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When entering your website for the first time, you will be greeted with the following welcome message. Choose to Manage Site or Go Live.
When you select "Manage Site" the website preview will close revealing the website to edit bordered by the control panel to the left and top menu.
This page allows you to change the design of your website, add pages and even setup a domain and email address.
1.02 Second Time View
When entering your website for the second time, you will be greeted with the following welcome message with a quick launch for email, if an email has been registered.
1.03 Mobile Conversion First Time View
When entering your website for the first time, you will be greeted with the following welcome message. Choose to Edit or Publish.
When you select "Edit" the website preview will close revealing the website to edit bordered by the control panel to the left and top menu.
This page allows you to change the design of your website, add pages and even setup a domain and email address.
2. Top Menu
2.01 Progress
A progress bar will always be present in the top menu. Clicking will slide out a submenu from the right. If your progress is incomplete you will see a list of next steps.
If your progress is complete you will see a list of the most popular editing actions.
Next Steps
Select options 1-10 in order for a fast and easy setup of your website! The completeness of your website is displayed in the progress bar at the top.
Most Popular
2.02 Preview
You have the option of previewing your completed website before you GO LIVE! Click on the corresponding device icon to view your website as it would appear on a computer, tablet, or mobile device.
Desktop
Tablet
Mobile
2.03 Help
If at any point you are unsure where or how to do something, simply open the help panel.
You can search with keywords for an answer. When you see the question you need, clicking will load the answer below.
Every answer has a description, an action now option and a looping gif visually explaining the associated steps.
2.04 Publish
When are you done managing your website, click publish to GO LIVE.
3. Control Panel
3.01 Website Design
Here you can change your website's imagery, colours, layout, fonts and logo.
Images
Main Image
Select an image from the list or upload your own by clicking on Upload Custom Image.
Secondary Image
Main Carousel Images
Grid Images
Colour
Here you will select the colour scheme for your website. You can filter and choose by generic, image, brand or custom.
Generic
Brand
Image
Custom
Here you use the colour picker to select colours for your website. A description of what each colour affects will be updated when you click to edit. A layout representation will be updated with the colour you select.
Layout
Here you will select the layout for your website. You can filter by each layouts features. When hovering over the layout image you will see demo business name, style name and style description with the option to launch the demo site, or apply that layout.
Use Layout
Preview Layout
Layout Descriptions
Layout Filters
Font
Video
Logo
3.02 Add / Edit Pages
Your website will have 3 pages to start with: Home, About & Contact. You have the option of editing these pages and/or adding additional pages to your website.
Manage Pages
Change Order
Change Visibility
Edit Page SEO
Page Name Page Tittle Page Keywords Page Description
When you select "Add New Page" in the Add / Edit Pages menu, you will be directed to the following submenu where you may select the prepackaged type of page you wish to add, or create a unique page using the Custom Page option.
Prepackaged Pages
Testimonials allows you to showcase testimonials from your customers. Click Edit or Add Content to edit / add a testimonial.
Services provides fields for text descriptions and allow you to upload photos to correspond with the text.
Products provides fields for text descriptions and allow you to upload photos to correspond with the text.
Team provides fields for text descriptions and allow you to upload photos to correspond with the text.
Blog is text only and is ideal for providing news or media updates.
Portfolio provides fields for text descriptions and allow you to upload photos to correspond with the text.
F.A.Q. provides fields for titles and descriptions. Users click on the title which reveals or collapses the description.
Web Store Products provides fields for text descriptions and price, it allows you to upload photos to correspond with the text.
Sample pieces of content will not appear on published websites if they are not edited.
Custom Pages
When you select "Custom Page" in the Add New Page menu, you will be directed to the following submenu where you can browse the page types. You can filter the page types by the type of content they support. Hovering over a page image will give you the name of the page layout style and a description with suggested uses.
Text Type Pages
Gallery Type Pages
Cart Type Pages
Add External URL
Retry Mobile Conversion URL
3.03 Business Settings
Basic Business Information
This page allows you to update/edit your logo, business name, address and contact information, category, language preference.
Business Logo
Business Name
Business Category
Business Email
Business Language Preference
Business Address
Owner Information
This page allows you to update/edit your owner information.
Short Business Description
Business Description
Promotional Message
Contact Numbers
Hours of Operation
Accepted Forms of Payment
Languages Spoken
Business Locations
Services
Amenities
Specialties
Brands
Service Area
Closest Intersection
Parking
Custom Content 1-3
3.04 Social Media
In order to link to social profiles from your website so users can like or follow your page you need to enter your profile. If no social profiles are provided default social sharing buttons will be provided.
Social Profiles
Enter the user name or user id that appears at the end of your social media links.
Social Analytics
3.05 Web Store
Web Store Submenu
Choose between Paypal and Ecwid
Paypal Web Store Settings
Video instructions on setting up a Paypal account, if a Paypal account already exists move on to store settings.
Enter Paypal account email and store settings, such as currency, charge for shipping and tax percentage.
Create Web Store Products Page
A prepackaged Web Store Products page will be created.
Ecwid Web Store Settings
A prepackaged Web Store Products page will be created.
3.06 Domain and Email
Disclaimer: Websites must be launched before domain name/email options are available. This feature needs activation before use.
Current Domain
Domain Settings
The system will provide you with suggestions on available domain names based on the business name you provided.
You can select one of these OR search for a domain name you like. With our websites, there is no need to work with multiple providers or understand DNS settings. Your website gets published on your domain automatically!
Domain Suggestions
Domain Search
Book Domain
Manage Email
Once you have a domain name, you can also opt in for an email address related to your domain.
You can set it up as forward only to your existing Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail etc., or you can access your email using the webmail interface, right from the site control panel.
Check Email
Book Email
Forward Email
Delete Email
3.07 Website Statistics
This submenu allows you to check your website statistics such as: total visits to your site, the amount of people to view your page, time spent on your page etc.
3.08 Mobile Conversion
Redirect Script
Here you will be given a code snippet to copy and paste on your original website. The code redirects mobile devices to your new mobile website.
3.09 Advanced Settings
Scripts
Allows you to add Header and/or Footer scripts. Header and Footer scripts are Javascript or jQuery.
To change the content on any of your pages, all you need to do is click on the information you want to change, and make the necessary changes.
Just mouse over and the cursor will change to VS orange to signify editable content.
6. Troubleshooting
Although your website and site control panel are designed to ensure maximum robustness, there may be occasional times during which your website may not optimally formatted or load properly.
The reasons for these are usually low internet speeds, hardware problems, or using an outdated browser.
If you get stuck, screen freezes or designs do not appear correct, refresh the browser using control (Ctrl) and F5 button at the same time (Windows). Or, if you are using a Mac - Apple + R or Cmd + R..
Although not compulsory, it’s highly recommended that before starting work on the website, a clear cache/cookies operation is performed.