Contents Contents 1. Welcome .......................................................... 1 Welcome! ..................................................................................................................3 New features ............................................................................................................4 Installation ................................................................................................................7 2. Getting Your Site Online ................................... 9 Start WebPlus ....................................................................................................... 11 Pick a design ......................................................................................................... 12 Edit heading and text ........................................................................................ 15 Insert a picture ..................................................................................................... 16 Add a new blank page ...................................................................................... 17 Add an Under Construction graphic ............................................................ 18 Get Serif web hosting ........................................................................................ 20 Publishing your site ........................................................................................... 23 3. Setting up Sites and Pages ............................ 25 Creating a site using a design template ..................................................... 27 Opening an existing site .................................................................................. 31 Starting a site from scratch ............................................................................. 33 Creating mobile sites and pages ................................................................... 34 Understanding site structure.......................................................................... 38 Setting site properties ....................................................................................... 41 Understanding pages and master pages ................................................... 42 Adding, removing, and rearranging pages ............................................... 47 Setting page properties .................................................................................... 53 Adding backgrounds ......................................................................................... 54 Contents Using colour schemes ....................................................................................... 59 Dynamic guides .................................................................................................. 62 4. Layout Items .................................................. 65 Inserting text frames ......................................................................................... 67 Inserting pictures ................................................................................................ 70 Inserting panels ................................................................................................... 76 Inserting a Photo Gallery ................................................................................. 81 Inserting tables .................................................................................................... 87 Inserting a calendar ........................................................................................... 88 Inserting sliders ................................................................................................... 92 5. Navigation Items ............................................ 97 Inserting navigation bars ................................................................................. 99 Inserting pop-up menus ................................................................................ 102 Inserting buttons .............................................................................................. 104 Adding hyperlinks and actions .................................................................... 108 Adding an anchor ............................................................................................. 112 Using lightboxes ............................................................................................... 113 6. Interactive Objects ....................................... 117 Inserting rollovers ............................................................................................ 119 Rollover options ................................................................................................ 119 Inserting pop-up rollovers ............................................................................ 121 Inserting a site search ..................................................................................... 123 Inserting Google Maps ................................................................................... 125 Inserting an advert ........................................................................................... 126 Contents 7. External / Managed Content ......................... 129 Inserting framed documents ........................................................................131 Inserting a blog ..................................................................................................133 Inserting a news window ...............................................................................135 Inserting a forum ...............................................................................................137 Inserting an RSS reader ...................................................................................141 Access control ....................................................................................................143 Using Smart objects .........................................................................................151 8. Social Media ................................................. 159 Inserting a Facebook widget ........................................................................161 Inserting a Twitter widget .............................................................................163 Inserting a Google +1 button .......................................................................167 Inserting a social bookmarking button strip ..........................................168 9. Media ............................................................ 171 Adding sound and video ...............................................................................173 Inserting Flash SWF files .................................................................................175 Inserting YouTube videos ..............................................................................176 10. Forms ........................................................... 179 Inserting forms ...................................................................................................181 Submission of forms ........................................................................................184 11. E-Commerce Objects ................................... 189 Understanding e-commerce ........................................................................191 Inserting an e-commerce object (PayPal) ................................................194 Contents 12. Text .............................................................. 199 Importing text from a file .............................................................................. 201 Using artistic text .............................................................................................. 202 Putting text on a path ..................................................................................... 205 Editing text on the page ................................................................................ 207 Setting text properties ................................................................................... 208 Using fonts .......................................................................................................... 209 Using text styles ................................................................................................ 210 Creating a bulleted or numbered list ........................................................ 213 Inserting user details ....................................................................................... 215 Using Find and Replace .................................................................................. 216 13. Assets for Creativity ..................................... 217 Using assets ........................................................................................................ 219 Asset browsing .................................................................................................. 221 Storing designs ................................................................................................. 226 14. Previewing and Publishing ........................... 229 Using Site Checker ........................................................................................... 231 Previewing your site ........................................................................................ 233 Publishing to the web ..................................................................................... 234 15. Site Validation and Analysis ......................... 241 Validating your website