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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 ...
Yes, you can add a file that visitors can download from your XSitePro website. Simply add the file(s) in question to the Resource Manager. You can find the manual section on the Resource Manager here: http://www.xsitepro.com/help/resource_manager_x...
There are times when you have a web page in one _XSITEPRO_ website and you want to move or copy that page to a different _XSITEPRO_ website. _XSITEPRO_ does not have a facility built in to do this. In the mean time: * Please Switch to the source...
Please DO NOT delete the contents of the following folder locations, as they are vital to the smooth running of XSitePro web site design software [1]: 1. Program FilesXSitePro 2. My DocumentsXSitePro-Data * This folder contains your XSitePro Data B...
The process to creating a new template in the Template Selector is quite straightforward. When you have imported or created a website it will be available in the Project Selection Tree (the first thing you see once XSitePro has opened). You can right...
You can get a print preview of your web page or website when you preview your website in XSitePro. After clicking the Preview button in XSitePro, you can simply print from the web browser in the same way that you would print any other web pages. This wi...
Are you naming your exports after your domain name? Back in the days of DOS and before the internet became popular, there were things called command files which had a .com extension. It is still a normal XSitePro export file but, because of the exte...
The safest way to transfer websites between computers is to Export then to an XSE file, and import them on the second computer. With 12 sites this will be quite quick. You can find the manual section on imports and exports here: http://www.xsitepro.com...
If you want to access the _Project Selection Tree_ (perhaps to change the website you are currently working on), there is another way than closing _XSITEPRO_ completely each time! * There is a 'Close' button in the lower right corner of _XSITEPRO_....
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...
If you are searching your _XSITEPRO_ website for a specific page in a large complex website by page name: * Preview the site map in hierarchical order * Do a find to locate the page * Then see where it is in the hierarchical order. You can t...
In _XSITEPRO_ there are two times when New left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Under File "New and Import" are grayed out and can not be used.
The first step here is to add the PDF file to the Resource Manager. You can find the manual section on the Resource Manager here: http://www.xsitepro.com/help/resource_manager_xsitepro_website_design.htm In the _XSITEPRO_ Resource Manager there i...
_XSITEPRO _backs up all the files in the XSitePro Data directory 'My Documents/XSitePro-Data/Database' We did have an issue with a year or so with _XSITEPRO_ creating too many files here. So my next suggestion is that you make sure that you are on t...
Ok, the trick here is good filing and plenty of notes. :) For the notes you can go to the 'Website Information' tab and add notes about the web site in the 5 boxes provided. If you add some quality notes here this will help you remember where you...
_XSITEPRO web design software_ [1] has two states for web pages, published and un-published. All the web pages that you work on in _XSITEPRO_ are un-published. These are stored in a binary database in the data directory you selected on install, usua...
_XSITEPRO_ does create a website that can be edited with standard HTML editors, and you could go that way if you wish. The thing is that I suspect that the 2nd person does not have the time or experience to go editing raw HTML files. Also, any change...
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...
XSitePro is designed to be one editor per website. The database for XSitePro is usually in My DocumentsXSitePro-DataDatabase. However I am not sure what the effects of having an automatic sync set up on the data will have. There is a possibility that ha...
When adding a photo to an open web page in your XSitePro website, we would advise that you have the image at the correct size that you want, before importing into XSitePro. You can reduce or shrink large pictures in pixel size in the editor. Please n...
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...
If the website is listed in the project tree, but you can not open it, there may be a glitch in this website. Please export the website to an XSE file and then re-import it. The import function will read the XSE file and fix any known errors. If t...
\N\NWHAT VIDEO FORMATS CAN BE VIEWED ON MOBILE DEVICES?\N\N This depends on the device. The Video are rendered to flash. Apple have banned Flash on their devices, and loosing market share because of it. \N\NCAN THEY BE ADDED TO ANY PAGE (EVEN MOBILE ...
There are a couple of ways that you can do this: One is to publish the website to a test hosting account you have, and then send the client the URL to check that they are happy with the site. Alternatively, you can publish your website locally, a...
The _XSITEPRO_ menu structure mirrors the web page tree. If you move web pages to be children of other web pages, the Navigation system will use this to create sub-pages. As that may not be too clear, I have done a quick video showing what I did on ...
It is highly recommended that you do not keep both your _XSITEPRO_ current work and your backups on the one hard disk. One option to split these up is to use an online service as a backup location. How I do this is the have a 'Drop Box' account. Th...
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 arti...
There are two main ways to verify your site in Google as you have discovered. There are both as easy as each other in _XSITEPRO_, so you can decide which you want to do. 1: "Download this HTML verification file. [googlexyzabcdefgh.html]" * Down load...
With _XSITEPRO_, if you add a file to the RESOURCE MANAGER, that file will be listed when you add a link to your web page. * If the file is a .html file, then it will be displayed in the browser. * If the file is a .pdf file, then the web site vi...
What is happening here is that the FaceBook code is HTML5 IFrame code and XSitePro creates html 4.01 web pages. To fix this, please update to XSitePro v2.520: You can find the latest version update file for XSitePro (v2.520) here: http://licensing.int...
To make a new backup .XSE file to transfer to your new computer. * Open _XSITEPRO_. * In the 'Project Selection Tree' in the left hand column, select the website that you wish to export and right click. * Select "Export". * Save the exported w...
To make a sub-page all you do is add a page in the normal way and then reposition it in the list using the four arrow buttons located to the right of the page list on the Web pages tab. Take the following page list for example. Imagine you wanted t...
The _XSITEPRO_ Web page Designer [1] takes away the need to enter HTML code as it does it all for you. However more advanced web designers may want to inspect and edit the HTML code directly. You can do this by clicking on the Source tab. This featu...
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...
The Resource Manager is the central location that _XSITEPRO_ uses to store all the additional files needed for the website. These include images that you add to your web page, images for the template, video files, audio files, PDF downloads and script ...
You can add the same script to every page by going to the OTHER tab and selecting GLOBAL SCRIPTS. Check out this section from the online help manual to find out more about adding global scripts in XSitePro: http://www.xsitepro.com/help/inserting_a_scr...
The _XSITEPRO_ WEBSITE 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. This could be anything from Web pages that ha...
The _XSITEPRO_ Multi-Page Creation Wizard provides a quick and easy way of creating the infrastructure of a new site or adding whole new branches to the infrastructure of an existing site. Put simply, this tool enables you to quickly create potentially...
The Redirect Pages feature in _XSITEPRO_ provides you with a quick and powerful way of creating an infinite number of redirect pages for the sites you create. Whether you want to use them to disguise unattractive urls or to redirect people to affili...
In the Site Design part of _XSITEPRO _you will find all the tools you need to create a great-looking, content-rich Web site. _XSITEPRO_ uses a tabbed interface to give you quick access to all aspects of your Web sites - in no more than two mouse-cli...
The first step for creating a Web site with XSitePro is to create a new 'project'. Using this 'project' structure, XSitePro encourages and helps you to keep your Web site empire in an organized fashion, right from the start. It's very easy to create...
You can access the HEAD, and other script sections of your website by going to the other tab and selecting GLOBAL SCRIPTS: http://www.xsitepro.com/help/inserting_a_script_on_every_page_in_your_site_at_one_go_xsitepro_website_design.htm [1] If you nee...
Deleting pages from your _XSITEPRO_ Web pages list (in the Web pages tab) is simple: * Select the page in the list and either hit the 'Delete' key on your keyboard or click the 'Delete' button at the top of the Web pages list: * In both cases you ...
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...
There are times when you do not want to save the whole website and all of it's content. _XSITEPRO_ gives you the option of saving your Web site as a template site, for re-use at a future point should you so wish. \N\NUSES FOR SAVING A WEBS AS A TEMPLAT...
It's really easy to change the name of the style sheet in _XSITEPRO_. Please watch this video to learn more: http://screencast.com/t/abxI6M3Xx [1] Find out more about XSitePro website design software [2] at: http://www.xsitepro.com [3] And ex...
It's best to resize your images to a 'web-friendly' size before you add them to your website. This makes sure that the file sizes are small, so your visitors can view your images quicker. There are websites where you can resize your images. For exa...
Site maps are an important component that you will usually want to include in any Web sites that you create. If designed properly they provide an useful road map for both human visitors and search engines spidering your site. To add a site map to yo...
_XSITEPRO_ has a very useful Multi-page creation wizard. The Multi-Page Creation Wizard, or MPC Wizard for short, provides a quick and easy way of creating the infrastructure of a new site or adding whole new branches to the infrastructure of an existi...
With _XSITEPRO web design software_ [1], adding Flash SWF objects is really simple! :) Just use the built-in _Video Wizard_. The _Video Wizard_ will take Flash objects and embed them into your web page. Check out this section of the manual to find...
With _XSITEPRO_, when you first created your Web page you will have been prompted for a Page Title. More information about this essential setting, along with the Filename and Menu Text settings, is included below. * PAGE TITLE - This is the name th...
To create your Google Site map go to the Other tab and click on the Search Engine Sitemaps button. The screen that loads contains four logical tabbed sections. Each of these tabbed sections is accessible directly, at any time, by simply clicking the...
_XSITEPRO_ gives you the option of saving your Web site as a template site, for re-use at a future point should you so wish. This can be particularly useful if you are creating similar sites along a theme (for example, if you are producing feeder sites...
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, when you're r...
Importing Web pages in _XSITEPRO_ 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 expensi...
If you have a website in _XSITEPRO_ and you want to make a cop of it, you can * Make sure you are on the Web sites tab in the Project Details section of XSitePro. * Select the Web site you want to copy by clicking on it once with your mouse. *...
To create a new project make sure you are on the Project Management Screen in XSitePro then click on the 'Add Project' button on the toolbar. The New Project dialogue box will appear In New Project dialogue box you need to enter three pieces of i...
There are two find and replace functions built-in to _XSITEPRO_. One is on a page level and the other is global. The page level Find and Replace feature is detailed in the Designer section. The global 'Find and Replace on All Pages...' option is fou...
It is always wise to backup all of the data you have on your computer. In addition to your normal backup procedures _XSITEPRO_ gives you the ability to quickly create a backup of all of your Web site data and project information at the click of a mouse...
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...
You can set this up really easily in _XSITEPRO_ :) This video explains how to make a link open in a new window: http://screencast.com/t/xh9MBAHQuw [1] Find out more about XSitePro website design software [2] at: http://www.xsitepro.com [3] An...
With _XSITEPRO_ activating the Site Map feature on your Web site is really easy. All you need to do to add a site map to your Web site is load the Site Map module and confirm which sort of Site Map you'd like to use as a default. Confirming that select...
To view the Resource Manager click on the Resource Manager button on the Other tab: The following window will be displayed: The list on the screen shown above details all of the files that have been used for your Web site. A large proportion of the...
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...
With _XSITEPRO_ you can create an number of websites. To keep these all these websites in a manageable order _XSITEPRO_ allows you to organise your websites in to projects. However there may be times when you want to reorganize your websites by moving ...
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 ...
In the box on the Page Settings tab labeled 'Description' you need to enter an appropriate description for this Web page. There are several things you should remember when entering your description. \N\NMAKE IT SOUND ENTICING\N\N This description is...
_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...
\N\NTHE WEB SITE INFORMATION TAB EXPLAINED\N\N This is the starting point for any new Web site you create. It's easy to be tempted to rush ahead to get to the page creation stage, but resist the temptation. Time spent entering the necessary details is ...
_XSITEPRO_ gives you the option to have a navigation menu in a number of different areas of your page design. A navigation bar is simply the term for a site menu, something you will see on a large percentage of sites. It is a list of the main pages ...
_XSITEPRO_ has a feature to create mobile websites. In this section we will have a look at what mobile websites are, and why they are useful. \N\NWHAT EXACTLY IS A MOBILE SITE?\N\N A mobile site is one which has been designed specifically for viewin...
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...
Almost all Web page creation within _XSITEPRO_ will at some point involve the built in Designer. Designer is a full-blown WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor that allows you to create Web pages in a visual environment. You can design all of y...
To avoid over-facing you with every possible setting for your Web pages in a single screen, _XSITEPRO_ helpfully tucks away some of the lesser-used features in a standalone 'Advanced Page Settings' module. You can launch this module from the Page Setti...
Adding custom script to a particular page is really easy in _XSITEPRO_. You have these different options: * Add script into an individual page using the _SOURCE _tab. You can flip between the design view and source view whenever you need :) * Add...
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...
CREATING WEBSITES Creating websites is what _XSITEPRO_ is all about. As you can create many websites in XSitePro, the websites are grouped in to 'Projects'. So the first step is to make sure you have at least one project created. You can find the know...
When you are adding an image to a web page, there are times when you want the text of the web page to run down the side of the image. To do this: * Go to Image Properties by right clicking the image, * Set the Horizontal setting to Left or Ri...
Creating links on your websites have to major benifitial results. * It allows visitors to find other related websites. This builds up your reputation. * It encourages other websites to link back to you. This increases your Page Rank in the search...
Using _XSITEPRO_, you can make an external link for your navigation menu. This short video explains how: http://screencast.com/t/8uij99x9 [1] You can either point to a whole different website by having the URL as (for example); _ http://www.thewe...
A mobile site is one which has been designed specifically for viewing on a mobile web, or WAP browser. There are a number of key differences between a mobile site and a 'regular' site, but it's sufficient to say that a mobile site viewed on a regular b...
Importing and exporting can be useful for such times as when you want to send a Web site you are working on to a friend or colleague or when you want to make an archive copy of a complete Web site to CD or DVD. The great thing about importing and ex...
If you want to transfer a website so that you can import it into a newer version of _XSITEPRO_, here's the _Import/Export_ process to do so: To EXPORT:- 1. Open _XSITEPRO Version 1_. 2. In the _Project Selection Tree_ in the left hand column, select ...
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, ...
One of the features of _XSITEPRO_ is that you can create web pages very quickly. This is possible because _XSITEPRO_ breaks up the page in to section (header, footer, side panels and main panel). This allows you to just focus on creating the section of...
Importing and exporting can be useful for such times as when you want to send a Web site you are working on to a friend or colleague or when you want to make an archive copy of a complete Web site to CD or floppy disk. The great thing about importing a...
_XSITEPRO web design software [1] _is currently only available in English however you can make websites in other languages. You could even set up a website with different language options, for example: www.mywebsite.com/ [2] www.mywebsite.com/english [...
This video demonstrates how to wrap text around an object, such as a video or other multimedia item: http://screencast.com/t/ZGQ2MjBjO [1] Find out more about XSitePro website design software [2] at: http://www.xsitepro.com [3] And explore the n...
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 artic...
_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...
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...
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, when you're...
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...
In _XSITEPRO_, the width of your site header is set by the combined widths of your LEFT, MAIN and RIGHT panel. For example, if you want your header to be 900px wide you might want to use these settings: * Left panel width: 150px * Main panel wi...
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...
\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 ...
You can add Flash objects to your _XSITEPRO_ website using the _Video Wizard_. The _Video Wizard_ will embed the Flash object onto your webpage, just as if it was a video file. Find out more on using the _Video Wizard_ from the _XSITEPRO_ online man...
Almost all Web page creation within _XSITEPRO_ will at some point involve the built in Designer. Designer is a full-blown WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor that allows you to create Web pages in a visual environment. You can design all of y...
The best way to cloak links is by using the _Redirect Pages_ tool. This is really easy to set up. You can learn how to use this tool here: http://www.xsitepro.com/help/using_redirect_pages_to_provide_links_to_affiliate_sites_xsitepro_website_desi...
The process of applying a custom template requires a few steps to be carried out before you run through the standard 'Change Template' procedure as outlined in the section before this one. To get your custom template ready for use you need to first fol...
Before you can import pages into _XSITEPRO_ you must first create those pages using whatever software you choose (Content Desk, Article Automator, etc) and make sure that the pages are saved to a folder on your local computer. To import pages click ...
Many Web pages make use of page navigation tools, such as links to popular pages on the left hand side of the page or somewhere at the bottom of the page. The reason for this is simply to help people to navigate through the site. For example, if you...
This video demonstrates how to add a background image to a table using _XSITEPRO_: http://screencast.com/t/NWZmODQxZT [1] Find out more about XSitePro website design software [2] at: http://www.xsitepro.com [3] And explore the new features of _XSIT...
Yes, you can add extra fields to an e-mail form using _XSITEPRO web design software_ [1]! Please follow these steps to add additional elements to a form: * Open the 'Forms Wizard' in _XSITEPRO_ * On Step 1, select 'Standard e-mail address (usi...
The latest version of XSitePro works in a substantially different way to earlier versions, having been rewritten from the ground up for more power and control over your web-site data. Because of this, when you install the new version of XSitePro it will...
The Resource Manager is where you can add additional types of files and images to your site. In here you can add files that you want to be available to your web site visitors. PDF books and leaflets are a good example of this. The Resource Manager i...
To create a version of your website for use on your local computer (or for sending in an email, burning to a CD etc...) please follow these simple steps: 1) Open your website in _XSITEPRO_ 2) Go to the toolbar at the top and select _PUBLISH > PUBLIS...
Yes, you can wrap text around images in _XSITEPRO_. It's also really easy to do! :) This video demonstrates how to wrap text around an image: http://screencast.com/t/Uw1iyubr [1] Find out more about XSitePro website design software [2] at: http:/...
When you view a website, that website is downloaded to your PC. So, if you are viewing a website with images, all of those images will be on your PC. Stopping people from 'stealing' your content is very hard to do. Here are some things you can do. ...
If you want to have a flash intro for your website, it's not actually that difficult to put into a _XSITEPRO_ website :) First of all, you need to have the flash file. This flash file needs to have a link in it somewhere to link to another page in yo...
It is always wise to backup all of the data you have on your computer. In addition to your normal backup procedures _XSITEPRO web site design software_ [1] gives you the ability to quickly create a backup of all of your Web site data and project infor...
The simplest way to move site files from one computer to another is to create what we call an exported .xse file. * Open up Xsitepro and click once on the site you want to export, but don't open the site. * Then, go up to the "Export" button at the t...
To transfer a website to another _XSITEPRO_ user you'll just need to follow these easy steps. * You'll need to make sure that both systems are running the latest version of _XSITEPRO web design software_ [1]. You can check this by going to _HELP > C...
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...
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...
You can add a _YouTube_ video to your website really easily! Check out the following link to find out more: http://screencast.com/t/YWIzYjdjO [1] Find out more about XSitePro website design software [2] at: http://www.xsitepro.com [3] And e...
Importing and exporting can be useful for such times as when you want to send a Web site you are working on to a friend or colleague or when you want to make an archive copy of a complete Web site to CD or floppy disk. The great thing about importing...
Setting up files for your visitors to download is really easy with _XSITEPRO web design software_ [1] :) To set this up you need to add the file to the _Resource Manager_ and create a link; * Go to the _Other_ tab in _XSITEPRO_ * Select the _Re...
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. ...
To ensure that clean html code is used, when pressing the Enter key in the WYSIWYG design window, XSitePro will create a new paragraph. (double line spacing) If you want to use a line break instead, all you need to do is press the Shift and Enter key...
The favicon is the logo that appears in the address bar of your web browser when you are viewing a website. You can easily add a favicon logo of your choice to the address bar for your website using _XSITEPRO web design software_ [1]. To do so, f...
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