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As a Reseller, you need to make the following settings within your Reseller Control Panel to begin selling Products and Services to your Customers and Sub-Resellers.
1. Select your Selling and Accounting Currency
At the time of sign-up, you MUST select your desired Selling and Accounting Currency.
Click here to see a video on setting your Selling and Accounting Currency >>
Click here to read an article on setting your Selling and Accounting Currency >>
2. Add Funds in your Reseller Account
To let your Customers and Sub-Resellers buy Products and Services through you, you need to add sufficient Funds in your Reseller Account with . How? >>
3. Understand the relationship between Resellers, Customers, Sub-Resellers and Orders
Click here to see a video on an Introduction to Customers, Sub-Resellers and Orders >>
4. Decide which Products and Services to sign-up for, and configure them
Gossimer offers a wide-array of Products and Services that you can choose to sell. Select the services that you wish to sell, and sign-up for them from your Control Panel. How? >>
Once you have signed up for these Products and Services, you need to configure various settings before you get started
Click here to see a video on setting up your Domain Registration Business >>
Click here to read the Domain Registration Reseller Setup Guide >>
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Click here to read the Web Hosting Reseller Setup Guide >>
Click here to read the Email Hosting Reseller Setup Guide >>
Click here to read the Website Builder Reseller Setup Guide >>
Click here to read the Live Chat Reseller Setup Guide >>
Click here to read the Digital Certificate Reseller Setup Guide >>
5. Configure your website
Gossimer offers you various methods of setting up your own Website to sell various Products and Services integrating your Sales process with our system. You could either
Use our ready-made private labeled SuperSite for all your retail business
Click here to read the SuperSite Guide >>
You MUST do the following if you are using the SuperSite -
- Change the URL for your SuperSite. How? >>
- Customize the header/footer of Supersite. How? >>
- Specify the Additional Payment Options for your Customers/Resellers in the SuperSite. How? >>
- Customize the content of the Static bar on your SuperSite. How? >>
- Customize the content of the Contact Us page on your SuperSite. How? >>
AND/OR
Use our ready-made private labeled PartnerSite for all your wholesale business
Click here to read the PartnerSite Guide >>
You MUST do the following if you are using the PartnerSite -
- Change the URL for your PartnerSite. How? >>
- Customize the header/footer of PartnerSite. How? >>
- Customize the content of the Static bar on your PartnerSite. How? >>
- Customize the content of the Contact Us page on your PartnerSite. How? >>
OR
Create your own website using our API
Along with your Reseller account you get a comprehensive API with FREE client kits in PHP, Java, Perl and .NET. All Resellers have API access to the system. Every functionality of the system is available as an API CALL.
Click here to learn more about the API >>
NOTE: The API Integration method is recommended only if you have a proficient development team.
6. Configure Control Panels for your Customers and Sub-Resellers
provides you with comprehensive private-labeled control panels for your Customers and Sub-resellers in order to manage the products and services they purchase from you. You can either -
Use our ready-made private labeled Control Panels
The Control Panels allow your Customers and Sub-Resellers to place, manage, upgrade, downgrade, use, renew, delete, suspend/unsuspend, lock their Orders for various Products and Services from a single management window.
You MUST do the following if you are using the Control Panels -
- Set your company logo on top of your Customer/Sub-Reseller Control Panels. How? >>
- Customize the Footer of your Customer/Sub-Reseller Control Panels. How? >>
Build your own Control Panels using our API
If you are already selling several other products and services to your existing customer-base through another interface/control panel and do not want to add the burden of introducing the new Control Panels to them, you could use the OrderBox API to integrate provisioning and management of all OrderBox Products and Services in your existing interfaces and Control Panels.
Gossimer provides you comprehensive API kits in Java, PHP, Perl and .Net. You can use any of these to integrate with the system. More on API >>
The API Integration method is recommended only if you have a large Customer base and employ the services of a proficient development team.
7. Integrate your Website and Shopping Cart with your Customer Control Panel
Once you have configured your website and Control Panels for your Customers in steps 5 and 6 above, you should configure the integration between your Customer Control Panels and your website, so that your Customers can jump from their Control Panels to your website to make any purchases. Click here to learn how you can do this >>
8. Update your Contact Information
Personal Details: Personal Information such as your Personal details, your Brand Name, your Website URL, your personal Language preferences, can be easily reviewed and modified from your Reseller Control Panel. How? >>
Company Contact Information: The system automatically sends emails to your Customers and Sub-Resellers from the e-mail addresses and From Names specified in your Contact Information section.
You should update the contact details of various departments in your company, to ensure that all communication with your Customers and Sub-resellers is carried out using your branded email addresses and email signatures. How? >>
9. Configure your Payment Collection options
Setup your Online Credit Card Payment Gateway: The system allows you to integrate any Payment Gateway of your choice to collect money online from your Customers and Sub-Resellers.
Click here to read the Payment Gateway Integration Guide for more details >>
Click here to learn ho you can define the Minimum Transaction Amount for a Payment Gateway Transaction >>
Specify offline Payment Collection Methods for the SuperSite: Apart from collecting funds via a payment gateway, you should also describe other offline means of receiving funds from your Customers, during their shopping process, within the SuperSite. How? >>
Specify offline Payment Collection Methods for the Control Panel: You may also present other offline means of receiving funds to Customers/Sub-Resellers who wish to pay you from within the Control Panels e.g. your Bank details for receiving Bank/Wire Transfers, your Company Details to receive Check/Draft payments. How? >>
Configuring Payment Collection Parameters: You can let OrderBox assist you in collecting payments from your Customers by specifying appropriate Payment Collection Parameters for every Product and Service, that you are selling through OrderBox. How? >>
10. Configure Other Miscellaneous Options
Set your Funds Threshold Level: You should ensure that you always have a healthy balance in your Advance Account with to allow execution of your Customers and Sub-Resellers orders, by defining your Funds Threshold Level from inside your Control Panel, so that OrderBox can remind you via e-mail when your balance falls below this level. How? >>
Company Users: Create special logins for your (sales, support etc.) company users to enable them manage your business efficiently. Control all access for these accounts; and restrict specific menus from being viewed through them. More >>
Sub-Reseller Sign-up options: OrderBox lets you control Sub-Reseller sign-ups under you. More >>
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Page Manager allows you to add a readymade feedback form page to your website.
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. To add a feedback form, just select the Feedback Form option in the Choose the type of webpage page, and click Submit. Click here to read in detail about how to change the web page type >>
4. The following page will be loaded -
To add this form page to your website, just click on the Add Feedback Form button.
5. The Feedback Form has some additional features which can set from the Feedback Form Features page as below –
In the Feedback Form Preview page, click on the >>Click here for More Features link. This will load the Feedback Form Features page -
The following details needs to be submitted -
Send Mail to: The email address specified under the Change Main Title, Sub Title & Email Address section under general Page Manager settings is pre-filled in this field. You may add additional email addresses separated by commas.
Enter the message to be displayed on Form Submission: This message would be displayed to the visitor once he submits the details through the Feedback Form.
Enter the text to be displayed on top of the Form Page: This text will be displayed on top the Feedback Form on your website.
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Order Suspension is a useful feature available to Gossimer Resellers. In this status, the Order remains in the database but is inactive and the functionality associated with it cannot be used. No one can make any modifications to this service, unless it is unsuspended.
Follow the steps below to Suspend/Unsuspend the Website Builder Service for a domain name:
1. Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
2. Go to Products -> Search -> Website Builder Search and search for the Domain name whose service you wish to suspend.
3. In the Order List view, click on the Domain name. This will take you to the Order Details view.
4. Here, click on Suspend/Unsuspend.
- If you wish to Suspend the service, you would have to select the check box for Suspension, enter the reason for Suspension and click on the Update button.
- For Unsuspending, unselect the check box and click on the Update button.
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If you are unable to view images (graphics, banners, etc.) on your WebSite Builder created website, then it maybe because you have installed an Ad Blocking software like Norton Antispam, Norton Internet Security, that is treating these as advertisements. You need to configure the settings of your Ad Blocking software to allow display of images on your website.
Configuring your Norton Antispam, Norton Internet Security software
If you are using either of these software, then you need to tweak the settings of the same to allow images to be displayed on your website:
Click here to find detailed instructions about how to manually configure your Norton Antispam / Norton Internet Security software to unblock images on your website >>
Click here to view an online tutorial on how to manually configure your Norton Antispam / Norton Internet Security software to unblock images on your website >>
Configuring your McAfee Internet Security 2007, McAfee Total Protection 2007 software
If you are using either of these software, then you need to tweak the settings of the same to allow images to be displayed on your website:
Click here to find detailed instructions about how to manually configure your McAfee Internet Security 2007 software to unblock images on your website >>
Click here to find detailed instructions about how to manually configure your McAfee Total Protection 2007 software to unblock images on your website >>
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Online Image Editor allows you to perform various image manipulation/editing and retouching features to refine/correct and enhance your existing images before including it in your website. With Image Editor, you can perform various image editing operations like Flip, Crop, Rotate, apply Frames & Borders, change Brightness & Contrast, Resize, Annotate (text on image), Change Image Format, etc.
Follow the process mentioned below -
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. The following page loads once you click on the Image Editor link from the menu available on the left of your Page Manager -
IMPORTANT
The above Image Library page would be empty when you visit it for the first time. You will need to Import your own images from your computer’s hard disk before you proceed to edit the image with the Image Editor. You can import images by clicking on the IMPORT/DELETE IMAGES button.
4. To edit an image in your Image Library, simply click on the particular image to proceed to the following Edit Image page.
The various image-editing operations that you can perform on the image are provided as links at the bottom of the page. While editing an image, a Check box with Save the image in a different name option appears at the bottom of the image. By checking the same, the Website Builder allows you to save the edited image with an alternate name. Also the options ACCEPT & CONTINUE EDITING, ACCEPT & FINISH and UNDO allows you to manage your image editing process.
Flip
Flop
Crop
The Crop operation lets you cut or crop the image leaving only that part of the image that you want to retain.
IMPORTANT
You can only select rectangular or square portions of the image.
How to Crop an Image?
- Decide on which rectangular or square portion of the image you want to retain.
- Use the mouse to click the left top corner of this imaginary rectangle and keep the mouse button pressed.
- With the mouse button pressed, drag the mouse diagonally down to the bottom right corner of this imaginary rectangle. Release the mouse button only after you reach the bottom right corner.
- As you release the mouse button, a rectangular box with Cyan border appears. Only the part of the image which falls inside this rectangle will be retained.
- When you are convinced that the rectangle/square box is the portion that you want to crop, accept the changes to proceed.
Resize
The Resize operation lets you increase or decrease the dimensions of the image based on the width and height values that you type in.
How to Resize?
- Enter the values for Width and Height to which you want to resize the image.
- Click Submit to proceed.
IMPORTANT
These values could be more than or less than the actual width and height of the image. Normally if the values are greater than the original then the image is likely to lose its visual clarity.
Rotate
The Rotate operation lets you rotate the image to an angle specified by you. You can also choose the direction in which the image will be rotated – i.e., either clockwise or anti-clockwise.
How to Rotate?
- Type in the Angle (in degrees) to which you want to rotate the image. Only whole numbers from 1 to 360 are allowed.
- Select the direction of rotation, i.e., either clockwise or anti-clockwise.
- Click Submit to proceed.
Brightness
You can adjust the brightness of the Image.
How to adjust Brightness?
- Type in a value for Brightness. Any number in multiples of 10 is recommended.
- Click Submit to proceed.
Contrast
You can adjust the contrast of the Image.
How to adjust Contrast?
- Select the desired contrast from the available.
- Click Submit to proceed.
Raise
By Raising, you can give an embossed effect to your image.
How to Raise?
- Type in the Raise value (any number in multiples of 10 and below 90 is recommended).
- Click Submit to proceed.
Frame
You can create a Frame for the image by specifying the width of the Frame.
How to create a Frame?
- Type in a value for Frame Width (any number in multiples of 10 and below 50 is suggested).
- Click Submit to proceed.
Border
You can create a Border for the image by specifying the width of the Border.
How to create a Border?
- Click on the color palette to choose a Border color. The selected color will be displayed in the small rectangular box on the left.
- Type in a value for Border Width (Any number in multiples of 10 and below 50 is suggested).
- Click Submit to proceed.
Annotate
By Annotating, you can place any text with a specified color and font on the image, at a specific position of your choice.
How to Annotate?
- Decide on the area in the image where you want to add text.
- Click a point on the image from where you want the text to begin.
- Type the text in the textbox provided.
- Choose a color for the text from the color palette. The selected color is displayed in the small rectangular box on the left.
- Select a font style for the text from the list provided.
- Type in a font size for the text.
- Click Submit to proceed.
Save As
You can also choose to save the final image file in any other filename or file format.
Composite
By Compositing, you can juxtapose one image over another image and combine both into a single image file with changes.
How to Composite?
- Select a Foreground Image
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Click on the Background image to indicate the position where you would like to place the Foreground image. The top-left corner of the Foreground image will coincide with the point you have clicked.
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Click on Submit to proceed.
IMPORTANT
If you are not able to view images on your website or if they appear to be distorted, then it maybe due to an Ad Blocking software installed on your computer that is treating as your images as advertisements. You need to in such cases, tweak the settings of the same to allow image display on your website. Click here to find instructions to accomplish this >>
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The Page Manager allows you to create a page which is not linked from any other page on your website. This is useful for pages which are unfinished and therefore not to be displayed or linked to from the Main Navigation.
Follow the process explained below to create such a page -
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. To create a page with no link, just select the Page name with no link radio button in the Choose the type of webpage page, and click Submit. Click here to read in detail about how to change the web page type >>
The System will display a confirmation as shown below -
This page can be changed to any of the available page types from the Choose the type of webpage page at a later time.
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Gossimer allows you extreme flexibility in setting your Selling Price for your Customers and Sub-Resellers for your Website Builder Services. Typically, the Pricing module used by the system is a Slab based one, where you can offer automated discounts to your high volume Customers and Sub-Resellers. Configuring your Selling Price for the Website Builder Services is a mere 2 step process.
Step 1: Set your Pricing Slabs
You can define the Pricing Slabs depending upon the Total Receipts of your Customers/Sub-Resellers or the number of Website Builder Service Orders purchased by your Customers/Sub-Resellers. The Selling Price to each Customer/Sub-Reseller is determined at the time of purchase depending upon the Total Receipts, the number of Website Builder Service Orders, your Slab Pricing and the Customers’/Sub-Resellers’ Specific Pricing.
Reference:
Concept of Total Receipts explained in detail >>
Understanding Pricing Slabs >>
Follow the below mentioned process to set your Pricing Slabs:
- Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
- Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.
- Click on the Website Builder Service to set its Discount Slabs for your Sub-Resellers and/or Customers, and click on Update.
- Add as many Slabs as required, in this manner.
Step 2: Setting your Selling Price
Once you have set your Pricing Slabs, you can move on to specifying the Selling Price for each of the Slabs. You can specify the Pricing individually for each of the configurations. To do this, follow the steps mentioned below:
- Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
- Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.
- Click on the Website Builder Service.
- Here, click on Set Pricing.
- Next, you need to specify your Selling Price for Customers and Sub-Resellers. The Selling Price comprises of
- One-Time Setup Fee: The Price you want to charge for setting up the Website Builder Service
- Your Monthly Selling Price: The monthly Price you want to charge for the Service
Enter the values for these parameters for your Customers and Sub-Resellers, for all the Slabs. (Note that, if you leave the value for any Slab empty, the value of the preceding Slab for that plan would be considered for this Slab. The Base Slab, however, cannot be empty.)
- When you have filled in the values, click on Update Pricing.
IMPORTANT
The SuperSite and PartnerSite contain information about the various Website Builder Plans you offer to your Customers and Sub-Resellers respectively and the Pricing information related to the Website Builder Services. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite and PartnerSite from your Control Panel and cached (stored) on the SuperSite and PartnerSite Server respectively. Hence, you would need to refresh the cache of your SuperSite and PartnerSite once you have completed the above process. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite Website Builder Data (to refresh SuperSite Cache Data) and Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> PartnerSite Reseller Slabs (to refresh PartnerSite Cache Data).
What is SuperSite >>
What is PartnerSite >>
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Page Manager allows you to create a Customized Form page (such as Survey Form, Polling Form, Registration Form, etc.) for your website.
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. To create a Customized Form, just select the Customized Form radio button in the Choose the type of webpage page, and click Submit. Click here to read in detail about how to change the web page type >>
4. The following page will be loaded
This page allows you to start providing the details of the customized form that you want to create with the Form Title. The Form Title that you enter here will be displayed alongside the Form on the final webpage.
The Field Name is the name of the final form field. The Field Type could be a Text Field, Text Area, Check Box, Radio Button, or a Pull Down Menu.
No. of Options denotes the number of check boxes or radio buttons or number of entries in the pull down menu that is required by you.
You can also make your visitors to compulsorily fill up a particular field, by clicking the appropriate checkbox under the Mandatory field column.
You can also add a new field to your form or even delete a particular field at any time. Once you submit all the required information for your Form, you can then proceed to provide the individual values for each of the field category options that you had created.
Once you provide all the values for the individual field options, you can then proceed to preview your customized form as it would appear on your website and later publish it to your website once you are satisfied.
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Page Manager allows you to create an entire Ecommerce Shopping Page complete with Shopping Carts and integrated Payment Gateways.
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. To create a Shop Page (Storefront), just select the Shop Page radio button in the Choose the type of webpage page, and click Submit. Click here to read in detail about how to change the web page type >>
4. When you begin to create a shop for the very first time, you will automatically be taken to the Shop Settings page, to set the basic details about your shop, before you actually start creating your shop page using the Page Manager.
Shop Settings
The Shop Settings page allows you to set the Payment Gateway details, the Shipping Options, Freight Rates and Tax option for your online shop. When you begin to create a shop for the first time, you will be automatically prompted to enter this information before you actually start creating your shop page using the Page Editor.
Current Payment Gateway & Shipping Fee Option
This section provides the current payment gateway and shipping fee option that has been previously selected by you. This is for your reference only and you may continue with the same settings or modify them as you prefer.
Mode of Receiving Payment
You need to select one of the available payment gateways for receiving online payments from your customers. The available online payment gateway options include Authorize.NET, 2Checkout, Verisign, Paypal or through Email.
Depending on your service provider, some of these options may not be available to you. Your service provider will choose the gateways that they support in their environment. Please contact your service provider for additional details.
Depending on your choice of payment gateway, you will be asked to enter the relevant payment gateway parameters in the subsequent page.
If you choose 2CheckOut, then you will be prompted to enter your 2Checkout Account Number. If you choose Authorize.NET, then you will prompted to enter your Login ID, Transaction Key and your choice of currency. If you choose Paypal, you will be prompted to enter your Paypal Email Address and your choice of Currency. In case you choose Verisign, you will be prompted to enter your Verisign Login Name and the Partner Name. You may also choose to receive your payment offline via email by choosing Email as your Mode of receiving payment.
Shipping Details
You need to select one of the shipment methods from the drop down menu for calculation of shipping charges. The options provided are Flat Fee, Flat fee and Weight Fee, Percentage Total Order, Total Weight, etc.. You can select the No Shipping Charges option also if you decide not to charge any shipping fee.
Unit of Weight
You need to enter the unit of weight for your product like pounds, kilograms etc..
Currency
You need to enter the currency to be used for your shop (USD, Euro, etc.).
Tax Calculation
Enabling this feature ‘Apply Tax’ allows you to levy tax on items that are purchased from the shopping page. Disabling the same turns off the option to levy tax on any of the products purchased.
Once you fill in the above details and submit, the following page loads prompting you to enter the Shipping Fee Details. This is where you enter the actual fee for calculating the shipping charges for your customers.
Once the shipping fee details are submitted, if the ‘Tax Calculation’ option is enabled then this page loads prompting you to enter percentage of tax to be added. This can be fixed at a flat rate or the same can be customized to vary based on State or Status.
IMPORTANT
Only one option can be selected here.
Once you submit this detail, your shop would be all set and ready for you to create the actual online Storefront, which your customers would be visiting. You can visit the Shop Settings page at any time in future to change your fee, currency and freight options.
5. Once you have provided the basic Shop Settings, you can now proceed to create the shop page.
Just click on the shop page layout that is most appropriate to the kind of shop that you want to set up. Once you click, the following page is displayed.
This above page allows you to start adding the details of each of your products that you want to sell online. All the mandatory fields are marked by a *. You need to fill in the details for each product that you want to display on your Storefront, separately.
If a particular product has variations (like size, style, color, weight, flavors, etc.), then you can just fill in the main details for the actual main product and the many product variations thereof as category options for your customer. You can do this by filling in the Field Name, Field Type and No. of Options fields provided at the bottom of the main product details. You can choose between a check box, pull-down menu (or) even a radio button as appropriate for your product. In the No. of Options field, you need to enter the number of variations available for each product field.
This allows your customer to indicate his/her preference by choosing one of pre-defined options that you have set. Example: Suppose you sell shirts, you would fill in the details of Cotton Shirts as one of your main products. And within cotton shirts, you would create Fields (or categories) such as Size, Sleeve, Color, etc. Once you submit all the required information about your product on this page, the following Edit Field Properties page is displayed which allows you to add the predefined value options for each of the field names (categories) that you have chosen.
The values that you enter here will appear as choice options for your online customers when they visit your web page. Once you enter the details, you can preview your product along with the details and options, as it will appear on your final online shop page. If you are satisfied with the design template you can then proceed to either add more products or publish the shop page right away.
Importing data using a CSV file
You will also be able to import data directly from a CSV (comma separated values) file, instead of manually typing in the individual data for each product. To do this, just click on the Import CSV file link available on the top of the Add Product to Shop Page, select and upload the particular CSV spreadsheet file which contains the shop data.
Setting as a Product Catalog page
You will also be able to set your shop page as a product catalog page by checking the Make this a Product Catalog page option available on the top of the Add Product to Shop Page. This option creates a simple catalog page where your users can only view and browse the items in your shop but will not be able to add to cart or purchase the item.
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You can move a Website Builder Package (except the one purchased for a .EU domain name*) along with all other related Services from your existing Customer Control Panel to another Customer, by following the steps mentioned below:
1. Login into your Control Panel, search for the Website Builder Package and click on the same. Click here to find instructions to accomplish this >>
2. Click on the Move Services button in the Management Console toolbar on the top of the screen, to initiate the process.
3. Here, you would have to mention the following details:
- the Username Email Address** of the Customer account where you wish to move the order.
- the Customer ID of this account. The Customer ID is a unique number associated with a Customer’s Profile. If you do not know the Customer ID of the new account, you can find it in Settings -> Primary Profile in the new Customer Control Panel.
4. Select whether you wish to retain the existing Contact Details after the domain name associated with the Website Builder Package is moved to the new Customer Control Panel. This will keep the Whois Details of your domain name as is, even after moving the domain name. If you do not select this option then the Contact Details will change to the Default Contacts of the new Customer Control Panel.
5. Confirm that the Customer account to which you are transferring this Website Builder Package, is the one you really intend to and click on the Confirm button.
Note:
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* If you purchased the Website Builder Order for a .EU domain name, you need to first complete moving your .EU domain name. Once the action of moving your .EU domain name is complete, you can move the Website Builder Order to the new Customer by following the process explained above. Click here to know how to Move a .EU domain name to another Customer >>
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** If you are moving the Website Builder Package to a different Reseller, but have not created a Customer Account under that Reseller, you can easily do so by clicking on the New Customer Sign-Up link on the new Reseller’s site and filling up the form. You can then use the Customer ID, which appears on the success page, along with the username email address to move your Domain Name to the Customer Control Panel you have just created.
IMPORTANT
1. You may encounter an error while attempting to Move the Website Builder Package, if
A. One or more Services for this order are currently being processed,
OR
B. There is a Pending Invoice for any other service associated with this order,
OR
C. There are one or more related services under another Customer of this [new] Reseller. For example, you have purchased Website Builder Package for yourdomainname.com through your Customer Control Panel with Gossimer and have purchased Managed DNS Service for yourdomainname.com through Reseller B [from your Customer Control Panel] under the Customer A/c of X. Now if you try to move this Website Builder Package to another Customer Control Panel [say Customer A/c of Y] under Reseller B, you will encounter an error.
In any of the above cases, the Moving or Shifting of the Website Builder Package is not possible and you will have to either
- wait for the processing to complete, or
- Cancel any Pending process.
OR
D. You are trying to Move a .EU domain name. Click here to know how to Move a .EU domain name to another Customer >>
2. If you move the Website Builder Order within the Money Back Period and then Delete the Order, no refund will be applicable.
If you have any difficulty in understanding the above, feel free to get in touch with our Support Team at support@gossimer.com.
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Page Manager allows you to create a Text Page with rich text content along with images.
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. To create a Text Page, just select the Text Page radio button in the Choose the type of webpage page, and click Submit. Click here to read in detail about how to change the web page type >>
What you see above is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Rich Text Editor that works the same way as your Microsoft Word or similar applications work. Using this feature-rich editor, you can create an attractive web page with rich text content for your website. You can either type in the web page content, or even copy & paste the content from Microsoft Word or other similar applications or even from a web page. For detailed help with the Editor, please click on the Help Instructions link, just above the Editor window.
Add Attractive Goodies To Your Website
By clicking on the Goodies button available on the Rich Text Editor’s toolbar, you will be able to add attractive Goodie features to your website.
The following are some of the Goodies currently available on your Website Builder:
IMPORTANT
The Hit Counter, Current Date & Time Stamp and Last Modified Date Time Stamp Goodies are available under all the Website Builder packages. All other Goodies are available under all packages except the Online Brochure package.
Hit Counter
To add a Hit Counter to your web page to automatically count the number of visitors to your website, just click on the Hit Counter link on the Goodies page.
Then set a value in the Set/Reset the counter field, select any one of the available attractive Hit Counter styles from the list available and click Submit.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display the Hit Counter icon. This confirms that the Hit Counter has been enabled as part of your website. You can later edit the settings by clicking the Hit Counter icon in the Rich Text Editor and then the Goodies button in the tool bar. The actual Hit Counter will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website.
If not required, you may remove the Hit Counter by clicking on the Hit Counter icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Current Date & Time Stamp
To add the Current Date & Time Stamp on your web page, just click on the Current Date & Time Stamp link on the Goodies page.
Then choose a Date/Time format from the available options and click Submit. The format that you choose here will be used to display the current date and time when your visitor will be on your website.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display the Current Date & Time Stamp icon. This indicates that Current Date & Time Stamp has been enabled as part of the website. You can later edit the settings by clicking the Current Date & Time Stamp icon in the Rich Text Editor and then the Goodies button in the tool bar. The actual current date and time details will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish to your live website.
If not required, you may remove the Current Date & Time Stamp feature by clicking on the Current Date & Time Stamp icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Last Modified Date & Time Stamp
To add a Last Modified Stamp on your web page, just click on the Last Modified Date Time Stamp link on the Goodies page.
Then choose a Date/Time format and your Time Zone from the available options and click Submit. The format that you choose here will be used to display the date and time when you had last updated your web page.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display the Last Modified Stamp icon. This indicates that Last Modified Stamp has been enabled as part of the website. You can later edit the settings by clicking the Last Modified Stamp icon in the Rich Text Editor and then the Goodies button in the tool bar. The actual Last Modified date and time details will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish to your live website.
If not required, you may remove the Last Modified Stamp by clicking the Last Modified Stamp icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Maps
To add a map of a specific location to your web page, just click on the Maps link on the Goodies page.
Then fill in the Address or Intersection of the Map and City, State, & Zip Code of the Map and click Submit.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display a Maps Goodie icon. This indicates that a map has been inserted as part of the website. You can later edit the settings, by clicking the Maps Goodie icon in the Rich Text Editor and then the Goodies button in the tool bar. The actual map of the location will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website.
If not required, you may remove the Map by clicking the Maps Goodie icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Driving Directions
To enable your visitors to query and view the driving directions to reach a specific location (your office, home, etc.) on your web page, just click on the Driving Direction link on the Goodies page.
Then fill in the Address or Intersection of the Destination and City, State, & Zip Code of the Destination and click Submit. You may also choose a Template Color that will be used to display the actual driving directions on your website.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display a Driving Directions box. This indicates that the Driving Directions feature has been inserted as part of the website. You can later edit the settings by clicking the Driving Directions icon in the Rich Text Editor and then the Goodies button in the tool bar. The actual Driving Directions request box will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website. Your visitors can then type in their location and view the driving directions map.
If not required, you may remove the Driving Directions feature by clicking on the Driving Directions icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Animated Cursors
To add an Animated Cursor to your web page, just click on the Animated Cursors link on the Goodies page.
Then select any one of the available attractive Animated Cursors from the list available and click Submit.
IMPORTANT
- Please note that once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will NOT display any icon as confirmation. But the Animated Cursor will nevertheless automatically appear when your visitors browse your website.
- The Elastic Beads Cursor only works when viewed using Internet Explorer.
You can later edit the settings by clicking on the Animated Cursors link on the Goodies page. The actual Animated Cursor will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website.
Tell a Friend
To add a link to your web page, which allows your visitors to recommend your website to their friends, just click on the Tell a Friend link available on the Goodies page.
Then click Yes to confirm that you want to add a Tell a Friend box to your web page.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display a Tell a Friend icon. This indicates that the Tell a Friend feature has been inserted as part of the website. The actual Tell a Friend box will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website. Your visitors can then type in their friend’s email address to recommend your website to them.
If not required, you may remove the Tell a Friend feature by clicking on the Tell a Friend icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Google Search
To add a Google Search box on your web page, just click on the Google Search link on the Goodies page.
Then click Yes to confirm that you want to add a Google Search box to your web page.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display the Google Search box. This confirms that Google Search has been enabled as part of the website. The actual Google Search box will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website.
If not required, you may remove the Google Search box by clicking on the Google Search box in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Page Layout
To apply one of the many attractive pre-designed Page Layouts to your web page, just click on the Page Layout link on the Goodies page.
Then choose from one of the many pre-formatted page layouts available for your web page and click Submit. You may also choose a resume layouts as your page layouts if you want to create a resume page. Just click on the Layout thumbnails for an enlarged view of the layout with greater detail.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will load the pre-designed layout along with the default sample content.
IMPORTANT
- Submitting a Page Layout will clear the entire content of the current page and load the Page Template that you have chosen.
- You may then add, edit, or modify the content as your prefer using the Rich Text Editor.
You can later change the layout by clicking on the Page Layout link on the Goodies page. The actual page with the new layout will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website.
Calendar
To add a Calendar to your web page, just click on the Calendar link on the Goodies page.
Then fill in your Yahoo! User ID and click Submit.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display a Calendar Goodie icon. This indicates that a Calendar has been inserted as part of your website. You can later edit the settings, by clicking the Calendar Goodie icon in the Rich Text Editor and then the Goodies button in the tool bar. The actual Calendar will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website.
If not required, you may remove the Calendar by clicking the Calendar Goodie icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Yahoo! Presence
To add a Yahoo! Presence indicator on your web page, just click on the Yahoo! Presence link on the Goodies page.
Then enter your Yahoo! ID and choose an Yahoo! Presence icon from the available options and click Submit. The icon that you choose here will be displayed on your web page when you are signed into Yahoo! Services online.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display the Yahoo! Presence icon. This indicates that Yahoo! Presence indicator has been enabled as part of the website. You can later edit the settings by clicking the Yahoo! Presence icon in the Rich Text Editor and then the Goodies button in the tool bar. The actual icon will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website.
If not required, you may remove the Yahoo! Presence indicator by clicking the Yahoo! Presence icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Mailing List
To create a complete mailing list of visitors on your website, just click on the Mailing List link available on the Goodies page.
Then select an attractive template color for your Join Mailing List box from the list available and click Submit.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display a Join Mailing List Goodie icon. This indicates that the Join Mailing List box has been inserted as part of the website. The actual Join Mailing List module will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design, and Publish it to your live website.
If not required, you may remove the Join Mailing List box by clicking the Join Mailing List Goodie icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Language Translation
To allow your website visitors to translate the entire content of your web page to any of the popular languages, just click on the Language Translation link on the Goodies page.
Then click Submit to confirm that you want to add a Language Translation feature to your web page.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display the Language Translation icon from Altavista’s Babel Fish. This confirms that Language Translation has been enabled as part of your website. The actual Language Translation icon will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website.
If not required, you may remove the Language Translation feature by clicking on the Language Translation icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
News
To add the latest international news snippets covering diverse topics on your web page, just click on the News link on the Goodies page.
Then fill in the Heading for the news section, Number of news items to be displayed and the Width of the News Area and click Submit. You can also choose a text and a background color for the news area on your website.
Once you submit, your Rich Text Editor will display a News Goodie icon. This indicates that the News area has been inserted as part of the website. You can later edit the settings by clicking the News Goodie icon in the Rich Text Editor and then the Goodies button in the tool bar. The actual News snippets will appear on your final website once you submit this page, accept all changes to the design and Publish it to your live website.
If not required, you may remove the News area by clicking the News Goodie icon in the Rich Text Editor and then pressing the Delete button on your keyboard.
Adding Goodies from the general Page Manager settings section
1. These Goodies can also be added through the Add Goodies link in the general Page Manager settings -
2. This will then bring up a page displaying a list of Goodies. Click on the link corresponding to the Goodie that you wish to add to your website, customise and submit the data.
3. You will be then presented a list of pages to choose from. The Goodie will be added to the selected page.
IMPORTANT
Goodies can be added only to Text pages.
4. You need to select a location within the page where you wish to have the Goodie inserted.
If you wish to relocate the Goodie within the page, you can drag and drop (or cut and paste) the Goodie icon wherever you need.
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Apart from individually renewing a Website Builder Package, you can have a glimpse of all expiring Website Builder Packages, and Renew the same in bulk from the Renewal Management Interface of your Control Panel. Click here to know how to Renew a Website Builder package individually >>
The Renewal Management interface can be used as follows -
For Customers:
- Login to your Customer Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/customer.
- Go to WebSite Builder -> Renewal Management
- Select WebSite Builder or any other Product whose Orders you wish to renew from the drop down and enter the number of days, to obtain a list of all expiring domain names within this period, and click on Go.For example, if you want to obtain the list of WebSite Builder Orders expiring in the next 30 days, select it from the drop-down and then enter 30 to obtain this list.
- Select one or more Orders that you wish to Renew. To select all Orders, select the check box on the top of the form.
- Click on the Renew Selected Orders button, to select the Number of years for which you wish to Renew each Order.
- Upon selecting the number of years you want to renew each order for, you would be displayed your Current Debit Account Balance with Gossimer and the Total Amount for renewing the selected orders, at the bottom of the page.
- If you have selected less than 25 orders to be renewed, then upon clicking on the Continue button, you would be prompted to Pay for the Renewal of these orders. Click here to read how to settle a pending Invoice/Debit Note >>
- If you have selected more than 25 orders to be renewed, then
- if you have sufficient funds in your Current Debit Account Balance, then upon clicking on the Continue button, your Bulk Renewal request will be added to the queue and it will be automatically processed shortly.
- if you do not have sufficient funds in your Current Debit Account Balance, then you would need to first click on the Add Funds link.This will pop-up a new window, where you need to select one of the payment methods and add sufficient funds to cover the cost of renewing these domain names (ie. Total Amount – Current Debit Account Balance).Upon completion of the Add Funds process, close this window and refresh the Set Years for Renewal page. Now upon clicking on the Continue button, your Bulk Renewal request will be added to the queue and it will be automatically processed shortly.
IMPORTANT
At any point of time, you can only add two Bulk orders. This implies that you would not be able to add another Bulk Registration / Renewal / Modification request, if two Bulk Actions are already running. You will be able to add another Bulk request once the earlier request has been processed completely.
For Resellers:
- Log in to your Reseller Admin Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller
- Go to Products -> Renewal Management
- Before clicking on the Go button, select/mention the following details
Product – Select WebSite Builder or any other Product whose Orders you wish to renew from the drop down
Number of Days – Enter the number of days to obtain a list of all Expiring orders of (all) your Customers within this period
Customer (optional) – If you wish to renew only orders belonging to a particular Customer, you may do so by mentioning the Customer Username (email address) or Customer ID (number) in the appropriate field. If you leave this field blank, the search will result in orders belonging to all your Customers.
For example,
Case 1 – if you want to renew Orders belonging to All Products, expiring in the next 30 days, then you would need to select the Product as All Products, mention 30 days and not fill the Customer field.
Case 2 – if you want to renew only Customer Username a@somedomain.com all orders belonging to All Products, expiring in the next 30 days, then you would need to select the Product as All Products, mention 30 days and fill the Customer field with a@somedomain.com.
- Select one or more Orders that you wish to Renew. To select all Orders, select the check box on the top of the form.
- Click on Renew Selected Orders, to select the Number of years for which you wish to Renew each Order.
- Decide how you wish to Pay for the Renewal of the Orders by selecting one of the Payment Options mentioned below and then click on the Continue button to execute the Renewal
- Option 1 – Renew the Orders and the Invoices will be kept Pending for the Customer. This way, he can pay for the Invoices later.
- Option 2 – Renew the domain names using the Current Debit Account Balance of the Customer. This option would immediately debit your Customer’s Debit Account for the Cost of the Renewals. If there are insufficient funds in the Customer’s Debit Account balance, then the system would renew as many Orders as possible.
- Option 3 – Renew the Orders without raising any Invoices for the Customer.
IMPORTANT
At any point of time, you can only add two Bulk orders for any Customer. This implies that you would not be able to add another Bulk Registration / Renewal / Modification request for a Customer if two Bulk Actions are already running for this Customer. You will be able to add another Bulk request once the earlier request has been processed completely.
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Once you have bought the Website Builder Service, you need to take the following steps in order to start building your website.
Provide your FTP details for publishing your website
Your Website Builder package allows you to publish your website on a web server of your choice. You need to supply the FTP access details provided by your Web Hosting Service Provider, to our Website Builder before you can start publishing. To set these details, follow the steps given below:
- Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name for which you have purchased this Service and proceed to the Order Details view. Click here to learn how >>
- Here, click the Modify FTP Details button.
Mention the FTP details provided by your current Hosting Provider here and click Modify to submit -
- FTP Username
- FTP Password
- FTP Hostname
- FTP Port
- FTP Path
IMPORTANT
If you have bought your Web Hosting package through Gossimer, then you need to submit the
following details here:
- FTP Username - This could be either the default FTP Username created for you at the time of purchase of your Web Hosting package with us, or any other user added by yourself.
- FTP Password - Likewise, this is the FTP Password corresponding to the FTP Username entered above.
- FTP Hostname - Mention the domain name here for which you have purchased Web Hosting with us.
- This is also known as the Primary Domain Name.
- FTP Port - This needs to be mentioned as 21.
- FTP Path - By default, this needs to be mentioned as
- /web if you have a Linux Hosting package
- Web if you have a Windows Hosting package
- If you are not using the default FTP user, then the FTP Path needs to correspond to the directory, this FTP User has been given access to.
Create your website using the Website Builder Tool
When you start creating your website, you are first taken to the QuickStart Wizard, which enables you to setup your website
quickly and effectively. Click here for instructions on building your Website >>
Access your Website
You may access your website using your domain name or any alternate URL provided by your Web Hosting Service
Provider.
IMPORTANT
When you purchase Web Hosting Service with Gossimer, the Email (with instructions about Web
Hosting Service) sent to you, specifies a temporary URL that you can use to view your website in a web browser.
In order to point your own domain name to your website, you need to change the Name servers of your domain
name. Follow the process outlined below to know what Name servers you need to use:
- Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name for which you have purchased this Service and proceed to the
Order Details view. Click here to learn how >>
- Click the View Name Server Details button.
- Here, you would find the list of Name servers you need to set for your domain name.
Click here to find out how you can modify the Name Servers, if you have registered your domain name with Gossimer >>
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Page Manager allows you to create an online guest book, where your website visitors can leave their questions, comments, suggestions or feedback about your website.
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. To create an online Guest Book, just select the Guest Book radio button in the Choose the type of webpage page, and click Submit. Click here to read in detail about how to change the web page type >>
4. The following page will be loaded -
5. You can then create the heading and introduction for your guest book using the Add/Edit Guest Book Heading editor. Once you click Submit, the Guest Book page with your custom heading and introduction will be created.
6. You can then proceed to preview your Guest Book as it would appear on your website and later publish it to your website once you are satisfied.
When your website visitors post a comment or message to your Guest Book, these comments will appear in the Add/Edit Guest Book Messages editor. You can then add/remove/edit the comments or messages posted to your Guest Book by simply visiting this page available from the Page Manager.
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Gossimer sends mails to its Customers informing them about all Website Builder packages that are nearing their expiration date.
Customers of Gossimer:
Customers are sent Expiring Website Builder packages Renewal Instruction e-mails before they actually expire, after expiry, and on deletion of the package.
The Reminders are sent to the Customer Username from 45 days prior to the Website Builder package’s expiry, on the 1st, 11th and 21st day of every month, until it is either Renewed or Deleted (due to non-Renewal).
This Report displays the Order ID, Domain Name, Product Category, Expiry Date, Days to Expiry and Days to Deletion, besides detailed information about how to go about renewing these orders.
Gossimer Resellers can easily view all Expiring and Expired Domain Names from the Renewal Management Interface and choose to Renew any Website Builder package on behalf of their Customer(s).
IMPORTANT
When a Website Builder package Expires,
-
the package is immediately Suspended. This means that you would be unable to use your package, until it is Renewed.
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the Customer is sent an e-mail, informing him that he has 15 days to Renew his Website Builder package, post which the package is Deleted.
When the Website Builder package is Deleted, the Customer is sent one final e-mail informing him/her that the Website Builder package is Deleted, since it was not Renewed within 15 days after Expiry.
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In order to manage your Website Builder orders, you need to search for them from your Control Panel with Gossimer, and access their Order Details view. To do so, follow the simple steps mentioned below -
1. Login to your Control Panel
Resellers do so from http://manage.gossimer.biz/customer.
2. Once logged in to your Control Panel,
Resellers, go to Products -> Search -> Website Builder Search
Customers, go to Website Builder Services -> List/Search
and search for the Domain Name for which the service has been purchased. (To list all orders, leave all search parameters blank).
3. On the next page you would see a list of all Domain Names, with Website Builder services bought through Gossimer. Clicking on any of the Domain names would take you to the Order details view, from where you can manage your Website Builder service.
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The general Page Manager settings, allows you to modify and customize the basic settings of your website.
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. You will find the general Page Manager options on the left hand side as displayed below -
Click on the Edit Website Titles link to reach the following page -
This page allows you to Add/Edit the Main Title, Sub Title and the Email Address to be displayed on your website. These titles will neatly blend within the design layout of your choice. The Main Title could be your Company name or website name. You may choose to have slogans, phone numbers, promotional information, etc. for your Sub Title. The email address that you enter here will be displayed as a ready link in all the pages of your site and will be used to mail you the contents of any Feedback Form Page that you may create on your website.
IMPORTANT
Please ensure that you adhere to the number of characters stipulated for each of these titles.
You can also change the fonts for the titles and email address, by clicking on the Click here to change font for main title, subtitle & email address link available on top of this page.
This page allows you to change Fonts, Font Style and Font Size for your website titles and email address.
To preview what a particular font would look like on your webpage, just scroll down to the font options table available at the bottom of the page. You can also choose the right size and styles for each font, to suit your preference.
This option allows you to change the design template for your website by choosing from a wide range of available design template options. For detailed help on how to change the website design, please refer to steps 4 to 8 of the Quickstart Wizard >>
It is important that you provide Titles, Descriptions and Keywords to boost the ranking of your pages by search engines. This ensures that whenever a browser searches for the words in your title, description or keyword, your website will be returned with higher priority.
To optimize your website for Search Engines, just click on the Optimize for Search Engines link under the Page Manager.
This page allows you to provide Meta Tags – Title, Description and Keyword for each page on your website, in order for Search Engines to locate and index your website easily and efficiently.
IMPORTANT
The details you enter here can not be seen on your website. It is only for the purpose of optimizing your site for better results during searches.
The Footer, as you know, will appear at the bottom of all the pages on your website. Click on the Edit Website Footer link to reach the following page -
What you see above is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Rich Text Editor. Using this feature-rich editor, you can create an attractive footer for your website. For further help with the Editor, please click on the Help Instructions link, just above the Editor window.
IMPORTANT
The Footer can have a maximum of 300 characters spread across a maximum of 4 lines. The Footer may be truncated if it exceeds this limit.
Click on the Add Banner link to reach the following page.
The Incorporate Banner page allows you to Add/Change a Banner on your website. You can either upload your own banner or use a third party banner for this purpose.
When you upload your own banner, you need to check the appropriate uploading options based on the hyperlink that you want to provide for the banner.
- If you choose not to give a link to the banner, then you should select the No Link radio button.
- In case you plan to use a third party banner, then you need to paste the HTML code or the hyperlink in the text area of your web page.
Clicking on the Replace Logo / Main Image link allows you to replace the existing image(s) on your website, with any of your own images of your choice. The Main Image currently appearing on your website and the corresponding Plain Background Image are displayed on this page for your reference.
Just follow these simple steps to incorporate your Logo or change the Main Image.
- Right-click on the Plain Background Image given alongside and save it to your computer’s hard disk.
- Composite your Logo or any other Image of your choice with this Plain Background Image using any of your favorite Image Editing software such as Photo Editor or Photoshop, etc. and save it in the same file format and file name as the original Plain Background Image.
- Select the final composite image (Your Logo/Image + Plain Background Image) that you saved to your hard disk, by using the Browse button provided on the page.
- Click the Upload button, to replace the new image with the current Main Image.
IMPORTANT
- This feature of being able to change the Main Image of your website, is not available in all website templates.
- Do not change the Background Image Size (Height or Width), File Name or the File Format, etc., as it will distort the final image.
You can password protect your entire website or particular pages within your website. Click on the Password-protect Pages link to load the following page -
Once you set this password, your website visitors can view your website ONLY if they type in the correct password. The password protection for your website can be disabled by clicking on the REMOVE PASSWORD button in the above page.
To set password for individual web pages, click on the Click here link in the above page. This loads the following page -
Once you set these passwords, your website visitors can view the respective pages ONLY if they type in the correct password. The password protection for a particular page can be disabled by clicking on the REMOVE PASSWORD button next to the specific page.
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The Page Manager allows you to add a readymade Under Construction page to your website as explained below -
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. To create an Under Construction page, just select the Under Construction page radio button in the Choose the type of webpage page, and click Submit. Click here to read in detail about how to change the web page type >>
This page will now be displayed as shown below -
This page can be changed to any of the available page types from the Choose the type of webpage page at a later time.
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The Page Manager allows you to add an External Link page to your website as explained below -
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. To create an External Link page, just select the External Link radio button in the Choose the type of webpage page, and click Submit. Click here to read in detail about how to change the web page type >>
4. This will load the following Add/Edit Link-to Page page -
- You can select a HTTPS URL, an Email Address, a Web Page URL or a FTP location from the Link-to Type drop-down menu.
- The corresponding value needs to be provided in the Link-to URL field.
- Selecting the Open Link-to page in a new window checkbox will open the link in a browser window.
This page can be changed to any of the available page types from the Choose the type of webpage page at a later time.
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As a Reseller, you need to take the following steps in order to start selling Website Builder services to your Customers and Sub-Resellers.
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07 Mar 10 Create / Edit a Guest Book Page
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. To create an online Guest Book, just select the Guest Book radio button in the Choose the type of webpage page, and click Submit. Click here to read in detail about how to change the web page type >>
4. The following page will be loaded -
5. You can then create the heading and introduction for your guest book using the Add/Edit Guest Book Heading editor. Once you click Submit, the Guest Book page with your custom heading and introduction will be created.
6. You can then proceed to preview your Guest Book as it would appear on your website and later publish it to your website once you are satisfied.
When your website visitors post a comment or message to your Guest Book, these comments will appear in the Add/Edit Guest Book Messages editor. You can then add/remove/edit the comments or messages posted to your Guest Book by simply visiting this page available from the Page Manager.
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