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1. CoolSites CMS User Manual Your site has been created and is ready for you to personalise with content and imagery We ve created this manual so you can familiarise yourself with the nuts and bolts of your new website The Dashboard seas eae Welcome to your website s dashboard Ep UPDATE ANY TEXT OR IMAGES Here you will find a list of your Click the button to see the sub pages website s main pages and a selection of inal Add Gallery options for adding or removing content is j NS og z be it text imagery or a PDF Mai Contact You can also add new primary pages Add a primary page and subpages change page order and Sonas tha take pages offline Adding a primary page Your primary pages act as your website s navigation bar showing people where to find specific information Click Add a Primary Page to get started You will then be prompted to add a page heading The navigation text for this page will automatically be created from your heading however the two are independent so you can change the navigation text at a later date This is helpful if you ve got a particularly lengthy heading but don t want that whopping great bit of text in your navigation menu After giving your page a heading you can then add content using the Main Text box below If you want to copy and paste content from another source Microsoft Word for example you can use this button You can t paste co2. is input here
3. ackage or social media service and displaying your website in multiple languages 0 00 One off options include choosing our copywriting service having us design a site for you Google setup Facebook and Twitter accounts setup Twitter and Facebook feeds photo library access and even a full site setup service Clicking the box next to any of the listed P Submit f options will add it to your total whether as a one off or a monthly payment Card Payments This setting allows you to add a new credit card to your account or to make a manual payment You can choose the currency you want to make your payment in from the drop down menu Card details are encrypted and stored on a secure database Cancel Subscription If for any reason you want to cancel your subscription with CoolSites you can do so here Clicking confirm means that your site will be down and your monthly payments will be stopped If you re having an issue that we can resolve we re here to help so always give us a call before cancelling your subscription Payment History It s always good to be able to keep an eye on your payment history This setting will take you through to a list of payments along with the date each one was made Language To display different languages on your website you will need to have selected this as one of your cost options Location For those sites that need a Google Map on their contact page the Google code
4. ce you have added the accounts you would like on your website click submit The relevant social media icons will then appear on your page Visitors to your site can then click them to view each account Upload Section BC This option allows you to upload logos background images and favicons Simply choose your file and click upload If you re wondering what a favicon is it s the little symbol that appears next to the name of your website in an open tab BC SEO and Google If you know what you re doing with SEO choose the advanced option This will give you access to the metatags for each webpage which you can then customise as you wish If you re not super SEO savvy choose the simple option Here you can enter a general page header for your website along with a short description and a string of relevant keywords If you are a hairdressing salon in Norfolk for example you might want to enter words like hairstyles hairdresser bridal hair Norfolk etc Site Footer If you would like to add a site footer which may contain information such as your business address or site credits you can do so here Simply enter the text you would like in each block and click submit Cost Options If you want to change the repeat and one off options on your site this is the place to do it Repeat options include adding a shopping cart adding multiple pages choosing our full SEO p
5. ht the text you want people to be able to click on and go to the link button Here you can paste the PDF link you copied earlier If you want it to open in another window you can go to target and choose New Window from the dropdown menu Deleting or Taking Pages Offline While you are working on a page you might not want it to be visible to the public To take a page offline hover over the tick icon It will give you the option to take the page offline and you can always put it back online if you change your mind To delete a page click on the dustbin icon Arrange Page Order On your dashboard there is the option to reshuffle your pages and subpages It is a simple drag and drop system but remember to click confirm change when you have your pages in the preferred order Site Settings Clicking on Site Settings on the navigation bar above your dashboard will take you through to a list of settings which you can manage or change whenever you want The categories that fall under Site Settings are Contact Page Forms By default any enquiries will go to your account email address If you want to change this you can do so by going to site setting and entering your preferred address under contact form email address Social Media This section allows you to enter the account details for your social media accounts This might be your Twitter handle for example or your Facebook ID On
6. on which appears alongside the page name This will take you through to the heading and main text of your page which you can edit and update You can also choose to edit images To do this click on images and choose the file you would like to upload If you want to give it a name or add a caption you can also do that at this point You may also be asked to upload a thumbnail Once the image had uploaded it will appear in a section called Your Images where you can manage images change the order they appear in or edit captions Uploading a PDF In the bottom left hand corner of your dashboard you will find options to add Bs pages change the order of pages and upload PDFs When you click Upload PDF you will be taken to a page called Manage PDFs Here you can choose a PDF file to upload Once it has been uploaded it will appear below in a list of your files This list is important as it shows you the link of each PDF which you will need if you want to include them in the content of a page PDF To do this you should copy the link for the specific PDF you would like to refer the A reader to Then go to the text you would like the PDF to appear in In the main text box you may have written about a piece of work you have had published for example You might write View PDF a link which opens your PDF This is much like adding a link to another page as explained earlier in the manual Simply highlig
7. py directly from clipboard or Microsoft Word so this icon opens up a little box where you can paste it as plain text 23 k Source As you Can see there are also options to change text to bold or put it in italics as well as options to create numbered or bullet pointed lists If you want to add a link to an internal or external page w bh m oy we tl a k Source to your text highlight the word you want people to be able to click on to take them there Then click on the link icon which will open up a new box Under the Link Info tab you will be prompted to enter a URL the address of the page you want to link to If you are linking to an external page go to the Target tab where you can decide how you want it to open in a new window for example Then simply click OK and Update to save your changes Adding a subpage or secondary page Adding a subpage is easy Let s say you wanted to add a new page to your blog Simply click Add Blog which you will see on your dashboard next to the text and images buttons You will be taken to a page where you can add text to your subpage When you re finished you can click the orange see all pages button which will take you back to your dashboard You can use the purple plus button to see your subpages on the dashboard Text and Imagery Work Add Gallery To add text to a page you can click on the text butt
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