Add a Page

Use the Add a Page feature to create a new page for your store. You can later assign products to the page, or use it for any other purpose in your store. You can create links from other pages in your store to the new page.

Consult the list below for explanations of the different fields. If there are any fields that you do not understand, leave the default setting.

Page Name

This is the name that appears at the top of the page and at the top of the browser window when viewed on line. This is also the name of the record in the database (the list of pages), so even if you have four pages of T-shirts, you may want to name the pages "T-Shirts Page One" and "T-Shirts Page Two," so you can differentiate.

Title

This field allows you to specify text to be used in the HTML title tag, the contents of which are displayed in the browser window title bar. If this is left blank, most templates will use the Page Name for this field.

Banner Graphic

Select the graphic, if any, that you want to appear on the top of this page. It will appear above the text and products on the page or down the left side of the page, depending on the page theme or template that you choose. See the Image Tool help for more information on selecting an image.

Text 1

Text you enter here will appear immediately below the graphic and page name, but above any products or page links, like this. You can enter any combination of text and HTML into this field.

Text 2

Text you enter here will appear immediately below the products and page links, but above the page footer (if there is one), like this. You can enter any combination of text and HTML into this field.

Text 3

With the default template, text you enter here will appear at the very bottom of the page, like this. You can enter any combination of text and HTML into this field. Note: Further down the screen you will select a page template. Some page templates display Text3 text in other places.

Links to Page

Click on the Select button to bring up a new window that will allow you to select which pages you want links to this page to appear on. The top box lists all the pages that are set to have links to your current page. To remove a page from the list, select it and click on the Delete button. The page name will now appear in the lower box, which is a list of pages that do not have links to the current page. You can select pages from the lower box and click on the Add button to move the pages to the top box. When you are finished making changes, click on OK to save your changes, or Cancel to close the window without saving.

Layout Info

These options give you control over formatting the products and page links that appear on your page.

Page Template

There are several page themes and templates to choose from to customize your store's look and feel. If you have applied a theme to your store, selecting a different template here may give unexpected results. See the Page Templates documentation for a description of the different page themes and templates. There are also several product templates that you can use to control the way that individual products are displayed.

Page Colors

The colors you select here will affect the appearance of the specified parts of your store pages. The text box contains the HTML Hex value of the selected color, with the border around the text box displaying that color.To change the selected color, you can either enter or paste a selected HTML Hex value into the text box, or click on the Pick link beside the box to open the visual color selection tool.

The visual color selection tool includes a color wheel depicting a range of available colors, a box displaying the Hex value and color of the currently selected color, and another box displaying the Hex value and color of the color your mouse cursor is currently positioned over. After positioning the mouse cursor over the color you want, click the mouse button to set that as your selected color. Click the Apply button to use the selected color. Once you are finished with the color picker, click on Close to return to the back office.

Text Color

This sets the default display of nonlink text to the color you choose. Be sure to choose a dark color (black is usually best) unless your background is dark, so the text on your site is easy to read.

Background Color

The entire background of your page will be displayed in the color you choose here, unless you select a background image, in which case the image will appear instead of the color. Be sure to choose a light color for the background, unless you have selected a very light color for your text.

Link Color

Unvisited links to other pages and sites will appear in the color you select here.

Visited Link Color

After a customer has clicked on a link and visited the page, the color of the link will change to the color you select here, to let customers keep track of where they've been.

Active Link Color

The color selected here will be visible when a link is active, meaning when the customer clicks on it. Some templates also set this as the hover color, meaning when the mouse cursor is over the link, but it has not been clicked. Making this a bright, distinctive color is a good way to add a little pizzazz to your site.

Background Image

If you have uploaded an image of a textured background to your media directory, you can use that image as a background for your site. Be careful, though, as the image will tile, meaning that it will appear multiple times as a repeating pattern, so it's a good idea to use images that were designed specifically for backgrounds. See the Image Tool help for more information on selecting an image.

Advanced Info

The fields in the Advanced Info section help search engines to find your pages, and help customers to find products on your pages.

File Name

This setting is optional. Use this field to give the page a file name that describes the page's contents, such as "wooden_toys.html" or "customer_service.html." Be sure to put a .html or .htm suffix on the end of the file name, or the page will not display correctly. If you do not assign a name to the page, it will have a default file name, such as page1.html or page2.html.

The file name cannot contain spaces or any of the following characters: '?', '+', '=', '&', '@'