Site Options


This section of the administration tool allows you to change the appearance of your website.  You can change various sections of the site including:

  1. Choose a Theme
  2. Change Header
  3. Choose Buttons
  4. Change Metatags
  5. Site/Text Colors
  6. Left Navigation
  7. Edit Flash Intro
  8. Edit Background


FAQs

Explain the "Select a Theme" section.
This section allows you to select a new theme for your website. A theme is basically the images and colors that are associated with your website. If you change the theme it WILL NOT delete or overwrite any of your website content. You can always change a theme or revert back to an old one.

Explain the "Site Flash Intro" section.
This allows you to choose a Flash Introduction for your website. The intro will be seen when a visitor first views your website. You can modify the text for the intro from the "Site Flash Intro" section of the "Site Options" in the admin tool.

Explain the "Choose Buttons" section.
This section allows you to select new buttons for your website without changing your entire theme. Simply browse the buttons, and select the one you want to use. The change is immediate.

What is the "Metatags" section used for?
This section allows you to add or modify your metatags, keywords, and title for your website. Changing the Metatags will help search engines find and crawl your website. Accurate Metatags will help your site get a higher listing, and also help search engines categorize your website. There is only one set of metatags, keywords, and title for your entire website.

What is the "Site and Text Colors" section used for?
This advanced section allows you to change font and border/background colors for your website. If you change to another theme, the values you currently have for the site and text colors will be erased, and be replaced with the colors associated with the new theme you select.


Choose a Theme

You can customize your pages with one of several designs.

To choose a theme:

  1. Browse through the different themes that are available on the left pane.
  2. Preview a theme by clicking on it.
  3. Click the "Choose this Theme" button on the top right of the page to apply the theme to your website.

Please keep in mind:

  • Themes can be changed at any time.
  • The Button layout can be changed independently from the theme.
  • Only the body of the website can be edited.
  • The theme itself cannot be edited except for the color and images.


Change Header

Changing the Main Header (top text header and tagline)

  1. In the Administration tool, click on the Site Options link in the left menu.
  2. Click on the "Change Header" button.
  3. Modify the text in the Main Header (For top Header) and/or the Tagline (For top Header) textboxes.
  4. Click on the "Update Header Information!" button to save the changes.


Changing the Main Graphical Header

  1. Ensure the image you would like to add for your Header is uploaded to your site. For more information about uploading images see Manage Images.
  2. Click the "Customize" link from the control panel's menu.
  3. Click the "Change Header" button.
  4. Click the "Select a .GIF or .JPG Header" link. (The dimensions for a custom header graphic should be: 750 pixels for width, and between 150 and 200 pixels for height.)
  5. Under the Main Graphical Header section select the custom header you would like to upload to replace your current header and click "Update Custom Header".

If the image you would like to use as the header has not been uploaded, click on the "Upload New/View Current Images" link to go to the Manage Images section.

After viewing the site, if you are not satisfied with the look of your new Custom Header, click on the "Undo Change to Custom Header" link to revert to your previous header.


Choose Buttons

There are over 30 button layout designs to choose from. To select a design:

  1. Using the Administration tool, click on Site Options and then select the "Choose Buttons" button.
  2. Click on a design. (The layout will be applied automatically to the website)
  3. View webpage and change the buttons again if desired.

Here is a sample of the button designs available:



Metatags

Meta Tags are used for search engine browsing and internal browser information. www.w3schools.com explains it this way:

The purpose of the meta element is to provide meta-information about the document. Most often the meta element is used to provide information that is relevant to browsers or search engines like describing the content of your document.

NOTE: If you are submitting a website to a search engine or portal you should have Meta Tags to describe your site.

 

  1. Description: Include one or more sentences describing what your website is about. Try to keep sentences simple and to the point.  

    Keywords: These are words that users enter in search engines. Enter descriptive words that show what your website is about. The more accurate, the more likely your website will show up in search engine listings.

    (Remember that you have to sign up with a search engine and pay fees before your website can even be listed. Tags alone will not get your site in a search engine.)  

    Title: Enter the title of the website. Usually this is the name of the domain.
     

  2. Click on the "Update Site Information!" button to activate.



Site/Text Colors

Customize webpage colors with this Configuration Panel. See the examples below to see exactly what parts of your website this tool can change.

 

Changing colors:  

  1. Select the desired color. You can type the color name into the text box or click on the "Color Chart" button and click on a color to select it. You will notice if you select a color using the Color Chart, a hexidecimal number will appear in the text box, this is because HTML interprets colors by using their hexidecimal numbers.
  2. Click the "Update Information!" button.
  3. View your website to see the changes.

Button Text Color

Changes the text color of links in the menu bar. Choosing a color will not affect the actual color of the buttons.

Samples shown in yellow (hex - #FFFF00) and white (hex - #FFFFFF).




Header Text Color

Changes the text color in the Header and Tagline. Please note that font type and size cannot be changed.

Samples shown in yellow (hex - #FFFF00) and blue (#0000FF).




Navigation Options

The Navigation Options feature allows you to change the display of the left navigation bar on your website.

You can turn the site map ON or OFF, change the Site Map Image that is displayed, turn the left image ON or OFF and also change the Left Image (Please note that if you are uploading a custom Left Image, it must be 124 pixels in width and 99 pixels in height).


Edit Flash Intro

As seen in the screenshot below, the Flash Intro can be turned ON or OFF.

If you would like to have a Flash intro, navigate through the Flash intros on the left panel and select one that best suits your company. By default the Company Name and Tagline text boxes are filled in with the company information you specified in Step 1. You can change them here and there is also an option to add extra lines of text to the Flash intro. After you are finished click on "Choose This Introduction".