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 Setting up your website template:
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Step 1:
 EDIT LOGO AND SLOGAN TEXTFILES:
Open the "flash.txt" in Notepad or any text editor and change "Your Website Title" to match your name or company name. Be sure not to delete the "logo=". Then change "Your corporate slogan or phrase can go here..." to match your slogan. Be sure not to delete the "&slogan=". This will change the Flash logo on all pages. If you wish to use a graphic logo, there are instructions later in this document.

Step 2:
 EDIT COPYRIGHT:
Open the "copyright.js" file in Notepad or any text editor and change the "Your Name or Company" and "info@yourdomain.com" lines to match your information. This will change the lower page info on all pages.

Step 3:
 EDIT CONTACT INFO:
Open the "phone.js" file in Notepad or any text editor and change the company name, address, phone number and e-mail address. This will change contact info on the "contact", "career" and "company / about us" pages.

Step 4:
 EDIT THE CONTACT FORM:
If you are setup with an 24x7-systems.com hosting account. Go to your control panel at "http://insitewebdesigns.com/cgi-bin/plusmail" and install the free script "Formail" then edit the contact page and replace "insitewebdesigns.com" with your domain.

If you are NOT set up with 24x7-systems.com hosting or do not have "Formail" installed. You can either setup the contact form to use another contact script, download and install Formail on your server or you can remove the contact form from the pages between the comment tags. The form will work with other scripts however you will need help files or a sample form from the script you intend to use. Most form elements work the same way from script to script, however the hidden values usually vary. With FormMail be sure you add any new elements you add to the "sort" hidden field. You may want to consider editing the entire page in Notepad instead of a wysiwyg editor.

If you wish to change the sizes of the form elements you can open the "coolstyle.css" in Notepad or any text editor and change the ".shadeform" ".textarea" and ".dropdown" width numbers.

Step 5:
 EDIT PAGES:
Change the text on all pages to match your information. You can use a text editor like notepad. Take care not to delete any of the HTML tags that surround the text.

Step 6:
 EDIT PAGE TITLES, DESCRIPTIONS AND KEYWORDS:
Open each of the pages and change the page titles (at the very top of the page) and also the description and the keywords to match your product or service. You can edit one page and copy and paste to the other pages. Be careful to only change what's inside the "" so you don't disturb the html code. Keywords are very important so your site will get a good listing at google or msn and other search engines.

Step 7:
 UPLOAD:
Upload the pages on to your hosting company's server using ftp software like CuteFTP or Coffee Cup (free) or your control panel. Be sure to make a directory called picts on your server and put the pictures into that directory.



Options:
USING A GRAPHIC LOGO:
You can replace the Flash logo with a graphic one. To do this, delete or rename the header.js, then rename the "graphic_logo_header.js" to "header.js". In the picts directory you will find a graphic called "logo.gif", open this graphic and edit it with your logo. It is recommended that you do not exceed 77 pixels in height, otherwise you will need to move the menu down (see section below).

PAYPAL SETUP / SETTING UP FOR SINGLE ITEM PURCHASING:
The order page linkS to paypal so visitors can purchase single items. It will not create a shopping cart, however visitors will be able to purchase a single item from you. Paypal does offer code for a shopping cart setup. Check your account help area for more info.
STEP 1: Set up a paypal account and get the HTML code you need to setup purchases from your site. You will need the info between the "<form>" and "</form>" tags from paypal.

STEP 2: Edit the order page and replace the "form" info with your new Paypal "form" info. You will be replacing the "your@email.com" the price and the item name. There is a thank you page included.

NOTE: you can change the "INPUT TYPE="TEXT" to INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" for the amount so that part of the form won't show on the pages. Also, note that the "<form>" tag is between the "<tr>" and the "<td>" tags. It's best to keep them there so the pages look better.

IF YOU ARE NOT USING THE ORDER FORMS:
If you aren't using the paypal order forms you can rename or delete the "order.htm" and then rename the "NO-FORMS-order.htm" to "order.htm" and you will then have a resource page instead. You can then edit the menu.js in notepad and change the "order" link button to whatever you would prefer.

FONTS:
You can change your font colors and sizes by editing the "coolstyle.css" with a text editor. You can find other font colors by clicking here. You can also change the font sizes in the "coolstyle.css" file. Change the "TABLE" px size to change the copy on all pages. Change the "subtitle" px size to change all the subtitle sizes.

CHANGING / ADDING BUTTONS:
You can change the names on the buttons like "About" or "Services" to other page names by editing the "menu.js". Only change the one instance of the name and not the name with the ".htm" after it. Whatever you change in the menu.js will change every page on the website. Keep the names short so they don't go outside the menu. You can even add more pages but copying one button in the menu.js and pasting it right below the next. Be sure to back up your file before you edit it.

MOVING THE MENU ON THE PAGE:
You can change the location of the menu buttons on the page. Open the "coolstyle.css" and find this line: "#menu { LEFT: 0px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 77px }" change the px numbers to move the menu to a different location.

PICTURES:
You can replace the pictures with your own. You can use any size picture you want and the pages will size them to fit automatically. Each page has it's own picture which is named according to the page it's on. You will find all pictures in the "picts" directory.

ADDING PAGES:
You can add pages to your website by copying and pasting any one of the pages and renaming it to whatever you need. You can then add links from the other pages or even add the page to the menu by opening the menu.js and copying and pasting one of the buttons below another. It's best to copy the two lines of the "contact" button and paste it between the other buttons. Be sure to back up your files before you edit them.