Editing your webiste is a fairly simple process. All edits are made using your web browser with no special software.
After you have logged into your website as an administrator, you can either view the site in Edit Mode or in Fullscreen Mode. Edit Mode If you are in Edit Mode, you will see a menu on the left site of the page with various options for managing your site. This mode is used to make changes to your site. To enter edit mode, make sure you are logged in as an administrator and click the pencil in the lower-right corner of the page.
There are two primary ways to create pages within your website. The first is mentioned in the Getting Started section of these instructions, and is excellent for creating several pages at once: Creating Pages using the Edit Menu option First, hover over your menu at the top of your site and click the “Edit Menu” button. Then, click the large plus sign to the lower right. You will be prompted for a Title, Type, and Page.
To change the arrangement of your content groups, click “Arrange Groups” on the left side menu. The system will zoom out so you can see your groups defined. Click and drag a group to move it up or down on the page. Then choose “Done Arranging.”
Your site has a very simple three-part structure. The site is made of pages, pages are made of groups, and groups are made of sections. A group is a major area of a page. You can have as many groups as you want. Each group can have it’s own background (made of pictures, colors, or videos) and it’s own settings as needed for layout and sizing. The actual content for your site comes from sections.
To change the arrangement of your content sections, click “Arrange Sections” on the left side menu. The system will zoom out so you can see your sections defined. Click and drag a section to move it around within a group. The sections will snap to the highest possible position in the group; this behavior is by design and assists with rendering the sections consistently across devices. You may also click and drag the inverted “L” bracket to the lower right of each section.
To add a new group to your page, click “Add Group” from the left side menu. You will be offered several pre-defined group types. This simply means that these groups come with some content sections already built-in to them. To simply add a blank group, choose “Empty Group.” Even within the “Empty Group” option, there are a few options: Standard Standard groups have a slight margin to the right and left side, and are good for most basic types of page body content.
To add a section to your site, first choose a group to add it to. If the group is empty, you can click the “Add Section” button in the middle. If not, you can click the plus to the upper left of the group when you hover over that group. Once you have clicked either of these buttons, you will be presented with a list of different section types. Choose the most appropriate one for your content.
Sub-Sites are a powerful feature type of your website system. This feature allows you to create a number of sites “within” your site package. You are only permitted to do this as long as teh sub-site is a part of the same legal entity as your primary site. To create a Sub-Site, click the “Create Sub-Site” option on the left side menu. You will be presented with the option to choose a template for your new Sub-Site.
The Site Settings feature is a powerful tool when you are in Edit Mode. It allows you to change the following options: Site Settings Tab Site Title This is the title that is shown in the top of the browser when users are viewing your site as the tab header. It is also shown on search engines when your site is listed. Auto-Publish Pages This feature is often confused with publishing a website, in other words taking it live on a certain web address; however, that's not what this feature does.
The Quick Setup option on the left side menu will take you through two basic screens of information. Providing this info will automatically reset your website title, tag line, and location/contact information for Google Maps and your website footer. Note that if you have made extensive changes to portions of your website, the Quick Setup may be ineffective for those areas.
You can change the template for your website as often as you’d like. When you do this, the fonts/colors/styles associated with your site will change, but your content will not necessarily change. You may want to change your content a bit to match the default look and feel of a new temmplate, so there are a few options available to you when you click “Switch Template”: Start a New Sub-Site If you want to use a new template but keep your current site online while you learn it and experiment with it, choose this option.
The Template Settings option on the left side menu will allow you to alter the color and appearance settings for your site. Changing the colors will affect the entire site. Some colors affect more than just one area so as you change the colors check through your site to make sure you are happy with the results. Static Menu Bar This option makes it so that the menu bar at the top of the page is always present rather than appearing only when you scroll down.
Clicking the Administration link on the left side menu while in Edit Mode will allow you to manage a number of “behind-the-scenes” aspects of your website. Under Administration > Pages, you can see a list of all of your pages whether they have active links to them on your site or not. You can manage your live streaming and mobile app settings, view all of your media libraries, photo galleries, manage your online PayPal store, and more.
At the bottom left of your site, when you are logged in and in Edit Mode, there are three buttons to determine which “Viewport” you are working with. One is for desktop/laptop, one is for tablet, and the other is for cell phone/mobile devices. These buttons are useful for two things: To see what your site looks like in different viewports If you click on a viewport and then choose “Arrange Sections,” you can move items around and create a separate section arrangement for each viewport type.