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 fiance-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:
Personal
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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Small Business
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. A new
form will appear. Fill it out and press Next to return to
the main Resume page. The information you entered will show in the
box; also, Edit and Delete buttons will be added.
Click Edit to change contents of the box, and Delete
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 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 Simpsons
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. Click here to sign
up or here
to 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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Add-A-Cart Catalog
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 quastion 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 Descrition.
- 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, issueing 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.
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.
Standard
Settings Tab
Page Title
Page title is the text that will show at the top of the menu bar.
In this field, you can change SiteStudio default name from "Fun
Page" to, say, "Laugh with us".
Button Text
This is the text that will show up on your site's menu among other
page names. It may be the same as the Page Title, or you can give
it a different name. For example, if your Page Title is "Fun Page",
you may want to add some versatility by typing something like "Smile!"
File Name
Technically, your site is nothing but an organized inter-linked
group of html pages (files). SiteStudio enables you to assign a
specific name for every page that you add to your site. It is recommended
that your file name only includes letters of Latin alphabet and
numbers. Try to avoid non-Latin characters, spaces, underlines,
commas, dots, hyphens, etc.
Title, Text, Heading
You can select:
- Font - use pull-down menu;
- Color - click on Change color button, when the
color scheme appears, click on Selected color;
- Lettering Style-simply click on letter symbol.
After you change the settings click Next to see the result.
Rollover effect
When you move your mouse over some elements on a page, they may
change their color, shape and other properties. This is called Rollover
Effect.
Background Image
You can place the contents of your page on an image. However, try
to be discreet with choosing the background. Avoid using photographs
or bright decorations, as they may hinder text readability.
Colors
SiteStudio allows you to change the color palette for every site's
page. Their default HTML codes are in the boxes next to the parameter
names. You don't need to know these codes. Instead, click the  icon to call
a Color Picker-a palette with colors available-and select the color
you like. The "Color" section allows you to change background,
text and links color. Just select the element you wish to modify
and click on the color you like.
Note: If you decide to change background color, ensure that
the text on your page is clearly readable. There must be sufficient
contrast between the text and the background image. A background
with too much contrast competes with the text for reader's attention
and makes it difficult to read.
Secure
You can make your page open to general public or closed (secure).
Secure sites or pages are often used by multinational companies
to communicate closed information to its representatives worldwide,
where e-mailing is not appropriate.
Choose Yes if you want to restrict access to the page. The
frame will expand to include a drop-down list box where you can
choose who is allowed to view the page. To create an authorized
user or user group, go to Site Settings -> Edit Security
Information (for comments see Edit Security Information
help section).
Go to the directory or folder on your computer where your picture
is saved, select the picture you want to add to your page, and click
the Open button. The location of the selected file appears in the
"Upload Image" window. Click the Upload button in the "Upload Image"
window.
You can select images from:
- Your own computer;
- Gallery of images that you have uploaded before (your gallery);
- SiteStudio image library (should be provided by your hoster).
To re-order your pages do the following:
- Click to highlight the name of the page that 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.
Click the category you need help with:
Note: When available, use the navigation buttons inside
the browser window. For some pages, your browser's Back and
Forward buttons will not work correctly. If a page fails
to load, or does not reflect last changes, click your browser's
Reload or Refresh button to update the page.
website
category
To select the website category,
scroll the list of suggested topics in the box in the right half
of the page. Select the topic for your site and click it. Then,
click the Next button. You will be brought to the Select
Website Color and Style page.
Attention: Once you begin to create your site you may not
change the website category!!! To change the category, you will
have to start anew, which will delete ALL PREVIOUSLY SAVED
SITES.
website
color & style
Choosing a correct layout is crucial for the success of your web
site, as it will determine the look of every page. Site Studio is
equipped with a number of pre-designed Overall Site Layouts.
Go through the list in the upper left box by mouse-clicking each
item or using cursor keys on your keyboard. Sample pages will be
shown in the preview window on the right. Stop on the one that will
best suit the contents of your site.
Then, select a color scheme in the lower box. It will only affect
the menu bar; colors for every individual page are set at a later
stage (see Standard Settings
Tab).
You can change your layout and color scheme any time in the future
without losing any information whatsoever, even when the construction
of the site is complete.
Selecting Site Layout
The checkbox allows you to apply selected layout and color scheme
to all pages on your site. It comes checked by default. If you uncheck
it, the layout and color settings will only affect the pages you
create after applying these changes; the pages you created before
will remain unchanged. Changing this option doesn't affect your
settings in any way, if you are only beginning to create your site.
After you select the layout and color settings, click Next to
move on.
Global Settings
Web readers often want or need to contact the person who created
and maintains the web site. Global Settings form requires you to
enter basic information that will help identifying the site and
its author after it is published.
In the Search Engine Keywords box enter the words or word combinations
that distinguish your site from all other sites on the Internet.
They will be helpful when somebody tries to find your site with
a search engine. Think of the words that would be most characteristic
of your site.
In the Search Engine Description box enter a short description
of your site, like an answer to the question: What is it about?
If an Internet user finds your site with a search engine, this description
will show right under the site name.
You can enable visitors to perform text search on your site. This
functionality takes a form of a textbox added to the menu bar. A
visitor will type a word or a combination of words and they will
be searched throughout all texts on your site. If you want to include
a search engine into your site, click "yes" at the bottom
of the form. Otherwise, choose "no".
At this point, you are done with general site settings. Click the
Next button to configure individual pages.
Add themes and special effects! Make snowflakes fall down in the
browser, add logos that stay put as the user scrolls, and tons of
other cool features, all with easy point and click selection.
There are several check boxes to indicate and select the theme
(javascript effects) that you can see on your web page. Use pull-down
menu for selection. Then, click Next to preview.
Falling Things:
- Snow-the snowflakes will fall on your screen;
- Snow 1 - just the same action but another type of snowflakes;
- Leaves - the leaves will fall and fly on your screen;
- Angels - the same actions but Angels (instead of leaves)
will fall on your screen.
Items. Please use pull-down menu to select the number of
snowflakes (leaves).
Theme 1. Here you can include the "Top down curtain" effect.
Try not to include too many effects.
Cursor pointer. Here you can select:
- Cursor text. The name of the web page will trail the cursor.
- Colorful tail. The colorful tail will follow the cursor.
Site logo. Specify where you want to place the Logo
image.
Logo duration. Specify how long you want the Logo to show
on the page after it is loaded.
Alt text. Enter the tooltip text-a brief message that will
pop up next to the cursor when it stops over the Logo image.
Load
/ Save website
You can save up to five different versions of your site. Make
sure the names you enter reflect changes between versions.
Attention: Before retrieving a previously saved website,
save your work! If you don't save your current project, you
will lose it. SiteStudio can work with only one site at a time.
Warning: Starting over will delete ALL PREVIOUSLY
SAVED SITES. To start a completely new site, you need
to register as a new user.
Note: Saving your web site will not publish it. To publish
your site, click the publish link at the upper left-hand corner
on the menu panel.
Start Over
Scrap all your pages with one click, and begin designing anew.
Use this option only if you are completely sure. There will
be no way to get back your current pages if you start over.
This option allows you to delete all your web pages with ONE
click and start to design from the beginning. Warning:
You will lose your current site as well as ALL PREVIOUSLY
SAVED SITES. Don't use this function if you are not
strongly sure!
Edit
Security Info
You can make your site open to general public or closed (secure).
Secure sites are often used by multinational companies to communicate
current information to its representatives worldwide, where
e-mailing is not appropriate.
In this section you need to specify the users or user groups
authorized to access your secure site. After you include them
into the authorized user list, communicate to them their passwords.
To secure individual pages, go to Page Settings tab (see Page Settings
help section for details).
Here you can see and inspect all the web pages your web site
consists of.
- to preview page content click View. You will be brought
to the page's View tab.
- to change, add or delete info-click Edit. You will
be brought to the page's Edit tab.
- to delete the page click Remove. The page will be
permanently deleted.
- to change the look and feel of the page, click Settings.
You will be brought to the Page Settings tab.
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