Login to the Site
Manager by going to
www.halosites.com. Use your 3 or 4 digit Admin ID
number and then your password. You will need to update the "Admin Information"
page first for the primary and secondary site administrators. This lets us know
who has the proper authorization to edit the site and call us for
Support.
Once you see the Site Manager come up, you will notice on the
left hand side, the blue tabs going down the left column. These are
the tools you will use to edit your
site. You can start by adding the information needed for the first 2
tools:
"Ministry Info" and "Admin Info". Displayed to the right of the blue
tabs/tools you will notice a list of updates given by our Developer.
These updates let you know of any changes that have been made to the
Site Manager or any new tools that have been added and instructions on
how to use them. You will want to check this area often to see what's
new!
Begin editing with the first two tools listed in your left column,
"
Ministry Info" and "
Admin Info". This allows us to securely send information and correspond to those that are listed
here.
This is for your security as well,
so no one else can edit your site and try to steal your login information when
they contact us.
If they are not on your
list, no information or changes can be made to your site when someone else tries to contact us for
support.
The "Design Gallery" Tool. You
can change the look of your web site at any time by choosing a new design. Try
going into the New 4.0 Design Gallery, by clicking on the little guy with his
arms outstretched. This will take you to a new page. At the top of the
page, click on "Header Graphic". By viewing the yellow folders you will see a
variety of new designs for your web site. By clicking on one of the Design
Headers, it will automatically change your site. You can preview the change by
clicking the top tab, "Preview Site". Sometimes, you will need to refresh (F5)
your page when updating it. You can return to your Site Manager by clicking on
the link under "Header Graphic".
Using the
"Web Editor". This is where you will edit the content that will
go on each page of your web site. You will see a list of pages already created
for your site package. You can start editing your "Welcome" page by clicking
on the "Page Editor" icon, this looks like a piece of paper with a blue
heading at the top. To start editing your content delete the demo text. You will see a variety of tools at the top of the page that you can work
with to edit your site. Take time to see what each one does. Start by clicking on the white content box and type
some text. Click "Save" at the bottom of the page to keep any changes you have
made. And "Preview" the site to see your editing.
To upload your photos. At the top
of the page
editor-there is a tool that looks like a mountain with a pencil coming
out of
the top of it, called "Insert Image". By clicking on this tool a new
window
will come up. Look for the "browse" field at the bottom. This will
allow you
to find the picture on your computer, that you want to upload to your
page.
Pictures will need to be in the .jpeg or .jpg format. Once you have
located
the .jpg, click upload. The file name with all its code will be place
in the browse field. When it has finished uploading, you will receive
a
message that the file has uploaded. You can click "Insert" or select
the
graphic from the top left column. Don't forget to "save" the changes
you made.
When uploading pictures to your site remember to resize the pixels
first to get them web ready and to save space on your web site. We
offer a free image resizer download to help you get started.
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/PIXresizer/pixresizer.html.
All pictures need to be resized to a width of 400 pixels wide (the
height will adjust automatically). It also helps to save your new
resized photo with a new file name to be able to tell the difference
from the original [ example of original file name - "pastor" and
resized picture file name - "pastorR" ]. Don't use any symbols,
quotes, periods, spaces or &, * , for file names.We can help you via phone or the online ticket system. When you
purchase one of our site packages, you will receive 30 days of free
phone support. If you need further assistance after that you can use
the free online support system ANYTIME! You can also purchase 1/2 hour
blocks of phone support for $20 if you need further phone assistance
after those 30 days.