Page Properties

At the top of every page in your Management Console you will find an icon for "Page Properties." To get to the Page Properties section, you need to click on that Page Properties icon.

The Page Properties section will allow you to adjust the look of the website. This includes changing colors, layouts, templates, fonts, background, buttons, adding a header and footer, and adding titles and meta tags.

The Page Properties page is broken down into several sections. The help pages below are broken down into similar sections. Note: with few exceptions, the changes you make in the page properties section will apply to your entire website. If you pick a template, your customer's will see that same look through out your entire website. If you pick a button, your customers will see those buttons on every page. Click here to read about why it is important to have a consistent look to your website.

Page Colors: Page, Font & Link Colors
Allows you to change the Page, Font & Link Colors for your website pages. The default is black text, blue links and a white background. Note that if your template or layout uses a black background, the text will appear invisible because they are both the same color.

Background Image
Allows you to either Choose a Background Image from Gallery or Upload Your own Background Image. If you currently have a background image and want to remove it, click on the Choose Background Image From Gallery link and then click on the Remove Image - Use Color button. If you want to select a plain background color for your website or change the existing color, you do this under the Page Colors section (see the section above).

Title Space / Company Logo
The Title Space appears at the top of your website and appears on every page of your website. Every pre-made template that we provide has an area reserved for your company name (and phone number, e-mail address, or address).

• Customize The Template Title - allows you to customize your existing title space.

• Upload New Template Title - allows you to upload the title space you created using your own image editor. If you are using one of our templates, this section shows you the part of the template you can use for the title space (under Original Image). If you want to use your own image editor to customize the title space, right click on the Original Image and save it to your computer. Make your changes using your program. Then upload your new image in this section.

• Delete Template Title Image - allows you to delete the current title space. The system will give you a warning message and ask you whether you are sure you want to delete the title image. If yes, then click on the Remove button.

• Select a Blank Image from Gallery - allows you to select a blank title space image from the gallery of images we provide. There are more than 40 categories of images with more than 2000 title spaces. Note: If you have a layout, then you can only use these if you are using one of the Page Layouts that allows for a title space image. In the Basic Page Layouts, the layouts that allow for a title space image start with Layout number 9 and include "Your Tile Image" in the display example. Every Advanced Page Layout allows for a title space. You can also use these with the Templates but that is generally an odd choice because the images do not match.

• Build an Animated Title with Multiple Images - allows you to upload at least 4 images to be rotated in the title space area.

Menu Buttons
The Menu Buttons appear on every page of your website. Depending on the template or page layout you use, they can be on the side (either left of right), at the top, or at the top and bottom. Every pre-made template that we provide has a matching button. For more information on building buttons read the Button Basics Page.

• Make Menu Button Images - by default, the menu links on the website are text. This section allows you to make buttons for your text links. Every pre-made template we provide has a button that matches the template you are using. You also make your own images.
• Delete All Menu Button Images - If you have buttons on your page rather than text links, this section allows you to delete all the buttons at once. Click on the Delete All Buttons button to remove all the buttons and replace them with text links.
• Upload Your Own Button Image - allows you to upload a button image that you made yourself using your own image editing program. You can use your own button with either the pre-made templates or the layouts. Click on the Browse button, find the image in your computer, and the click on the Upload Button button. Note: you will still need to make the buttons so they come up on your website. To do this, you will click on the Make Menu Button Images link.
• Choose Button from Gallery - we provide over 3500 button blanks that you can use on your website. You can use these with both the pre-made templates and the layouts. Find the button you like and then click on the Add Button button. Note: you will still need to make the buttons so they come up on your website. To do this, you will click on the Make Menu Button Images link after adding the button.
• Define Order of Menu Buttons - allows you to set the order of your buttons. You will need to go through the list and select the name of the button. For example, for number 1, click on the little drop down arrow and pick the button you want listed first such as Home. Generally, Home should be first and Contact should be last. When you're done, click on the Set Updates button.
• Exclude Pages/Buttons From Main Menu - allows you to exclude pages from your main menu (the menu that appears on the side or top of you website). You would want to use this feature if, for example, you want to build an articles page. You will not want to have every single article come up on your main menu. Instead, you will want someone to click on the Articles button and then be presented with a list of articles. You will then link from that list to each of those articles. To learn how to create those hyperlinks, read this help page (note that you can link both text and pictures).
• Add Special Effects to Buttons - allows you to add mouseover effects to your main menu buttons. All effects are CSS based and may not be compatible with some browsers. Select the effect you want and then update your settings.
• Designate Alternate Links for Buttons - allows you to redirect your main menu buttons to another page or website rather than the page the system designates.

Templates or Layouts
This section allows you to change the look of your website. The pre-made templates are created by us for you to use on the website you have on our system only. If you want to do the minimum amount of work to have a good looking website, then use the pre-made templates. If you want more customization options, then you should use a page layout. Advanced page layouts provide you with the most customization options.

• Standard Templates - allows you to select a pre-made template. Find the template you like and click on the "Change Template" button below the template. The look of your website will change immediately (to see the change, click on the Website Home icon at the top; remember that you may need to refresh your page). Each template comes with a title space and button image that matches. You can change the background on these templates to either a different color or an image. You cannot change the inside color.

• Boutique Templates - allows you to select a pre-made boutique style template. These templates all have a side menu heading for the following sections: Search, Shop Online, Information, and Shopping Cart. The only customization allowed on these templates is in the title space area. You cannot change any of the colors or the background.

• Basic Page Layouts - allows you a lot more flexibility than the templates. You can select whether you want a title space, where you want the main menu (right, left, top, or bottom), and allows you to select a color scheme. Some of the layouts will allow you to have both a background color or image and a foreground color.

• Advanced Page Layouts - allows you more flexibility than the Basic Page Layouts. Each layout has space for a title space and menu buttons. The advanced paged layouts allow you to customize all your border colors, your inside colors, background colors, and menu colors. You can also pick Boutique / e-Commerce Style layouts which include main menu buttons at the top (below the title space) and Search, Shop Online (with categories listed below), and View Cart on the right or left hand side.

• Advanced Layout Colors - allows you to select all the colors for your Advanced Page Layout.

Fonts
The system includes over 6,000 unique fonts that you can use to make your page special. You can use these fonts for images such as the title space and the menu buttons. You can also download these fonts into your computer and use them for images you make yourself. These fonts cannot be used on the regular pages; click here to learn why. To use a font, you need to add it to your font gallery. Find the font and click on Add; the system will add the font to your font gallery. When you make menu buttons or title images, you can use any of the fonts you selected.

Header & Footer
Sometimes you may want to advertise a sale or some special event and want a notice to come up at the top or bottom of every page. Maybe you want to have links at the bottom of every page to your Policies section. The header and footer allow you to add the information to every page.

• Header - allows you to type in text that will appear at the TOP of every page. This text (or image) appears between your title space (if you have one) and your regular text. You can paste in HTML code into this section.

• Footer - allows you to type in text that will appear at the BOTTOM of every page. This text (or image) appears between your regular text and the copyright notice at the bottom. You can paste in HTML code into this section.

Titles & Meta Tags
This section allows you to add page titles and meta tags for your pages. Page Titles are important to have for search engine optimization purposes but met tags are not necessary.

Designate Blank Pages
You may sometimes find it necessary to build a page that does not include the full website design. You can designate pages that do not have any page formatting other than what you build in the editor. You can use this feature to create advertising pages or have an intro or landing page. To make a page blank, click on the Make Specified Pages Blank link, check the box next to the pages you want blank and click on the Submit button to save your settings.

This section gives more detail on the advanced features provided in the Page Properties section. These features are much more complicated and require that you pay close attention to what you're doing.

Advanced Menu Tools
Allows you to create an advanced menu that will override the standard menu. This menu allows you to have a multi-level drop down menu.

• Multi Level Menu Colors & Settings - this is the FIRST step in creating the multi-level menu. This part is not complicated but notice that you must specify everything. All you need to do is go through and pick settings for everything requested: Menu Alignment (vertical or horizontal), Button Width, Button Colors, Button Text Colors, Button Border, Font Type, Font Size, and Menu Alignment within the table of the menu (left, right or center).

• Make New Multi Level Menu Tree - this is the SECOND step in creating the multi-level menu.

• Edit Current Menu Tree - this page allows you to make changes to what you did in the Second Step. This screen looks very similar to what you saw in the above help page. You can have up to 50 buttons. If you click on this page and need additional buttons, fill in the spaces provided and click on the Make Menu button. The system will provide you with additional spaces.

• Create Alternate Menu File - this page allows you to revert back to the Standard Menu, to point the menu to a page you created, or to use the Multi Level Menu.

Build / Edit robots.txt File
You can create and edit your robots.txt file. We have this in the advanced users section because having the file is completely unnecessary and very complicated. The file is used to tell bots not to crawl directories or index pages. Since you want all of your pages in the search engine you just don't use this file. But in the event you want to exclude pages from the search engines you can build the robots.txt file here.

Build Custom Templates
You can create your own custom template if you are an experienced designer. Even if you do not have too much experience, you can still create your own design if you have the proper software. Keep in mind that you can do a lot using the Advanced Page Layouts and may not even need to create a custom template.

Redirect Fictitious URLs
You can make up urls at your name for example https://yourdomain.com/getcash and have that address be redirected to an internal or external url. This is beneficial if you want to redirect someone to an affiliate url which may be considerably longer or mask the true url from searches or customers. You can also shorten longer urls such as shopping cart item pages and dynamic urls with long query strings.