuilder SITEBUILDER x Ei ipei OF he CD Ord AannBae ES Logout EX Ma Stel SY Start Design Pages Edit Publish ect the bene of ste pou acu Seed the dengn for your zit Cate sni edi the structure of Cos and edit the content oif Publish opor she Dos ceris he bo geste vor site our ahs Ope not shes Cn paga eT Figure 6 The Sitebuilder Wizard Overview Page The five Sitebuilder Wizard steps are as follows 1 3 4 5 Start Enables you to 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 Design Enables you to configure your site layout color scheme menu style logo and banner as well as to set up text elements appeared at the background of your site such as title p
78. xt information into it Note The Flash Into module is the only page module that requires no database connection and therefore can be included in a static site B Guestbook see page 68 A standard guestbook Forum see page 70 A standard forum engine which supports threading categorizing etc a Registration see page 73 Allows you to set up voluntary user authentication on your web site The list of available modules is determined by your service plan In Sitebuilder you can add as many page modules of one kind to your site as you like excepting Flash Intro and Registration Creating Site Structure 26 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
79. y place on the page and click the Horizontal Ruler icon To start a new paragraph click the 7 New Paragraph icon before the beginning of the new paragraph Copying and Moving Text gt To copy or move text oO oF N On the Edit tab select the web page where you want to edit the text select the needed piece of the text 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 amp Paste icon Populating Site with Content 35 Finding and Replacing Text Aa c N a o050N y ON To find a particular part of text in the page content On the Edit tab select the web page where you want to find the text Click the 4 Find icon 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 Only 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 cas
80. ypertext document to another document or other resources 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 Hyperlink Manager icon In the URL field specify the web address which you want the link to point 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 Inserting Links to Pages of Your Site gt To insert a link to a page of your site 1 2 3 Go to the Edit step and navigate to the page where you want to insert the link Type Select the text which you want to set as a link From the Custom links list select the page to which the link should lead Populating Site with Content 39 Inserting Anchor 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 message with the easy way to jump fro
81. zard steps The step you are currently on is highlighted in color X Feedback button which enables you to submit your opinion or suggestions on oitebuilder usability and functionality 2 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 you to the Sitebuilder Administrator Panel Log out button which finishes the current session with the Sitebuilder Wizard Getting Started with Sitebuilder 11 Note Buttons Go to Admin Panel and Log out are not shown to users working in oitebuilder in demo mode as anonymous users 9 Work area which displays the interface options available on the current step 10 El 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 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 Getting Started with Sitebuilder 12 Working with Lists When setting up page or block modules on the Edit step of the S

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