Getting Started Guide - Step 6 Extras

Step 6 - Adding Extras To Your Web Site
Overview Html Title Meta Tags Flash Intro Counter	Newsticker Blog Guestbook Voting Poll Photo Album Shop

DIY Getting Started Guide Index
Accessing The DIY Web Builder
STEP 1 - Choosing a Category
STEP 2 - Choosing a Design Template
STEP 3 - Choosing a Design Details
STEP 4 - Set Up The Menu and Site Structure
STEP 5 - Editing Your Web Pages
STEP 6 - Adding Extras To Your Web Site
STEP 7 - Publishing Your Web Site

Extras are great functions and tools you can use to enhance your website or make it more interactive. You can use all or none of these extras as you choose and to set them up just follow the same steps you have for the other parts of your site – eg Select the Extra you are interested in from the menu options on the left of your screen, set up the options that the screen asks you and in some cases choose the “save changes” option or “activate changes” option to make it happen.

 

Here’s an example of how to set up a Flash Movie Introduction for your website.

 

Choose the “Flash-Intro” option from the Left Hand Menu and you will be presented with this screen.

1. First, select the check box “Yes I would like to use a Flash Intro For Free”
2. Next choose one of the available flash movie templates, we are going to choose the Circle movie
3. Type in the text for the Header – we will type “The Kiwi Ocean Hotel”
4. Type in the slogan – we will type “The Ocean To The Mountains”
5. Choose a Text Colour and Click “Apply”
6. The preview window is now updated with my preferences as below

This means that when a visitor goes to the Kiwi Ocean Hotel Web Site they will first be presented with a Flash Movie. If they don’t have flash installed or they want to skip it those options are already programmed in for you.

This is the title of your website that will appear at the top of the browser window when someone looks at your site. TO change this, simply type in your preferred page title and click “Save” and this will then get added to all the pages on your site.

Meta Tags are pieces of code that are used to describe your web site for search engines.

 

In the “contents of the web site” box, you should enter a description of your web site – so for example, for the Kiwi Ocean Hotel Web Site we have added the description “The Kiwi hotel is located on the beautiful shores of the South Island Of New Zealand. We have luxury accommodation all with spas and in-house Sky Digital.”

Keywords are words which also help to describe and classify your web site for search engines. There is a real science to developing keywords that will help you get a higher ranking in search engines. To start with though try to use the words that you would use if you were trying to search for your business in a search engine. For example, for the Kiwi Ocean Hotel we would use keywords such as this, each separated by a comma. “kiwi ocean hotel, hotel new Zealand, hotel south island, ocean hotel, accommodation south island”. When you’re done, click “Save”

This is a short animated fill that will be displayed when customers first visit your web site. Just fill in the configuration options and click “Apply”

A counter counts the number of visitors to your web site and displays this on your web site. You can also use the transparent counter to count the number of hits to your site without showing on the page. If you require more advanced analysis of the traffic to your site you can also access the Urchin Web Site Stats tool through your Web Hosting Control Panel

The newsticker is scrolling text that you can use to put a special message on your website or promote a sale or announce some news etc…

Blogs are big news these days – think of it as an online diary in which you can add information about what’s going on or commentary about what’s happening in the world and more! To activate your blog, just set-up the options and Click “Apply”

Having a guestbook is a great way for your web site visitors to post comments and feedback on to your web site. Use the configuration options to activate you Guest Book.

Running a poll is an excellent way to do simple surveys of your web site visitors. You can set up a poll with a few clicks and switch it on and off as you choose

The photo album allows you to quickly and easily set up an online gallery of photos with professional designed templates so that customer may easily browse through the photos. Click on “Create New Photo Album” and then follow the prompts.

With the DIY Web Builder, not only can you have a professional looking web site in minutes but you can also use it to display information about your products and also accept orders online. The shop doesn’t take online credit card payments but is designed to make the process of accepting orders as simple, secure and easy as possible for both you and your customers with a number of easy configuration choices. Just follow the prompts and you’ll have an online shop and shopping cart in minutes!