
What is EasySiteWizard?
EasySiteWizard is a robust, wizard style tool that allows you to quickly create
customizable, professional-looking websites without HTML using a series of
pre-made templates. There are numerous
professionally designed templates available for you to choose from and you
can even upload your own graphics or logos for use in your site. No
knowledge of HTML is necessary to use the EasySite Wizard.
EasySiteWizard contains advanced functionality that may not be compatible
with older web browsers. The current version of EasySiteWizard is compatible
with the following browser versions:
- Internet Explorer 6+
- Mozilla 1.6+
- Firefox 0.9+
- Netscape 7.1+
When using EasySiteWizard, you should clear your web browser's cache
before building/creating your website. This will ensure the web browser
works smoothly at all times.
How do users create a site using EasySiteWizard?
Creating or editing a website in EasySiteWizard is fast and easy. There
are three steps involved in creating a new website: Define it, Design
it, and Build it.
If your hosting product allows you to publish multiple websites,
and you already have more than one website created (published or not),
then there are four steps: My Websites, Define it, Design it, and Build
It.
Below is a description of the information and tasks to be performed
during each step of the website creation or construction process:
MY WEBSITES
This step is required when modifying existing pages when there is more
than one website in the creation tool (published or not). This step
is not required when creating a new site.
DEFINE IT
Enter your contact information, page content, logos, meta tags,
etc. during the “define it” stage. You also have
a choice to create either a single or a multi-page site during this stage.
DESIGN IT
Choose a template for your website from the graphical menu on
the right-hand side of the wizard interface. A preview image of the
template you selects is shown on the left.
BUILD IT
The build it stage allows you, through the page editor, to add, remove
and modify buttons on your page, and create your web content, including
frame layout, text, links and pictures, for each page in their multi-page
site.
You may perform the Define it, Design it and Build it steps in any
order you wish.
PUBLISHING THE SITE
When you publish a website, EasySiteWizard will rewrite the index.html
page if one already exists in the directory to which it is being published.
Several files will be created and new files and a new directory will
be created in the your public directory.
You should create a backup of all important files before using EasySiteWizard
as it may overwrite some existing files. Also, you may want to backup
any other directories or sub-directories you have previously created.
Can a multi-page site be created?
Two different types of websites can be created or edited when using EasySiteWizard:
single-page or multi-page.
The single-page process is quite similar to the multi-page process.
There are only few features that can be exclusively accessed by a multi-page
site.
Introduction To Page-editor
In the third and final step, "Build your site", a full-scale
version of the template is displayed*, and the PageEditor application
is loaded. PageEditor will allow you to edit your website's content
using a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface; it allows you
to enter text or insert pictures into your website, set up the overall
layout of a page, and configure the buttons* and hyperlinks on the site.
At the top of the window is a menu bar with formatting buttons. You
can click an area in the window and enter content. You can enter text,
upload an image or access the free image library and insert a picture
from there.
After, you can save information at any time by clicking on the file
menu and selecting "Save Page" or pressing Ctrl-S.
Note: Features marked with an asterisk (*) are only available for multi-page
websites.
Using SiteSparks™
SiteSparks™ are special plug-ins that allow you to easily add
customizable, complex functions to your page without any webpage scripting
knowledge. To call up a list of available SiteSparks, you click on
the “Insert” menu, and select “SiteSparks”.
A pop-up window will appear, providing a list of available SiteSparks.
Clicking on an item in the list will bring up an explanation of for what
each SiteSpark is used. When you have selected the SiteSpark you wish
to use, you just click on “Insert”. An icon will appear
in the page editor at the insertion point, which represents the SiteSpark.
To configure the SiteSpark, you right-click on the icon and select “Properties”.
A pop-up window will appear. This window will display all customizable
information (colors, font sizes, etc) available for the SiteSpark selected.
Note that if you already have a Web site you can also use ftp to
log on to your FTP site and transfer your files manually.
To access the EasySiteWizard application, select "Site Builders" from the main menu, and then "EasySiteWizard" from
the Site Builders menu.

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