BUILT IN PROGRAMS
The web site uses a number of programs and utilities to facilitate it's operation. Among them are:
CMS Builder by Interactive Tools which allows you to update and modify content on the site. To help you understand this simple, powerful content management system, I've created the general set of instructions below.
User Control Panel provided by your web hosting provider IXWebhosting.com for management of email forwarding and other web hosting related functions.
MAJOR PROGRAMS USED IN DESIGNING THE WEB SITE
Dreamweaver CS5 - Site implementation and coding
CMS BUILDER by Interactive Tools - Content management implementation
THE CMSB CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USERS GUIDE
SOME TERMS YOU'LL NEED TO KNOW
CSS - This Acronym stand for Cascading Style Sheets. Styles are a series of instruction groups that specify how specific items should appear on a Web page.
"External" Style sheets are separate files that contain the styling information that determines what text, links, font sizes, borders, and other elements will look like across an entire web site.
Using these predefined styles is an easy way to standardize the "look" of a web site.
To change the look of a particular type of item, say how links are displayed on your web pages, that styling information can be changed in one external style sheet and the item's appearance will automatically be changed on the entire web site.
DATABASE - This is a specially structured file that is used to store collections of information. CMS Builder stores information in a database that is located on your on-line server. Any type of information can be stored in a database. Examples are: membership lists, names of current board members, current and past event information.
PUBLISH - When you modify information in CMS Builder, you're working on an editing screen (called a section editor) that's located on the computer you're working on. When you save that information, you're saving your changes to a record in an on-line database.
CMS Builder automatically publishes the information stored in the database to the appropriate location on your web pages.
RECORD - A database can store a great deal of information in a structured format. Each structured group of information is called a record. In some situations, the information in these records can be modified. In CMS Builder, when you add information to a current, or future event, that event information is stored in a database record.
FIELD - This refers to a specific information entry area in a database record. It can be a single line (text field), or a multi-line field (text box), a date field, a check box, a field to upload files, or another special information area type.
SERVER - This refers to a computer at the company that supplies your web site hosting services that is always connected to the Internet via a high capacity, high speed connection. When users log on to a web page from their home computer, the server "serves" or allows the home computer to download that web page, as well as any associated images and other files that are stored there.
SECURITY CONCERNS
Updating privileges are controlled and protected by one or more user names and passwords which are assigned specific access privileges..
HOW CMS BUILDER WORKS
Modifications to existing pages on your web site can be made from any computer that has Internet access. Information is modified using any web browser (Internet Explorer, FireFox, Safari, etc.), and no special software is required on your home computer.
Information is modified though a simple text editor interface.
Updated pages can not currently be previewed to see exactly what they look like before making them available to the public. Please check your work before saving.
After saving your changes, you can usually click on the view website link in the upper right hand corner of your screen, and then navigate to the page that you're working on to see it as it looks on the live web site.
On certain pages, images can be added or deleted during an update. If Images are allowed, you'll see upload fields on your editing screen. Before adding images to your page, read the section of this manual on WORKING WITH IMAGES.
HOW TO UPDATE A WEB PAGE
Log onto the CMSB admin page http://www.yourdomain.com/cmsAdmin/admin.php
Enter the user name and password that you were given and left click the "login" button.
When the welcome screen appears, you'll see links to the pages that you're authorized to modify, in alphabetical order.
Left click on the link that corresponds to the page that you want to modify.
MODIFYING PAGES WITH ONLY ONE GROUP OF CHANGEABLE AREA (Common Information, etc.)
If the page you're going to modify only has one group of areas that can be changed, then an edit screen showing the existing contents of those areas will appear.
Just retype to change the contents as needed. Formatting is automatic for each type of information. Headings are always bold, body text is not. Areas that are for URLs and E-mail addresses appear as links.
(HINT: Compose your new text in your favorite word processor and then use "copy" (CTRL-C) and "paste" (CTRL-V) to insert the finished text into the section editor text area.)
MODIFYING PAGES WITH MULTIPLE RECORDS WITH CHANGEABLE AREAS News Quotes, etc.)
If there are multiple information records that can be modified, a list of the existing records will appear.
The list of records defaults to 25 records per page. If you need to see more of the records on one page, select the desired number (or select "all") from the drop down menu under "per page" and click on "reset".
Select the "modify" or "erase" link for the article that you want to work on, and left click on that link.
If you chose "modify", then an editing screen will appear where you can modify the information for that area.
Enter the new information where required and click on the "Save" button.
CAUTION: ***If you're sure that a particular group will never be used again, the "erase" button will permanently erase the record containing that information area from the database.***
CHANGING THE ORDER OF HOW INFORMATION ITEMS APPEAR ON YOUR WEB PAGE
If a web page contains multiple records, they'll appear on your web page in the order that they appear on your records list unless they're restricted to an alphabetical or chronological sorting.
It's easy to change the order in which your records appear on your web page.
Just place your mouse cursor over the "drag" area of the item you want to move, and use your left mouse button to click and drag the item up or down on the list.
The list of records defaults to 25 items per page and you can not drag an item from one page to another.
If you need to see more of the records on a single page, select the desired number from the drop down menu under "per page" (upper left) and click on "reset".
SPELL CHECK
If you're using Firefox as your browser and have upgraded it recently, you've already got a built in spell checker. When you misspell a word, it will be underlined in red.
To see possible correct spellings, place your cursor over the misspelled word and right click. You'll see a list of the dictionary's suggestions. Just left click on the one you want and it will replace the error.
Of course you'll be using words that are not in the dictionary, and they will be underlined as well.
You can add a word to the dictionary by right clicking on an underlined word and then left clicking on "Add to Dictionary".
If Spell check is not enabled for a type of text field, just right click while you're in one of those text fields and left click on "Check Spelling".
SPECIFYING IF A PARTICULAR INFORMATION ITEM IS VISIBLE ON THE WEB SITE
On some records there may be a "Hidden" check box. Checking this box will not delete the information from the on-line database, but it will not appear on your web pages until the box is unchecked. (like hiding a particular category of work until you're ready to display it)
REVIEWING AND PUBLISHING YOUR NEW INFORMATION
Any time that you press "save" on your section editor page, your modifications will go "live" and will be viewable by the public.
It's IMPORTANT to look over your work before you "save" it.
You should always "preview" your changes to see how they will look on-line. That way you can fix any issues before someone else can see them.
The easiest way to see your work on-line is to click on the "View Website" or "Preview" link at the top right of the editor. This will bring up the home page of the web site. Then navigate to the page that you're working on to see your saved changes.
If you leave your browser open to the page you're working on, you'll only need to press "refresh" on your browser to see any subsequent changes to that page.
EDITING ANOTHER PAGE
To choose another page to edit, just click on the link to that page on the menu on the left side of the screen.
Don't forget to save your current modifications before switching sections, or all your changes will be lost.
THE LOOK OF YOUR TEXT
Almost all pages on your web site uses predefined CSS styles to determine the look of specific elements on your web page, like headings, dates, and other information.
CODE TO CHANGE THE LOOK OF YOUR TEXT (ONLY FOR TEXT BOX FIELDS, NOT WYSIWYG FIELDS)
There are some styling tricks and many special characters that you can use in your text, but there is one caveat, look at the result on your web page and make sure that all the results are what you expected.
STARTING A NEW LINE OR PARAGRAPH
You may have already discovered that if you press the enter key when typing in a multi line "text box", you'll start a new line, and that if you want a new paragraph that you need to press enter twice.
You may also have discovered that this technique doesn't work in "text fields" with only one visible line of text. If you want to start a new line in a single line "text field", you'll need to insert one of those special characters, <br /> the line break. If for some reason you want a new paragraph, just insert a <p> instead.
This works for all text fields including image titles and captions.
DOES THAT MEAN NO FLEXIBILITY?
Well. No. There are still some styling tricks and many special characters that you can use in your text, but there is one caveat, look at the result and make sure that all the results are what you expected.
Starting a new line or paragraph
You may have already discovered that if you press the enter key when typing in a multi line "text box", you'll start a new line, and that if you want a new paragraph that you need to press enter twice.
You may also have discovered that this technique doesn't work in "text fields" with only one visible line of text. If you want to start a new line in a single line "text field", you'll need to insert one of those special characters, <br> the line break. If for some reason you want a new paragraph, just insert a <p> instead. This works for all text fields including image titles and captions.
Special characters
There are many special characters that can be inserted into your text, including those found in other languages. The codes for all special characters must have a leading ampersand (the & sign) and a trailing semi-colon. A few of the more common are:
Character Code
© ©
® ®
Here's a link to a much more comprehensive list.
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/characterentities_famsupp_69.html
Insert the code from column 2 where you want the special character to be inserted, just don't forget to add the leading "&" and the trailing ";".
Styling text
First a short explanation of how web browsers interpret special codes or "markup" that you insert in your text.
Most markup "tags" have two parts, an opening tag, that tells the browser where a specific effect is supposed to start, and a closing tag that tells the browser where to end the specific effect.
Here's an example:
If you format set of words using the <b> and </b> tag set, like this... "I am going to <b> bold the next words</b> in this line", your web page would display:"I am going to bold the next words in this line." Bear in mind that tags do not create extra spaces between letters.
Here are few of the more useful tags:
Effect Opening tag Closing tag
Bold Text <b> </b>
Underline text <u> </u>
Italic text <i> </i>
Superscript (surround © and ® with this one) <sup> </sup>
Bulleted list (must be placed surrounding each item you want in the list. A "return" is automatically inserted after each item.) <li> </li>
One that's more complex but can be very useful is the one that inserts a hyperlink or "link" in the text if there are no links designed ino a page.
Here's the format:
<a href="http://www.thewebsite.com/thepage.php">the link text </a> (Don't forget the quotes around the target web page, and to test the link on the actual web page)
There are some other single markup tags that can be used to style text.
Examples are:
The horizontal line <hr>, which can be modified to specify it's length and color. So, <hr width="300" color="#99945e"/> would render a horizontal line that is 300 pixels wide and muddy green in color.
The line break <br /> that we mentioned earlier which starts a new line.
The paragraph <p> which starts a new paragraph.
Using these tags can drastically change the look of the web page, so make sure to check how they look and adjust accordingly.
ADDING ACCENTED CHARACTERS TO YOUR TEXT
FOR TEXT FIELDS ONLY (see below for WYSIWYG fields)
Using the codes below the accented characters below will add the accent chosen to a text field. IE: Resumeé will show as Resumé
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ADDING ACCENTED CHARACTERS TO A WYSIWYG FIELD
A little more complicated:
Bring up this help document in your browser http://www.yourdomain.com/help.php
Scroll down to the table with all the accented characters listed.
This time highlight and copy (CTRL/CMD-C) the accented character itself.
Go to your CMS Builder WYSIWYG field and click where you'd like the accented character to appear.
IMPORTANT: Click on the "paste as plain text" icon on the tool bar
Paste (CTRL/CMD-V) the character into the field.
You must cliick on "Paste as plain text" each time you want to do this.
If you forget, you can always undo the last mistake with (CTRL-CMD-Z)
WORKING WITH IMAGES
In order for an image to be displayed on the your web site, it must be uploaded to your server and recognized by your on-line database. In CMS Builder this is very easy to do.
If the page that you're modifying has been set up with changeable images, there will be a number of image upload boxes along with the other information entry fields on the section editor page.
An image upload box can accommodate only a single image meant to appear in a specific location on one or more web pages, or, in some cases it can accommodate a number of images that can be displayed gallery style.
If only one image is allowed in an upload box and you want to change that image, you'll need to remove the existing image first, by clicking on the 'remove" link. Where applicable, a "modify" link allows you to modify the information that may be associated with that image.
Thumbnails of a size appropriate to the layout of the page will automatically be created by CMSB during the upload process. Aspect ratios will be preserved during the resizing process
All image uploads are limited to 1Mb in size.
For images, .jpg image format is preferred. In Photoshop, you can keep the size of your images under control, while maintaining sufficiently high quality for web viewing, by saving your .jpg images with a quality of 10 instead of the highest quality, which is 12 (page backgrounds where detail is not important can be saved at a 3 or 4 to make them download quicker).
If applicable, after an image has been successfully uploaded, a dialog box will appear where you can fill in the "title" and "caption" for the image.
You must save the record that you're working on before you will be able to see your page on line. If you do not save the record, all your changes will be lost.
After you've saved any changes you've made, be sure to view the on line page to make sure that the image, and other associated information look and operate the way you intended.
WORKING WITH MASTHEAD IMAGES
Masthead images rely on transparency and are saved as 24 bit .png files.
The final size of an image is determined by the space that's allotted for it in the page design and is automatically re-sized CMS Builder. The program cannot make smaller images larger and will scale images so that the longest side fits the allotted space. It will not change the aspect ratio of the image. I suggest working in Photoshop at 2 or more times the final size and letting CMS Builder scale the images.
The final size o fyour Masthead is 720px wide x 104px high as it appears at the top of your pages.
The final size of the home page slide show images are 250px wide x 500px high.
WORKING WITH FILE UPLOADS
For certain pages, you may be able to upload a .PDF document or an FLV video into an upload box.
MANAGING THE MAIN PORTFOLIO PAGE CATEGORIES
The main portfolio page shows 3 categories of portfolios. "Current Work", "Recent Work" and "Earlier Work".
The image and description for all 3 categories are entered in the Main Portfolio editor.
If the "Image Click Leads to ?" IS NOT CHECKED, when a visitor clicks on the image for this Main Portfolio Category they will be taken directly to the Thumbnail Page for this category
If the "Image Click Leads to ?" IS CHECKED when a visitor clicks on the image for this Main Portfolio Category they will be taken to a page that shows a list of all the portfolio titles that you have included in the category.
ADDING A PORTFOLIO TITLE
First create a name for the new portfolio. These are created in the "Portfolio Titles" editor. USE A DASH BETWEEN MULTIPLE WORDS - YOU MUST NOT LEAVE A SPACE. - THE DASH WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE REMOVED WHERE REQUIRED
The next step is to create the information that will appear on the Portfolio's list page. This is entered in the "Portfolio Title Details". In this editor you will find a radio button menu with the names of the Main Portfolio Categories and Portfolio Titles that you've created. Checking one of each of these tells the program where to assign the information you are entering.
Finally, the images for each of the Portfolio Titles are uploaded in the "Portfolio Images" editor.
To create new records, left click on the "create" button and a new, blank record will appear where you can enter the new information.
DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF THUMBNAILS AND COLUMNS ON PORTFOLIO PAGES
You can set the number of thumbnails that you'd like to appear on each portfolio page as well as the number of columns of thumbnails that you want to display on each portfolio page.
In the Common Information Editor, in the "Page Properties" section, you'll find 2 fields. "Thumbnail Columns" and "Thumbnails Per Page"
Enter the desired number in each and click "SAVE". Your portfolio pages will be modified to reflect those numbers and "next page" and "previous page" links will be automatically created as necessary. Additional portfolio pages will automatically generated as needed.
PAGE INSTRUCTIONS (LIKE THE PREVIOUS AND NEXT MESSAGES ON PORTFOLIO PAGES)
Using the fields "Next Message" and "Previous Message" in the Common Information Editor, in the "Page Properties" section you can change the "Previous" link text, and the "Next" link text.
There are a number of other instructional messages that can be customized using the fielcds in the Common Information editor.
WORKING WITH THE RESUME SECTION
Instead of a text box, this editor uses a WYSIWYG editor (What You See Is What You Get) for it's information entry
This was done so that much of the information can easily be presented in "tables" to keep the information neatly lined up in columns.
To add a new row to a table, left click in the row to tell the program where you want to insert the new row, and then right click and select the appropriate action from the options presented.
WYSIWYG editors are extremely flexible but take a little getting used to if you've never used one before. Use this link to download a PDF document and learn all about WYSIWYG editors
http://www.jkwebdesigns.com/pdf/using-tinymce-wysiwyg-editor.pdf
To add a paragraph break to the text in the editor (which may or may not appear in the editor view and only on the published web page) press the enter or return key
If you must force a line break, (NOT A PARAGRAPH BREAK) hold down the shift key and then press the enter or return key.
ADDING AN ENTRY TO AN EXISTING CATEGORTY OF INFORMATION (table)
The easiest way to add an entry is to right click on an existing entry that is formatted correctly, then go to row, and click copy table row on the menu.
Then click in the row above or below where you want the new entry to appear and again, right click, choose row and then clock paste table row before or after.
Then change the text as required without pressing the enter or return key unless you want to create a paragraph or extra line break.
MAINTAINING YOUR E-MAIL LIST (THE SIGN UP LINK ON THE HOME PAGE)
The email addresses in your email list are saved in individual records in the "Email Signup" Editor in CMS Builder.
When someone signs up to your email list, an email is automatically sent to them. Until they respond to that email, proving that they wanted to sign up in the first place, they are not added to the active email list. This is called a double opt in process.
When visitors first sign up to be included in the email list, their record is "hidden" and the check box in the "confirmed" field is not checked.
After they confirm their intent by clicking on the link in the email that they received, the check box in the "Confirmed" field is automatically checked and the check is removed from the "hidden" field checkbox..
For a current list of all the "confirmed" email addresses on the list, go to http://5www.yourdomain.com/emaillist.php
** YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO CMS BUILDER IN ORDER TO VIEW THE EMAIL LIST **
Copy the list and paste the email addresses into the BCC: line of the e-mail that you want to send.
To modify, add or remove e-mail addresses from the master list, open the "Email Signup" editor, and add, modify or delete records as necessary.
BACKING UP THE ON-LINE MYSQL DATABASE
In the current version of CMS Builder backups are automatically created.
UPDATING E-MAIL FORWARDING ASSIGNMENTS
The Hosting company that hosts your web site, IXWebhosting.com, provides extremely versatile e-mail services. Among them is the ability to automatically forward e-mail.
E-mail forwarding is a process similar to telephone number forwarding.
If the forwarding address is: somefunction@yourdomaim.com, and the recipient is set up as: myemail@myprovider.com, then all email that is sent to somefunction@yourdomain.com, is automatically sent to the recipient myemail@myprovider.com.
The recipient address can be easily changed, and more than one recipient can receive the mail for a forwarding address. An unlimited number of forwarding addresses and recipients can easily be created.
Occasionally, there may be e-mail forwarding issues with certain e-mail providers. It's a good idea to send a test e-mail with a reply request in the body of the e-mail after any changes are made. If you get a reply from the recipient, then you'll know that the changes are working.
Hint: You can temporarily add you own e-mail address as a recipient to see if you get the forwarding tests.
If the e-mail forwarding doesn't arrive at the recipient, check to make sure that the information you entered was correct.
If you can not find the solution to the problem, you can call IXWebhosting at 1-800-385-0450, or you can use live chat or create a trouble ticket in the "Support" section at the bottom of the page that you get to in step "3" below to resolve the issue.
Managing e-mail forwarding:
1) Log on to the IX Webhosting control panel at https://manage.ixwebhosting.com with the user name and e-mail address given to you.
2) Click the "Manage" icon under "Hosting Products".
3) Click on the "e-mail" icon in the "E-Mail" section.
To add a new e-mail forwarding address
Follow steps 1-3, then:
4) Under "E-mail Setup Functions" click on "New E-mail"
5) Under "Add new E-Mail", enter the new forwarding address @yourdomain.com.
6) Check the check box next to "MAIL FORWARD"
7) Under "MAIL FORWARD" fill in the recipient(s) real e-mail addresses. Multiple addresses can be separated either by a comma, or a semi colon, a return, a tab, or a space.
8) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "Submit"
A message will appear telling you if the forwarding address has been successfully created.
To change the recipient for a particular forwarding address
Follow steps 1-3, then:
9) Under "E-mail Setup Functions" find the forwarding address you want to modify by searching by page, or by the first letter of the forwarding address.
10) Click on the e-mail address or on the "forward" icon next to the address.
11) Under "MAIL FORWARD", "EMAIL ADDRESS" check the delete box next to the recipient(s) as needed.
12) In the box just below, fill in the new recipient(s) real e-mail addresses. Multiple addresses can be separated either by a comma, or a semi colon, a return, a tab, or a space.
13) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "Submit"
A message will appear telling you if the forwarding address has been successfully modified.
To delete an existing forwarding address completely
Follow steps 1-3, then:
14) Under "E-mail Setup Functions" find the forwarding address you want to modify by searching by page, or by the first letter of the forwarding address.
15) Click on the garbage can icon to the right of the name.
16) the confirmation message requires that you accept or reject your choice.
A message will appear telling you if the forwarding address has been successfully deleted.
SETTING UP POP3 (REAL) E-MAIL ACCOUNTS AT YOURDOMAIN.COM
1) Log on to the IXWebhosting control panel at https://manage.ixwebhosting.com with the username and e-mail address given to you.
2) Click the "Manage" icon under "Hosting Products".
3) Click on the "e-mail" icon in the "E-Mail" section.
To add a totally new e-mail box address
Follow steps 1-3, then:
4) Under "E-mail Setup Functions" click on "New E-mail"
5) Under "Add new E-Mail", enter the new e-mail address at yourdomain.com.
6) Enter the password that you want to use for this new account
7) **If you do not want e-mail to collect on the server, "check discard all incoming mail"**
*** If this mail box is set up to forward mail and the account has also been set up on your e-mail client, (Outlook, Outlook express, etc.) then checking this option will keep you from getting duplicates of e-mail messages***
*** If this mail box is not set up to forward mail, and the "discard" box is checked, then incoming mail will never be seen by anyone***
8) DO NOT CHECK CATCH ALL!!!
9) To set up forwarding of incoming mail to this mail box, check the "mail forward" box and enter the recipient's real e-mail addresses in the box provided. Multiple addresses can be separated either by a comma, or a semi colon, a return, a tab, or a space.
10) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "Submit"
A message will appear telling you if the e-mail box has been successfully created.
To modify an existing e-mail box or add a box to an existing forwarding account
Follow steps 1-3, then:
11) Under "E-mail Setup Functions" find the e-mail or forwarding address you want to modify by searching by page, or by the first letter of the address.
12) To add an e-mail box follow step 6-8 above
13) To add forwarding to an e-mail box, follow step 9 as well
14) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "Submit"
A message will appear telling you if the e-mail box has been successfully modified.
To totally delete a mail box
Follow steps 1-3, then:
15) Under "E-mail Setup Functions" find the e-mail or forwarding address you want to modify by searching by page, or by the first letter of the address.
16) Click on the garbage can icon to the right of the name.
17) the confirmation message requires that you accept or reject your choice.
A message will appear telling you if the e-mail box has been successfully deleted.
MANAGING KEYWORD AND SITE DESCRIPTION META TAGS
KEYWORDS
One of the factors affecting your placement on search engine pages is something called "keywords". These keywords do not appear on your web page, however, search engines use these as an aid when surfers are searching for information, and they contribute to the page ranking algorithm that search engines utilize to determine how close to the top of their pages your site will appear.
There is a field in the "Common Information" editor where you can enter the keywords that will be inserted in each page of your web site.
Keywords can be either words or phrases, separated by commas, and should be relevant to your web site. IE: artist, digital photography, about Aubry Jones photography, encaustic, collkage, etc.
An easy way to start developing your own set of keywords is to:
1) Do a Google search for competitor's sites that are ranked in the first 10 entries on the first page.
2) Go to their web site.
3) View the source code of their home page in your browser. (Don't be put off by all the code that you see)
4) Search for the word, "keyword" (without the quotation marks) in the source code. HINT: Most browsers have a built in search function called "search" or "find" in their "edit" menu.
5) Copy the terms that appear after the word "Keyword" and paste them into your word processor.
6) Repeat for the first 5-10 search entries.
7) use the results to develop your own list of "Keywords".
SITE DESCRIPTIONS
A Site description is the short description that you see in the site's entry of a search engine page amount of words that show varies with the search engine, but they are all relatively short. The idea is to craft a description that will increase the possibility of people to clicking on your entry.
There is a field in the "Common Information" editor for the site description that will be inserted in each page of your web site.
As above, you can see the complete site descriptions that your top ranking competitors are using by repeating the steps above and searching for "description" instead of "Keywords"
OTHER SPECIAL FIELDS IN THE COMMON INFORMATION EDITOR
There are a number of special fields in the Common Information editor that facilitate the management of your web site.
Most of them are self explanatory.
WORKING WITH IMAGES
In order for an image to be displayed on the your web site, it must be uploaded to your server and recognized by your on-line database. CMS Builder makes this very easy to do.
If the page that you're modifying contains images, there will be a number of image upload boxes along with the other information entry fields on the section editor page.
An image upload box may accommodate only a single image meant to appear in a specific location on one or more web pages (Mastheads, etc.), or, in some cases it may accommodate a number of images that can be displayed, (home page slide show). To upload more then one image at a time, just shift-left click to select multiple files for upload.
IF ONLY ONE IMAGE IS ALLOWED
If only one image is allowed in a particular box, (Mastheads, etc.) and an image already exists, you will need to remove the existing image by clicking on the 'remove" link before you can upload a new image to replace it. Where applicable, a "modify" link allows you to modify information that may be associated with that image.
To upload an image, click on "Add or Upload File(s)", then click on "Browse" to locate the image on your computer, navigate to the appropriate folder and click on the the image that you want to upload, then click on "Open" . When you've finished choosing images, click on "Upload". After the new images have been transferred to your server, you will be returned to the page that shows all the fields in that record.
IF MULTIPLE IMAGES ARE ALLOWED
If there are multiple images allowed in a category (index slides) then when you click on "modify" you will see thumbnails of all the image currently uploaded. If you click on "Add or Upload File(s)" you will be told how many images are allowed and how many you can add. If you've uploaded the maximum number of images, you'll need to remove an existing image by clicking on the 'remove" link before you can upload a new image to replace it. Where applicable, a "modify" link allows you to modify the information that may be associated with that image.
To upload an image, click on "Browse" to locate the image on your computer, navigate to the appropriate folder and click on the the image that you want to upload, then click on "Open" . Shift-left click to select multiple images. When you've finished choosing images, click on "Upload". After all the new images have been transferred to your server, you will be returned to the page with all of the thumbnails or presented with a dialog box where you can enter title and other information.
You can change the order that the images appear in the slide show, or on a portfolio thumbnail page by placing your mouse cursor over the "drag" area of the item you want to move, and use your left mouse button to click and drag the item up or down on the list.
Images and thumbnails of a size appropriate to the layout of the page will automatically be created by CMSB during the upload process. Aspect ratios will be preserved during the resizing process
For images of artwork, the .jpg image format is preferred. However, mastheads must be created in the .png format to preserve their transparent background.
Image files much larger than 1MB cannot be uploaded. If you're using Photoshop, you can keep the size of your .jpg images under control, while maintaining sufficiently high quality for web viewing, by saving your .jpgs with a quality of 10 instead of the highest quality, which is 12. Other photo editing programs may use different terminology but have the same functionality.
If applicable, after an image has been successfully uploaded, a dialog box will appear where you can fill in other information that's associated with that image.
You must save the record that you're working on before you will be able to see your page on line. If you close your browser before saving the record you're working on, all your changes will be lost.
After you've saved any changes you've made, be sure to preview the on line page to make sure that the image, and other associated information look and operate the way you intended.
UPLOADING NEW PAGES TO YOUR SITE - BACKING UP THE FILES ON YOUR SITE
Although all of your pages are maintained and updated through the CMS Builder interface, if you want to add tottaly new pages to your site, or, download a backup copy of your current pages, databases, etc., you'll have to do that by a method called FTP transfer using an FTP client (program).
You can download a free, easy FTP client for PC or MAC from http://filezilla-project.org/download.php
Installation is really simple. (HINT: check the "create desktop icon" check box during the installation process)
To connect to the remote site and upload your file(s) just enter the IP Address, User name and Password from your password file into the "quick connect" bar at the top (leave the "port" blank) and click the "quick connect" button.
You'll be connected to your site on the IXWebHosting computer and the root folder will show in the large right hand pane.
Once you're connected, double click to open the root folder and you'll see all of your web page files and associated folders.
The files on your computer show in the large left hand pane.
Highlight and drag the appropriate files to either location.