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Five Step
Tutorial to Set Up a Good Look for your Website
The Page Properties page is
broken down into several sections which you can explore when you
have time. You can find a list of the help pages here. This step by step tutorial provides a condensed
version and will allow you to set up the look of your
website in about 10 minutes.
Click on
the Page Properties icon at the top.
Pick a Look:
Under the Templates or Layouts section,
click on either Standard
Templates or Boutique Templates. Find a template
you like and click on the Change
Template button beneath the template picture.
Add your
Name: Under the Title Space / Company
Logo section, click on the
Customize The Template Title link. Make the following
selection:
For 1)
Customize the Original or Current image or make a
New image: select Customize the
Original Image
For 2) Set 3D
Effects: do not make any changes
For 3) Choose
the Colors: click on Text Color
under Select Option and then go over to the color
chart and click on a text color
that would look good with your template. If your
title space is light in color, then pick a dark
color and vice versa. (Not sure what your
title space looks like? Scroll up and find
the box that says Original Image which appears
right below the last paragraph of text.) Ignore
the other options.
For 4) Choose
the text, font and properties: select
40 for Text Size, select 0 for
Text Border, select Arial Bold
for font type (or whatever font you want), in the
box right below the text "Type the text as
you want it to appear on the banner," type
your company name.
Click
on the Update Title Image button.
To see
your work: Click on the
Website Home icon at the top (third icon over
from the right hand side). If the text does not
fit or you want it bigger, follow the steps for
number three again. If you do not see a change,
make sure to refresh your page. If you're not
sure how to refresh your page, click here.
Make your
Buttons: Under the Menu Buttons section,
click on the Make Menu Button Images link. Make the
following selection:
For Current
Button Settings: select Make new
buttons with new options.
For Choose A
Button Image or Make A New One: select
the image that matches the template you are using
(that is the first one out of the two images you
see).
For Image 3D
Effects: do not make any changes
For Choose The
Colors: click on Text Color
under Select Option and then go over to the color
chart and click on a text color
that would look good with your button. If your
button is a light color, then pick a dark color
and vice versa. (Not sure what your button
looks like? Scroll up to the Choose A Button
Image or Make A New One section and take a look
at the button you selected.) Ignore
the other options.
For Set Size,
Font & Alignment: select 15
for Text Size, select 0 for Text
Border, select Arial Bold for
font type (or whatever font you want but these
tend to be easiest to read on buttons: Antique,
all the Arials, Comic Sans, all the Verdanas), select
center for Alignment, leave 0
for Edge Space.
Click
on the Make Buttons button.
To see
your work: Click on the
Website Home icon at the top (third icon over
from the right hand side). If the text does not
fit or you want it bigger, follow the steps for
number four again. If you do not see a change,
make sure to refresh your page. If you're not
sure how to refresh your page, click here.
You're done! You
have your website look set up. To see your
website (if you haven't yet): Click on
the Website Home icon at the top (third icon over from
the right hand side). If you do not see a change, make
sure to refresh your page. If you're not sure how to
refresh your page, click here.
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