Friday, December 7, 2012

Website Builder Menu

When you open the Website Builder, you will see a basic preview of your website. At the top of the screen you will see the Website Builder menu. This menu consists of 8 tabs that contain items useful in creating and modifying your website. The default tab show in POPULAR which preview the most commonly used items and functions.


If you hover over an items (such as IMAGE) text will be revealed that offers more information about how to use the feature.

NEED TO KNOW
A Content Block is used to organize your site. Text, images, applications and more are contained in blocks and can be easily moved around within the structure of your website template.

Main Menu
Below, you will see previews of the features of each tab in the menu bar.

Media
Image - insert your own image or one from the free gallery
Image gallery - use this to insert an image collection (slide show, animated show or lightbox)
Montage - embed an image montage from your photo album
Video - upload or link to a video
Flash - upload or link to a flash file
Audio - upload or link to an MP3 file
YouTube - display YouTube videos on this page
Flickr - display Flickr photos on this page


Social
Share - insert share links to popular social sites
Twitter - display your Twitter tweets on this page
Facebook - display your Facebook status updates and photos
YouTube - display YouTube videos on this page
Yelp - let visitors view your Yelp ratings and reviews
Flickr - display Flickr photos on this page
RSS feed - subscribe to other sites and blogs and display their content on this page

Apps (short for applications)
Mapquest - display Mapquest maps you specify
Quick Shopping Cart - display your products for sale
Paypal - accept payments or donations on your website
eBay - display your ebay products for sale
Home Finder - display home finder listings on this page
Open Table - let visitors use Open Table to make a reservation
Blog - import your blog content to display on this page
Domain Search - let visitors search for domains
GoDaddy Affiliate Ad - earn money from clickthroughs
Google Adsense - insert a Google adsense ad
Google Custom Search - insert this app to let visitors search the web from your site
Google Site Translator - let visitors translate your site into a different language
Event Calendar - let visitors view your upcoming and reoccuring events
Calendar - display a calendar on this page
Easy Database - embed an Easy Database app on this page
Site Map - add a sitemap page to your site for better search engine visibility
Scrolling Marquee - display text that scrolls across the page
Date/Time Stamp - display a date/time stamp that updates automatically
Hit Counter - display a counter that updates each time this page is visited

Tables & Forms
Table - insert a simple blank table
Table Wizard - insert a table with more control over how your table appears
Contact Form - insert a contact form to collect visitor information
Blank Form 1 & 2 - insert a blank form that you can customize
Express Email Marketing Form - insert a sign up form that connects with your email service
Easy Database - embed an Easy Database app on this page
Event Schedule - insert a table that displays a schedule of events
Coupon 1 & 2 - add a coupon to this page
Loan Application Form - insert a pre-built form so that visitors can request loan information
Loan Calculator - insert a real estate loan calculator
Property Price Calculator - insert a real estate property price calculator
Biography - display a biography on this page
Baby Announcement - display a baby announcement

Pages
Pages - add a page to your site
Add Mobile Page - add a mobile page to your site
Create a Facebook Page - add a page that can be displayed in the app section of your Facebook page
Add Guest Book - add a guest book where visitors can post comments
Site Map - add a sitemap page to your site for better search engine visibility
Navigation - manage and organize your website main navigation
Page Properties - manage your meta data, javascript and site map for better search engine visibility
Preview Page - view how this page will look when published

Styles
Launch Templates - change the template for this website
Colors - manage your site's advanced color settings
Template Images - manage your site's template images
Background Image - manage your site's background image
Custom CSS - manage your site's advanced style options

Mobile
This will take you to the mobile website editor. From  here you can make changes to how your website appears on mobile devices.

Command Corner
In the top right corner you will see the following information displayed:
• Last publish date
• The domain name you are editing
• Exit Designer - click here to return to the website builder dashboard
• Page - this is a dropdown menu in which you can choose which page you want to edit
• Preview - allows you to preview the entire site with full working links
• Publish - click here to publish your site to the web (make it live)


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