Designer4life Manual

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1 Designer4life Manual 1. Making amendments to your site 2. Key Words 3. Images 4. Page Title 5. Managing Amendments 6. Management Information 7. Approving Amendments 8. Domain Names Contents 1. Making amendments to your site Click on Amendments and the amendment page will load up - 0 -

2 Text Amendment Page Step 1 1. Tell us which page you want to amend ie home, index, products, contact us etc. 2. If you have totally new text to insert onto the page, only use the right side (New Text) 3. Insert your old text you can copy & paste from your existing site in most cases (if you get a message clean HTML then click on cancel). On Vista software it asks you to allow usually twice. 4. Type in your new text here, or you can copy and paste from a word document. 5. Provide us with clear instructions where is the new text to go, which paragraph is it, the first, last etc., do you need it a different colour or size font

3 2. Making Amendments to Your Site - Keywords 1. Keywords are important as these are used by the Search Engines to rank your site. 2. Primary keywords We want only 2 or 3, the ones you would use when looking for your company. So make sure you choose the correct ones. 3. Secondary Keywords Variations on the Primary Keywords (ie if you have Fitted Kitchens & your Town in Primary Keywords then you could use Kitchen Designer & your town) You can also add here 1 or 2 other words and towns. 4. If replacing Keywords please type in the keywords you need replacing in the old text section of the form, and put the new ones on the New Text side. NOTE: You might include commonly miss spelt words, (in the secondary section) as your competitors might not do that, and this could give you an advantage in search engines. Important :- You will also need to include these keywords in the text for the page you are amending now, as this will reinforce the strength of the Keywords for that page. Do this for all your main pages making the words specific to that page. If you can get these key words on twice (or more) on each page this also will help in getting a better search engine ranking. When finished click on Go to Step 2 to add images - 2 -

4 3. Making Amendments to your Site Step 2 Images Please see the Irfanview manual at the end of the Designer4Life section 11. It will help you to resize images before you send them to us, as we need them to be less than 1Mb, if possible Choose New Image, click browse and navigate to the image that is stored on YOUR computer, when you have chosen the new image the file name will appear next to browse button. 2. Note: Please provide us with information for the uploaded new image i.e. the type of background, can we have a blue sky, make the background white, etc. Or if you don t have an image will try to find a stock image (please be specific with machine, manufacturer, model No. etc), and give us the colours you require. 3. Old Image, describe or cut & paste the image you want removing, tell us the position on the page if necessary, with a brief description of the image.. 4. Please tell us the source of the image, either your own, from a trade supplier with permission or bought from another source. 5. Click on Add File. You will then see listed the name of the file you have selected under Files Attached to this Amendment 6. You then have the chance to add more photo s to this page amendment if required, click on browse and select your next image and follow the steps above. 7. Click Finish Amendment when finished making all the changes to this page, you can then amend more pages if necessary, using a new amendment page

5 4. Making Amendments to your Site - Page Title (This is the information on the top of your web pages see below example) 1. If you want to get results in the search engines then also please tell us the Page Title for each of your pages (Home, About Us, Products, Contacts etc). 2. So in the field, Which page are we Amending type in Home page title or Products page title, then give us the page title as you would like to see it appear on each page of your website. 3. A good example of an effective Page Title is on the ebuyer site this can help with getting better search engine ranking, (see below) they include keywords in their title not just the company name. 4. Put this info in the New Text Box, if doing this for the first time. Otherwise use the old text & new text when replacing Page titles. 5. You will only be able to change page titles, NO page text will be able to be amended at the same time, but, you can use step 2 to change images. 5. Managing Amendments To view all your current amendments click here - 4 -

6 Click on the amendment you need to look at, (if you click on the X you delete the amendment). If you have missed some information you can then add a note for the designer. If the designer needs clarification they will use the note section and you will receive an asking for your response. You can view all previous completed amendments by clicking Completed Amendments

7 6. Management Information Click on the Navigation button for management information From here you can: Update your company details, Create a new user*** List all users Contact us ***Create A New User We create the Master User when setting up your WebSite. There can only be 1 Master User. Administrator (2) who has the same access as the Master User but can not create another Master User, only we can do that for you. A User only has access to the work they have submitted and to change their own details - 6 -

8 7. Approving Changes When an amendment has been completed, we receive a link to view the changes made. An internal moderator will look at the designer s amendments and if they approve will upload this to your site, otherwise they will ask the designer to redo the work or consult with you first. Please check your site regularly and let us know if what was done is not what you asked for, and what we can do to improve the amendment. Tell us what you think of our amendments (no rude comments please!), either by or use the form on the Manage Company Page of Designer4Life. If your instructions were not clear enough for the designer or they don t have enough information to complete the amendment, and the work has not been completed within 48 hours, please check your s to see if you have been asked a question by the designer, if so please answer the question, and your amendment will then be completed. 8. Domain Names Please talk to us about domain names and we will endeavour to find what you require, most of the very short domain names have gone, but you might choose a memorable name or if your business is well established your company name, if not already taken could be a good alternative. You can have more than 1 domain name for your site. We buy the first one for you free of charge, then we charge a nominal sum for each additional domain name. If transferring a domain name follow the instruction in one of the following 2 paragraphs, whichever applies. If the domain is a dot com, ring your hosting company and ask the for a key (long pin No.) the code is usually date sensitive so we need it within 1 working day of you receiving it. If your domain is a.co.uk, ask your existing hosting company to transfer the TAG to ACCUK, and we will receive an when it has been released. If asked for a fee to transfer your domain name don t agree to anything more than 30. Some larger hosting companies have a website where you can login and transfer the domain name yourself. If transferring from another hosting company you don t have to wait until your site is ready to go live, transfer the domain name as soon as possible there will then be no delay in getting your new site live. Any problems transferring will then have been resolved before your site is ready to go live. If you need address s setting up please ring the office and ask for Helen or use her direct line No , your site always looks more professional if you have an associated with the domain name of your website