Website Editor (framed)

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Revision as of 04:18, 6 June 2011

What can I do with the Website Editor?

The website editor page allows you to:

• Upload your own photo.

• Add/edit your slogan.

• Choose/change your website homepage design.

• Choose your banner and images from our gallery or upload your own..

• Add/edit your resume/profile ("About Me").

• Add links from your site to other websites.

• Change the order of links on your website.

• Add/edit your personal custom pages.

• Add/edit your personal lead capture pages.

• Enable, disable or customize the "Auto Lead Capture" window.

• Modify the website Meta Tags.

• Create your own list of utilities.

How can I add or change my photo?

1. Log in to the Toolkit.

2. Click Website Editor on the left panel of the Toolkit screen.

3. Under the Your Picture section, browse for the photo in your computer and upload it. The page will give you the correct image size.

How can I create and edit the "About Me" page?

1. Login to the Toolkit.

2. Click on the Website Editor link on the left side of the screen.

3. Click on the About Me icon.

The About Me feature is a professional editing tool. It allows you to add text, insert images, add links, change font colors, text sizes, background colors, links, and much more. It is fun and easy.

To make formatting changes to the "About Me" text in the Website Editor:

1. Select/highlight the text.

2. Click the appropriate icon (bold, italics, font size, background, color, cut and paste) from the top bar of the editor for the desired operation. When you move the pointer over the icon in the toolbar, the action associated with that icon will appear.

3. Click the Save button at the bottom of the page to save changes.

How do I modify my slogan?

1. Click Website Editor on the left panel of the Toolkit screen.

2. Scroll down to Your Slogan section.

3. Type in your text.

4. Click Save.

How can I change the design, style or the color scheme of my website?

You can change your website design yourself at any time.

1. Log in to the Toolkit.

2. Click Website Editor on the left panel of the Toolkit screen.

3. In the Website Design section, click the standard designs portfolio or animated designs portfolio link to view the available color schemes. Click any color square to view the designs within that color.

4. Make note of the reference number for the design you like.

5. In the Standard Designs or Animated Designs drop down box, find and select the reference number and name of the design you like.

6. Click the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page to save changes.

How can I add custom pages to my website?

You can create and add up to five Custom Pages to your website. A Custom Page is a static page that can be used as an alternative to referring customers to other websites.

To add a new custom page:

1. Specify the order/sequence of the custom page link by entering an appropriate number.

NOTE: The order number is in increments of 10.

2. Type in the blank area to label the link associated with the custom page.

3. Click the edit link and create a page in the new window that appears.

4. After you create the custom page, you can Preview and Save it.

5. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the Website Editor page to save changes.

How can I add a link to a file saved on my local computer?

You can upload a non-image file to the custom file manager in the main folder and then add a link/button to the file on your website. To do this:

1. Click Website Editor on the left panel of the Toolkit.

2. Scroll down and click the Custom Files Management link.

3. In the window that appears, in the Main folder section, click the Browse button and choose the location of the file from your local computer.

4. After selecting the file, click Add File to add the file to the Custom Files Manager.

5. To delete a file, click the trashcan next to the file.

6. The file is now saved in "Custom Files Management". You can now click the get URL link next to the file name.

7. This will bring up a small window with a link to the saved file.

8. Copy the link from the window, scroll up to the Your Links section and paste the link into one of the blank fields.

9. Enter an order number and a name for the link.

10. Go to your website homepage and test the link by clicking the name of the button/link

How can I add a custom link on my website?

You can add as many links to your website as you like. These links will be shown on your website in the order you specify (ascending order).

To add a new link:

1. Specify the order by entering an appropriate number.

2. Label the button associated with the custom link.

3. Provide the URL/link (http://www.webaddress.com) of the page to be associated with the button.

4. Click the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page to save changes

How can I customize the Auto Lead Capture window?

The lead auto capture window has been designed as a layered screen that slides down onto your homepage when a new visitor comes to your home page. Since the window is not a pop-up but a layer, it does not negatively impact your website with regard to search engines and PPC services like Google Adwords.

1. Click the Website Editor button on the left panel of the Toolkit.

2. Scroll down to the section "Lead Auto Capture with Auto Respondents".

3. To change the background color of the window, choose a "Palette" color on the right.

4. To edit the text message, click in the white message area.

5. To see a preview of the customized Auto Lead Capture window, click Preview Lead Auto Capture on the right side.

6. Depending on weather you are using PPC advertising or not, you can choose the display options of this auto lead capture for different browsers. Here are the available options:

7. • Default style (apply user's mail client to get his contact info)

8. • Capture form style (apply information typed by user)

9. • Disable Auto Lead Capture

10. Right below the promotion box, you can customize the email that will go out to your web visitor.

11. To save and update changes, click Submit at the bottom of the page

My Lead Auto Capture box is not appearing anymore, what happened?

The Auto Lead capture tool uses cookies. When a client goes to the site the first time and clicks on the Auto Lead capture box, the site will place a cookie on their computer to note that they have logged in before. To re-enable the drop down box, the user will need to delete the cookies from the Internet Explorer cache.

How can I modify the welcome message that is sent out to all captured visitors?

1. Login to your Toolkit.

2. Click Website Editor on the left navigation panel.

3. Click the Edit Welcome Message link.

4. Update the message and add hyperlinks, images or change the formatting of the message.

5. After modifying the Welcome Message, you can Preview and Save the message.

What are website Meta Tags?

A Meta Tag describes some aspects of the contents of a web page. The information that you provide in a Meta Tag is used by search engines to index a page so that someone searching on the Internet for content contained in your website will be able to find it. The Meta Tag is placed near the top of the HTML in a Web page as part of the heading.

• All your most important key phrases should be in the TITLE tag. Look at your key phrases, make a list of all the important words, and create a title tag that uses them. Also, keep in mind that browsers only display the first few words of a title tag. The first sentence of your title tag should be easy to read and understand.

• The Keywords Meta Tag lists the words or phrases that best describe the contents of the web page.

• The Description Meta Tag includes a brief (one or two sentences) description of the page.

NOTE: The title, keyword and description tag are used by search engines to index your website page and assign a position based on their relevancy to the search query (keyword).

How can I change my website Meta Tags?

Agents, who are comfortable manipulating keywords, site titles, and Meta Tags, can make these changes through the Meta Tag editor. Typically, the document which contains the most keywords searched and relevant to the website content is classified by the search engine as the most popular and will be selected as the "best match".

To change your website Meta Tags:

1. Click Website Editor on the left panel of the Toolkit screen.

2. Scroll down to the section on Meta Tags for your website.

3. Add or update the words in the Title, Description and Keyword fields.

I have made changes to my website, but do not see them. Why?

While you surfing the web your internet browser remembers content of pages you visit. Images, sounds, texts are stored in Temporary Internet Files folder on your computer. Storing these files makes browsing the Internet faster because it takes your computer less time to display Web page when it can call up some of the page's elements or even the entire page from your local Temporary Internet Files folder. That is why it can be a reason of why you do not see changes you made to your website recently.

Clearing your cache is easy, and something you should make a regular habit. Below are instructions for clearing the cache of the most common types of web browsers. After you've completed the steps to clear your cache, please close all open browser windows, and reopen your browser.

Internet Explorer 7 and 6

1. From the 'Tools' menu, choose 'Internet Options'. (The 'Internet Options' dialog box should appear).

2. If the 'General' tab is not already in front, click it.

3. Click the 'Delete Files' button. (The 'Delete Files' dialog box should appear).

4. Check the box labeled 'Delete all offline content'.

5. Click 'OK', then click 'OK' again.

Internet Explorer 5

1. From the 'Tools' menu, choose 'Internet Options'. (The 'Internet Options' dialog box should appear).

2. If the 'General' tab is not already in front, click it.

3. Click the 'Delete Files' button. (The 'Delete Files' dialog box should appear).

4. Check the box labeled 'Delete all offline content'.

5. Click 'OK', then click 'OK' again.

Internet Explorer 4

1. From the 'View' menu, choose 'Internet Options'. (The 'Internet Options' dialog box should appear).

2. If the 'General' tab is not already in front, click it.

3. Check the box labeled 'Delete all offline content'.

4. Click the 'Delete Files' button. (The 'Delete Files' dialog box should appear).

5. Click 'OK', then click 'OK' again.

Netscape 8

1. From the 'Tools' menu, choose 'Options'. (A dialog box should appear).

2. Click on 'Privacy'.

3. Click the plus sign next to 'Cache' to open the menu.

4. Click 'Clear' to delete the temporary Internet files.

Mozilla Firefox

1. From the 'Tools' menus, choose 'Options'. (The Options window will appear).

2. Click the 'Privacy' tab. (The Privacy tab has a padlock icon).

3. In the Privacy window, click the 'Cache' tab.

4. Click 'Clear Cache Now'. (The button will become grey temporarily. Once it is clickable again, the browser cache will be clear).

5. Click 'OK' to return to your browser window.

What is the HomeScape theme?

HomeScape theme is a new layout for your website. This new theme features a quick MLS search on the homepage, a top navigation menu, quick links, editable rotating photos and featured listings thumbnails on the homepage.

If you would like to take advantage of the free HomeScape theme, you need to move your website to a frameless design at first. Send an email to support@propertyminder.com to make the switch.