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A) Text Editor (Home Page, About Me, Contact Me, My Current News)
The Text Editor allows you edit the text on these pages using a simple Word Processing program directly on your website. This Text Editor requires the following System Requirements:
If you do not know if you meet these minimum system requirements, please contact your network administrator and/or your hardware and software manufacturers' owners manuels. If the Text Editor will not work on your Computer, then one or more of these requirements has not been met.
Step 1:
To edit the Home Page, open Internet Explorer and goto your Home Page. Press the [ESC] key 3 times in a row, quickly. The following popup window will appear to prompt for a User Name and Password (if you don't know your User Name or Password, contact Hi-Tek Business Solutions, Inc. at 618-654-8257). Enter your User Name and Password, check box "Remember my password", and click "Login":
Step 2:
Once logged in, the following Word Processing toolbar will appear on the left side of the screen:
Step 3:
You must 'turn on' the Text Editor by clicking the Red Button; it will then turn green, indicating you are in Edit Mode:
Step 4:
Once the Editor is 'turned on' (the red button is now green), there will be a dotted line surrounding the area which can be edited:
Step 5:
Click inside the edit area (inside the dotted line) to begin using the Word Processor. Use the icons on the Editor toolbar (left side of screen) to Bold, Italic, Underline, and change font size & color. Font size is changed by clicking the 'abc' icon called 'text manager'; the following popup will appear; select font face and size from the drop down menu:
Step 6:
Font color is changed by clicking the 'A' icon called 'text color'; the following popup will appear; select font color from the color pallete, click 'apply', click 'close' (some computers will see the following prompt: Do you want to allow this webpage to access your Clipboard?, click 'Allow access'):
Step 7:
To create a link to another website in your text, simply highlight the text where you want the link to be connected and click the 'Create a link' icon (looks like a chain link). The following popup will appear (enter the website address in the 'Link URL' box, click 'Insert Link'):
Step 8:
To insert a picture with your text, select the 'Insert a Picture' icon and the following popup appears:
From the top drop-down box, select 'Use a picture from my computer' and the popup will change to the following screen:
Click 'browse' to navigate your hard-drive for the jpeg file you want to insert. Highlight that file and click 'upload'. The popup will change to the following (with the picture showing in the popup window):
To get this picture onto your website, left mouse click (and hold) the picture in the popup window, drag the picture onto your website at the desire location within the dotted line and release the left mouse click.
Step 9:
To save your changes, click the icon of the diskette labeled 'Save Changes'. A popup window will appear "This will save your changes on this page. Close the toolbar before you open another page to edit.", click 'OK'. Some versions of Internet Explorer will next require you to 'refresh' your page to see your changes. To refresh your page, press F5.
Step 10:
Finally, close the Editor toolbar by clicking the black 'X' on top of the toolbar.
Step 11:
To edit the About Me, Contact Me, and My Current News pages, goto those pages and repeat steps 1-10.
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B) Listings (Add, Edit, & Delete Property Listings) & Suggested Links
Maintaining your Listings and Suggested Links (the 2nd section of your menu bar), this website uses a Microsoft Access Database, which requires the following System Requirements (if you prefer to have Hi-Tek Business Solutions maintain all your listings, please call 618-654-8257 for monthly fee schedule):
If you do not know if you meet these minimum system requirements, please contact your network administrator and/or your hardware and software manufacturers' owners manuels. If you receive a 'time-out error' during any of these steps, then one or more of these requirements has not been met.
Step 1:
To access your Admin Page, goto the bottom (footer section) of any page on your website. Enter your Login ID and Password (if you don't know your Login Id or Password, contact Hi-Tek Business Solutions, Inc. at 618-654-8257). Enter your Login ID and Password, and click "Login":
Step 2:
Upon successful login, notice the menu options have changed to: Add New Listing, Edit Listing, Delete Listing, & Suggested Links. Select 'Add Listing' for the following screen (complete all information boxes to best describe the property, click 'Add New Listing' button on bottom of page to add the listing to the database):
Step 3:
Select 'Edit Listing' to view the following screen. There are 2 selections to modify your listings: Edit Current Listing & ADD Pictures & Video.
In the 'Edit Current Listing' box, select an MLS number from the drop-down box. Here you have the ability to edit all the text boxes (i.e. price, description, etc.), as well as enter open house dates and virtual tour links (i.e. Gatewayhouseview.com links):
In the 'ADD Pictures & Video to Current Listing' box, select an MLS number from the drop-down box. Here you have the ability to add a Thumbnail (150 pixels wide), which appears on the listings page, Full Size Pic (300 pixels wide), Picture #1 (150 pixels wide), Picture #2 (150 pixels wide), Picture #3 (150 pixels wide), Picture #4 (150 pixels wide), Picture #5 (150 pixels wide). Once you have all the jpeg files scaled to the required pixel width, select 'Browse' to locate the jpeg file on your hard-drive. Highlight the file and click 'open' to populate the input box. Click 'Add Image to Listing' to upload the jpeg file to the website. YOU MUST UPLOAD EACH PICTURE SEPARATELY; YOU CANNOT POPULATE ALL 7 INPUT BOXES TO UPLOAD ALL AT ONCE. EACH JPEG FILE MUST BE ADDED INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE OTHERS. Once a file has been successfully uploaded, you'll see the following message in EACH picture box: "Current file in Database: (filename).jpg."
Normally, the Video File will be uploaded by Open House Video Tours on your behalf. However, if you upload the video file yourself (the last input box on this screen), be sure you have a very fast internet connection! Uploading large files, such as video files, will take a long time (up to 15-20 minutes), meanwhile you should not use your computer because it will cause the upload time to extend farther. Upon successful upload of the video file, you'll get an independent confirmation page stating "the upload has been successful; press Continue to proceed". You MUST press the 'Continue' button to complete the process!!
Step 4:
Select 'Delete Listing' to display the following screen. Select an MLS number from the drop-down box to delete. Click 'DELETE this Listing' to delete the listing. NOTE: THIS ACTION CANNOT BE UNDONE. IF YOU DELETE A LISTING IN ERROR, YOU MUST RE-ENTER THE LISTING FROM SCRATCH.
Step 5:
To add new 'Suggested Links' to your navigation menu, select 'Suggested Links' to display the following screen. In the TITLE Box, enter the name that will be displayed on your menu (i.e. Hi-Tek Solutions). In the LINK ADDRESS Box, enter the entire website addres, including the http:// (i.e. http://www.hi-tek-solutions.com). If you want to delete a link off your navigation menu, select that link from the drop-down list in the 'DELETE Suggested Link' box, click 'DELETE Link'. NOTE: THIS ACTION CANNOT BE UNDONE. IF YOU DELETE A LINK IN ERROR, YOU MUST RE-ENTER THE LINK FROM SCRATCH.
Step 6:
To exit the Admin Page, click "<--Return to Home Page" on the menu.
Video Tour Information
Mark Frisbie
Open House Video Tours
618-910-2456
Website Hosting & Support
Keith Wineinger
Hi-Tek Business Solutions, Inc.
618-654-8257