Video Instructions

Putting content onto your new web site is really just a few steps away:

1. Create your categories. Categories are the main "groups" of information that your site can be split up into. A horse site, for example, might include categories such as: Horses for Sale, Mares, Foals, Stallions, Show Horses, etc.

2. Add your items. Items are the "individual" things you'll have on your site. For a horse web site, "items" are "horses." :-)

3. Add text and photos to your other pages: Home, Links, and the third page (most people use the third page as an "About Us" or "Blog/News" type of page).

Let's get started!

Get Familiar with the Admin Area

 

admin_view.MOV

Create Categories

 

add_category.MOV

Create or Add "Items" (usually individual horses)

 

add_item_part1.MOV

 

add_item_images.MOV

 

about_item_view.MOV

Add Links to the Links page

 

add_link.MOV

Add Text/Pictures to Home, Links, and About Us/Blog/News Pages

 

pages_link.MOV

Resize Pictures Using Resize2Mail.com

You can use a variety of online image resizing tools, or your own graphics program. Pictures can not be larger than 600 pixels wide or tall for web sites, because of downloading time for your site's viewers.

 

resize2mail_part1.MOV

 

resize2mail_part_2.MOV

Other Online Image Editor Resources

• SUMOPaint - SUMO Paint offers professional and easy to use tools for creating and editing images within a browser. SUMO Paint is a free image editing software that gives you the opportunity to create, edit and comment images online with powerful tools and layer support.
   
• Photoshop.com - Tweak, rotate and touch up photos with Photoshop® Express, your free online photo editor.
   
• Aviary Phoenix - All the Photoshop features you actually need, at a fraction of the price.

Once your site is up and running, with your content on it, you will periodically need to make changes to update the site. Here are some videos that show you how to edit some of the basic areas:

Edit an Item (Horse, Dog, etc.)

 

edit_items.MOV

Edit a Category's Description

Make changes to an existing category, such as "for sale," "foals," etc.

IMPROVED!  New video coming soon!

The following video is correct except for the size of the editing area (where you type your description), which has been enlarged and now allows you to type directly into the larger box.

 

edit_category.MOV

Add New Entry to a News/Blog Page

 

pages_news_blog.MOV

Change your E-mail or Other Contact Information

 

owner_details.MOV