Mode 1: If you are a beginner and you do not know HTML, nor do you have the means to create or obtain your own logo's and graphics, you may wish to start with this Mode. Please note these themes are not customizable.
Select Theme: There are 80 themes that you can choose from to make your site. After you have reviewed the first page of themes you can click the text that says Next>> to go to the next page. In order to select a theme you activate the radio button to the left of the theme picture and number by placing your mouse in the circle. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click submit.
Master Settings:
This shows what you have your shopping cart to currently look like.
Under the Theme heading it shows you what theme you have currently selected if you chose one earlier.
Under the Colors heading you have many decisions to make.
*The sort method shows how your items will be displayed in each category. You can sort them by sort order (you define this when you set each product up), itemNumberDESC (descending order by item number), itemNumberASC (ascending order by item number), TitleDESC (descending by title name), TitleASC (ascending by title name).
*Use Mail it -- this is a feature you can let your customers "tell a friend about this product".
*Body Font Color -- the text in the body (paragraphs) color
*Product Category Title Font color -- this is the color the text under product categories are.
*Background -- this is your background color.
*Product Category Title -- this is the color that product categories titles are.
*Background Image -- you can select an image you have uploaded to be you background image here.
*The color chart link opens another screen to show you the main color choices and what code to put in each box.
Under the store navigation heading there are more choices to make. (The top section of your site)
*Use Product search -- select yes or no depending on if you want your customers to be able to search for products on your site.
*Use Page counter -- select yes or no depending on if you want your website to have a counter showing how many people have been at your site.
*Show Shoppers On-Line -- select yes or no depending on if you want your website to show how many people "shoppers" are on your website.
*Show Horizantal Rules -- This seperates the top of your website from the "products" on your site.
*Background color -- This is the background color of your store heading.
*Background image -- select this if you would rather have an image instead of a color.
*Font Color -- this is the font color used in your heading.
*Home Button -- You can select an image you have uploaded to use as your "home" button. If you don't have an image to use you can select the "use text" option.
*View Cart Button -- You can select an image you have uploaded to use as your "view cart" button. If you don't have an image to use you can select the "use text" option.
*Picture Page -- You can select a picture page you have created to let customers view.
*Pic Page Button -- You can select an image you have uploaded to use as your "pic page" button. If you don't have an image to use you can select the "use text" option.
Navigation Frame Feature Links: Select if you want your links to be above or below the Category Links.
Sales Price -- Display on the website (select yes or no), If you don't have a button type the text in the box or if you have a image select that image in the drop down menu.
Sale Price Display Method: When an item is on sale you have to decide how you want it to look. Select the radio button you prefer.
Protected Categories: -- Display on the website (select yes or no), If you don't have a button type the text in the box or if you have a image select that image in the drop down menu. (Make sure you do the same for the Log Out)
New Items Link: -- Display on the website (select yes or no), If you don't have a button type the text in the box or if you have a image select that image in the drop down menu. Decide how long you want the item to show as new. (The default is 30 days)
New This Month: -- Display on the website (select yes or no), If you don't have a button type the text in the box or if you have a image select that image in the drop down menu.
Contact Us Page: -- Display on the website (select yes or no), If you don't have a button type the text in the box or if you have a image select that image in the drop down menu.
About Us Page: -- Display on the website (select yes or no), If you don't have a button type the text in the box or if you have a image select that image in the drop down menu.
Guest Book: -- Display on the website (select yes or no), If you don't have a button type the text in the box or if you have a image select that image in the drop down menu.
Links Page: -- Display on the website (select yes or no), If you don't have a button type the text in the box or if you have a image select that image in the drop down menu.
Track Orders: -- Display on the website (select yes or no), If you don't have a button type the text in the box or if you have a image select that image in the drop down menu.
*The color chart link opens another screen to show you the main color choices and what code to put in each box.
Under the shopping cart heading there are more choices to make.
*Use Floating Cart -- select yes or no if you want your cart to be stationary or not.
*Jump or Post to Cart -- select Jump (when an item is added it automatically goes to the shopping cart) or Post (just places item in shopping cart and the customer stays on the page they are on).
*Show Items #'s -- this lets you decide if you want customers to see what your item numbers are. Select yes or no.
*Title Bar -- This is the color the top bar of your shopping cart will be.
*Line Items -- This is the color the items in your shopping cart will be.
*Total Cell --This is the color the total bar of your shopping cart will be.
*Font Cart Title --This is the font color the top bar of your shopping cart will be.
*Font Cart Lines --This is the font color the items in your shopping cart will be.
*Font Cart Total --This is the color the font total bar of your shopping cart will be.
*The color chart link opens another screen to show you the main color choices and what code to put in each box.
Fonts:
*Product Results -- Select the font you want to use for your product results.
*Left Nav Page -- Select the font you want to use for your left navagational page.
*Shopping Cart -- Select the font you want to use for your shopping cart.
Frames Setup:
*Frame Type --select fulltop or full left (there are pictures of each type at the top).
*Top Frame Height in rows --this is how tall the top frame is if you choose this option.
*Left Navigation Frame Columns --this is how wide the left naviagation frame would be if you chose this option.
Splash Page:
Main Introduction Frame:
*Title Line --It is up to you how set this page up. This text will go above the picture you designate.
*Logo--You need to upload this picture under the upload logo link under these settings.
*Sub Title Line--The line of text that goes under the picture you designate.
*Custom HTML markup--Please do not attempt to key in information unless you know html. You do not have to have any information here if you feel too overwhelmed.
Add Meta Tags:
Meta Tags for the e-store:
*Description Tag--This is the description of the store you want to be used on search sites. It is very important for you to use keywords that will help you get the most hits. Please don't over-do the keywords since that can get you skipped over.
*Keywords Tag--This is where you place the keywords you want your site to be searchable for.
*Title Tags--This is where you put the name of your company. This will put the name in the top bar of whichever browser you search the internet with.
Add Extra Nav Links:
*Alignment for the links--select how you would like your links to be on your site.
*Text--fill in the text you would like to have for each particular link
*Navigation Frame Link Image--After you have uploaded each button you would like to use for this. Then select the corresponding button from the drop down menu.
Picture Pages:
Click "Click to create new picture page". The following screen will then pop up.
Type in the Picture page title that you would like to have.
Then select whichever image you would like to have as the first image on your page.
Click Add.
You will then be prompted with almost the exact same box to keep putting pictures in the page.
Reusable Dropdowns:
Contact Us Page:
About Us Page:
Ancillary Pages:
Guest Book Admin:
Links Page Admin:
Reusable Text Boxes:
Blog Generator:
