Yes you can!
All the images for your website can be found in the Resource Manager.
In this section you can download the images on to you local computer,
edit them, and then re-import the new images back in to XSitePro.
The free 'Gimp' application is p...
To get the sub pages to show up on the menus, please make sure that
you have checked the options on each of the sub-pages page settings to
indicate that you want the sub page menu items to come up.
Note that the navigation system does not create menu ...
Ok you want a image to cover the whole of the background. So the
question is:
"What will the size of the browser be on the screens of the visitors
that view my website?"
Seeing that there are all sorts of monitors out there, and some will
view you...
\N\NHOW DO I SAVE A WEBSITE TO BE A TEMPLATE?\N\N
When the XSE file has been imported, or if you create your own
template:
* Right click on the web site in the Project tree View.
* Select 'Save as Template'
* Give the template a name
* Select...
The _XSITEPRO_ Mobile Wizard does not use the Info Bar Menu.
The items that are shown on the Mobile site are the pages marked to
be displayed in the Left Panel.
If the Left Panel is not used, then the Mobile Site Wizard uses the
Right Panel.
If ne...
You may see that in _XSITEPRO_ we have several templates that have a
similar look.
However creating this look takes a bit of effort.
Now you get the boarder look is to make a separate graphic for each
of the outer panels you have active (Header, Foo...
If you purchase a _XSITEPRO_ template from a designer, or download
one from the _XSITEPRO CLUB_, you will see that they come as XSE
files.
Exporting and importing XSE files is the way that you can move
_XSITEPRO_ websites from one computer to anothe...
XSitePro web design software [1] uses a self correcting editor.
If the code is changing on your website, this is a sure sign that
there is an error in the panel.
Please highlight the whole page (you can use Ctrl+A to do this).
Set the paragraph type to...
We have tested the navigation in _XSITEPRO_ in both IPads and IPhones
and the navigation works correctly.
However please remember that to get the drop down menus you have to
long click on the menu headings to see the sub-menus. This is just how
Idev...
In _XSITEPRO_ Siloing is a method of placing several similar pages
together, with a limited number of page links between them so that the
search engines get a better idea about what these pages are about.
So you may have several web pages on waterslid...
If the moment that you are noticing is the effect that is caused by
the browser adding the scroll bars, then there is nothing as a web
designer that we can do about this.
This becomes even more apparent when you think that different web
visitors will be ...
All of the XSitePro templates included in our website design software
[1] can be changed in the same way that any other template can be
modified.
The less complex a template is, the easier it will be to adapt.
Please be aware that some of the complex te...
\N\NCAN XSITEPRO MENU OPTIONS INCLUDE MORE THAN ONE SUB LINK?\N\N Yes,
just about all the dynamic menus do this, and a few of the fixed menus
do too.
You can see this is action on my hobby site Info Bar menu:
http://wargametactics.com/ [1]
There is no...
Many websites have the header image set as a link back to the home
page. This can be done in XSitePro too.
Please create the header using the Advances header feature.
Insert the header banner image as a standard image.
And make this a link using th...
\N\NWHAT TO DO IF XSITEPRO IS MODIFYING YOUR HTML CODE\N\N
XSitePro' designer uses a self modifying editor called PinEdit.
This editor will detect errors in your HTML code and fix them
automatically. This is great for fledgeling web developers who a...
Sometimes, you may want to remove a template entirely from your
website design and start over. There are several options you can take
in this situation:
OPTION #1: Keep the website you have, but remove just the template
part of your website.
* T...
The automatic navigator creator can only create one line of menus per
panel.
There are two options here.
1: Have one line of menus in the Info Bar, and another in the Main
Panel header.
This works well if you do not have any Left or Right Panels.
2...
If you would like a different layout for multiple pages of your
XSitePro website, all you have to do is create a new website in
XSitePro and publish it to a subfolder of your main domain.
For example, you could have your home page as one website, locat...
There are several options you can choose from for how you want your
headers to vary across your website.
OPTION #1: Have a random header appear on each page of your website.
* You can use the _Banner Rotator Widget_ to do this.
* Find out how f...
\N\NHOW TO ADD SEO META DATA TO SITE MAP PAGES\N\N
Adding the all important key words and phrases to each of your web
pages is important if you want to get to the top of the search engine
listings. This includes the automatically created Site Map pages...
Have you ever wanted to create a page layout where you have content
on two or 3 fixed columns, much like a newspaper page?
Well with the _XSITEPRO_ tables you can.
The easiest way to get this look is to add a table to your main
panel, and use the...
\N\NCAN I ADD MORE FONTS TO XSITEPRO?\N\N XSitePro is web development
software designed to make websites that can be viewed by all PCs and
all browsers.
XSitePro is installed with all safe web fonts.
You could custom code your HTML to use a custom font ...
One of the options on the Add Other button that appears on the Web
pages tab is to add an external link.
This feature lets you add a link to any of your navigation menus,
that will link to a page outside of the Web site you are working on.
\N\NWHAT WOU...
\N\NSETTING UP THE RIGHT PANEL LAYOUT IN XSITEPRO\N\N
The Right Panel is the space between the main panel and the page
margin on the right hand side of the page. People often include
testimonials or banner advertisements in this section. \N\NTHE RIGHT
...
This report details the currently selected project and all of the Web
sites within that project:
The report is split into three sections.
* PROJECT INFORMATION SECTION - This covers everything to do with
the project itself.
* WEB SITE INFORMATI...
Selecting multiple pages within the Web pages list is an useful
feature when you want to move or delete multiple pages simultaneously.
To select multiple pages in the list, use one of the two simple
techniques outlined below:
Selecting multiple cons...
As well as giving you the simplicity of being able to design your Web
page in the WYSIWYG Designer window, XSitePro gives you access to the
raw HTML code behind your page design too, via the Source Tab
The source tab is located under the Web pages t...
When you join someone else's affiliate scheme you will usually be
given a url that you must use when linking to that site. The reason
for this is so that any traffic you send can be monitored so that, in
the event of a sale, you can be paid your agreed...
This is a great script for using when you want to display new windows
to visitors without closing the existing window. This is incredibly
important, since many other types of link take your visitors away from
your site, effectively increasing the chanc...
QuickPages are a great way to build consistent quality pages across a
range of different page- types, quickly and repeatedly - a truly
powerful tool in your content-creation arsenal.
The logic underpinning this tool is that Web sites commonly featur...
OnLoad and OnUnload Events are powerful functions that allow us to
trigger scripts to be run on the event of a page loading (OnLoad
Event), or when a user attempts to leave a Web page (OnUnload Event).
Care must be taken when using these events in t...
_XSITEPRO_ has a great report facility that will help you optimize
your site to draw the greatest number of visitors. One section of this
report is all about Accessibility.
You can access the _XSITEPRO_ site reports in the REPORTS drop-down
menu. \N...
QuickPages are a great way to build consistent, quality pages across
a range of different page- types, quickly and repeatedly - a truly
powerful tool in your content-creation arsenal.
The logic underpinning this tool is that Web sites consistently te...
_XSITEPRO_'s default is to leave a half height line space every time
you press enter, however you do not have to follow this rule if you do
not wish to.
In order to ignore this you will need to press and hold the Shift
button when pressing the Enter...
Although _XSITEPRO_ will provide you with a good representation of
your site in Preview, sometimes you will get a 'place holder' to
represent a certain element. This is because the code for this part
requires some server elements for it to show, which in ...
In the _XSITEPRO_ Page Layout tab you will have entered details for
what you want to appear in the left column of the Web page and maybe
also the right column. You might also have specified details for the
info bar, headers and footers. You won't see a...
Imagine you have a product called the 'Denovak Elemental CM8976-9'8
and that you have a page on your Web site located at:
http://www.examplesite.com/products/denovak/denovak-elemental-cm8976-98.html
Even for someone familiar with the product this wo...
This script is similar to the Scrolling Title Bar script, but instead
of the text appearing in the title bar of the browser window it
appears in the status bar, bottom left of the screen.
This can be useful if you want to catch the visitor's eye and...
As you'll know yourself, it can be incredibly frustrating trying to
find your way around a website, when the navigation menus are of poor
quality or design.
It's such a vital aspect of web design, that you really should be
putting a lot of thought...
In this section we will take a look at what the Site Map and Meta
Tags (or Meta Data) are, just in case either of these terms are new to
you. \N\NSITE MAPS\N\N
A site map is a page, or set of pages, that give an overview of the
layout of a Web site....
Are the web pages in the wrong name? This can happen if you want to
change the Title or File Name to one that is more Search Engine
Optimized, or just easier for your visitors to remember. :-)
To rename a page within the Web pages list (under the We...
The Link Manager Module in _XSITEPRO_ Version 2 has taken creating
link pages to the next level. If you master this tool you will have a
quick and easy way of adding almost an unlimited amount of content
rich, and keyword focused, content whenever the ...
Siloing is a way of organizing a Web site into a collection of
smaller sections that each focus on a single topic or just a handful
of topics.
Adopting this departmentalized structure can give you a significant
boost in the search engines as it help...
In several places throughout the _XSITEPRO_ software you can access
the Color Picker tool. This very useful little tool enables you to
select a particular color for the text, background or other element
for which you are adjusting settings, at the time...
When you can creating your web pages there will be times when you
will want to add a link to an external web site.
_XSITEPRO_ has three features that lets you add a link to an external
website, linked text on the web page, the 'Links Page' wizard, and ...
When you design your site in the Page Layout section of XSitePro you
will probably specify a Right Panel. This panel is an ideal place to
feature content such as testimonials, advertising, feeds and other
elements. This said, it is often preferable to ...
With _XSITEPRO _we believe you will rarely have to know anything
about the source of your website, there may be a time when you need to
access the source code so that you can add an important feature to
your website.
If you do not know a lot about H...
This can sometimes be caused by the sizing of your panels. If your
left, main and right panels overall add up to a larger width than the
header the image will be repeated.
You can do two things here:
* Alter the width of your panels
* Alter t...
The Navigation Menu System window is split into four easy-to-follow
steps, covered in the following sections. \N\NSTEP 1: PANEL\N\N
In this step you choose which of your navigation menus you want to
change the settings for. Only panels where you al...
\N\NTHE INFO BAR\N\N
Below the Header settings box you will see the Info Bar settings box.
This is where you specify the details for the Info Bar, i.e. the
horizontal section that appears under the Page Header.
The following can be specified for the...
When _XSITEPRO _publishes your Web site it uploads a special file
called 'robots.txt'. This file communicates, to passing Search Engine
Spiders, a list of those pages on your site that you are happy for
Search Engines to index, and those you are not.
...
The Page Layout section of The Essentials manual explains in detail
how to use the different panel settings to create your Web site page
layout in _XSITEPRO_, and _XSITEPRO_ itself ships with hundreds of
great looking professionally-designed templates ...
There are times that you need to add a script or some Meta data in to
the section of the web page.
In _XSITEPRO_ there are two options available to do this. The
difference between the two options is that one option affects every
web page on the site, ...
A breadcrumb trail is the path that you often see displayed in the
top left hand corner of the main panel of many professional Web sites.
It gives a clear indication of where the visitor currently is on the
site and usually includes hyperlinks so that ...
\N\NSETTING UP THE MAIN PANEL FOOTER LAYOUT\N\N
At the bottom of the Main Panel is the Main Panel Footer.
_XSITEPRO_ offers two kinds of footer: the Main Panel Footer and the
Page Footer. You can use them individually or both at the same time.
Th...
If you have a navigation menu system in your left or right panel,
please check the width of this in "Menu Settings". Often this is
caused by leaving the width at 0 which can cause problems (mainly in
firefox). Change it to a size that fits in your pane...
\N\NSETTING UP XSITEPRO PAGE MARGINS\N\N
The Page Margins are the two vertical strips down the left and right
side of the Web page (and can also feature above and below the
header/footer).
The Page Margins are part of the web page payout. For this r...
Scripts are generally small pieces of code (often Javascript, or
another programming language) which, when inserted into your Web page
content, give a specific piece of functionality.
_XSITEPRO_ itself has some scripts built in (Image Galleries, Ran...
If you run many Web sites and want to provide direct links from your
navigation menus to your other sites using the External links feature
will let you do that. You will be able to have links in any of your
navigation menus direct to your other sites.
...
\N\NTHE XSITEPRO MAIN PANEL LAYOUT\N\N
This is where the body copy for your Web site will appear. It is the
place in which you will normally enter all of the copy you want on
your Web pages, but at this stage we are not really concerned with the
conten...
\N\NCHOOSING A TEMPLATE\N\N
Arguably the best way to create a great site with XSitePro is to
create it from scratch using your own graphics and putting your own
stamp on the overall design. However, sometimes you might want to just
produce a site very ...
Yes, you can.
An exciting feature in XSitePro is the ability to apply a completely
new template design to an existing site, retrospectively.
This means that you can focus 100% on content (if design is not your
area of expertise) and at a future point,...
To add the details about an affiliate scheme into _XSITEPRO_ you need
to follow the steps below. You should make a point of doing this for
every scheme that you join and should also make an effort to keep
these records up-to-date whenever there are cha...
Adding PDFs to your website is really easy with XSitePro :)
The process (along with a lot of other features in XSitePro) is
explained in our knowledgebase:
http://intellimon.helpserve.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/144/0/how-can-i-add-additional-fil...
You may wish to link to a specific part of a page on your website you
can do this by using anchor links.
To create an anchor link to a specific place on another page, set up
the Anchor link in the usual way, name it and place it wherever on
the pag...
\N\NTHE PAGE LAYOUT EXPLAINED\N\N
The Page Layout tab can be found in the Site Design screen of
XSitePro (when you've opened your Web site).
This is where you will create the overall design 'look and feel' of
your site. The choices you make on the P...
A breadcrumb trail is the path that you often see displayed in the
top left hand corner of the main panel of many professional Web sites.
It gives a clear indication of where the visitor currently is on the
site and usually includes hyperlinks so that ...
The Page Layout section of The Essentials manual explains in detail
how to use the different panel settings to create your Web site page
layout in _XSITEPRO_, and _XSITEPRO_ itself ships with hundreds of
great looking professionally-designed templates ...
Your _XSITEPRO_ Web site uses a Page Layout design, described in the
Page Layout section of the XSitePro Manual - Book 1: The Essentials.
The Page Layout governs the overall look and feel of your Web pages,
at a global level. This makes it incredibl...
A unique and very useful feature in XSitePro is the ability to
quickly split existing Web pages into multiple pages. It allows you
create brand new pages almost instantly from work you have already
done.
For example:
Imagine you have written an a...
Importing Web pages is an incredibly fast and powerful way of
bringing content into your Web sites from a variety of sources. To our
knowledge it is a feature that is unique to XSitePro. You won't even
find it in any of the more expensive web design pa...
Templates are great. Templates allow you to create loads of web pages
very quickly by allowing you to focus on the main panel for each page.
However, there are times when you want to have a page that is
different to the others. Not just in the main pan...
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