Parallels Plesk SiteBuilder - 4.5 - Unix User Guide
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Contents
Preface 5
About Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder .................................................................................................. 5
What's New in This Version ................................................................................................ 6
About This Guide ........................................................................................................................... 6
Who Should Read This Guide ....................................................................................................... 7
Typographical Conventions ........................................................................................................... 7
Feedback ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Getting Started with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard 9
Overview of Main Steps to Create Site ....................................................................................... 10
Logging In to Plesk Sitebuilder .................................................................................................... 10
Learning Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard Interface ............................................................................... 11
Working with Lists ............................................................................................................. 14
Starting to Work with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard ........................................................................... 16
Getting Help ................................................................................................................................. 17
Choosing Type of Created Site 18
Creating Site Design 19
Selecting Design Template for Site ............................................................................................. 21
Removing Design Template from Page ...................................................................................... 22
Selecting Color Scheme .............................................................................................................. 23
Selecting Banner ......................................................................................................................... 23
Selecting Menu Style ................................................................................................................... 24
Uploading Logo ........................................................................................................................... 25
Specifying Site Title, Subtitle, and Footer Message .................................................................... 25
Buying Pictures from Fotolia ....................................................................................................... 26
Creating Site Structure 28
Types of Pages ............................................................................................................................ 31
Structuring Your Site ................................................................................................................... 32
Adding Pages .................................................................................................................... 33
Changing Position of Pages .............................................................................................. 33
Renaming Pages ............................................................................................................... 35
Hiding Pages in Site Navigation ........................................................................................ 35
Removing Pages ............................................................................................................... 37
Choosing Site Language, Currency, and Format of Numbers, Time and Date .......................... 37
Populating Site with Content 39
Working with Text ........................................................................................................................ 41
Applying Styles, Fonts, and Colors to Text ....................................................................... 42
Formatting Paragraphs ..................................................................................................... 42
Copying and Moving Text ................................................................................................. 43
Finding and Replacing Text Fragments ............................................................................ 44
Preface 4
Checking Spelling on Page ............................................................................................... 45
Undoing and Redoing Actions........................................................................................... 45
Inserting Links ................................................................................................................... 46
Working with Images ................................................................................................................... 54
Inserting Image.................................................................................................................. 55
Editing Image .................................................................................................................... 59
Removing Image ............................................................................................................... 62
Working with Tables .................................................................................................................... 62
Inserting Table................................................................................................................... 63
Editing Table Properties .................................................................................................... 64
Adding or Removing Rows, Columns, and Cells .............................................................. 65
Editing Cell Properties ....................................................................................................... 67
Merging Cells .................................................................................................................... 68
Spanning Cell across Several Rows or Columns ............................................................. 68
Splitting Cell ...................................................................................................................... 69
Adding Content to Table ................................................................................................... 69
Removing Table ................................................................................................................ 70
Working with Modules ................................................................................................................. 70
Adding Blog ....................................................................................................................... 73
Adding Image Gallery ........................................................................................................ 80
Adding Online Store .......................................................................................................... 88
Providing Content for Download ..................................................................................... 118
Adding Flash Intro ........................................................................................................... 119
Adding Forum .................................................................................................................. 120
Adding Guestbook ........................................................................................................... 128
Providing Registration to Your Site Visitors .................................................................... 132
Incorporating Link to External Page into Your Site Menu ............................................... 138
Adding Maps ................................................................................................................... 138
Adding Feedback Form ................................................................................................... 143
Adding RSS News Feeds ................................................................................................ 148
Inserting Scripts into Your Web Pages ........................................................................... 150
Conducting Polls and Online Surveys ............................................................................. 152
Adding Online Status Indicator........................................................................................ 154
Adding SitePal Animated Character ............................................................................... 155
Adding Site Map .............................................................................................................. 159
Making Your Site Searchable 160
Specifying Keywords to be Used by Search Engines ............................................................... 160
Providing Description to be Displayed in Search Results ......................................................... 161
Submitting Site to Search Engines ............................................................................................ 161
Tracking Site Popularity 162
Enabling Statistics Count on Site .............................................................................................. 162
Viewing Site Visitors Statistics .................................................................................................. 163
Adding Visitors Counter to Site Pages ...................................................................................... 163
Publishing Site 164
Requirements to Host ................................................................................................................ 169
Appendix. Most Common Google Base Attributes 170
Preface 5
In this section:
About Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder ....................................................................... 5
About This Guide ............................................................................................... 6
Who Should Read This Guide ........................................................................... 7
Typographical Conventions ............................................................................... 7
Feedback .......................................................................................................... 8
In this section:
What's New in This Version ............................................................................... 6
Preface
About Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder
Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder consists of two parts: the Wizard and the Administrator Panel.
With Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard, you can create sites by simply choosing the design preset you
like and adding text and images. Then you can add picture galleries, blogs and online stores
in a few clicks. You do not need to know any markup or scripting languages to have a site.
The Administrator Panel is a tool for managing and maintaining web sites created in the
Wizard.
6 Preface
What's New in This Version
Plesk Sitebuilder 4.5 offers the following new features:
Site Map module. Allows you to display a clickable hierarchical model of your site structure
to visitors
Removing design template from pages. You can now remove design template's layout and
graphics from the desired pages.
External Page module. Allows you to link site menu items to external web sites.
Save button. A handy way to save changes you make while working on your site.
Counter settings are moved to the Wizard. You can now enable a counter on your site at the
Pages step of the Wizard, which previously required going to the Administrator Panel.
Site visitor management is moved to the Wizard. You can now manage your registered visitors
through the Registration module editor at the Edit step of the Wizard, which previously
required going to the Administrator Panel.
Updated WYSIWYG editor to fix a series of issues.
About This Guide
This guide instructs you how to create and publish sites on the Internet using Plesk
Sitebuilder Wizard.
This guide covers the following steps of creating and publishing your site:
1 Choosing the type of site to be created (see page 18)
2 Creating site design (see page 19)
3 Creating and editing site structure (see page 28)
4 Creating and editing site content (see page 39)
5 Publishing site on the Internet (see page 164)
Preface 7
Who Should Read This Guide
Formatting
convention
Type of information
Example
Special Bold
Items you must select,
such as menu options,
command buttons, or items
in a list.
Go to the Content tab.
Titles of chapters, sections,
and subsections.
Read the Creating Site Design
chapter.
Italics
Used to emphasize the
importance 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.
Block modules. These modules
do not require dedicated site
pages...
Monospace
URLs, names of
commands, files, and
directories.
Go to
http://hostname/Wizard.
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
The target audience of this guide is regular users of Plesk Sitebuilder as well as guests, who
are working with Plesk Sitebuilder in the guest mode, creating trial sites without publishing
them on the Internet.
Typographical 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.
8 Preface
Feedback
If you have found a mistake in this guide, or if you have suggestions or ideas on how to
improve this guide, please send your feedback using the online form at
http://www.parallels.com/en/support/usersdoc/. Please include in your report the guide's title,
chapter and section titles, and the fragment of text in which you have found an error.
This chapter describes your first steps with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard.
In this chapter:
Overview of Main Steps to Create Site .............................................................. 10
Logging In to Plesk Sitebuilder .......................................................................... 10
Learning Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard Interface ...................................................... 11
Starting to Work with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard .................................................. 16
Getting Help ...................................................................................................... 17
C H A P T E R 1
Getting Started with Plesk Sitebuilder
Wizard
10 Getting Started with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard
Overview of Main Steps to Create Site
As a rule, the process of creating a web site includes three main stages: planning,
implementation, and web site updating or maintenance.
Planning: The first and most essential stage in any project is planning. Before starting
with Plesk Sitebuilder, think about the purpose of your web site and its target audience.
After this, decide where your web site will be stored, or, in Internet terminology, hosted.
This stage is beyond the scope of this document. Since Plesk Sitebuilder is often
provided in a bundle with a web hosting package, we assume that you already have a
web space for publishing your site. Then, you create a detailed structure of your future
web site and prepare its contents, including text information and graphics. The planning
stage is extremely important because it eventually determines the usefulness of your
web site.
Implementation: The next stage is the implementation of your web site. The five-step
Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard takes you through the entire process of creating your site,
from initial design to publishing and maintenance. The following is an overview of the
main steps required to create a web site using Plesk Sitebuilder:
1 To create a web site, open Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard. You can start working with the
Wizard anonymously, without supplying login and password.
2 Complete the first four Wizard steps (choose the site type, select the design, create
the site structure, add web site content including text, graphics and site modules
and provide extra information for search engines).
3 Go to the Publish step and start the publishing process. If you do not have a Plesk
Sitebuilder account and work with the program in demo mode, the site you create is
temporary and cannot be published on the Internet until you register and buy
hosting for your site. Once you are done with this, you can log in to Plesk
Sitebuilder and assign your trial site to your account, thus making it possible to
permanently publish your site on the Internet.
Maintenance: When you complete the above steps, your site becomes available for
visitors. It is critical to keep your site content fresh because this is a good way to show
your attitude to customers and services. Therefore, we recommend to update your site
on a regular basis. All you need to do is to log in to the Plesk Sitebuilder Administrator
Panel, edit the site content in Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard, and click Publish. Sitebuilder will
automatically transfer the updated content to your hosting location.
For detailed instructions on what to do on every step of creating your site, see the
chapters below.
Logging In to Plesk Sitebuilder
The Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard access procedure is different for different user roles.
Below we describe the login process for site owners and anonymous users. The Plesk
Sitebuilder administrator and resellers access Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard from their
Administrator Panels.
Getting Started with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard 11
To log in to Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard using your site owner account:
1 Open your Internet browser.
2 Enter the URL you have received from your Plesk Sitebuilder provider
into the address bar of your browser and press ENTER.
For example, http://sitebuilder/login
where 'sitebuilder' is the domain name of the server where Plesk Sitebuilder is
installed.
3 Enter you user name and password, select the interface language and
click Log in.
If prior to gaining a Plesk Sitebuilder account you have created a trial site in Plesk
Sitebuilder Wizard (on the same computer that you are logging in from), you will be
prompted to assign the site to your account and thus upgrade it to regular. You can
skip this step and register your trial site later, but note that it may be deleted by your
Plesk Sitebuilder provider or automatically destroyed after the expiration date.
Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard opens on the Start page, from which you can start creating
your first site. You can proceed to your Administrator Panel by clicking the Go to
Admin Panel shortcut at the top of the screen.
To access Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard as an anonymous user (in demo mode):
1 Open your Internet browser.
2 Enter the URL to Plesk Sitebuilder demo version into the address bar
of your browser and press ENTER.
For example, http://sitebuilder/Wizard
where 'sitebuilder' is the domain name of the server where Plesk Sitebuilder is
installed.
The link may be distributed by a Plesk Sitebuilder provider, or obtained otherwise.
3 Select the language of Plesk Sitebuilder interface from the Interface
language list.
The Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard opens on the Overview page, which provides access to
all five steps of the Wizard.
Learning Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard
Interface
In Plesk Sitebuilder, a site is created in five steps. Each step has its own working and
navigation principles, which will be covered in respective sections further in this guide.
Here we will outline the general principles of working with the Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard
interface, and enumerate elements present on all Plesk Sitebuilder screens.
12 Getting Started with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard
Figure 1: Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard Interface
Every Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard window contains the following elements:
1 Plesk Sitebuilder logo linked to the Sitebuilder page on the official Parallels web site.
This image can be customized by your Plesk Sitebuilder provider.
2 Save Changes button used for saving the results of actions performed on the page. If
no changes have been applied, the button is inactive. This button is also disabled
when editing the content of page modules on step Edit, since modules have their
own dialogs for saving changes.
3 Top help string, which provides short instructions about the operations you can
perform on the current page and displays the result of your last action.
4 Shortcuts used to switch between the five Wizard steps. The step you are currently
on is highlighted in color.
5 Support button, which, by default, opens Plesk Sitebuilder Online Server Support
screen on the official Parallels web site, where you can fill in the form to request the
help of Parallels technical support team. This link can be customized by your Plesk
Sitebuilder provider.
6 Help button opens the context-sensitive online help on the corresponding page.
7 Go to Admin Panel shortcut takes you to your Plesk Sitebuilder Administrator
Panel.
8 Parallels logotype image linked to Parallels web site.
9 Log out button finishes your current session with Plesk Sitebuilder.
Getting Started with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard 13
Note: The Go to Admin Panel and Log out buttons are not displayed to anonymous
In this section:
Working with Lists ..............................................................................................14
users. Instead of the Log out button, they see a shortcut Already a registered user?
Log in here..
10 Work area, where the interface options available on the current step of the Wizard
are displayed.
11 Back button, which enables you to get to the previous step of the Wizard (you
can also return to the previous step using the top navigation bar).
12 Preview button, which allows you to preview the site at any stage of its creation.
13 Next button, which switches you to the next step of creating your site (you can
also click the next tab in the top navigation bar).
14 Getting Started with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard
Working with Lists
When setting up page or block modules on the Edit step of Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard,
you will see lists of various system objects (blog posts, online store orders, etc.).
In such a list, each object record is a table row displaying the object name and the
relevant parameters of the object (for example, for each forum topic, the author of the
topic, the category the topic belongs to, the date of last the update, and the number of
replies to the topic are displayed). Above and below each list, the total number of items
contained in the list is displayed. Below the list, you can adjust the number of items to
be displayed per page (5, 10, 25, or 100). In multi-page lists, you can navigate between
the pages by clicking the page number shortcuts above and below the list. To go to the
first/last page of the list, click First Page or Last Page, accordingly.
In lengthy lists, you can find items using the search function, or sort items by certain
parameters. To find an item, type a search criterion into the input box above the list,
and click Search. The list will show the items matching the search criterion. To return to
the full list of items, click Show All.
Figure 2: Searching for Objects
To sort list items 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.
Figure 3: Sorting Objects
In some lists, you can filter items by a certain attribute by selecting one of them from
the drop-down list (for example, on the Orders tab of your eShop page, you can filter out
orders of certain status: New, Paid, Processed, Backorder, Completed, Cancelled, Failed, or
Any).
Figure 4: Filtering Objects
Getting Started with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard 15
Note: All the above described principles also apply to the list of design template
categories on the Design step of the Wizard. For information on using these options on
the Design step, read section Creating Site Design (on page 19).
To choose a list object for further operation, select the check box to the left of the
object's name.
Figure 5: Selecting Particular Objects in a List
To choose all objects in the list, select the check box at the head of the column.
Figure 6: Selecting All List Objects at Once
To perform operations with certain objects in a list, select the required objects and click
an operation shortcut above the list (for example, Activate, Deactivate, Remove Selected,
etc.).
In the list of guestbook messages, the status of a message is indicated by icon in the
Status (S) column (not archived or archived ).
In most lists, individual operation shortcuts are displayed for each item. For example,
for each product category on the Categories tab on the eShop page, there are arrows (
and ) used to change the order in which the categories are displayed on the site
page; and the Edit icon used to open the categories in editing mode.
In most lists, you can configure or edit a list object by:
Clicking the object name, if it is clickable (for example, the post names on the
Content tab of the Blog page)
Clicking the Edit icon for this object in the list (for example, for a product on the
Products tab of the eShop page)
In some lists, you will also see shortcuts to managing the objects' dependent items such as the View/Edit Comments shortcut for each blog post on the Content tab of the Blog
page.
16 Getting Started with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard
In most object lists in the Wizard, you will find default objects created for your
convenience, which you can delete or reuse at a later stage.
Starting to Work with Plesk Sitebuilder
Wizard
The Overview page provides quick access to and contains short description of each of
the five steps required for creating a site in Plesk Sitebuilder.
Figure 7: Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard Overview Page
The five Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard steps are as follows:
1 Start. On this step, you choose whether to create a site from scratch or create a site
using one of the proposed site templates (site-blog, site-photo gallery, etc.).
2 Design. On this step, you configure your site layout, color scheme, menu style, logo
and banner, as well as set up text elements appeared at the background of your
site, such as the title phrase and the copyright notice.
3 Pages. On this step, you configure the structure of your site and arrange the pages
hierarchy in the site map.
4 Edit. On this step, you create and edit the content of your site pages.
5 Publish. On this step, you publish your site on the Internet.
For anonymous users, on the Overview page, the Interface language box is displayed
allowing to select the language of the Wizard interface.
Getting Started with Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard 17
To start creating your site, click Start at the bottom of the screen.
Getting Help
If you encounter a problem while using Plesk Sitebuilder, there are several resources
available to help you troubleshoot the problem:
Use on-screen context-sensitive help.
At the bottom of the navigation pane, you can find short instructions on the
operations that are available on the current page.
Refer to our knowledge base (http://kb.parallels.com/en/products/sitebuilderlinux).
The knowledge base provides solutions to the most common problems with Plesk
Sitebuilder.
Go to our forum
(http://forum.swsoft.com/forumdisplay.php?s=f2b895fc3636e705ec9b9a85ef81f040
&forumid=99).
Here all users can post questions, exchange ideas, and troubleshoot issues not
described in the knowledge base. Note that Parallels does not provide official
support through this forum.
Contact technical support.
If you have any problems or questions that are not covered in the user
documentation or knowledge base, you can click Support located on the
navigation pane and submit your problem to your technical support representative.
The first step of creating site with Plesk Sitebuilder is to choose whether you want to
C H A P T E R 2
Choosing Type of Created Site
start creating your site from scratch or use one of proposed site templates (the socalled site families). By default, there are two site templates available - blog and image
gallery, but the Plesk Sitebuilder administrator can extend this list by creating custom
site templates and including them in your service plan.
To choose the type of the created site, go to the Start step and click the required site
family to select it.
The Start page looks as follows:
Figure 8: Step 1. Choosing the Site Type
The chosen site family is indicated with the sign.
Having selected a site family, click Next at the bottom of the screen to proceed to
configuring the design of your site.
If you fail to select a certain site family (and you see it in the list as grayed out), contact
your Plesk Sitebuilder administrator for assistance.
Creating Site Design 19
In Plesk Sitebuilder, you can build the graphic design of your site by combining the
Creating Site Design
provided presets with your custom design elements which you can upload to
Sitebuilder. Plesk Sitebuilder offers design presets of several types, including: design
templates, color schemes, page banners and site menu styles. You can personalize
your design by uploading a custom page banner and logo. Besides uploading your own
banner and logo, you can specify the title, subtitle and footer message for your site. In
this chapter you will find a step-by-step instruction on creating your site design in Plesk
Sitebuilder.
The Plesk Sitebuilder Design step screen looks as follows.
Figure 9: Step 2. Creating Site Design
The work area of the screen contains the following elements:
1 Design template selection area, which provides the functions facilitating the choice of a
site design template (see page 21). When you choose to display All categories, this
area shows all available design templates.
20 Creating Site Design
2 Design template preview window displaying the currently selected template. Click this
In this section:
Selecting Design Template for Site ................................................................... 21
Removing Design Template from Page ............................................................. 22
Selecting Color Scheme .................................................................................... 23
Selecting Banner ............................................................................................... 23
Selecting Menu Style ......................................................................................... 24
Uploading Logo ................................................................................................. 25
Specifying Site Title, Subtitle, and Footer Message ........................................... 25
Buying Pictures from Fotolia .............................................................................. 26
window for full-size preview of the template. The chosen design template, color
scheme and menu style are shown in red frames in the corresponding areas of the
screen.
3 Color schemes area, where you can choose the colors for your site (see page 23).
4 Banners area enabling you to select or upload a banner for your site (see page 23).
5 Menu styles area, where you can choose the appearance of the site menu (see page 24).
6 Logo area enabling you to upload your custom logo (see page 25).
7 Site info area where you can provide the information to be displayed in the header and
footer of your site pages (see page 25).
8 The design template list navigation area.
Read this chapter to learn how to use these options to create your site design.
Creating Site Design 21
Selecting Design Template for Site
On this step, you choose the general graphic and layout concept of the site page - the
site design template. For more convenience, design templates are grouped into
categories which correspond to the most frequently encountered site types. Your
choice of the design template defines the choice of available color schemes, menu
styles and page banners further on this step.
The list of available site design templates is determined by your service plan.
To select a design template for your site:
1 On the Design step, select a template category from the Category list.
The default design template which goes with the category is displayed in the main
design preview window; the alternative ones - in smaller windows beside the main
window.
2 Click a design template to select it.
The selected template appears in the main design preview window. By selecting a
design template you can view the color schemes, menu styles and page banners
which go with it in the respective areas of the page.
Each design template has a unique alphanumeric code (for example, (vap-26, eug-
29, etc.) by which you can identify it in Plesk Sitebuilder.
To choose a design template on pure aesthetic grounds (not by category), select All
Categories from the Category list to display all available templates, and then click the
desired template to select it.
For some tips on working with the list of design templates, see section Working with Lists
(on page 14).
If necessary, you can remove the design template (see page 22) from selected standard
(HTML) pages of your site at a later stage.
22 Creating Site Design
Figure 10: Selecting a Design Template
Removing Design Template from Page
All pages of your Plesk Sitebuilder site are built on the basis of a design template - the
one which you have applied on the Design step and which includes pre-configured page
graphics and layout. You can remove these elements from any common (standard)
page (indicated by the icon in the site map), turning it into a plain page with no
design.
To remove the design template from a page, go to the Edit step, select the page in the
Site map area and click Remove Design Template.
At any moment later you can get the page design back by clicking Restore Design
Template.
You cannot remove the design template from special pages (modules).
Creating Site Design 23
Selecting Color Scheme
For each design template, a number of color schemes are available. No custom color
schemes can be uploaded to Plesk Sitebuilder.
To select color scheme for your site, on the Design step, click the thumbnail image you
like in the Color schemes section.
The chosen color scheme is applied to the design template, and the results are
displayed on the design template preview.
Figure 11: Selecting a Color Scheme
Selecting Banner
In Plesk Sitebuilder, a banner is a large image of rectangular shape which serves as a
central element of the page layout. Each design template offers a choice of available
banners.
To select a banner:
1 On the Design step, in the Banners area, click the downward arrow to
expand the list of available banners.
2 Select the banner you like.
The chosen banner is displayed it in the main design preview window.
You can also upload a custom banner for your site. The maximum allowed dimensions of
a banner vary depending on the selected template. To find out the maximum banner size
for a particular template, try uploading an image bigger than 1024x350 px - you will see a
warning message containing the maximum banner dimensions for the current template.
The supported file formats are *.jpg, *.bmp, *.gif, and *.png.
24 Creating Site Design
To upload a new banner:
1 On the Design step, click Browse in the Banners area.
2 In the Browse window, navigate to the image file you want to upload.
3 Click Open in the Browse window.
4 Click Upload in the Banners area.
Figure 12: Selecting or Uploading a Banner
Selecting Menu Style
Menu style defines the visual appearance of the menu items on your site.
To select the menu style, on the Design step, choose the preferable style in the Menu
styles area.
For each design template, there are a number of menu styles to choose from.
Figure 13: Selecting a Menu Style
Creating Site Design 25
Uploading Logo
In Plesk Sitebuilder, a logo is a small image displayed at the top of each page, within
the page banner. The maximum size of logo image is 320x320 px; the supported file
formats are *.bmp, *.gif, *.jpg, *.png.
To upload a custom logo:
1 On the Design step, click Browse in the Logo area.
2 In the Browse window, navigate to the image file you want to upload.
3 Click Open in the Browse window.
4 Click Upload in the Logo area.
For each template, Plesk Sitebuilder provides its own default logo image. To restore
this logo, click Restore Default.
To remove logo from your site design, click Clear.
Figure 14: Uploading a Logo
Specifying Site Title, Subtitle, and Footer
Message
Site title, subtitle, and footer message are text elements appeared at the background of
your site: site title and subtitle are displayed within the site banner, and footer message
is put at the bottom of every page of your site.
To specify your site title, subtitle phrase and footer message, on the Design step, fill in
the fields in the Site info section:
26 Creating Site Design
In the Site title field, provide your site name (maximum 255 characters). On
business sites, this is usually a company name.
In the Subtitle field, provide any phrase which reflects the concept and objectives of
the site. This phrase will be displayed below the site title in smaller font. On
business sites, this is usually a corporate slogan.
In the Footer message field, provide the copyright notice or any other information of
similar kind - disclaimers, contact information, etc., which you would like to place in
the page footer.
For each text element, it is possible to break the text into multiple lines. To do so, insert
the <br> tag where you want the line break to be. For example: first line<br>second
line<br>third line...
If you do not wish to specify the title, subtitle or footer message for your site, clear the
corresponding fields.
Note: Some design templates allow customizing only the site title. For these templates,
the Subtitle and Footer message fields are disabled.
Figure 15: Specifying Site's Title, Subtitle, and Footer Message
Buying Pictures from Fotolia
In Plesk Sitebuilder, you can buy images from Fotolia (http://www.fotolia.com/parallels/)
- the first worldwide social marketplace for royalty free stock images, directly from the
Wizard. As a Parallels customer, you have a 20% bonus when purchasing Fotolia
images.
To purchase images from Fotolia:
1 On the Design step, click the Buy pictures shortcut under the Color
schemes area.
2 Follow the instructions provided on Fotolia web site to purchase
images.
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Note: If you do not see this shortcut, it means that this option is disabled in the Plesk
Sitebuilder license.
Note that when filling your site with content on the Edit step, you can browse the Fotolia
gallery and buy images directly from Plesk Sitebuilder (see Inserting Image (on page
55)).
Figure 16: Buying Pictures from Fotolia
A site consists of several pages linked together to present information in an ordered
C H A P T E R 3
Creating Site Structure
way. Using Plesk Sitebuilder, you can arrange the pages in the two levels of hierarchy:
top level pages and second level pages. Therefore, before this stage you must clearly
understand how you intend to structure your site.
Note: The maximum number of pages you can create in one site is determined by your
service plan.
To facilitate creating your site, you are provided with a number of pre-defined site
structures, or page sets, which can be used as templates for creating your own site
structure. The default page set of your site is determined by the type of site you chose
on the Start page of Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard.
On the Pages step, you can build any possible site structure by adding the desired
pages and arranging them as needed. Find out about the types of pages (see page 31)
offered by Plesk Sitebuilder and about the process of building site structure (see page
32).
The Pages step screen provides the following functionalities:
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Figure 17: Step 3. Creating Site Structure
1 The Page sets area allows you to choose a page set. The selected page set is
shown in red frame.
2 The Standard pages area displays the structure of the page set chosen in the Page
sets area. You can expand or collapse this section by clicking the or icons in
the top bar of the section.
3 The Your site structure area shows the final structure of your site.
4 The Page position area enables you to organize the hierarchy of pages (see page 33) in
the site map, and to rename pages (see page 35).
5 and buttons allow you add or remove pages from the site
structure.
6 The Site regional and language options area allows you to set the site language and
the format of numeric data. You can expand or collapse this section by clicking the
or icons.
7 The Special pages area displays all available types of pages which can be added to
your site structure: one common text page, and all available page modules. You
can expand or collapse this section by clicking the or icons.
8 The check box enabling you to add a visitors counter to your site (see page 163).
30 Creating Site Structure
In this chapter:
Types of Pages ................................................................................................. 31
Structuring Your Site ......................................................................................... 32
Choosing Site Language, Currency, and Format of Numbers, Time and Date ... 37
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