Web Hosting Operations Guide

Web Hosting

User Guide

Document Revision 2.0

03/16/2009

Web Hosting User Guide 1

Table of Contents

1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................3
1.1 About This Guide..................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Document Command Conventions ....................................................................................... 3
1.3 Hosting Packages.................................................................................................................... 3
1.3.1 Windows 2003: ........................................................................................................................... 3
1.3.2 Signature / FreeBSD: .................................................................................................................. 5

2. Administering the Windows 2003 Platform .......................................................................8
2.1 Accessing the Interface .......................................................................................................... 8
2.1.1 Interface Overview ...................................................................................................................... 9
2.2 Managing Websites ............................................................................................................... 10
2.2.1 Account Profile .......................................................................................................................... 10
2.2.1.1 Contact Information ...................................................................................................................... 10
2.2.1.2 Change Password ........................................................................................................................ 11

2.2.2 Adding a Website ...................................................................................................................... 11
2.2.3 Managing Websites .................................................................................................................. 12
2.2.3.1 Default Document ......................................................................................................................... 14
2.2.3.2 Custom Errors ............................................................................................................................... 15
2.2.3.3 ASP Error Message ...................................................................................................................... 16
Code: the numeric code for the Windows error. ............................................................................................ 16
Error Description: the descriptive text for the Windows error. ....................................................................... 16
2.2.3.4 Document Footer .......................................................................................................................... 17
2.2.3.5 Directory Permissions ................................................................................................................... 18
2.2.3.6 Host Headers / MultiDomain ......................................................................................................... 19
2.2.3.7 Website Publishing Setup ............................................................................................................. 20
2.2.3.8 AppPool / Site Isolation................................................................................................................. 21

2.2.4 Site Control ............................................................................................................................... 23
2.2.5 Generating Logs ....................................................................................................................... 23
2.3 Maintaining the System ........................................................................................................ 24
2.3.1 Administrative History ............................................................................................................... 25
2.3.2 Web Disk Management............................................................................................................. 25
2.4 Troubleshooting the System ................................................................................................ 26

3. Creating Your Website with Easy Site .............................................................................28


1. Introduction
Business Class Web Hosting was previously operating on a Windows 2000 and UNIX platform.
We are now offering Business Class Web Hosting on Windows 2003 and UNIX Signature-
FreeBSD platforms, along with several aesthetic changes and functionality enhancements.

1.1 About This Guide
This guide is written for user/customer responsible for administering and maintaining the
Business Class Web Hosting account. This guide provides an overview of Business Class Web
Hosting and includes the following:

Overview of Business Class Web Hosting
How to navigate using the enhanced control panel
Features and functionality of the Signature and Windows 2003 platforms

1.2 Document Command Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:

Command buttons that you must click/select appear in Times New Roman, underlined and
in bold.
Field names on a window or screen are shown in “quotes”.

1.3 Hosting Packages
The eight plans are available based on the customer‟s need for hosting their site. Many features
found on the previous platform can be found on the newer platform with a new look and feel.

1.3.1 Windows 2003:

Starter Advanced Premier Webmaster
Windows Windows Windows Windows
Bandwidth Transfer in GB up to 200 GB up to 400 GB up to 500 GB up to 1,000 GB
Web Disk Space in GB up to 5 GB up to 20 GB up to 20 GB up to 40 GB
MS SQL Space in MB n/a n/a 200 200
MultiDomain Hosting Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Number of Independent Sites 2 2 2 29

Platform
Microsoft Windows 2003 w/IIS 6.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Control Panel Yes Yes Yes Yes
Raw log files Yes Yes Yes Yes
MS FrontPage Server Extensions Yes Yes Yes Yes
24/7 access via FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes
Urchin Web traffic reporting Yes Yes Yes Yes

Search Engines


Search Engine Submission to 100+ Top
Search Engines 1 URL 2 URLs 2 URLs 5 URLs
Spam FREE Submission Yes Yes Yes Yes
Automatic Resubmissions No No No Yes
Basic Google Submission Yes Yes Yes Yes

Search Engines Tools
Optimization Wizard Yes Yes Yes Yes
Check Position Yes Yes Yes Yes
Check Link Popularity Yes Yes Yes Yes
Keyword Analysis Yes Yes Yes Yes
Keyword Popularity Yes Yes Yes Yes
Title Tag Checker Yes Yes Yes Yes
Meta Tag Checker Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bad Link Checker Yes Yes Yes Yes
Optimization Analysis Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alt Tag Checker Yes Yes Yes Yes
Robots.txt Checker Yes Yes Yes Yes
Check Existence No No No Yes
Meta Tag Generator No No No Yes
Ask an eMarketing Question No No No Yes

Marketing Tip of The Day No No No Yes

Banner Ads
Banner Impressions None 1,000 (One Time) 1,000 (One Time) 5,000 (One Time)
# Banners None 1 1 5
Online Banner Creator/Wizard NA Yes Yes Yes
Banner Templates None 15 15 100
Campaign Management/Reporting NA Yes Yes Yes
Over 100 Small Business Online Guides

Mail Services (if Verio's proprietary email system is used, otherwise these functions are NA)

E-mail Accounts/Mail Forwards/Auto Will Vary by Will Vary by Will Vary by Will Vary by
Responders Division Division Division Division
WebMail Yes Yes Yes Yes

Email Defense Solution (if Verio's proprietary email system is used, otherwise these functions are NA)
Spam Filtering NA NA NA NA
Virus Scanning NA NA NA NA
Whitelisting NA NA NA NA
Blacklisting NA NA NA NA

Web Services
.NET Framework 2.0 (RTM) Yes Yes Yes Yes
ASP 3.0, ASPupload, ASP.NET Yes Yes Yes Yes
ADO.NET, XML, JScript, VB Script Yes Yes Yes Yes
PHP and PERL Yes Yes Yes Yes
CGI Yes Yes Yes Yes


Windows Media Services Yes Yes Yes Yes
Shared SSL Secure Server Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSL Site Certificate Available* Yes Yes Yes Yes

Databases
MS SQL Database No No Yes Yes
ODBC data source supported Yes Yes Yes Yes

E-commerce
Bring own compatible shopping cart Yes Yes Yes Yes
Verisign® Payflow Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes
* SSL certificates sold separately

Website DIY Tool Add-On (refer to Easy Site Sheet for detailed Product Features)
Easy Site LV Design Tool Included Included NA NA
Easy Site Plus Design Tool $ 2.50 $ 2.50 Included Included

E-Commerce
Shopsite Shopping Cart - Starter $ 4.00 $ 4.00 $ 4.00 $ 4.00
Shopsite Shopping Cart - Manager $ 15.00 $ 15.00 $ 15.00 $ 15.00
Shopsite Shopping Cart - Pro $ 20.00 $ 20.00 $ 20.00 $ 20.00

1.3.2 UNIX Signature / FreeBSD:

Starter Advanced Premier Webmaster
UNIX UNIX UNIX UNIX
Bandwidth Transfer in GB up to 200 GB up to 400 GB up to 500 GB up to 1,000 GB
Disk Space in GB up to 5 GB up to 10 GB up to 20 GB up to 40 GB

Platform
FreeBSD / Apache Web Server Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Longer No Longer No Longer No Longer
MS FrontPage2002 Support Support Support Support

Search Engine Submission
Search Engine Submission to 100+
Top Search Engines 1 URL 2 URLs 2 URLs 5 URLs
Spam FREE Submission Yes Yes Yes Yes
Automatic Resubmissions No No Yes Yes
Basic Google Submission Yes Yes Yes Yes

Search Engine Optimization
Optimization Wizard Yes Yes Yes Yes
Check Position Yes Yes Yes Yes
Check Link Popularity Yes Yes Yes Yes
Keyword Analysis Yes Yes Yes Yes
Keyword Popularity Yes Yes Yes Yes


Title Tag Checker Yes Yes Yes Yes
Meta Tag Checker Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bad Link Checker Yes Yes Yes Yes
Optimization Analysis Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alt Tag Checker Yes Yes Yes Yes
Robots.txt Checker Yes Yes Yes Yes
Check Existence No No Yes Yes
Meta Tag Generator No No Yes Yes
Ask an eMarketing Question No No No Yes
Marketing Tip of The Day No No No Yes

Banner Ads
Banner Impressions None 1,000 (One Time) 2,500 (One Time) 5,000 (One Time)
# Banners None 1 2 5
Online Banner Creator/Wizard NA Yes Yes Yes
Banner Templates None 15 25 100
Campaign Management/Reporting NA Yes Yes Yes
Over 100 Small Business Online Guides

Mail Services
E-mail Accounts/Mail Forwards/Auto Will Vary by Will Vary by Will Vary by Will Vary by
Responders location location location location
WebMail Yes Yes Yes Yes

Web Hosting Services
Podcasting Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes
Urchin from Google Web traffic
reporting Yes Yes Yes Yes
Raw log files Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSH Access No No Yes Yes
Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, GCC (GNU C
Compiler) No Yes Yes Yes
SSL Secure Server Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multimedia (Shockwave Flash) NA NA NA NA

Website Additions
Counter Yes Yes Yes Yes
Site Search tool (CGI Required) No Yes Yes Yes
Message Board (CGI Required) No Yes Yes Yes

Applications
WordPress Blogging Software No Yes Yes Yes
Gallery 1 Photogallery (CGI Required) No Yes Yes Yes
Web Calendar (CGI Required) No Yes Yes Yes
PHP MyAdmin No Yes Yes Yes

Databases
MySQL No Yes Yes Yes
Multiple Databases No Yes Yes Yes


Website DIY Tool Add-On (refer to EasySite Sheet for detailed Product Features)
Easy Site LV Design Tool Included Included NA NA
Contact your Contact your local
Easy Site Plus Design Tool local division division Included Included

E-Commerce
Contact your Contact your local Contact your Contact your
Shopsite Shopping Cart - Starter local division division local division local division
Contact your Contact your Contact your local Contact your local
Shopsite Shopping Cart - Manager local division local division division division
Contact your Contact your Contact your local Contact your local
Shopsite Shopping Cart - Pro local division local division division division


2. Administering the Windows 2003 Platform
2.1 Accessing the Interface
To access your Control Panel, go to www.your-domain.com/stats. “your-domain” will be the
domain you have registered. You will be prompted with a login dialog window.


2.1.1 Interface Overview

Upon logging in, the control panel will be your default view. The icons you see may vary
depending on the web hosting package you have selected. The selected package type will be
listed under “Plan Type”


2.2 Managing Websites
This section explains how to add, modify, and delete user accounts.

2.2.1 Account Profile

This section allows you to manage your account settings and information. To navigate to this
module, scroll down to Account Configuration section and select Account Control Panel. You
will be prompted to log in again, this is not an error.

The contact information box contains all your vital customer information. To edit any of this,
simply select Edit.
2.2.1.1 Contact Information

We recommend that all fields are filled in for a profile. Once updated, select Update Contact
Information to apply the changes.


2.2.1.2 Change Password

Password must be between 6-16 characters and we recommend you use a strong password that
includes a capital letter and a number. Example: Changeme9

2.2.2 Adding a Website

To begin, select Add Site on your Hosting Control Panel. This area is used to enable your Web
Server to recognize the domain you have registered to begin populating content.

Fill in the fields with your website information. „www‟ is not required when inserting your
Domain Name. Upon clicking on the Create New Site, the button will then change to
Processing, please wait…


Be sure to specify how much space in MB you want to allocate to this particular site you are
creating.

When complete, this will be your confirmation screen:

Please note: Adding a Site does not automatically configure your DNS information.

2.2.3 Managing Websites

To manage websites, select Web Sites from the Hosting Control Panel.

Once you‟ve added sites, you can manage each site individually by clicking on the respective
icon for the site you wish to edit.

This is the default view:


You can access any of the tools simply by clicking on the icon that corresponds to your need. The
available features will be described in the next section.


2.2.3.1 Default Document

This setting allows you to control the default document that is sent by the Web Server when it
receives a request for a non-specific file.

The interface allows you to modify the ordering by simply clicking on Top, Up, Down, or Delete.
Top automatically sets that document as the default document.

To add a document to this list, begin by selecting Add. The following screen will appear.

Type in the respective file name and then select Save to confirm your addition.

Note: The document name that you add will automatically appear as the Default document, if you
do not want this as your default document, be sure to make the necessary modifications to set
your default document.


2.2.3.2 Custom Errors

The Windows 2003 Platform allows you to customize the error messages that the user will see. It
is common that the default error messages aren‟t user friendly and aesthetically pleasing.

To access these controls, click on Custom Errors. This will take you to the Error Message
settings.

Here you will see all the available error messages that are generated by the Windows 2003
platform. The “Page” column displays what page is currently set as the error message. It can
either be; ISS Default, Home, or Custom.

To modify what gets displayed for that particular error message, select Edit Settings.

This will open up your individual settings for the corresponding error message.

You have three options available. For every error, there is a default error page generated by the
web server. (This will display “ISS Default” in the Page column)


Alternatively, you can have it loop back to your Home page. (This will display “Home” in the
Page column)

Lastly, you can customize the error message to an HTML file by typing in the file path for the
custom page. (This will display “Custom” in the Page column)

Confirm any of your modifications by selecting Save.
2.2.3.3 ASP Error Message

Custom Errors enables users to replace default Windows error pages with different pages they
specify. Windows error pages contain an HTTP error code and description of the error that
occurred. The Custom Errors list contains the error messages that can be customized.
Code: The numeric code for the Windows error.

Error Description: The descriptive text for the Windows error.

Page: Page displayed for each error. 'Default' indicates that the default Windows HTTP error
page will display. 'Home' indicates that your Web Site Home Page will display. 'Custom'


indicates that a custom Web page will display.

Actions: Click Edit Settings to access the Set Custom Error page.
2.2.3.4 Document Footer

This function is used to append an HTML footer to every HTML page your web server returns.

Site Name: the account name for your Web Site.
Domain Name: the domain name that appears in a user's browser when they access your Web
Site.
“Document Footer”: select the settings below to specify an information footer to display at the
bottom of all pages on your Web Site.
“Enable Document Footer”: select to enable your document footer.
“Document Footer File”: select this footer option, then type the location of an HTML file in the
text field to use as the Document Footer. Note: the file you indicate should be one that you have
created and uploaded to your Web Site.
”Document Footer String”: select this footer option, then type the HTML code in the text box
to use as the Document Footer.
Save Settings: click to save your settings.
Cancel: click to cancel your changes and return to the Site Details page for your Web Site.

Note: the footer will not be appended to any dynamic content files such as ASP and ASP.NET.


2.2.3.5 Directory Permissions

Directory Permission settings control the access rights of certain directories in your web page.

You will be able to add login requirements for a particular section of your webpage through this
setting.

To edit the permissions for each of the directories, select Set Additional Directories. This will
take you to the details screen.

To select the directory you wish to modify permissions for, click on the drop down menu
corresponding to the “Directories” field and it will list all the directories.

Select the directory for which you wish to modify the permissions.

The “Authentication” setting enables/disables the prompt for the user account name and
password.

Additionally, you can also add “Read/Write Access” to each directory. Checking the
corresponding box for the functionality will enable/disable the feature.


Once you‟re done setting up the directory, the screen should look similar, based on the
permissions you wish to enable.

To save your configuration, select Save. This will take you back to the overview screen where
you can confirm your permissions.

To modify any of the permissions for the directories, simply select Edit and it will return you to
the details screen.

2.2.3.6 Host Headers / MultiDomain

This section will explain how to configure your website to accept requests for multiple domain
names.


For example: Your top level domain is www.foo.com and you also registered foo1.com,
foo2.com and foo3.com and when someone requests any of the foo websites, it will respond with
www.foo.com.

Begin by selecting Host Headers / MultiDomain from your website settings icons. This is your
default view.

To add additional domains to which your website will respond, type in the domain you wish to
add into the “Add Another Domain” field. To confirm your addition, select Add New.

Note: If you have a domain listed as a website in your site list, you will not be able to add it to the
MultiDomain option. You will get a “Domain already exists” error.

Once complete, your domains will be listed in the “Additional Domains Currently Bound” field.
2.2.3.7 Website Publishing Setup

If the administrator of the web hosting account isn‟t the person who maintains the website
(Webmaster), you will have to set up Website Publishing. The person designated as the
Webmaster will have full access to the Control Panel, minus the Primary Account Information.

You can also Enable/Disable your FrontPage Extensions from these settings.

Access this module by selecting Website Publishing Setup on your Control Panel. This is the
default view.

To enable FrontPage Extensions, simply click on Install and the interface will confirm that
you‟ve successfully installed the FrontPage Extensions. Install will be grayed out once you‟ve
activated FrontPage Extensions.

To enable the Webmaster function of your website, begin by setting the password for the
Webmaster. Confirm the password by selecting Set Password.

This will be your confirmation that the Webmaster user has been enabled for this account.

2.2.3.8 AppPool / Site Isolation

This feature allows to recycle and manage AppPools to keep sites functioning at peak
performance.


Application Pool Summary: the summary page lists your Application Pools and gives access to
management tools.
“AppPool Name”: the name for your AppPools.
“VRU”: Virtual Resource Units assigned to your AppPools. Shares (VRU) are a combination of
CPU cycles and memory allocation associated with your account. Your first AppPool must
contain at least 5 VRU. You should distribute the rest of your VRU to the rest of your AppPools.
“Sites”: the number of sites in the AppPool.
Actions: utilities you can use to manage the resources for your AppPools, and to Recycle your
AppPool's VRU.

Edit: click to change the number of VRUs for this AppPool. VRUs added to another AppPool
will be removed from your account's first AppPool. The first AppPool cannot have less than 5
VRU.
Sites: click to display the AppPool Summary Sites window.
Recycle: click to restart your application pool (AppPool) resources. An AppPool contains sites
that share resources such as CPU, Non-Paged Memory (NpM), and Virtual Memory (VM).
Properties: click to display the Application Pool Settings window. This feature enables you to
automatically recycle your Application Pool or modify your performance settings.

Show All/Hide Unused: click to toggle the AppPool list, showing or hiding the unused
AppPools.
Refresh Summary: click to refresh the summary information.

AppPool Summary Sites Listing: click a site name to view its Web Site Details.
Move: click to go to the Move Site interface.
Move Site to which AppPool: select the AppPool you want from the drop-down menu.
Move Site: click to move your Web Site to another AppPool.


Cancel Move: click to cancel the Web Site move and return to the AppPool sites list.

Isolate: click to isolate the Web Site in an unused AppPool. Isolating a Web Site keeps it secure
from other Web Sites sharing an AppPool.

2.2.4 Site Control

Common to every Site Detail screen is an area for Site Controls. This will allow you to Start,
Stop, and Delete that particular site.

The current status of the site will be gray, whether it is in a Start or Stopped mode.

If you wish to Delete a site, it will delete all the content as well and the content will not be
recoverable. Once you select Delete Site, you will be prompted to confirm.

2.2.5 Generating Logs

Logs are automatically generated and inserted into a designated location on your web server. Log
files enable you to have a view into what has occurred on your web server. You can select from a
variety of fields to log.

To download the logs via Control Panel, select Logging Settings from the Web Site Tools
section.


“ISS Logging”: Use this option to enable/disable logging.

“Your logs will be output in the following format”: There are three available formats; W3C
Extended Log File Format, Microsoft ISS Log File Format, and NCSA Common Log File
Format.

“Your current log file fields are”: You can use this section to select what data you want the log
files to capture. It varies from Time/Date to Cookies/Bytes Sent and Received.

“Your logs will be written to the following location”: Select which website directory you want
from the drop down menu. Type the directory where you want the logs stored in the next field.

To save all your settings, select the Save Settings button.

2.3 Maintaining the System
This section contains various tools to assist you in maintaining your Website. These tools can be
accessed on your Control Panel under Web Site Tools.


2.3.1 Administrative History

To view the history of all changes done to any particular site, select Administrative History.
This generates a list of all changes to your domain.

The administrative history collected by your web server can be exported into a Comma Delimited
File. Selecting the Export Comma Delimited File button will prompt you with a Save File
dialog.

2.3.2 Web Disk Management

Selecting Web Disk Management from Web Site Tools will navigate you to the Disk Usage
Summary screen as seen below.

This section contains a breakdown of all the Domains associated to your site and the disk space
allocation corresponding to that domain.

To refresh the data, select Refresh.

You can modify the “Disk Quota MB” field by selecting Edit from the Actions column
corresponding to the site you wish to modify.


Once you select Edit, the quota field will change and you can key in up to the maximum free disk
quota MB available for your account. To confirm your changes, select Save.

2.4 Troubleshooting the System
Within each Site Detail control panel contains a troubleshooting section that has basic tools to
troubleshoot your website.

The troubleshooting tools include; Recycle AppPool, Restoring Directory Permissions to
Default, Detecting Problems and Repair Site.

Each of the tools can be activated by selecting on the respective tool you wish to run.

You will receive confirmation once the system has completed the processes for troubleshooting.


3. Easy Site
We offer a simple, comprehensive Web Site creation tool called Easy Site. This feature is
available in both Windows 2003 and UNIX (Signature) platforms.

To begin, you must enable Pop-Up Windows on your browser and select the Easy Site icon under
“Utilities and Files”.

Note: This feature is available on certain hosting packages only. If you do not have it,
please check with your Division representative.

To begin, select Create / Edit Site from the Welcome dialog box. This will prompt you to select
a key industry first. Select Ok from the pop-up window. Then select the category of your
website—this helps in selecting the correct template.


Once you select your categories, Easy Site will generate several templates for you to choose
from. This is the basic view:

Understanding the Interface:

1. Template Details: For every template, you have three options.


a. Design: Selecting this option allows you review the selected template. You won‟t
be able to edit any of the fields or headings from this menu.

b. Color: Selecting this option allows you to modify the color scheme of the
selected template. Once you select Color from the menu, your template selection
area will change to different color schemes of the template you‟ve selected. You
can select any of the configurations and it will change the preview located in the
right window.

c. Main Graphic: Some of the templates have a “Main Graphic” that is distinctive
to the template. If your template has an editable Main Graphic function, it will


have this icon: located in the bottom right of the template preview. You can
select any of the pictures and it will apply to the preview pane on the right.

2. Template Selection: Easy Site offers several templates based on the industry you
selected from the previous section. You can navigate and preview any of the templates by
clicking on any of the pictures.

a. Icons: For each thumbnail of a template, the bottom right corner contains
additional features to this template.

i. Editable logo -

ii. Editable Main Graphic Option -

iii. Flash Elements -

iv. Favorite -

3. Template Pages: Selecting the drop down menu allows you to select between pages of
available templates.

4. Favorites: If you design multiple sites and like some of the templates, you can add them
to your favorites list for future use.

a. To add, select the Add to Favorites icon -

b. To manage all your favorites -

c. To delete a favorite - This will be in place of your Add button if it‟s already
a favorite.


So now you can select a template you want to apply to your website. Once you‟ve selected the
template, you can edit the Color or the Main Graphic if they are available to your template.

To navigate to the next section, select Design Details from the top bar.

Once you‟re in Design Details you will be able to define Text Color, Font, Buttons (if
available), Logo (if available), and Main Name. Navigate to any of the sections by clicking on
the respective title.

1. Text Color: The interface allows you to select from predefined text coloring. Upon
selecting the Text Color option, the area below the menu will change to the available
coloring options.

2. Buttons: Some templates will allow you to modify the navigation buttons, if the
template has navigation buttons to modify then the Buttons option will not be grayed out.

3. Logo: Upload your own Logos using this function. Select Logo from the option menu.
The area below will prompt you with three options.

a. Upload: Selecting this will prompt you to upload your own image.


b. Download: This gives you a sample background so that you can design your
logo accordingly.

c. Delete Logo: In event you don‟t like the current logo and want to delete it.

4. Main Name: You can define the Main Name that appears at the top of your website.
Selecting Main Name from the menu will allow you to apply a new name. Type the
desired name into the dialog box then select Apply.

Now that you‟ve edited the design of your template, you will now have to define your site map.
To begin, select Arrangement from the top menu.

Once you‟ve defined your site map, you can move onto editing the actual text of your website. To
do so, select Edit from your top menu. This will load an HTML editor in your browser where you
can edit all the text regions.


You can navigate to edit any of the other pages by clicking on the respective links on the page.
This will take you to that webpage and allow you to edit the text regions.

To put the finishing touches on your site, Easy Site also offers a variety of extras to be
implemented into your website. You can access these extras by selecting Extras from the top
menu.

Flash introduction

A Flash introduction is an animation using Flash technology, allowing you to create a moving
sequence composed of different elements about your business for a more attractive and
professional-looking site. If you wish to use a Flash introduction, under Extras select the “Flash-
intro” section, and in the next window, select “Yes, I would like to use a flash intro for free.”
From the drop down menu, choose the desired design. The color will automatically adapt to your
site design and color. Type your title and slogan or company objectives when prompted to do so.
For the text to be taken into account, click “Resume”.


Counter

You can use a counter to monitor in real time the number of visitors to your site. This counter is
free to use, and can be installed in a single click. You only need to select the corresponding check
box, select a design and enter the number of digits for your counter. Then click on “Resume” and
the counter will appear in your website the next time you publish. To make your counter
invisible, select the design “transparent”. Make sure you select the number of digits. You'll be
able to view the count via your Web Site Creator interface, stage 5 "Edit".

Guestbook

For your visitors to give their opinion about your site or service, you can open a guestbook,
adapted to the design of your site. To enable your guestbook, click on “Activate guestbook”.
This creates two pages in your site structure: “Guestbook” that lets your visitors enter their
comments, and another one that opens you guestbook for viewing. You can add comments to
your visitors' comments, or delete some of them.

You can, in step 4. “Arrangement" rename the guestbook and determine its place and level
(section / subsection) in the site map.

Voting

To insert a voting capability in your site, in step 5 "Edit", select the "Extras" menu, and click on
“Insert Voting”.

The common tasks linked to voting are carried out in step 6 "Extras", in the "Voting" section.

You can set up as many polls as you like. Select "Install new poll". Delete the sample text and
enter your own question. Similarly for the reply choices, specify one reply per field. The visitor
must have at least two replies to choose from.
You can add as many replies as you like by selecting the “Add further options”. To delete a
reply option, click the “delete” button (next to the last reply created)

Note: Reply options cannot be modified once online. To delete a reply then, you would need
to delete the whole poll, and set up a new one.

A poll is active by default. Once the poll is closed, the visitor can no longer vote but a graph
illustrates the results of the poll.

You can activate, reactivate or close a poll by clicking the “Active/ended” option.

NOTE: to delete a poll, you needn't delete the whole webpage.


Forum

To set up a new discussion forum, in step 6, click the “Forum” section, and “Open new forum”.
Type the name of the forum. Your forum can be inserted into any page of your site as a ready-to-
use component in step 5, "Edit".

As owner of the site, it is your role to manage and update your forum via the site editing tool—
you can read a message, reply to it or delete it using the appropriate icons.

Any new message constitutes the starting point to a "thread". If the first message of a thread is
deleted, the whole subsequent thread is deleted too. This principle applies to any reply that would
have generated further comments or replies.

Forums can be deactivated or deleted. When the forum is just deactivated (the "Active" box is
unchecked), the forum is not deleted, and it is still possible to manage it. As long as it has not
been reactivated, it is no longer visible on the site. By clicking on the trash icon called "delete
forum", you delete the forum once and for all, from the site and from the site editing tool.

Use of the Forum

From the list of forums, select the forum you wish to edit and click “Edit forum”. You see a list
of all the posts. To go back to the list of forums, click “Select forum”. To write a new message,
click “New thread”. A form will open. Enter your name and email address as well as a "subject".
Make sure the subject you've entered is as precise and informative as possible, since it will show
in all the subsequent messages.

Type the text of your message in the text box. Once you've clicked on “Reply” the message is
added to your forum. All new messages immediately appear online. You can start the procedure
at any point by clicking “Overview”.

All the new posts and replies in the forum can be viewed and replied to via the online assistant.
Select a forum and click on the reply from the list of posts. The full post or reply is shown. By
clicking the relevant link, you can reply to or delete a post or its reply. A click on “Overview”
lets you go back to the full list of posts and replies.

If you click on “Use a quote”, the post or reply you're replying to is added below your reply.

Photo album

Photo albums can serve professional or personal purposes. Businesses can use a photo album as a
product gallery, or to introduce their team or company premises. Individuals can use a photo
album to share pictures with family and friends, and share vacations, weddings, etc. All photo
albums share the same structure—photographs are presented in a gallery. To enlarge a specific
picture, just click on it. Photo albums can be accessed in step 6, "Extras", by clicking on “Photo
album”.

Note: Additional Photo album help files can be found within Easy Site tool help files.


If you are satisfied with your site, you can then proceed to the next section to publish your site
and make it live. Access the publishing screen by selecting “Publish” on your top menu.

You can navigate to any of the other previous sections by clicking on the respective links.

Select “Publish” when you are ready and the site will now be live. Easy Site will provide you
with a Status as it publishes the site to your FTP server and once it is complete you will see:


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