Mexabet Website Builder End User Guide
Indepth User Guide And Manual:
Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION. GETTING STARTED. BUILDING YOUR SITE WITH SITE BUILDER. WORKING WITH IMAGES. WORKING WITH FLASH MOVIES. WORKING WITH MEDIA FILES. ADDING A PAGE TO YOUR WEB SITE. CREATING A NEW FOLDER. RENAMING A FILE OR FOLDER. COPYING A FILE. DELETING A FILE. UPDATING SITE OPTIONS. UPLOADING A FILE. GLOSSARY.

INTRODUCTION:

This guide doesn’t require any technical knowledge, and is designed for users who are beginners to the Internet and the area of Content Management.

This guide outlines the online website editor – It begins with explanations for how to use this guide, to a complete list of the programs features.

This online editor is all you need to create a website, modify it as frequently as you require and to manage all the files (pictures and information) that will be displayed on your website.

With this software, you no longer need someone else to create or manage your website – you specify and personalize the style, content and updates of your own site.

You may want to create a website for displaying or sharing information or for your business needs.

Either way, you will need your website to look interesting and professional, without the hard work of having to learn technical skills and programming.

Using the editor and this guide, you can create a professional looking website in a short period of time. You can then update information, and modify your site directly from just about any computer that has Internet access – so you can make changes from a PC or laptop anytime and anywhere!

GETTING STARTED

Requirements and settings:

To create, edit or maintain your website using the online editor, you must be on a PC or Macintosh computer. If you’re on a PC you will need to use Internet Explorer or FireFox as your web browser. If you’re on a Macintosh you will need to be using FireFox. Safari is not supported.

(NB. You don’t need Internet Explorer or FireFox to visit and see your site - anyone can see it. You just need this browser to edit it).

 Logging in

To start creating your website, you need to log into your account. The main reason you need to login is so that only you can access your files. Generally, each user is given their own username, and password. Your username may be (or contain) your name or any other sequence of characters. A username is required so that the program knows who you are if there are multiple users, and is able to let each user access their corresponding files. Other users may know your username, but you should keep your password confidential so as to not enable anyone else to access your files. (Your username and password will be assigned to you by your administrator).

You need to type in the URL of where the site builder is installed. You will then be prompted to enter in your username and password.

To Login simply:

  1. Enter your username and password and
  2. Click the ‘Login Now’ button.

If you are having problems logging in:

    1. -          Check that your CAPS-LOCK key is NOT on (as the login and password are case sensitive – e.g. entering ‘John’ is different to entering ‘john’) and

    2. -          Ensure you are entering the correct username and password.

If you are still getting the following error message you can reset your password by clicking on the “Forgot your password?” link at the bottom of the screen.

When you login successfully you will be able to build and/or maintain your web site.

Logging out:

Logging out means that you will exit the web site editor and have to log back in to access your files. The files will be updated to the last point where you chose the ‘save’ option. To Logout:

  1. Click the 'Logout' button from the left frame in the web site editor.

QUICK TIP: It is always good practice to log out after you have completed and saved your work.