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Site Studio Introduction
Have you ever felt amazed at how things changed
over the last years? The Internet has become as common as the telephone.
E-mail makes people totally forget about the existence of regular mail.
Having a web site is now more important than having a business card.
Actually, many people now think that having
one web site is not enough. Really, would you present yourself the same
way to your potential employers, family members and former schoolmates?
Of course not! On the first site you would probably place your professional
resume—and will refer to it in an employment classified. On the second,
you would place new pictures of you and your fiancé—you may want to share
them with your parents in Minnesota and your sister in Paris. On the third,
you will open a picture gallery out of the old school pics—maybe, this
will help you find your old good friend whose trace you lost many years
ago…
And so, you have decided to make up your own
website. High time! But do you know enough HTML? Or do you want to create
your site using a text editor? In either case, you will end up spending
days and days to have your site look attractive and getting all things
work. Not the best solution. Or, maybe, you want to pay hundreds of dollars
for the web designer to do the job?
Well, here is the solution. We will save your
time and efforts, and what's even more important, you can be personally
involved in the Art of Web Design. To create a professional-looking web
site using Site Studio, you don't need any special knowledge or experience.
The wizard-like program structure will guide you through the whole site-construction
process step by step. Now you become a web designer, a creator, an Artist!
You can juggle around with page layouts, colors, themes, add various effect
and much, much more, everything with a single mouse click! Within
a half hour you can have your site created and published on the Internet!
So, if you feel this is what you need,
welcome on board!
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SiteStudio allows creating websites in two
categories: Personal and Small Business. Each category serves
its own purpose.
A site in each category constitutes of a series
of pages, each devoted to a separate topic, article or resource. Site
Studio offers you a set of templates for all common pages:
To add a page to your website, click the Add
A Page icon in the top panel.
In the Personal category you can create
a site for your fiends, school-mates and relatives. You can tell about
yourself, your background, hobbies, share funny stories and show your
photographs. Here you can also post your resume for potential employers
and even more. To create your personal website, add any of the following
pages:
- Splash Screen:
the home page or index page that welcomes visitors and contains references
to all other pages.
- FlashSplash:
the home page or index page with Flash elements that welcomes visitors
and contains references to all other pages.
- About:
the page to provide information about the purpose, the owner of the site
and any other relevant data.
- Download Page:
the page where you can upload any files with descriptions to them. Visitors
of your site can later download them.
- Resume:
if you seek employment via the Internet, this is the central page containing
short account of your career and qualifications.
- Links:
the page where you list your favourite links to related websites or pages.
- Custom Table Page:
a page with any data organized in table format.
- Site Map.
If your site is becoming complex and hard to navigate, a site map will
become helpful to get around.
- Photo Album:
a sequence of pages containing images. You may want to use it for posting
photos of yourself, your friends, your family, your art works, postcards,etc.
- Your Own HTML.
This tool allows to copy-paste an existing HTML page and create a web
page based on your own HTML script. Recommended for advanced users.
- Humor:
a tool that helps you organize your jokes, funny pictures, humorous stories
and other fun topics.
- Survey Form:
a quick tool for drawing up visitor questionnaires.
- Generic Page:
a powerful tool to create pages with any layout, containing both text
and images.
- Genealogical Tree:
a quick tool for creating a family tree. The output is a list of entries
each devoted to an ancestor or a family member.
- Calendar:
the page where you can list events with dates and comments.
- ICQ Contact Center.
If you extensively use ICQ, you will find this form of messaging the
most convenient.
- Driving Directions:
a powerful tool for visitors to get the driving directions to the place
in North America that you specify.
- Amazon.com Web Store.
If you want to offer your visitors some books for sale, this is the page
for you. To use this feature, you need to sign up with the Amazon.com
associate program.
- Mobile Pager.
A page from which site visitors can reach you on a cell phone or a pager
with Internet messaging support. To use this feature, you need to be
subscribed with Bell Atlantic Mobil or Sprint PCS.
- External Page.
If you own two different sites or your friend or business partner own
a website, you may want to interconnect them. This page is most convenient
to address site visitors to different site.
Every time your site is visited, the first
page to open would always be either FlashSplash or Welcome Page, or Splash
Screen. These page will also automatically include links to all other
pages you create. So, it would be a good idea to begin your site with
one of them.
After choosing a page, click Next to
continue with the design of the page.
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In the Small Business category you can
create a site representing your company or business. It's a good mean
of telling about the history of your company, listing the services you
render or products/goods you sell. Here you can also create your own online
store, look for new employers and more. To create a business website,
add any of the following pages:
- Splash Screen:
the home page or index page that welcomes visitors and contains references
to all other pages.
- About:
the page to provide information about the purpose of the site, the owner
of the site, and any other relevant data.
- Generic Page:
a powerful tool to create pages with any layout, containing both text
and images.
- Welcome Page:
the page allows to introduce all other pages on your site with images
and short descriptions to them.
- FlashSplash:
the home page or index page in Flash that welcomes visitors and contains
references to all other pages.
- Internet Links:
the page where you can list usefull links to web sites or pages related
to your business.
- Download Page:
the page where you can upload any files with descriptions to them. Visitors
of your site can later download them.
- Firm Profile:
the page to introduce your company to the visitors of your site. You
can edit and organize the text layout for your Firm Profile page.
- Survey Form:
a quick tool for drawing up visitor questionnaires.
- Frequently Asked Questions:
the page to give answers to the most frequently asked questions about
your business.
- News and Events:
the page where you can list important news and events of your company
with dates and comments.
- Careers and Jobs:
the page to announce about free vacancies in your company. Here you can
give your requirements for applicants and contact email.
- Driving Directions:
a powerful tool for visitors to get the driving directions to the place
in North America that you specify.
- Catalog Page:
the page to list your company products and goods with descriptions and
images to them. Use it to advertise your products or services.
- ICQ Contact Center.
If you extensively use ICQ, you will find this form of messaging the
most convenient.
- Site Map.
If your site is becoming complex and hard to navigate, a site map will
become helpful to get around.
- External Page.
If you own two different sites and you want to interconnect them, this
page is most convenient to address site visitors to another site of your
own.
- Contact Us:
the page providing detailed contact information about your company: postal
address, map, phones and staff members info.
- Services Page.
If you want to offer your visitors a range of services, this page is
the most convenient to present services with descriptions and images.
- Your Own HTML.
This tool allows to copy-paste an existing HTML page and create a web
page based on your own HTML script. Recommended for advanced users.
- Add-A-Cart Catalog:
the page to create a fully integrated and usable on-line shopping system
with secure payment gateway and a merchant account.
Every time your site is visited, the first
page to open would always be either FlashSplash or Welcome Page, or Splash
Screen. These page will also automatically include links to all other
pages you create. So, it would be a good idea to begin your site with
one of them.
After choosing a page, click Next to
continue with the design of the page.
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Splash Screen is the home page that welcomes
visitors and contains links to all other pages.
To configure Splash Screen, fill out the Splash
Page form:
- Splash Theme:
the main parameter that determines the look of your home page. Site Studio
offers several Splash Screen templates (themes). Choose one—you can change
it any time in the future. The current version of Site Studio does not
provide immediate preview, so it is recommended to configure it after
you configure all other parameters (see instructions below in this section).
- Logo image:
Splash Screen templates are designed to include a welcome image. You
can select a picture that is stored on your hard disk or has been already
uploaded to your gallery. To include a picture click the "Select Image"
button and follow the on-screen instructions.
- Page Title:
This is the text that will show up on the welcome page in big letters.
This would usually be either the name of your site or a welcome sentence.
- Lock Splash Settings:
By default, Splash Screen is not affected by the global color settings
for your site. Here, you can allow Site Studio to modify Splash Screen
properties by checking the No radio button in the Lock Splash
Settings field.
As you finish, click the Next button
to save your settings. The View tab (see Tabs
for details) will open for preview. How do you like your welcome page?
Okay, now let us look back at the themes. Click
the Edit tab and select a different theme, then go to the bottom
of the page and click Next. Try other themes to choose the best
one.
Important: your site will be published
to the Internet only after you press the Publish link on the menu
bar, in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
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FlashSplash is the home page in Flash
that welcomes visitors and contains links to all other pages.
To configure FlashSplash, fill out the FlashSplash
page form:
- FlashSplash Theme:
the main parameter that determines the look of your home page. Site Studio
offers several Splash Screen templates (themes). Choose one—you can change
it any time in the future. The current version of Site Studio does not
provide immediate preview, so it is recommended to configure it after
you configure all other parameters (see instructions below in this section).
- Page Title:
This is the text that will show up on the Welcome page in big letters.
This would usually be either the name of your site or a welcome sentence.
- Lock Splash Settings:
By default, FlashSplash page is not affected by the global color settings
for your site. Here, you can allow Site Studio to modify FlashSplash
properties by checking No radio button in the Lock Splash Settings
field.
As you finish, click the Next button
to save your settings. The View Tab
will open for preview.
Okay, now let us look back at the themes. Click
the Edit tab and select a different theme, then go to the bottom
of the page and click Next. Try other themes to choose the best
one.
Important: your site will be published
only after you press the Publish link on the menu bar, in the upper
left-hand corner of the screen.
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The About page is commonly used to provide
the following blocks of information:
- The purpose of the site;
- The owner of the site (a person or a company);
- Any other relevant data.
Enter your text into the boxes provided. Paragraph
headings are optional.
Site Studio allows you to include a picture
into the About page. This could be a picture of yourself (for a
personal site), your working team (for a company), a logo or any other
relevant image. To include a picture, click the Select Image button.
Then follow the on-screen instructions.
After you add an image, its thumb view will
become available in the form, as well as a Remove Image button.
Click it to remove selected image from the About page.
After you key in or copy/paste the data you
want to show on your About page, click the Next button to
save your settings, and you will be brought to the View tab.
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The Welcome page can be used as the
home page that welcomes visitors and automatically contains links to all
other pages that are taken from the titles of the latter. When you change
the title of any page, it will reflect on the Welcome page as well.
It introduces visitors with all other pages on your site with images and
short descriptions to them.
To configure the Welcome page, fill
out the page form:
- Page Title: enter the text that will
show up on the Welcome page in big letters. This would usually
be either the name of your site or a welcome sentence.
- Page Text: enter some general introduction
to this page.
- Title: this field automatically shows
the webpage title. Though you still can edit it.
- Description: enter short description
of this page. This text will appear under the Title.
Enter your text into the boxes provided. Paragraph
headings are optional.
Site Studio allows you to include a picture
into the Welcome page. This could be your picture, a logo or any
other relevant image. To add a picture, click the Select Image
button. Then follow the on-screen instructions.
After you add an image, its thumb view will
become available in the form, as well as a Remove Image button.
Click it to remove selected image from the Welcome page.
After you key in or copy/paste the data you
want to show on your Welcome page, click the Next button
to save your settings, and you will be brought to the View tab.
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This is the central page for those who seek
employment via the Internet. It provides an easy-to-use wizard that allows
you to effectively manipulate the data you would like to include into
your resume.
As the first step, you will see seven boxes
with suggested section headings, each with an Add button on its
right.
- Click the Add button to enter data
into the relevant section.
- Fill the new form that appears and press
Next. The information you entered will show on the main Resume
page together with the Edit and Delete buttons.
- Click Edit if you want to change contents
of the box, and Delete if you want to clear the contents.
- Follow this instruction for every section
you want to include into your resume. Note: In the Experience
section form, you will have an in-built form for job duties. The instructions
are exactly the same as above.
Attention: Make sure you don't add empty forms! They will be included
into your resume, too.
You can preview your resume at any moment by
clicking the View tab (see more on Tabs).
All your changes will NOT be lost. At the end, however, don't forget to
confirm the changes by pressing the Next button!
Now that you see your resume in a complete
form, you may see how to make it more visually appealing. Click Settings
tab to change color, font or style (see more on Tabs).
When you have your web page in front of your
eyes, you may decide to change the order of some paragraphs. It's simple
and fast.
- Click the Order Elements link to re-order
your paragraphs. A new window will appear.
- In the box, click to highlight the name of
the item you want to move;
- Use the
![]() and ![]() buttons to move the selected
item up or down the list;
- Click the Next button to save changes
and return to the Resume Edit page.
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Part of expressing yourself through a web page
is including links to your favorite web sites. The links you choose to
include on your page can communicate your interests and hobbies. A carefully
designed collection of related links can make your site a good launching
place and will help you promote your site.
- Header Text:
The text that shows at the top of the Links page as a header.
It usually details the page or serves as a header to the introductory
paragraph.
- Paragraph:
The introductory paragraph to the Links page.
- Columns of Links to Display:
Links can be organized into multiple columns.
- Addbutton is used to create a new
Link category.
To keep your links organized, SiteStudio places
new entries into categories. To add a category or links to your Links
page:
- Click the Add button. This will call
another form.
- Enter the name of the category;
- Click Add (Add Link);
- Fill in the fields (Site title and Site URL),
than click Next to continue;
- To add link, click Add;
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete link, click Remove;
- Click Next when finished.
To edit an existing category:
- Click Edit button;
- Edit the name of the category;
- Click Add to include a new link;
- Click Next to save changes.
To delete an existing category, click Delete
button. Warning: All links contained in this category will be permanently
deleted!
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Custom page table is a page with any data organized
in a table format. To create a table, fill out the form:
Note: If you input an incompatible set of parameters,
Site Studio will optimize conflicts in these data.
This page shows the structure of your site.
It is generated automatically and does not allow editing. However, you
can configure its settings, just like you it for other pages.
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For you, a photo gallery may become the central
element with photos of yourself, your friends, your family, your art works,
postcards, etc.
To create a photo album, fill out the fields
in the form as the first step:
- Title:
the text that shows at the top of the menu bar.
- Select numbers of pictures per page:
Mind the size of your pictures. It is recommended that all your pictures
fit one screen. Follow the simple rule: the bigger the image size, the
fewer pictures per page.
- Enter the number of columns:
Change this parameter depending on whether your images have a horizontal
or a vertical layout.
In the next step, add images to the Photo Album:
- Click Add. A new form will appear;
- Fill in the picture title and the date in
any format;
- Click the Select Image button. You
will be brought to the Upload Images page. Follow on-screen instructions
to add a new image.
- Add details. This may be a description of
the place or names of people in the picture.
- Click the Next button to proceed.
To change or remove images, use the buttons
under the Image.
To add more images to your album, click Add
and repeat the steps above.
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This tool allows you to copy already existing
HTML page and paste it into the input box. However, it is recommended
that you create your files in specialized html editors. Before publishing
this HTML page, you can choose wheather it will use its own titles and
layout, or those provided by SiteStudio.
- If you want to insert your HTML page with
originally created layout, click Yes in Include layout code?.
- If you want SiteStudio to insert all the headers, titles, select NO
in the Show as is option.
To upload a file from your hard drive, click
the Upload File button at the bottom of the page.
When uploading your own HTML page, try to avoid
non-Latin characters, spaces, underlines, commas, dots, hyphens, etc.
It is recommended that your file name only includes letters of Latin alphabet
and numbers.
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Fun page template helps you organize your fun
topics. To add an item, click the Add button for the appropriate
category and fill out the form that appears.
To add pictures to your Fun Page:
- Click Add in the in the Add Funny
Pictures box. A new form will appear.
- Enter the name of the picture.
- Click the Select Image button. You
will be brought to the Upload Images page. Follow on-screen instructions
to add the new image.
- Add text. This may be any comment to the
new image.
- Click the Next button to proceed.
- Click the View tab to see the page
preview.
- Click the Edit tab to continue editing
the page.
To change or remove images or texts, use the
Edit and Delete buttons on the left of the picture or text.
To add more images to your album click Add
and repeat the steps above.
To change the order of the jokes, images or
stories, click the Order Items button in the appropriate form.
A new form will appear. Follow on-screen instructions to change the order
of the items in the topic.
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This template will help you develop a custom
online questionnaire. Use it to research public opinion or to get feedback
from your customers.
To generate a questionnaire, fill out the form:
Page Title:
Page title is the text that will show at the top of the menu bar. For
convenience, it duplicates the same field in the Settings tab.
In this field, you can change SiteStudio default name from "Survey" to,
say, "Questionnaire" or "Feedback".
E-mail To:
Here, enter the address where you want the survey results e-mailed. It
can be the Webmaster's (i.e. your) address as well as any other address
you specify.
Questions:
To add a question, click the Add button on the right. A new form
appears. Checking "Yes" in the Is The Answer Required field
marks the survey question with a red asterisk. The survey will not be
accepted from a visitor If one or more asterisked questions remain unanswered.
The Question Type determines the format
of the suggested answer:
- True/False: the answer should state
true or false.
- Yes/No: the answer should be Yes or
No.
- Single Line: the answer should fit
in one line (for a bit complex questions).
- Multiple lines: for more comprehensive
interrogative answers.
- Date: the answer should contain a
date.
Carefully fill out this form and click the Next
button to proceed.
On Successful Submission of the Form:
Here, enter the text you want the visitor to see after the form has been
accepted.
On Error Submission of the Form:
Here, enter the text you want the visitor to see after the form has been
rejected or an error occurred.
Click the Next button to generate the
questionnaire.
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Generic Page template has been designed to
enable fast and simple creation of custom pages that do not fall into
any other categories. You can choose how to lay out your images and text
depending on your tastes, needs and circumstances.
- Marquee:
This is a scrolling area of text. To add a marquee, click Add
link. A marquee form will appear. Enter the text you want to scroll,
width and height in pixels, scrolling speed, horizontal page alignment
and vertical screen position, and the font style. Press the Submit
button to proceed.
- Number of Columns:
Multiple columns for the whole page can be combined with individual paragraph
design.
- Choose Title For this Page:
Page title is the text that will show at the top of the menu bar. For
convenience, it repeats the same field in the Settings tab.
- Choose Link Text:
This text will show on other pages as a hyperlink to this page.
- Edit Paragraphs:
You can add, delete and edit only individual paragraphs, including
headers, body texts, images and image titles. All elements are optional!
- Subpages:
Webpages hidden under hyperlinks, available from the Generic page
but invisible from the main menu.
To add or edit Paragraphs:
- Click Add or Edit. A new form
will appear.
- Select paragraph layout by sliding you mouse
over the buttons at the bottom of the page and clicking one of them.
- Enter Paragraph Header;
- Click the Select Image button to add
a picture;
- Enter Paragraph Text;
- Click Next to preview.
If you want to address site visitors to some
subpages, unavailable from the main menu, make sure to fill all necessary
fields to make it work. To add or edit Subpages:
To remove subpages or paragraphs, click the
Delete buttons on the left.
To change the order of subpages, click the
Order button. A new form will appear. Follow on-screen instructions
to change the order of the items in the topic.
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Your family page includes two major blocks
of information, one about the whole family, and the other about its individual
representatives.
To provide general family information, enter
the following fields:
- Title:
It could be as generic as "My Family" or as specific as "The Simpson's
Family Tree".
- Header Text:
give some introductory information about your family.
- Family Portrait:
Click the Select Image button to add a picture from your computer.
To provide information about individual family
representatives:
- Click the Add button. The Family
Member form will appear.
- Fill out the form. (Note: The date format
does not matter). It is recommended to start your Family Tree with
the ancestors.
Warning: Clicking the Delete
tab will remove the whole Family Tree Page, not a family member page!
To remove individual persons from the family tree, click Next in
the Family Member form to return to the Family Tree form
and click the Delete button on the left of the person’s name.
On the Family Tree central page you
can see the general family genealogy information.
To view individual family member’s page, click
this person’s name. To return to the general family page, click Back
to Family Tree at the bottom.
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The calendar is nothing but a page listing
events like birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
- Date:
this field is insensitive to the format of the date.
- Headline:
what is the event about. E.g.: "Our fiftieth wedding anniversary".
- Text:
the optional comment you may want to add. E.g.: "Not celebrating".
- Type:
the color in which the record will appear:
- Usual—green;
- Important—blue;
- Alert—red.
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If you extensively use ICQ, you will find this
form of messaging the most convenient.
To add the ICQ Contact Center page, fill out
the fields:
- ICQ Number:
your active ICQ number to which the messages will be directed. You can
copy it from your ICQ View/Change My Details window.
- Subject:
Every message directed to you by a visitor of your site will have this
subject included. A good name for the Subject would be something like
"Sent From My Site".
- Online Indicator Type:
Your ICQ-message page contains an online indicator that shows your current
status (e.g. online or offline). Here, you can choose how
you want it to look. To preview, click the View tab. To continue
editing, click Edit tab.
- Status Indicator Description:
The text that appears next to the online indicator. You can change the
default text to, for instance, "The Webmaster is". Some indicator
types include text like "My current status is:" For these types,
keep this field blank.
Press the Next button to proceed.
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This is a powerful tool for visitors to get
the driving directions to any address in North America that you specify.
For a personal site, this can be your home or hangout. For a business
site, show the location of your restaurant, store (supermarket) or a service
center.
To create the page, make sure to properly enter
the details of the destination address and press the Next button
to preview. It will result in the amp itself.
To change data, click the Edit tab.
Important: The Get Directions
button will work only in the published site. You won't be able to check
Directions until then.
Please note that driving directions are not
a part of SiteStudio, those are third party products and even minor changes
on the corresponding site can break links to the map. We are trying to
track any changes, but in case there are some problems, we bear no responsibility
for broken links and incorrect maps.
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To create your online bookstore, do the following
steps:
1. Sign up.
You need to sign up to become an Amazon.com
associate. You can sign
up or find
more about the associate program.
2. Fill out the form
- Associates ID:
After you subscribe with the associate program, you will be assigned
an associate ID. Enter it into this field.
- Create Your Sales List:
enter the names, prices, and descriptions of the books you want to sell.
Then press Next to preview.
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Configuring mobile messaging with SiteStudio
is as simple as entering the phone or pager number, selecting service
type and provider and clicking the Next button.
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To configure External Page, enter:
- URL that addresses site visitors to an external website;
- Button text that will appear on the Site Map, Welcome, Splash
Screen and other pages and tell site visitors about its relation to your
site.
You can name the External page, say, Our
Partner, Our friends or Our associates in the Button
text.
Make sure to click the Next button to
save changes.
It's important to know that this page will
be available for viewing only after publishing.
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You are now able to create a fully integrated
and usable on-line shopping system. To do it, add the BUY buttons
created by Add-A-Cart to the catalog page created with SiteStudio.
The Add-A-Cart shopping system also creates multi-functional online
e-shop that can be easily referred to.
With this e-commerce-solutions system
you will have everything you need to operate a successful on-line business:
a shopping cart, secure payment gateway and a merchant account issued
by One Stop Merchant Services.
Generating the Buy button for the Add-A-Cart
catalog page.
You need to log into your Add-A-Cart
Admin page. In case if you do
not have the Add-A-Cart account, you need to open it using the link on
the editing page of SiteStudio.
There are two instructions to get a snippet:
for new
and existing
items:
To generate code snippets for a new item:
- Click the Add New Item button on the
main Admin page.
- Enter all Item's information into the form.
- Click Add Item.
- Copy either the Dynamic Link the first
code generated on the page or Static HTML the second copy to clipboard
button.
- On the Site Studio catalog page, insert the
code into the SiteStudio edit page.
To generate code snippets for existing items:
- Click the Edit/Delete Item button.
- Click the Edit image (looks like a
floppy disk) next to the item you want to edit or generate code for.
- Make changes if you want, though you don't
have to do it.
- Click the Update button.
- Copy either the Dynamic Link the first
code generated on the page or Static HTML the second copy to clipboard
button.
- On the Site Studio catalog page insert the
code into SiteStudio edit page.
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The Download page is a simple page where you
can upload any files with descriptions to them. Subsequently, visitors
of your site can download them.
To provide general information, enter the following
fields:
- Title:
enter the name of the page. This text will show at the top of the menu
bar.
- Introduction:
give some introductory information about downloaded resources.
To provide information and a link to an individual
file, click the Add button.
On the Download page, enter the following
information about the download element:
- Element name: a name or a title of
the file to be downloaded.
- Description: enter a description to
this file, some useful additional information.
To upload files onto the website, do the following:
- Click the Upload file button at the
bottom of the page.
- You will be brought to the Uploader
page. Follow on-screen instructions to upload the new file.
- Click the Save button to save the
file on your website.
- Click the Next button to preview.
- To add more files, repeat all steps from
clicking the Add icon.
- To edit the files, click the Edit
icon next to the necessary file.
- To remove file, click the Delete icon against the file.
Make sure to click Next to save all
changes.
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Part of introducing your business through a
web page is including links to resources related to your industry. A carefully
designed collection of related links can make your site a good launching
place and will help you promote your site and business.
- Header Text:
the text that shows at the top of the Internet Links page as a
header. It usually details the page or serves as a header to the introductory
paragraph.
- Paragraph:
the introductory paragraph to the Internet Links page.
- Add Category button is used to create
a new Internet Link category.
To keep your links organized, SiteStudio places
new entries into categories. To add a category or links to your Internet
Links page:
- Click the Add button. This will call
another form.
- Enter the name of the category;
- Click Add (Add Link);
- Fill in the fields: Site title, Site URL
and short description of the Internet resource you are linking to.
- Click Next to continue;
- To add link—click Add;
- To make some changes—click Edit;
- To delete link—click Delete;
- Click Next when finished.
To edit an existing category:
- Click the Edit button;
- Edit the name of the category;
- Click Add to include a new link;
- Click Next to save changes.
- To change the order of products, click Order
and follow online instructions.
Make sure to click Next to save all
changes.
To delete an existing category, click the Delete
button. Warning: All links contained in this category will be permanently
deleted!
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One more way to introduce your business and
tell visitors about different areas of company's activity is to create
the Firm Profile page. It's also a good place to show pictures
of your staff, partners, describe social activities or professional services
offered by your company.
- Page Title:
the text that shows at the top of the Firm Profile page as a header.
- Page Intro Paragraph:
The introductory paragraph to the Firm Profile page.
Click the Add button to create a new
Firm Profile. It will call a new form.
- Enter the Paragraph Header—short introductory
text about the paragraph.
E.g: if you dedicate the Firm Profile to your staff, Paragraph Headers
can serve as names and positions of your co-workers.
- Click the Select Image button if you
want to upload image to this paragraph. Follow on-screen instructions
to upload the image. Later you can remove the image by clicking the Remove
Image button.
- Enter Paragraph Text;
- Choose the template for the paragraph from
the options listed;
- Click Next to continue;
- To add one more paragraph, click Add
and repeat all steps;
- Click Next to preview page;
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete paragraph, click Delete;
- Click Next when finished.
- To change the order of paragraphs, click
Order and follow online instructions.
To save changes, make sure to click Next.
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The FAQ page is used to provide detailed
answers to the most commonly asked questions about the industry of your
business.
To configure the Frequently Asked Questions
page, do the following:
Give general information:
- Page Title: enter the text that will
show up on the Frequently Asked Questions page in big letters.
- Intro Paragraph: enter some introductory
information about this page.
Add questions by clicking the Add button
and fill out the form that shows:
- Question: enter question to be answered
on this page.
- Answer: enter the answer to this question.
- Click Next to save changes.
- To add more questions, click the Add
icon again and repeat previous actions.
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete paragraph, click Delete;
- To change the order of questions, click Order
and follow online instructions.
Once you completed the page, click Next.
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This page allows to list your company products
and goods with descriptions and images to them. Use it to advertise your
products or services.
To configure the Catalog page, enter general
information in the form as the first step:
- Title:
the text that shows at the top of the menu bar.
- Show products per page:
Mind the size of your pictures. It is recommended that all your pictures
fit one screen. Follow the simple rule: the bigger the image size, the
fewer pictures per page.
In the next step, add images to the Catalog
Page:
- Click Add. A new form will appear;
- Enter the Paragraph Header;
- Click the Select Image button. You
will be brought to the Upload Images page. Follow on-screen instructions
to add a new image.
- Add details to the Paragraph Text.
This may be a description of your products or goods in the picture.
- Add optional Buy Now button:
- click the Select Image button. You will be brought to the Upload
Images page. Follow on-screen instructions to add your own image
of the Buy Now button.
- enter Link to Shop and Button Description.
- Choose image and text appearance in the catalog
from the templates listed below.
- Click the Next button to proceed.
Catalog Page can be edited:
- To add more products with images, click the
Add icon and repeat previous actions.
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete paragraph, click Delete;
- To change the order of products, click Order
and follow online instructions.
Once you completed the page, click Next.
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The News and Events page is a good way
to inform your site visitors about the up-to-date events of your company,
e.g: presentations, conferences, seminars, corporate receptions, issuing
new products and etc.
Page Title is a text that shows at the
top of this page as a header. It can serve as a header to the introductory
paragraph.
Intro paragraph is introductory information
about your company's history. To add a paragraph:
- Click Add in the paragraph section.
- Enter the Paragraph header: this text
will serve as a name or introduction for the paragraph.
- Click Select Image to upload the image.
Follow on-screen instructions to add a new image.
- Enter Paragraph Text. This could be
some short information about the history of company's events or description
of company's most important event.
- Choose Image and Text Appearance for
the news from the templates listed below.
- Click Next to save paragraph.
News serve for posting specific dates
and related events. To post your company's news or events:
- Click the Add button in the News
section. It will call a simple form.
- To fill the form, enter the Date and
Description of the date.
- Click Next to save news.
Click Next to preview the newly-created
page.
The News page can be edited:
- To add more Intro paragraphs/News, click
the Add icon and repeat previous actions.
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete paragraph, click Delete;
- To change the order of products, click Order
and follow online instructions.
Make sure to click Next to save all
changes.
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This template will help to post your announcements
about free vacancies in your company on the Careers and Jobs page
with all necessary requirements and contact info.
Page Title is a text that shows at the
top of this page as a header e.g:"Our Vacancies", "Find a Job" etc. It
can also serve as a header to the introductory paragraph.
Intro paragraph is introductory information
about free vacancies in your company or your business partner.
Text is an optional field. Here you
can say, for instance, "Our current positions are:".
To configure this page and add as many positions
as you need:
- Click Add.
- Enter the Position title, there can
be several positions.
- Enter the Requirements for this positions:
specific knowledges, experience, personal features.
- Leave a Contact email.
- Click Next to save position and get
to the intro page.
Positions can be edited:
- To add more positions, click the Add
icon and repeat previous actions.
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete a position, click Delete;
- To change the order of positions, click Order
and follow online instructions.
Make sure to click Next to save all
changes.
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This page is most relevant if your company
specializes in rendering services. On the Services page you can
describe all services provided, their prices, conditions.
To provide general services information, enter
the following fields:
- Page Title:
The text that shows at the top of the Services page as a header.
- Services Intro Paragraph:
The introductory paragraph to the Services page.
- Services Secondary Paragraph:
Optional field where you can post additional information about services
or post something like "The services we provide are:"
To add services, click the Add button.
It will call a new form:
- Enter the Title of the service.
- Enter Link Label that will show as
the title in the list of services at the top of the page (or press Same
as Title if you want this link and the service title to be the same).
- Enter the description and other relevant
info about the service in the Text field.
- Click Next to save info about the
service.
The Services page can be edited
- To add more services, click Add and
repeat all steps;
- To make some changes, click Edit;
- To delete services, click Delete;
- Click Next when finished.
- To change the order of products, click Order
and follow online instructions.
Important: the peculiarity of the Services
page is that the user should fill all the service fields. If some of the
fields are left blank, you may have empty input boxes on this page. So,
if there are not enough links to enter, it would probably be better to
use the Generic page.
Make sure to click Next to go to preview
page.
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The Contact Us page is a detailed description
of your company's contact info. It has the same functionalities as the
About and Welcome pages, but includes more specific information.
To configure the Contact Us page, fill
out the form:
Enter general information:
- Page Title: enter the text that will
show up on the Contact Us page in big letters. This can be the
name of your company or something like "Our Contact Info" etc.
- Page Intro Paragraph: enter some general
introduction to this page.
Enter your postal address:
- Select your country from the drop-down box;
- Enter your Street address and building.
- Optionally, enter one more optional address
if your company has two different offices;
- Enter the City your company is situated.
- Enter State (for non-US companies—province,
county, district etc);
- Enter Zip code.
Other contact Info:
- Enter Phone and Fax numbers;
- Enter your company contact Email address;
The Contact Us page also allows to attach
a map that will help to get to your company. There are two options to
add a map: either the one generated with Mapquest or a map of your own.
Mapquest takes the address you have entered
in the form above and generates a map. To add a map:
- Select Enable for Request for Map
at Mapquest
- To address your site visitors to the map,
you can:
- Create a Text for a Link;
- Select a Button image.
Important: The Search Location on
a Map link will work only in the published site. You won't be able
to check any maps until then.
Please note that Mapquest is not a part of
SiteStudio, it's a third party product and even minor changes on the corresponding
site can break links to the map. We are trying to track any changes, but
in case there are some problems, we bear no responsibility for broken
links and incorrect maps.
To add a map created by yourself:
- Select Disable for Request for
Map at Mapquest.
- Click the Select Image button. Then
follow the on-screen instructions.
Note: After you added an image, its thumb view will become available
in the form, as well as a Remove Image button. Click it if you
want to remove selected image from the Contact Us page.
To add info about your partners or staff members:
- Enter Header for this section;
- Click the Add button. It will show
a form.
- On the form that shows, enter the Name,
Title and Email of the company representative.
- Click Next.
- To post more associates info, click Add.
- To edit staff member info, click Edit;
- To delete info, click Delete;
- To change the order of products, click Order
and follow online instructions.
On your Contact Us page, an info request
from will show. Site visitors can fill the form and submit it to the email
address you have entered above. You can add your own texts for error/successful
submission of this form.
Click the Next button to save all your
settings, and you will be brought to the View tab (see Tabs
for details).
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Tabs
Look at the tabs right under the toolbar menu.
They supplement every page-designing tool:
Edit tab opens by default, suggesting
that you should enter or change your data before viewing it. Forms in
the Edit tab vary greatly from page to page.
View tab allows you to view your changes.
This option is always available when you work on Edit or Settings tab.
This means that after you introduce any changes to your page data or settings,
you can immediately view them by clicking the View tab.
Settings tab. Here you can customize
all parameters for your page. For details go to Standard
Settings Tab.
Delete tab permanently removes the page
from your site.
Note: You can switch between tabs to
change any data or settings any time during the page construction process
or later.
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Rich Editor
Rich Editor is a multi-function SiteStudio
tool that provides a number of features for creating and editing pages.
Rich Editor is very much like MS Word or any other editor which makes
it easy for you to use. This tool is available only under Internet Explorer
(Microsoft) and in SiteStudio it can be available in any pages with input
boxes.
With Rich Editor you can easily copy any table,
image or text from a browser and paste it to the SiteStudio rich editor
page. To do this, select text in the browser or in text processor and
paste it to the page with.
Important: If you copy an image from
a browser and publish it on your site, it will be linked to the original
location. If the website, where you have taken the image, changes its
location, you may face some problems. Therefore, you'd rather upload images
to SiteStudio using the Image
Uploader.
On the Rich Editor page:
Click 
to save current changes and go on working with this page.
Click 
to save changes and exit Rich Editor.
Click 
to exit Rich Editor without saving the changes.
Click
to revert to the last saved version.
Click 
and 
to repeat or cancel the last action.
Click 
to cut selected text, table or image.
Click 
to copy selected text or table to another location.
Click 
to paste selected text from the clipboard.
Click 
to create a hyperlink.
Click 
to create or edit email address.
Click 
to see the structure and guidelines of the tables with 0 border. It is
especially helpful when you need to delete or re-organise some rows or
columns.
Click 
to insert a table. It will call a web-page dialog where you can set the
number of rows, columns, cellpadding and the color of a table.
Click 
to upload an image to this page. Follow the instructions on Uploading
images to add necessary images.
Click 
to set off the selected text in bold, italic or underline.
Clicking 
allows to align text to the left, center, right or to justify.
Clicking 
and 
allows to create a numbered or bullet list.
Clicking
and 
allows to shift indent to the right or to the left.
Clicking 
to change text color and  to
highlight a text with specific color.
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Standard Settings
Tab
Page Title
Page title is the text that will show at the
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