Edit Page Contents

After selecting a page, this button opens a window in which you can enter or edit both the contents of that page and the text and graphics that will appear on the link to that page. After entering the link info, you can choose the page or pages where you would like the link to this page to appear. If you do not check any of the boxes under link location, this page will not be automatically accessible from any of your ShopSite pages. Lastly, you can give a name to the page's file, like "page.html" or "page.htm". Text fields in this section can contain plain text or text with HTML code. The following are detailed description of the fields on the page:

Page Name - This is the name of the page that will appear 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.

Banner Graphic - Select the graphic that you want to appear at the top of this page. It will appear above all the text on the page. If you want to insert an image anywhere else on the page, you can use an HTML tag. Use the radio button to select the method for finding your image.

Text1 - Text entered here will appear immediately below the graphic and page name, but above any products or page links. You can enter any combination of text and HTML into this field.

Text2 - Text entered here will appear immediately below the products and page links, but above universal page footer (if there is one). You can enter any combination of text and HTML into this field.

Text3 - With the default template, text entered here will appear immediately below the universal page footer (if there is one). You can enter any combination of text and HTML into this field. Note: Some page templates, if selected, will display Text3 text in other places.

Link Info - If other pages in the site are going to display links to this page (the one you're editing now), then you need to provide link information. The only page that might be left without link information is the Main Page, but you may want to consider linking every page back to the main page too. Remember that you are also free to use custom HTML to make links to your pages, if you do not like the way that they are displayed by default.

Link Name - This will usually be the same as the Page Name you entered above. This is the text that will appear on the referring page. It will appear "hot", that is, clicking on the text will take the browser to the new page. You may decide to display either a text link, a graphic link, or both.

Link Graphic - This is a clickable graphic that appears on the referring page, clicking on this graphic brings up this page, the same as the product name. You may decide to display either a text link, a graphic link, or both. Use the radio button to indicate the method for choosing the graphic to display.

Link Text - This is text that accompanies the link name and/or graphic on the referring page. It is optional.

Link Location - Every page you have created will appear in this section with a check box next to it. Every page checked will display a link to this page. For example, if the page you are editing now is "silverware," and you check none of these boxes, no links to the silverware page will appear in the site. If you check all the boxes, it will appear on all the pages.

File Name - This setting is optional. Rather than let the system give you the default page file names (page1.html, page2.html, etc.), you can give the page a file name that describes the page's contents. Be sure to put a .html or .htm suffix on the end of the file name, or the page will not display correctly.

Metatags - New in version 3.2 is the ability to tell search engines such as Yahoo! and Excite which keywords to match to find this page. The Description field is used by many engines as what should be displayed when a search matches this page.

Product Search - New in ShopSite Pro is a product search engine for your site. By checking the Product Search box a field for entering words to search for will be added to the page. All your products and their descriptions will become searchable by customers.

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