The DotComed Web Site User Manual For Dealerships Realtors
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1. 4 r Sample Underline Color AaBbYyZz Back Al B Bold Button This to most obvious button to most people It will make any text you type while the button is depressed and make it Bold I Italic Button This should be about the second most recognized button Any text entered while this button is depressed will make your text appear as Italic U Underline Button The underline button is the third most common button that most will recognize Any text entered while this button is depressed will make your text appear Underlined ut MI Un Indent Button This button will force your text to un indent Or rather to force a paragraph to move left if it had been indented by the indent button which is next i mr Indent Button The indent button will move your text to the right one tab space or approximately 5 spacebar spaces when clicked This and the un indent feature both work well to help format outlines using the bullet points and numbering Wi Align Left To have your paragraph align to the left you can click this button By default each new paragraph that you enter is automatically entered and aligned left However if the paragraph above the new one was aligned to the center or to the right it too will be aligned like the one above and therefore making you have to click this button to align left HOT MEDIA GROUP 11 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 6302. 24 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 The Inventory System The inventory system works as a seamless solution to allow our customers to not only control what they have on their site but it does so very efficiently To describe how it works we ll explain it in five sections These sections are Inventory Categories Pictures Inventory Details Other important Features and then the Specials Feature Dealer only Only the Dealer Realtor and Product Web Sites have the inventory system built into them Categories The way in which we achieve good organization and make it possible for people to browse your site easily is directly related to the Categories As you have probably already seen either on your site or on the demonstration site each different type of inventory can be easily viewed by clicking on it from the menu Notice that when you click any category from the list that the header title on that page changes to the same name as on the link These link names can be anything you want them to be And you can create them update them or delete them from your site any time you want to All from your own internet browser in only seconds Inventory List Automobiles 2wd SUV s 4x4 SUV s Light Pickup Trucks Sports Cars Boats Cruisers Runabout Tri Hulls Ski Boats Equipment Skid Steer Loaders Trucks Raised Roof Terminal Tractors To get into the page in whic
3. HOT MEDIA GROUP 3 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Quick Page Index c o cesta M Introduction Features Quick e Tider How it Works EE Overview of Site compone H Small Logo e ner err ee ree Filename Menu EPI Co Footer AGUPESE Lco itti er aote bed daten d dcn awa Login T Footer Contents E EE E E tanec Main Body Content E E set apa eealpecaekD Online Web Editor Tool nter metet m atri irn Toolbar Edit Site Loyo t EEEE L o ed Editing Home Side Menu 4 Other Site Pages 21 CUSTOM PAGES OQ COCA IMAGES M NE Documents The Everton System A m a Categories BONMMMNMEMKNMMMMMEMM S 26 Pictures M E eer eer ern T d vano Details Tr CIONES o Other Important Features P s Specials Pine eer cee ere L Additional inventory System ifotmotin iow 0 NN WOO UAWN a i a On I HOT MEDIA GROUP 4 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 How it Works Your site was built by integrating several exciting technologies together to make a seamless and easy to use web site Hosted on Windows 2000 Servers your pages are assembled upo
4. but also instantaneously on the current menu as well The categories you want to use should be set up before you start to enter your inventory on your site This way when you create new listings the categories will be there waiting for you to fill them up If you do happen to create listings for your items which do not have the appropriate category already listed like everything else on your site you can go back and change it later HOT MEDIA GROUP 26 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Pictures The pictures you use on your site can be pictures you ve scanned in from a scanner digital photographs from a digital camera or even a diagram of a floor plan or layout of an item There is no prep work needed to make sure that your pictures go in correctly You don t need to resize them or anything because the web site automatically resizes them for you when they are uploaded All you need to do is make sure that they are a jpg or gif format The internet or rather most browsers will only open those two types of picture files BMP files or Bitmaps will not work So if you don t know how to get them into the right format call your DotComed Rep and he she will explain what you need to do A little more on the resizing of your pictures According to the width of the content area of your site your pictures are set to be resized to 40 pixels narrower than the overall width
5. link at the top right corner of the list A new page will load into the next page that allows you to define a name for the page an order value for the page and of course your page content HOT MEDIA GROUP 22 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Example of the New Custom Page form Aad Custom Page Marve Of Custom Page Ceder Re co TtSBrgy PR ESBIEM we Normal Jhd aeos Entar New Contant Hare Submit New Custom Page Give the new page a name The page name will determine what the link on your menu will also be Give an order value to the page It is a good idea here to use increments here So when building your site order pages like 10 20 30 40 and so on This way if you need to put a page somewhere between two pages ordered like 30 and 40 you can make it 35 This will keep you from having to re order your pages When you are finished entering the page contents that you want or have at least something to start with click on the Submit New Custom Page button at the bottom of the form After submitting your custom page it will appear in the list with the same name as submitted the order value you entered who it was first created by who it was last modified by you of course the status of the page pending and then 3 actions to take with each page These actions are to Edit View Or to Delete the pages To change the status of the newly en
6. of your address at the bottom left corner of the screen The second row of your toolbar has some quick font or text property selection boxes Here you can select normal header and so on to make a predetermined size font and look for your text Next to that is the font size indicator and the drop down list of sizes to choose from d Find Use this tool button to find a specific piece of text on your page It can be very useful on long pages when looking for misspellings you ve found while browsing your site QR Special Characters This button can be used to insert special characters like copyrights trademarks arrows and many other kinds of special symbols See the image below for other examples Insert Special Character 1 feje jafx is olg z gt plg y yz u i AAAA AA MAGEE E ELt 11 bpRN800 260 o 000 bhj 85 5 mc amp O0 amp Y i i i i amp h N 666 t s U y hy The special characters will be inserted into your page the second you click them They appear in your editor tool just as you see them in this window HOT MEDIA GROUP 15 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 qT Show Details The last button on the second row is the show details button When it is clicked you will be able to see places where you have your line breaks paragraphs and how they are aligned left center right and any other hidden characters yo
7. same color as your menu background color This will hide it from view It will also hide your login link which is also on every page Login Link The login link is what you will need to click to get into the administrative section of your web site If you are not logged into the site as of yet the login screen will prompt you for your username and password which was assigned to you when your site was created Should you wish to change your password just call the Hot Media Group and we can change it for you in an instant HOT MEDIA GROUP 7 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Footer Content The information contained in the footer portion of your site will appear on every page So if you want to put in links images copyright information text flash or anything else you can think of you may do so here Main Body Content The main body of your site is where people will be able to go to get the information you are trying to get them to see On every part of the site you will have special tools to make the insertion of text images tables or grids as easy as possible so you can get your point across Think of these pages as an open canvas and yourself as an artist with complete control over what goes there If you have any ideas on something you d like to put on your site we can assist you at any time if you need our help When we discuss the editor tool which is built int
8. upgrade the quality of our sites So while not all options may be in this manual we hope that this manual will give you a basic understanding as to how the features work so you can easily understand the new features as well HOT MEDIA GROUP 16 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Here is the edit site layout page as you should see it on your screen 5 DolComed com Microsoft Intecnet Expioeer Of x He Edi Vim Fewer Took Hep Send Back OA DH diseh Gies Mesa yr Sl EX Jae fE hime dencomedconadmm edexctn escionedisiegot 0000000000000 wj ese Links HND Q HMG i oue g etrd jese taa de ra Y nsse P DoComedcon jap dedni Y Googe akhed a Home Hosting Options Demonstration Site Why DotComed Why Howe a Web Site The Oki HTML way The DotComed Way The Onine Editor Tool Feat Changes Why it worka Referral Program Chemts Standard Web Site Restor Web Site Deslier Web Site Prockect Web Ste Call us todeytt Froo Online Clesetiedel Cdk Sto Layout I Home Page Edk Side Menu Edit Custom Pages Edk Page Footer Images adress PO Boxe oy Downer Gave Ste Hincis Ip Code 50515 nanem farea fa302145222 Ste Terpita Let Menu Beckgraund Fnege Only stetePotComed com see tres fesles datcomed com Mena Site in Picels 178 Body Content Size n Pte S00 Men Border 0 w Body Content Bord
9. you can hide it by selecting a plain white image as a background Then with each page you could have a specific logo or image atop the page Menu Links The menu links are very easily controlled by what inventory you have listed on your site dealer realtor product sites only As you add to and delete inventory from your site the categories will appear on the menu only if something is listed in that category Your categories will disappear when you delete an item from the list for that category The display properties of the menu links such as Size Color Text Decoration can be changed instantly from the Edit Site Layout page in the administrative portion of your DotComed com web site All available properties are given to you in handy drop down lists to make it easy to select what you want The Color properties can be changed by either typing in a single word color such as red or blue or green Or you can click on the Hex Color Code link to choose a Hex Color Code Essentially what this means is a 6 digit color code that will tell an internet browser exactly what color to make the object you are trying to color Typically text background colors are what you will be coloring Footer Address The footer address at the bottom left corner of all your pages shows what you enter on the Edit Site Layout page of the administrative section If you should choose not to show an address what you can do is make the Linkssmall text properties the
10. 214 5222 il Align Center Using this button will force objects selected be it text images or tables to snap to align to the center of the page iil Align Right Using this button will force objects selected be it text images or tables to snap to align to the right of the page Bulleted List Using this button will give a bulleted list TIP using the indent and un indent buttons you can make bulleted lists with lots of sub sections The style of the bullets will change with each degree of indentation E3 Insert Table Clicking this button will launch a small popup window which will allow you to put a table where the cursor was when it was clicked Another way to think of tables is as Grids If you just need a simple table another way to select a table is by clicking the small drop down triangle immediately next to the button Clicking it will give you an immediate table or grid view which you can expand or shrink to as many columns or rows as you like You may format the table after it s inserted by using the right mouse button and selecting edit table a Insert Image By clicking this button you will invoke a popup window with which you can insert an image on your page The image once selected will appear where ever your cursor was upon clicking the button The window which will appear on your screen will usually vary in size but will always have the same kinds of options To the right side of this window you will have a list of image
11. 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Now we will discuss each option in detail Address This is the address which appears on every page of your site in usually the bottom left corner of the page City This is the city which also appears on every page State This is the state which also appears on every page Zip Code This is the zip code which also appears on every page Main Phone This is the main phone number which appears below your address on every page Fax This fax number does not appear on any page of the site currently We ve entered this field here for possible later use with future templates Note It is good to have the above information on your web pages It helps people find you according to the location they type into their search engine browsers This way if keywords or content on your pages match somebody s search that is one more way you can be found by the search engines and hopefully get more traffic to your site Site Title The site title shows in the browser title bar in the source code under title and on various parts of the pages depending on which template is used Site Email Most important with the Dealer Realtor and the Product web sites This is the email address used for all site inquiries which are sent via the built in inventory forms on the inventory detail pages If this address is removed your contact with your customers will be broken Not to mention that your site may not wor
12. Decoration This value affects the menu links as well as the text atop the page headers A None value will make the text appear without anything on it An Underline property will make all text appear underlined An Overline property will make all text have a line over the top of the text The exact opposite of underline The line through property will make all text appear crossed out or with a line through the middle of the text The Blink property will make the text blink or flash on and off However Blink does not work on all browsers So be aware that if you choose this option your text may not show up when you want it to Menu Links Font Color This is the color of the text for the menu links It again uses color codes from the color chart Simple colors can also be used here Ex Red blue green navy violet purple etc Only one word colors No color can have a space in the middle of the words That is why we use hex colors Menu Links Font Size Here we can determine how large the text will be for both the menu and the page headers A predetermined list of values is available for selection here Menu Links Font Family Again a predetermined list of font families with similar fonts with different names Each font in each of the font families looks about the same Body Back Color This is the background color of the content area of the page Use simple color names or Hex colors here also Links Small Text Decoration Same properties as wit
13. Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 our business DET DotComed http www dotcomed com The DotComed Web Site User Manual For Dealerships Realtors Stores General Purpose and Growing econ I HOT MEDIA GROUP 1 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Introduction Thank you for choosing to use the DotComed com Membership CMS web site to empower your business on the internet This pre built and easy to use system can complete any marketing program for the smallest budget and effort In just a few minutes you can update change add to or delete content from your own web site Since we have built this to be your web site you will never see anybody else s name links or other information anywhere on the site We did this to protect you our customers from the possibility of losing your hard earned traffic or customers to other like minded sites While this easy to use web site is pretty much obvious in terms of use there are a few little things that even a seasoned webmaster may not stumble across immediately This document is a basic guide to getting started This manual is to help guide you towards being self sufficient with using and controlling your web site If you have any questions that you feel would be great additions to this manual please forward them to Bd HMGrp com and they will be
14. Therefore all pictures no matter how large they were originally will fit However if you are starting off with very large pictures not only will it take longer for your computer to upload them to the server but they will end up being about the same size as if they started off as smaller images What we recommend is that you set up your digital camera and or scanner to create your picture images at the pixel resolution of 640 X 480 with a fine or superfine pixel density If your camera doesn t offer these different modes start off with the smaller resolution and see how things go If you don t understand how to set up your camera call your DotComed Rep and he she will set it up for you or show you how To understand the process that your pictures are taken through when you create your ads we are going to try to explain it in the most simple terms 1 First you select the pictures from your computer file directory 2 when you click submit new inventory your pictures and form data are sent via the internet connection to the server for it to re assemble and insert the ad onto the server 3 The pictures are resized down to within 40 pixels of the width of your content area of your site If the pictures are smaller than that then they are not touched 4 A second picture is created as a thumbnail for each larger version This is done fore the inventory lists and for the inventory detail pages so that they ll load fast 5 Once the pictu
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16. answered personally as well as added to future versions of this printable user manual At the time of this writing the features of each site are listed below HOT MEDIA GROUP 2 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Features e Preset templates with fill in the blank parameters e Style Sheet driven for visual elements e Instant change gratification e Preset logo placement e 1st2 logos are free with the site 1 small 1 large e Fill in the blank keywords e Fill in the blank description e Fill in the blank title e Great for search engine optimization e Meta Tags on every page of your site e Image gallery for viewing adding to and deleting images e Built in Menu Links Auto Indented Menu Links Preset Customizable Pages Home page History page only on dealer site About us page only on dealer site Contact us page only on dealer site Create on the fly Custom Pages Custom ordering of pages on menu links Name pages what you want Indent custom pages if you want Customize the left menu under the textual menu Customize the footer content at the bottom of every page Customizable Inventory System dealer realtor and product site only Create your own categories Choose up to 15 pictures with each listing Change any information in any listing instantly Use raw jpg or gif files without any preparation Web site application automatically will resize all inventory pictures
17. ar in this spot However be aware that if the image is too large for the spot it will have to be resized down to a smaller size to fit There are no size attributes pre determined here If there were some images would appear stretched or askewed Large Logo The large logo is usually atop the body content area of the site It can be just a solid color to appear to be hidden or it can be any specific image Here there are no size attributes predefined either So the image is shown in it s exact size Background image The background image should usually be something with a light background The background image will show up in a tiled fashion It will be stacked from left to right top to bottom covering the entire page One trick for the template which only displays a background image is that it is 1400 pixels wide and 20 pixels tall So the left menu appears to have a solid left edge The edge of the left edge can have a solid or faded edge Background Color The background color is for the page behind the menu and the content area and also outside those areas It will be the first color which displayed as the page is assembled depending on internet connection speed this can be a split second or a few to several seconds To the right of the text area where you can fill in the color is a link for the hex color chart It defines HEX or 6 digit color codes to make just about any color you can think of Now it does not list every possible variation so you
18. can play with the codes to find the right color for your site Clicking the link will open a new window where the codes will be displayed Paragraph Font Color Any text between a P and a P paragraph tag will appear with the HOT MEDIA GROUP 19 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 color you define here The only exception would be if you were to select a section of text and color it specifically different Paragraph Font Size This gives a predetermined list of values to allow you to define what size or how big or small you want the text on your site to be Again this only affects text that is between paragraph tags Paragraph Font Family What this does is give your preference as to what font will be used on a client computer as your page is displayed If the font you select is on the client computer it will be shown The reason for font families is that not all computers use or have the same fonts This way you can define a few at a time and hopefully cover 3 different kinds of computers Again this only affects text that is between paragraph tags Menu Background Color This color value affects not only the background color of your menu but it also affects the color of the page headings like for example on the inventory list page dealer realtor and product site only at the time of this writing Here you have a link for the Hex Color Chart also Menu Links Text
19. changes regularly and HOT MEDIA GROUP 9 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 also to submit your changes when ever you are going to walk away from your computer for a while If you do happen to leave your computer for more than 30 minutes there is a trick you can do to re open your computer session with the server and not lose your work 1 Open a new internet browser window Ctrl N pc and Apple N Mac 2 Go to your login page and log into your web site using your assigned username and password 3 Once you are logged back in switch back to the original browser window where you were doing your work and then you can submit your changes The functions of each toolbar button are what we ll discuss next amp Cut Button The cut button allows you to remove objects from your editor window After using this button you can then use the paste button to insert your removed object where ever you currently have the cursor The cut feature only allows you to paste your objects once Ra Copy Button The copy button allows you to copy any object be it a line of text the whole page or an image This command uses your normal computer copy function So if you would like to paste your objects outside of the site onto some other place you can Otherwise with copy you can re use the copied code over and over again till you use the copy function for something else e Paste B
20. d An Image Bf tt banner aif Bf helmetiignt ana gif LY Brews po Bf ishtzdac cit upload E Preview Image Go Back The image selection from your windows directory Choose file zh Look irc E Mp Pictures z 4 Ago 3f berwattsbackgound gi Mf bg gl E bluewthluzzyedael af Af catite gi E cetile wan of Af catie gt 3f CON nossC oi 3f chiogo gl E cgv2_an_agi a a Files li Lx La Ux Uo ISCU UA DL After selecting the image you want you can click the Insert Image link which also appears on the first of the three shown images as above If you can t find what you are looking for and just want to close the window you can just click on the cancel button which will not insert anything into your editor tool HOT MEDIA GROUP 13 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 4 Insert Hyperlink by clicking on this button you will invoke a small popup window with which you can make any text images or other objects into a link The way it works is very simple All you need to know before using this feature is where you want to link your object to What we mean by where is the internet address or URL of the page you want to link to This information goes into the HREF text field Note you should always have the http at the front of the URL you are using So before clicking on the Insert Link link it should look like the foll
21. e it If you put in a or No in any field that doesn t pertain to the ad then you d be giving your customers reasons as to why not to buy it So only fill in the good things with each ad Specials The Specials feature is only on the Dealer Group of Web Sites It is very simple in the way it works At the bottom of each of your ads there is a On Off radio button and a text field If the radio button is On and you have text in the text field to the right of it after submitting your ad to the database it will appear on the specials page You can have as many ads on the specials page as you like It is mainly for inventory which you have lowered the price on and want to sell asap Three of your specials will appear on the home page It is done this way so that you can have some inventory on the home page If you have no specials listed then nothing from specials will appear here HOT MEDIA GROUP 29 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Additional Inventory System Information The public side of the inventory system is by default listed in reverse order Essentially the last item entered will appear at the top of the list when your customers first view it The Dealer Site Inventory System is sort able by year make model and by price If no pictures are specified your inventory system will say Sorry No Photo The picture displayed is the main photo If yo
22. e list and to be able to view it or to delete it Keep in mind that if you delete an image from your site that is being used on any page it will NOT show up for your customers to see For the Dealer Realtor and Product web sites The pictures that are displayed with your ads are kept in a separate folder so that they cannot be deleted moved modified or by anything else but by the inventory system To add an image to the images folder click on the images link on the admin menu then click on the browse button This will bring up your computer file directory where you can go to find the file you wish to upload to the server Any picture that you use on your site has to be hosted or saved to the computer Tip If you ever copy and paste an image into the editor but it does not show up online it is most likely because the address for the file is to a folder on YOUR computer and not on the server Documents If you need to have a document like a PDF file or a SWF FLASH file on your site you can store them in the documents folder This section is below the images section on the images page It was added to allow our customers to upload PDF files to the server themselves The items in the documents folder will be listed out in alphabetical order The information listed will be the size of the file the date the file was uploaded and the Path or URL or Global Internet Address to get to the file from the internet HOT MEDIA GROUP
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24. h So as more new features requested and included in the web application you get to benefit from them as as a member of DotComed At DotComed we have already built 3 types of web sites The example web s are the Hot Site Creator Standard site the Roadwishes com Dealer site and Plan B Consulting Realtor web site Each of them are available to use v our prebuilt web site hosting packages They all be customized to look and work the way you want Since all DotComed web sites were built to be a Point Click system anyone can learn to use them in under an hour Our prices range f 2S mo for our standard site and 50 mo for our Dealer and Realtor web sit We even use the standard site as nur DatCamed cam weh cita This wav vau Submit Changes clear all changes The tool shown above has all the shortcuts and functionality to make any page really hum At the top of the tool window is the toolbar The content area is where you will be entering in your text images and tables The last and probably the most important part of this feature is the Submit Changes button at the bottom of the tool If you don t click this after making your changes they won t be saved Another important thing to remember when working with this tool is that from the time which the page loads to the time that you click the Submit Changes button you only have 30 minutes So to make sure that you never lose your work it is a good idea to save your
25. h of these pieces of information are mandatory to be filled in The reason we make these mandatory is so that your inventory lists are easy for your customers to navigate through and also for data integrity Price is usually where most first time users have the most problem They want to put in the sign and and 00 when they insert their ads This is not needed The and commas and 00 is automatically formatted with your ads for you So just enter a whole number amount and everything will be fine Example 4500 correct 4500 00 wrong Comments the reason we put in a space for you to put in a short comment is that for some people when viewing your inventory list they need to see something that tickles them So if you say something like Must Sell Now or Make Me an Offer or IMMACULATE UNIT Some people are more prone to clicking on your ad This information not only appears on your site It also appears in links to your site from the Hot Media Deals group of web sites for dealers only Other Important Features The other important features section is for you to fill in only the details that pertain to the ad you are currently entering Dealers have 20 features Realtors and product sites have 40 other important features to fill in Here s how it works There is a link on your admin menu which you can click on to see the full list of Other Important Features called Custom Fields Click it In order from 1 20 or 40 depending on t
26. h the menu links property Links Small Font Size The links small property is for the address text at the bottom left corner of each template Links Small Font Family Determines the font of the links small property Links Small Text Color Determines the color of the font used in the address block This property is defined in the stylesheet with the linkssmall class If you would like to use it or any other class in your links or elsewhere on the site just define the class with your link HOT MEDIA GROUP 20 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Editing Home Side Menu amp Other Site Pages To be able to edit your pages easily and quickly the most important tool you need is the online editor tool If you didn t purchase or choose to have that option with your site when you first started it call the Hot Media Group Inc and we can add it very quickly and also very easily In order to be able to use it legally we have to pay a license fee for it which was probably explained to you when your site was first set up The editor tool is built into every page on your site where you are allowed open and complete control over what goes on those pages So to get started let s jump right into it To edit the home page you will want to click on Administrative Options List the edit home page link which is in your administrative options list on the left menu when Edit Site Layout y
27. h you can then modify categories you ll first need to be logged into the administrative side of the site HOT MEDIA GROUP 25 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Once logged in click on the Edit Sub Cats link on the menu This will give you a page which looks like the one below Edit Inventory Sub Categories To delete sub categories erase the content and press update Update 2 Light Pickup Trucks Update Update Update Update 6 Skic Steer Loadars Update a trenchers Update Update Update Updete Update Lipdete Enter New Inventory Subcategories Submit new kwentory Sub Category EEEEERE As you will see in the image above we have created our subcategories which can be used across all main categories To add a new category for your site to have available to it click into the text field next to the submit button at the bottom of this page enter your text and click on the big button Don t worry about spelling it right or it s punctuation Because you can update the text category when ever you want All you have to do to change the text is to make the change and then click the update button next to the text you had just changed Keep in mind that you can only update them one at a time So make a change and click the update button Something you ll probably notice is that after clicking update it will not only change on this page
28. he type of site you have is a list of text blanks They can be empty or have text in HOT MEDIA GROUP 28 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 them If they are empty they won t show up when you are creating your ads If they do have text in them when you are creating your ads then you ll be able to define some specific attribute about your item for sale For example if the custom field blank one says Transmission then when you are entering an automobile ad you can specify Automatic 4 Speed in the text blank next to it when creating your ad When people view your ad from the public side of your site it will show up Transmission Automatic 4 Speed You have the ability to have attributes that pertain to many different types of inventory So like if you are a boat and car dealer you could make your custom fields list 1 10 for cars and 11 20 for boats Or in any other combination to be able to specify all the features you want If you don t want to enter any information in an ad that doesn t pertain to the feature or item then you don t have to And as long as you don t it won t show up to the public with the ad One more thing to say about filling in these fields By listing or giving information about an item in this area you want to show the positives of your item If there is an item called Air Conditioning you may not want to fill in anything if it doesn t hav
29. k Menu Size in Pixels This determines the width of the menu portion of your site Note that the size is in Pixels A Pixel is one dot of screen information on your computer monitor which shows a color So the full width of your screen may be 640 800 1024 1280 pixels wide and so on Pixels are merely a unit of measurement on a computer screen So typically the size of your menu should be between 150 250 pixels wide We find that the best size is usually around 185 Body Content Size in Pixels This property determines the width of the content portion of your page It also determines the width of your pictures for the dealer realtor and product web sites which we will go into further detail later on Menu Border this will make the table for the menu to have a border value of 1 4 1 being the smallest border thickness and 4 being the thickest border thickness Body Content Border This will put a border around the body content area Thickness values 1 4 here also Table Content Border This will put a border on tables in the inner focus of your tables This only works for tables that are automatically built into the web site If you want to make a border for tables on custom pages you ll have to use the editor tool to define those borders HOT MEDIA GROUP 18 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Site Description This is the description of your web site business
30. n request with the ColdFusion Application Server with data from our database Now while these are the three most major players here they don t do all the work To keep things simple I ll try to break it down so you can understand The CF server ColdFusion recieves requests from people on the internet for certain pages Your pages are comprised of many different re usable templates which perform specific tasks to properly put your pages together So the code or the html comes from the CF templates but the data to fill the templates comes from the SQL Server Database So the end result is a single page that can be changed instantly with a simple click of the mouse Typically the old way of sending a page on the internet back to a requesting user would have been to just senda single flat file back to the requesting user for their internet browser to assemble on the other end This greatly limits the amount of information you can keep current from day to day or even minute to minute Also these types of pages require someone like the Hot Media Group Inc to make all updates and changes to your web site Here you can make all changes yourself and not incur any additional bills from your webmaster Your site is very easily and completely customizable to look just the way you want it using our pre built templates Or if you want to have a look that no one else on the internet has we can build your own E Identity for you at an additional expen
31. o the site we will go into further detail about how you can set up your pages to look like you want them to The main body content area extends all the way from the very bottom of the large logo all the way down to the top of the footer content area You can make this area as small as one page and as much as several pages long You decide In other words it is expandable The width is also expandable If you insert images or other objects which are wider than the page you may either enlarge the overall width of the site or just allow the image to push out that page When formatting a content area to have text where you want text and images where you want the images you will need to learn a few basics about tables We will be covering that in the next section HOT MEDIA GROUP 8 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 The Online Web Editor Tool melo o Bez ul eet eS Bitl m we Normal hos 4 e Q 7 Welcome to DotComed com the Membership Web Site Have DotComed EMPOWER your business today Dofcomed 1 day setup 1 year of eur customizable web sites What are the benefits of Membership Membership means that when new feat and functionality are added to the application you have the choice of whether or to use them Each feature of the membership web site is added in a way that all you to turn them either on or off like a switc
32. ou are logged into the admin area Once you Edi Home Page click that link your page should open up with Edit Side Menu both the editor tool and your existing content Edit Custorn Pages from the database ready for editing Edit Inventory Edit Custom Fields Edit Sub Cats Edit Page Footer Images The editor along with your page content will load into your browser the same for the home page the side menu the page footer history page about us page and most importantly the Custom Pages which we will go into further detail in the next section After the page loads and you have made the changes you want you can click on the submit changes button at the bottom of the editor The second they click the submit button their content will be available for people visiting their site to see Tip Make frequent saves for your work Since you can make changes so fast make the change you want and then save it to go see what it looks like HOT MEDIA GROUP 21 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Custom Pages The custom pages feature was added to these web sites out of our customers need to be able to add pages in a timely fashion name them what ever they wanted and also to have them appear in their menu where they want The custom pages feature comes in blocks of 20 pages at atime They cost 100 00 for each block of 20 If you need another block of 20 call your sale
33. owing http www DotComed com The Insert Hyperlink window Aj Hyperlink Microsoft Intemet Explorer Insert Hyperlink Do fhemternet com arnthingelse psge htm Target Style Class Name xb Insert Link XX cancel You will see that there are some other text fields here They are for the most part for more advanced users but we will briefly explain their functions here e Target This is used when you want the link to open a new window To make this happen enter blank that s underscore blank Then each link people click will open a new browser window leaving yours still open in the background This is helpful on links pages where you are sending people to other sites A links page is not mandatory but is a helpful way of trading traffic with other like minded industry companies e Style This is used to define what the link should look like or what the text properties should be Whether underline color size and other properties To learn about these properties you should buy a book These styles are beyond the scope of this manual and are not really needed because of the classes we have already set up from the edit site layout portion of your web site e Class This is a predefined set of textual properties which determine how your links will appear Listed below are the styles we already have available for you to define with your links e P this is the paragraph style It determines how all text between paragra
34. ph tags will appear e LI this is the list item style It determines the text properties of how list items will be displayed A list item is something just like this bulleted list You can make bulleted lists on your pages just like this one e Pblack This is for black paragraph text HOT MEDIA GROUP 14 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 e Title This is for the title of your pages It will make any text larger than the normal text e Menuback this will only set the background color of your link to a specific color Typically you don t want to use this with your links But since it is your own web site you may do what you like with it Using this class won t break anything so if you want make it menuback and see what happens These classes won t show up till you save and preview your content on an actual page e Menulinks this will set the text for your link to look just like the links on your menu Keep in mind that if your background color is the same color as your menu links the text will appear as hidden to the user e Bodyback this sets the background color of the content area of your web pages Like menuback it should not be used e Bodylinks this is the most common class you will use with your links It will force them to be a specific size color with a specific text decoration style e Linkssmall this is the class that determines the look
35. re resizing is all done the web site application will log all filenames into the database automatically 6 The last step to uploading an ad which the server does is to load the textual details into the appropriate cells in the database for your ad Now you don t need to remember how it does it you just need to know that it does all that for you Each ad you enter depending on the speed of your internet connection and the speed at HOT MEDIA GROUP 27 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 which you can type as well as how much you type will determine how long it takes to upload your ads DotComed reccomends that you do not upload multiple pictures unless you are on some sort of high speed internet connection such as DSL T1 Cable Modem or even ISDN Inventory Details The inventory details is the information that shows up on both the inventory list as well as with each individual ad For the dealer sites these are year make model short comments price and description For the realtor sites these are beds baths year built comments price and description Some of the fields or pieces of information that you ll need to fill in with each ad are already given For these pieces of information if the item you need in this area is not already given Call DotComed and we ll insert it for you Otherwise you have plain old text fields to say what ever you want to say Eac
36. s rep and he ll have it added to your account and charge you accordingly The cost will be pro rated according to how much time you have left in your first year of hosting Each year after that will be 100 20 pages The custom pages feature is access able in the same administrative area as the rest of the pages you have on your site In the standard site it is the first page to load when you log in For the Dealer Realtor and Product sites you will have to click on the link to view the list The list as shown below appears in order by the order value which is entered by the editor at the time the pages had been created or edited Add New Custom Page G Created Modified Status Actions 1 Hosting Options 9 Branden 11 03 02 Branden 05 04 03 Active 4 p amp 2 Why DotComed 10 Branden 08 2702 Branden 11 2702 Active 75 3 Demonstration Site 10 Branden 09 14 02 Branden 060503 Active JG 4 Why Have a Web Site 13 Branden 10 3102 Branden 10 3102 Active 75 The Old HTML way 14 Branden 09 13 02 Branden 10 3102 Active 3 5 6 The DotComed Way 15 Branden 09 13 02 Branden 10 3102 Active 75 7 The Online Editor Tool 17 Branden 091502 Branden 10 3102 Active 75 8 Fast Changes 18 Branden 10 25 02 Branden 10 3102 Active 4 p 9 Why it works 40 Branden 10 0302 Branden 06 0903 Active J p E 10 Referral Program 60 Branden 10702 Branden O64003 Active 75 To add a page to the list first click on the Add New Custom Page
37. s that are already on the server in your images folder By clicking once on any of the image names you will see a preview of that image on the left side of the window in the preview pane If the image you wish to select is not in the list of images you can click the new image link This will take you to a page where you can click the browse button to select an image from your windows directory Once you have selected your desired image you have two choices of what to do First is to upload image which will put the image in the preview pane and upload it to the server and the second preview image which will just load the image file into the preview pane without uploading it to the server With this second option once you are certain that the picture image in the preview pane is the one you want you may then click on the upload button This will then again upload it to your images folder where it can be downloaded by your users upon loading your pages into their browsers HOT MEDIA GROUP 12 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Examples of the screen shots are shown below Main image selection screen amp Insert Image Microsoft Internet Explores EZ New Image Upload a new image Insert Image X Cancel Browse button for selecting an image from your computer Sl Insert Image Microsoft Internet Explorer ADD A NEW IMAGE Avaliable Images LESEN Uploa
38. se The cost of your DotComed com site covers only the annual hosting fee So essentially we are allowing you to use our sites free of charge If we were to charge for use of our sites or to sell them outright the cost would be in the thousands Also when we find new features that can benefit all our customers as a whole we will build them in at no charge But if you request a feature that no one else can use then we have to bill for our time to modify your site A truly great way to do business HOT MEDIA GROUP 5 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 Overview of Site Components Below we have an example of what your page could look like We will now point out the major sections of the site that you will be able to change on a regular basis as you see fit J DotCemed com Mecrosoit Internat E xplores Fle Ed View faowe Took Hb Send Bat e IJI Qesh gom Qe y 33 2 Small es yor sm t This is T Logo DotComed C the large herp were detcomed com L ogo ie Fave a derrerat wher sibe iet op Tor our potential c stomers to try ad The address tor the ste i tip dene dotcamed cam To get the terrane and putent Vo get into fre admin wos of Pw ste piesta cat 877 414 4232 AL the ime of the Cat we wl ask you for some persona romain 50 fiat we can touch bese with you afer you ty t out and to rowa Left a NE UU Menu MEMBR Main Body Links lente x Ae abas cf our donan names w
39. tered page to active click on the Edit link which is the first of the three links When the page loads your browser will have the same editor with the same content in it as before plus the name and the order value but this time it will also have a status drop down list which you can select active and then submit your page to make it active Notice that the new activated page also now appears in the menu The second action link in the list is the View Link To see what it may look like to the people on the public side of your site just click it This is useful when you want to see what your pages will look like before activating them HOT MEDIA GROUP 23 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Office 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 The third action link is in the list is the Delete link If you click this link for any page row a confirmation popup will appear asking if you really want to delete this content If you click ok that page content will be removed from your list Tip if you ever delete a page that you didn t really mean to we can bring it back But we ll have to charge you for our time to bring it back The editor tool in this section works just as it does throughout the entire site Images The images that appear on your entire site are all contained in an images folder directly on your site It is not a shared folder with anyone else You have the ability to add any jpg gif file to th
40. u have pictures defined for pictures 2 3 4 5 and so on it will still say sorry no photo To delete just one picture associated with an ad load the ad into your browser window click the checkbox just above the image then save your ad When it is saving it will remove the picture from the database and from your images folder for that ad To Add a picture back to an ad which had a picture removed click on the browse button next to the text field and choose which image to use from your computer directory Then click save Upon saving your ad the server will resize the image and create the thumbnail and save it to the database Clicking the picture will on the public side and in the admin area open the individual ad The inventory list can be listed in groups of 5 10 15 20 25 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 or 100 ads on a single page If you have your site set up to list 10 at a time the balance of your ads will be shown on the spill over pages If you have 35 items you ll have 4 inventory list pages 1 10 11 20 21 30 and 31 35 The list will keep saying next 10 till the second to last page where it will say next 5 You can list as many items for sale as you have to sell At the time of this writing there is no specified number of listings you are allowed to have on your web site HOT MEDIA GROUP 30
41. u may not want on the page This is avery helpful feature to use when trying to find out why certain parts of your pages are doing certain things To get more information about how to use your editor tool there are tutorials set up at the following address There are several different sizes of the tutorial files based on how fast your connection to the internet is http www HotMediaGroup com Tutorials htm Edit Site Layout The idea of being able to change a web site colors layout template keywords description physical size title and many other attributes is really a new kind of technology Your site is essentially integrated with a database where all the possible properties of your site are already stored All you have to do is to select which properties to use with each parts of your pages For each site we do there are for the most part the same option But with all of them there are no two alike This helps to make everyone have a site that they can be proud of without feeling like another cookie from the cutter In this section we will discuss the properties which define how your site is displayed How you can change them And reccomendations for what we feel the best way for your site to be displayed You may find as time goes on that there may be some properties which are not in this manual which appear to have been added at a later date Well that is exactly what is going to happen We are constantly trying to hone improve
42. utton The paste button is a clipboard with a piece of paper on it It allows you to insert any objects onto your page that you have either cut or copied into your computer memory onto your editor window This is especially helpful when creating a page which has some of the same textual elements over and over again Ca Redo Button The redo button allows you to redo something that you ve undone What that means is that if you are working on a document and you have hit a key you didn t want to or have done something else if you hit the undo button w Undo Button The undo button allows you to undo your mistakes You are allowed multiple undo s with the editor tool So use the undo if you ve made a mistake and the redo if you ve undid something that you didn t want to undo Ty Text Properties The text properties allows you to select single words as well as individual letters characters and paragraphs and even complete pages to apply Fonts Styles like bold italic and underline as well as font colors and sizes For an example of what you should see when HOT MEDIA GROUP 10 Hot Media Group Inc P O Box 616 Lisle IL 60532 0616 Of fice 630 724 0467 Fax 630 214 5222 clicking the button look at the example shown below E Font tx Font Style Verdan IR eguiar D OK University Roman LET Cancel Verdana Victorian LET Webdings Westwood LET Wingdings i ZipCodeBarcode Reg 7 Effects
43. which will appear with your listing on search engines when the searches people conduct finds your site It is included in the hidden source code that makes your site up The description is limited to 256 characters It is limited because the search engines only recognize that many characters for site descriptions Anything longer is considered spam to the search engines So therefore we have made it so that you cannot make it any longer than the search engines will allow Site Keywords Like the description search engines only recognize 1000 characters in a keywords META TAG So here also we have limited your entries to 1000 characters What you will want to do in this text field is to enter all your keywords INDIVIDUALLY separated only by a comma So as an example your keywords should appear as such to save characters keyword keyword2 keyword3 boats bikes cars automobiles of the united states of america cali fornia illinois florida chicago used car pick up truck yacht and so on If you would like to make phrases take out all spaces and separate the words with just the commas This way if someone searches for a phrase and it s not in the same order as the words in your keywords it would still match up with the search engine Small Logo The small logo is the image which appears usually from template to template at the top left corner of the page On future templates it could be in different places You can select any image from your image folder to appe
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