This is the first of the two main manuals for XSitePro 2, and updated
for XSitePro 2.5
This manual is provided in PDF format for you to download and, if you
wish, print out sections that you use refer to regularly.
The physical printed version of the ...
In the 'old days' companies use to have different computers for the
different internet content.
One for FTP, one for email, one for web content, & one for goffer
(what we had before search engines )
The web server was called www (world wide web)
So...
This usually happens when you have opened a website with comments in
it on a computer without _XCOMMENTPRO_ installed.
Has the 30 day trial expired on this computer?
If it is, the fix will be to delete all the [COMMENT0000000005] codes
from all the...
If you are having issues relating to your Internet Service Provider
changing their FTP to FTPeS or SFTP, Good news!
We have added SFTP to _XSITEPRO_!
Please update to the latest version here:
http://licensing.intellimon.com/xsitepro/downloads/xsitepro...
The easiest way to figure this out is to think of the web server as a
big computer that you can save files to, and everyone can see.
This is because that is exactly what a web server is. :)
To publish you are just saving a number of files to the ser...
_XSITEPRO_ does run from the desktop, but it is usual to have a web
hosting account so that you have somewhere to host your finished
website.
I do say that this the usual solution as it is possible to built your
own web host using a basic PC, Linux,...
If a main page of your XSitePro website is marked as 'do not publish',
but you have its sub-pages marked as 'publish', then the sub-pages
will still be published, but you will not see them on any menus.
In this situation, the sub pages will not appear o...
If you can write .htaccess scripts, a .htaccess re-direct option
would be the best solution to this issue.
_XSITEPRO_ does not have a direct fix for this.
However, we recommend that you ask this question in the _XSITEPRO
forum_ [1]:
http://www...
The "Connection attempt failed" type error is usually generated when
the FTP server details are not correct in the Publishing Details, or
the FTP Server is not working at this time.
In either of these cases you will need to contact your web host
provi...
The best way to upload a large collection of articles to the Web is
to drip feed them on to the Internet.
We would strongly recommend that you do not upload them all at once.
By evening out the article distribution you will get better search
engine o...
In order to preview or display a .php file, you need to have a PHP
interpreter.
Web servers usually have .php interpreters installed as standard, but
desktop computers do not.
You can install IIS and a PHP interpreter on your desktop computer.
Support f...
If you want to remove the www prefix from your website, please check
the Domain Name in the Publishing Details section.
This is where XSitePro picks up if you want the www prefix or not.
Be sure to check out the Essential Information for Publishing f...
Yes, and in _XSITEPRO_ there are two ways to do this.
Which way you choose will depend on the number of pages you add to
the sub-sites.
And this relates to the ease of managing the site more that any
limits to _XSITEPRO_.
Option 1: Siloing.
Usin...
GoHostOnline is the web host provider that you can automatically
setup in the _XSITEPRO_ Publishing Details section. The GOHOSTONLINE
website has a large number of very useful help articles available that
covers every conceivable topic.
To access th...
If your published website disappears, it is generally a problem at the
web hosting provider's end.
Please contact your web hosting provider about this.
Find out more about XSitePro website design software [1] at:
http://www.xsitepro.com [2]
And expl...
When building a website, it is important to remember to test out and
review your published website in as many web browsers as possible.
This is because you will not know what web browsers your website
visitors will be using.
The minimum web browsers we...
It looks like the FTP directory is missing in the XSitePro Publishing
details section.
Please check with your web host provider to what the FTP directory
should be.
Often it is: /public_html
But this can change from server to server.
You may fi...
When publishing your website, if you see the 'cwd file not found'
error, this means that XSitePro could not change the 'Current Working
Directory' i.e., hop in to another folder.
This usually happens when the FTP folder details are incorrect in the
Pu...
\N\NCAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR PROCESS OF UPLOADING AND EDITING\N\N With
XSitePro all the editing is done in the desktop application.
This means that you do not even need to be on eh internet to edit
your pages, and you are not slowed down by any bandwidth iss...
PHP is a programming language that allows you to do program a range
of elements to a web page, such as an RSS reader or XCommentPro
commenting script software [1].
Ending the file name with .php is the usual way to tell your web host
to look out for ...
If you want to publish your website to a sub-domain, then all you need
to do is change the FTP directory to the correct folder name.
For example:
Your sub-domain is: www.my-subdomain.com [1]
so
Domain name = www. [2]my-subdomain.com [3]
Home Direc...
\N\NHOW DO I PREVIEW PHP FILES?\N\N
As PHP is a programming language, you will need a PHP interpreter
installed to view the web pages.
PHP interpreters are usually installed on web servers, but very
rarely installed on desktop or laptop computers.
Yo...
Put simply, yes.
Changing the extension of your website pages will lose almost 100% of
your _PageRank_ and backlinks!
The best option here is to tell the web server to treat .html web
pages as .php.
Change your .htaccess (or create one) so your server ...
As XSitePro is a desktop program, you can publish the websites you
make to just about any FTP web server.
The XSitePro program publishes to sub-domains in a very similar was to
any other domain.
If you can publish XSitePro web sites to a sub-domain th...
You can login to your _GoHostOnline_ domain and hosting account at:
https://www.enomcentral.com/login.aspx [1]
To manage your actual web hosting, login to your web hosting account
at http://webhosting.ehost-services.com/Login.asp [2] [3]
Find o...
_XSITEPRO _should be only uploading the pages that have changed
already.
However small changes can affect the navigation for all the pages, so
in this case they all should be re-published.
Also if you are using the tag cloud, this seems to force a
re...
When you have created a website, you do need to tell the search
engines that you are there. The two usual ways this is done are.
* Go to the Search Engines registration page, and enter some
details.
* Have some website point to your web site.
T...
You can cancel your _GoHostOnline_ web hosting account by following
this simple cancellation process:
* Login to eNom Central at http://www.enomcentral.com [1]
* On the horizontal menu you will see an option for HOSTING. Choose
'Hosting' and then...
If your _XSITEPRO_ amends and changes are not appearing on your live
website, this could be caused by a few different things.
* When you open your website in a web browser, please press CTRL+F5
to refresh the page. This will ensure that you are vie...
Adding PDF files to your _XSITEPRO_ website for easy downloads is
easy to do.
To add a PDF into your web page, for downloading by a visitor, simply
following the six steps below
* Head over to the "Other" tab inside XSitePro, then select the
"Re...
Smartphones such as iPhones and Androids are fully capable of loading
mobile versions of your XSitePro websites. The XSitePro Mobile Site
Wizard will help you to design mobile versions of your XSitePro
websites.
Here is a little background to help you un...
The Taskbar Scheduler is a very exciting feature in _XSITEPRO_,
designed to put your web-site building process onto auto-pilot for
you. There are effectively two different ways that this feature can
help you keep your Web site looking in great shape wi...
The robots.txt file is a file that goes in the root of your Web site
and controls which pages the search engine spiders are allowed to look
at.
A robots.txt file is basically just a plain text file with a list of
all the files that you want to stop ...
Once you have provided all the publishing details required on the initial screen of the Publishing Details tab you may then publish your Web site whenever you like.
Click on the Publish button on the main toolbar, or select Tools and then click on...
In addition to the basic publishing information described in detail
above, you can also enter various other pieces of information relating
to your Web site by clicking on the button.
These detail will not affect your website or the publishing of th...
Sometimes you may have a page address that might change. For example,
if you had a special offer each month you might have pages called
January.html, February.html, etc. Rather than rely on visitors
entering the correct web address you could have a red...
Scheduling content is an incredibly powerful and exciting feature in
_XSITEPRO_. What this means is that using this tool you can pre-write
content and schedule exactly when, and for how long, the page content
should be published and visible on your sit...
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 ...
\N\NSEARCH ENGINE XML SITE MAPS (GOOGLE SITEMAP)\N\N
Google Site maps are an easy way for you to help improve your
coverage in the Google index. It takes very little effort and yet has
the potential to really give you a boost in Google's search results...
_XSITEPRO_ has a project management system that allows you to create
as many websites in _XSITEPRO_ as you like, but there are times when a
project has come to it's end.
Deleting an existing Web site from your Projects / Sites list in the
Project Ma...
Every Web site you create needs to have what is known as a 'home
page'.
A home page is simply the page that people land on, by default, when
they visit your Web site.
For example if your Web site domain name is 'mysite.com' and somebody
entered h...
There are a number of preferences / settings changes you can make in
_XSITEPRO_, some of which affect the whole application and some of
which affect only the current Web site.
All of the customizable settings for _XSITEPRO_ are contained on a
single...
Yes! There isn't another desktop website builder that can do this.
The Taskbar Scheduler is a very exciting feature in XSitePro,
designed to put your web-site building process onto auto-pilot for
you.
There are effectively two different ways that thi...
The Taskbar Scheduler is a very exciting feature in _XSITEPRO_,
designed to put your web-site building process onto auto-pilot for
you. There are effectively two different ways that this feature can
help you keep your Web site looking in great shape wi...
_XSITEPRO_ allows you to create a Web site and then export it in its
entirety in a folder structure that can then be loaded by most Web
page editing packages such as FrontPage or Dreamweaver.
This can be useful if you have a colleague that doesn't h...
Below is a step-by-step guide to entering the essential information
into the publishing tab. The first section will focus on the
information that is absolutely essential for publishing and the second
section will cover some additional information that ...
Creating a mobile Web site from your existing Web site content is a
simple, seven step process using the Mobile Site wizard. The steps
are:
* Enabling the feature
* Layout
* Images
* Styles
* Redirect
* Preview
* Finish
In the seven s...
The speed that a web page appears in the web visitors browser is
important for two reasons.
* Slow web pages put visitors off, and they will go elsewhere to buy
their products of find their information.
* Google uses the page loading speed as a k...
_XSITEPRO_ Has a RSS FEED WIZARD that will allow you to do this. The
_XSITEPRO_ RSS FEED WIZARD makes inserting RSS feeds into your site so
quick and easy you will feel guilty (a little). Not only can you add a
feed in record time, without any technica...
Yes, redirect pages are the perfect tool for this.
Redirect Pages have several major purposes.
* To hide unattractive urls
* To provide links to affiliate sites
* For when page addresses might change
* For ad tracking
In a nutshell Redirect P...
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 helps t...
Here is an overview of the process that XSitePro goes through every time you publish your site to the Internet.
The software takes all of the information you have entered and creates correctly formatted HTML pages that are suitable for publishing t...
Below is a step-by-step guide to entering the essential information into the publishing tab.
Web Server Details
There are two pieces of information you need to enter here.
Domain Name - This is the domain name you have registered for you...
If your website's HOME link is not working correctly, the first thing
to check is your PUBLISHING DETAILS, specifically the DOMAIN NAME and
the HOME DIRECTORY.
Please follow these instructions: \N\NDOMAIN NAME\N\N
This is simple. This is the addr...
The Website Cleanup tool is what this was created for.
The Web site Cleanup feature lets you do a spring-clean of your whole
Web site at the press of a button or two.
Over time it is very easy to end up with lots redundant files on your
web server. ...
If you are having trouble with publishing and/or your live site, the
very first thing you need to check are your publishing details.
Your publishing details not only tell XSitePro where to place your
site on your server, but they also affect the link...
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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