How do I...

• Add a new page?

All you do to add a new page is type the url www.mysite.com/whatever/page.html into your browser bar and press enter.  You'll get a page not found error, but there'll be a link to make the new page right there!

• Make links on pages

To link to an external page, edit your page and click on the link tool (the world with the chain link on it).  To link to an external website type the domain www.whateversite.com/yourlink.html or if you want to link to an internal page on your site you can /type/the/path.html or browse for your page with the browse button.

• Make a special snippet such as sidebar, header, navbar, or footer for all the pages in a single folder?

Just make a page in the folder called "sidebar.html" and put whatever you want in there.  Go to your File Manager, browse using the Files and Folders tool to the folder you want, and then use the Create Folder / File box to make "sidebar.html" there.  Same thing with header.html and footer.html.

• Add an image to a page?

Make sure it's in the right size - less than 150K or so if it's a photo is good.  (We'll add auto-resizing soon!).  Where do you put your image?

Then you need to have a place to put your image. 

- Image folder - many sites have a dedicated images folder. That's a great place for sitewide logos, graphics, and stuff.

- Section images - if you have specific images for a specific page or section, you can make an images folder in a subdirectory and put your pictures in there.

- Gallery - if you have pictures from an event, make a dedicated folder for them with an appropriate name like "2008-TGiving-Dinner" or something, and put the images in there.

- Directly in place. Or, if your folder only contains a few things, you can also just put the pictures in the folder where the html is. This isn't what we recommend though.

- Skin files folder - if the image goes as part of your site skin you'll want to put it in there, with that package. See the documentation on skin design.

 Then, you can use the "Image insert" button when you're editing a page, browse your site's images, and upload the image directly with this tool.  It should be pretty obvious, but step by step instructions will come soon!

 

• Add a Google Gadget, Web Widget, HTML code, Map, Paypal Buy Now link or something similar...

Your page editor has a "Source" button, and if you have some web HTML code that you need to put on your page, that's the button for you!

1. Select the HTML you want on your page and choose "Copy" to copy it to your computer's clipboard
2. Edit the page by clicking the "Edit Page" button (or log in if you haven't)
3. Click the Source button on the editor toolbar just under "Page Content"
4. Put the cursor in the page source where you want the text.  Usually, at the beginning or before a <p> tag would be a good place, or after a </p> tag too.
5. Paste the HTML code or gadget or widget code into your page there.
6. Save.

That's it!  Note that after you paste your code into the editor, it most likely won't show up in the editor itself while you are editing.  You have to save your page to see it, in most cases.