Parallels Plesk SiteBuilder Owner's Guide
SWsoft, Inc.
SWsoft SiteBuilder 3.2
for Windows
Site Owner's Guide
(c) 1999-2006
ISBN: N/A
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Contents
Preface 4
About This Guide.........................................................................................................................................4
Who Should Read This Guide......................................................................................................................4
Organization of This Guide..........................................................................................................................4
Documentation Conventions........................................................................................................................5
Typographical Conventions ..............................................................................................................5
General Conventions.........................................................................................................................6
Feedback.......................................................................................................................................................6
About SiteBuilder 6
Getting Started..............................................................................................................................................6
Logging in to SiteBuilder..................................................................................................................7
Recovering Forgotten Password........................................................................................................8
Learning SiteBuilder Interface..........................................................................................................9
Getting Help....................................................................................................................................13
Submitting Feedback on SiteBuilder Functionality.........................................................................14
Managing Sites 15
Adding Site.................................................................................................................................................15
Configuring General Settings..........................................................................................................16
Configuring Publishing Settings .....................................................................................................17
Previewing Site...........................................................................................................................................20
Editing Site in Wizard ................................................................................................................................20
Publishing Site............................................................................................................................................21
Editing Site Parameters ..............................................................................................................................22
Assigning Your Trial Site to Your Account...............................................................................................23
Removing Site from User Account.............................................................................................................23
Maintaining Published Sites 24
Managing Site Users...................................................................................................................................24
Adding Site User Account...............................................................................................................25
Editing Site User Account...............................................................................................................26
Changing Site User Account Status ................................................................................................27
Managing Site Statistics .............................................................................................................................27
Configuring Site Statistics...............................................................................................................28
Viewing Site Statistics.....................................................................................................................29
Submitting Site to Search Engine...............................................................................................................30
Managing eShop Orders.............................................................................................................................31
Configuring Your System 33
Viewing System Information......................................................................................................................34
Configuring Your Profile Settings..............................................................................................................35
Index 37
Preface 4
C HAPTER 1
Preface
In This Chapter
About This Guide .................................................................................................................. 4
Who Should Read This Guide...............................................................................................4
Organization of This Guide................................................................................................... 4
Documentation Conventions................................................................................................. 5
Feedback ............................................................................................................................... 6
About This Guide
SWsoft SiteBuilder 3.2 for Windows Site Owner's Guide instructs you how to manage and
maintain web sites created in SiteBuilder.
Who Should Read This Guide
This guide is intended for users who manage and maintain web sites created in SiteBuilder.
Organization of This Guide
SWsoft SiteBuilder 3.2 for Windows Site Owner's Guide consists of the following chapters:
Chapter 2, About SiteBuilder, describes the logging in procedure, Administrator Panel interface
elements, and the way you can get help in case you encounter any problems with the
Administrator Panel.
Chapter 3, Managing Sites, describes all operations you can do on sites created in SiteBuilder.
Chapter 4, Maintaining Published Sites, describes operations concerning site maintenance and
customization.
Chapter 5, Configuring Your System, provides instructions on how to view your system
information and edit your profile settings.
Preface 5
Documentation Conventions
Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions
used in it.
T ypographical Conventions
Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions
used in it.
The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special information.
Formatting
convention
Special Bold
Italics Used to emphasize the importance
Monospace
Preformatted On-screen computer output in your
Preformatted
Bold
Type of Information Example
Items you must select, such as
menu options, command butt ons,
or items in a list.
Titles of chapters, sections, and
subsections.
of a point, to introduce a term or to
designate a command line
placeholder, which is to be
replaced with a real name or value.
The names of commands, files,
and directories.
command-line sessions; source
code in XML, C++, or other
programming languages.
What you type, contrasted with
on-screen computer output.
Go to the System tab.
Read the Basic
Administration chapter.
The system supports the so
called wildcard character
search.
The license file is located in
the
http://docs/common/license
s directory.
# ls –al /files
total 14470
# cd
/root/rpms/php
CAPITALS Names of keys on the keyboard. SHIFT, CTRL, ALT
KEY+KEY Key combinations for which the
user must press and hold down one
key and then press another.
CTRL+P, ALT+F4
About SiteBuilder 6
General Conventions
Chapters in this guide are divided into sections, which, in turn, are subdivided into
subsections. For example, Documentation Conventions is a section, and General Conventions
is a subsection.
When following steps or using examples, be sure to type double-quotes ("), left single-
quotes (`), and right single-quotes (') exactly as shown.
Feedback
If you spot a typo in this guide, or if you have thought of a way to make this guide better, we
would love to hear from you!
If you have a suggestion for improving the documentation (or any other relevant comments), try
to be as specific as possible when formulating it. If you have found an error, please include the
chapter/section/subsection name and some of the surrounding text so that we could find it
easily.
About SiteBuilder
Please submit a report by e-mail to
SiteBuilder consists of two parts: the Wizard and the Administrator Panel.
Wizard is a web application enabling its users to create web sites and publish them on the
Internet.
The Administrator Panel is a tool for managing and maintaining web sites created in the Wizard.
Getting Started
This section describes your first steps with the SiteBuilder Administrator Panel.
userdocs@swsoft.com.
About SiteBuilder 7
Logging in to SiteBuilder
After you have accessed SiteBuilder for the first time, enter your user name and password each
time you launch the SiteBuilder Administrator Panel. These credentials can be changed at any
time on the My Profile screen. This procedure is described in detail in the Configuring Your
Profile Settings section, later in this guide (see page
¾ To log in to SiteBuilder:
1 Enter your login in the Login field.
2 Enter your password in the Password field.
3 Select a language of SiteBuilder interface from the Interface language list.
4 If you want your credentials to be remembered by SiteBuilder, select the
Remember me check box.
5 Click Login.
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Figure 1: Login to SiteBuilder
About SiteBuilder 8
Recovering Forgotten Password
¾ To recover your password:
1 Click Forgot Your Password.
2 Enter your login in the Login field.
3 Enter your e-mail address in the E-mail field.
4 Click Send.
After your e-mail address is received, the system checks if it is stored in the database, and
sends your password to your e-mail address.
Figure 2: Recovering Forgotten Password
About SiteBuilder 9
Learning SiteBuilder Interface
SiteBuilder Administrator Panel interface enables you to use two ways of navigation through
the application: desktop view and standard view.
The standard view is a customary view of the control panel divided into two main areas:
navigation pane on the left and the main screen, where operations are performed, on the right.
Figure 3: SiteBuilder Administrator Panel Standard View
The desktop view displays system statistics and shortcuts to the main functionalities of the
Administrator Panel.
About SiteBuilder 10
Figure 4: SiteBuilder Administrator Panel Desktop View
About SiteBuilder 11
Using Navigation Pane
The navigation pane is located on the left of the Administrator Panel window. It gives you
access to the following administrative functions:
Sites. Enables you to add and manage sites.
My Profile. Enables you to configure your account parameters.
System Info. Enables you to view system information.
Logout. Finishes the current session with the SiteBuilder Administrator Panel.
Feedback. Enables you to submit your opinion or suggestions on SiteBuilder usability and
functionality to SWsoft team.
Support. Enables you to submit a request to your administrator.
Help. Provides the online version of this guide.
To navigate through the SiteBuilder Administrator Panel, you can also use a path bar: a chain of
links that appears in the upper-left part of the screen. To return to a previous screen, use the
Up level icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.
To find items in lengthy lists, use search boxes located above every list of items: type a search
criterion into the input box, and click Search. A list will show the items matching the search
criterion. To return back to viewing all items, click Show All.
To sort a list by a certain parameter in ascending or descending order, click the parameter's title
in the column heading. The order of sorting will be indicated by a small triangle displayed next
to the parameter's title.
Below the Help icon, there is a context help tip area. It provides a brief description of the current
screen or available operations. When you place the mouse pointer over a system element or
status icon, it displays additional information.
About SiteBuilder 12
Using Desktop Interface
When you go to the Desktop screen for the first time, in its upper part you can see the additional
section containing the following options:
Short tips describing basic management options of the SiteBuilder Administrator Panel and
shortcuts to these options.
Shortcut to the SiteBuilder Wizard that enables users to create and edit sites. More detailed
information about SiteBuilder Wizard is contained in the SWsoft SiteBuilder 3.2 for
Windows User's Guide (available here
(
http://www.swsoft.com/en/products/sitebuilder/win/docs/)).
If you do not want these options displayed ever again, click Close. When you log into
SiteBuilder for Windows next time, this section will not be displayed.
Figure 5: Desktop Welcome Section
The other two sections of the Desktop are:
Tasks. This section shows shortcuts to the operations that you can perform through the
Administrator Panel.
Statistics. This section displays the following statistic data about the system:
Sites. The number of created sites, the total number of sites, permitted for creation by
your Plan, and the number of sites, available for creation.
Hits. The number of registered users that visited your site.
Users. The number of created site users accounts and total number of accounts that can
be created according your Plan.
New eShop orders. The number of e-shop orders made on your site.
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