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What is a Multimedia Page?

(This is a copy of the web page in our software. None of the links below are live)

Allows you to upload multimedia files like audio, video and flash as well as almost any other file format. For file formats avi, mpg, mov, flash, gif, jpg, and jpeg, the file will show directly on your page with a link for download. For all other file formats, you will only see a link.

Recommended Uses

• Great for uploading sound bites or music.
• Good for displaying video.
• Useful for uploading forms or instruction guides for visitors to print or download.

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Overview

1. Adding a Multimedia Page
2. Editing the Header and Footer
3. Uploading a File
4. Changing the Size of Your Display
5. Managing Several Files
6. Creating a Page Listing All Your File Links
7. Playing Music Automatically on Your Pages
8. Keeping Track of Space Used
9. Editing Your Title Tag, Meta Tag and Header Info
10. Adding a Friendly URL

1. Adding a Multimedia Page

1. Click on "Add Page" from the toolbar
2. Choose layout "Multimedia."

3. Enter a page name for your new page.
4. Click on the "Add Page" button.

2. Editing the Header and Footer

1. Go to your Multimedia page.
2. To edit the header and footer of your page, click on the "Edit Page" button from the toolbar.
3. Add your text to your header and footer, then click the "Save" button.

3. Uploading a File

1. Go to your Multimedia page.
2. Click on the "Edit Page" button from the toolbar.
3. To upload your file, click on the "Click to Select a File" button.

4. A window will open up. Click on the "Browse..." button.

5. Your file manager will appear. Find your file and double click on it.

Your file manager will then close.

6. Click on the "Save" button and the window closes.

7. You will now see your file in the space above "Click to Select a File." Click on the "Save" button on your editing page.

4. Changing the Size of Your Display

For file formats flash, avi, mpg or mpeg, the file will show directly on your page with a link for download. You can change the size of the display by doing the following:

1. Go to your Multimedia page.
2. Click on the "Edit Page" button from your toolbar.
3. Under "Size to display...," enter in your width and height in pixels.

4. Click on the "Save" button.

5. Managing Several Files

If you have several files on your Multimedia page, you can change which one appears on your page by doing the following:

1. Go to your Multimedia page.
2. Click on the "Edit Page" button from the toolbar.
3. To upload your file, click on the "Click to Select a File" button.
4. Click on the file name you wish to use from the list.

5. Click on the "Save" button on your editing page.

6. Creating a Page Listing All Your File Links

To create your download section, upload the files you want and then create a page with links for each file so they are all in one place. Here's how:

1. Upload all your files to one Multimedia page. See Adding a Multimedia Page
2. Next, you will want to create a page with all of your file links. To do this, switch your text editor to ActivEdit mode. Click on Tools -> Options -> Checkmark "ActivEdit" and save.
3. Go to where you posted your first file. Do not click on "Edit Page." Instead, just copy the link for the file (highlight link and press Ctrl-C) and go to the page where you want the downloads to be.

4. Paste the link there (Ctrl-V) and save the page. Repeat this for each of your downloads. You can switch between files showing on your Multimedia page by following the steps at Managing Several Files
5. Lastly, you can hide the Multimedia page from your site if you like by clicking "Manage Pages" and then click on the "Hide" button by your page. This will remove the page from your index.

Important: Do not delete the Multimedia page or any of the files, otherwise the file links will not work.

7. Playing Music Automatically on Your Pages

1. Upload your music to an Multimedia page. See Adding a Multimedia Page
2. On your Multimedia page, you will see a link to the song you just uploaded (you can click on it to play the music). Right-click on the link and click on Properties from the drop down menu. Copy the address (starts with http://) by highlighting and pressing Ctrl-C.
3. Go to the page where you want to have the music play. Click on "Edit Page" and then add the following code:
   
   <bgsound src="ADDRESS" loop=100>
   
   where ADDRESS is the address you copied earlier. To add the code, follow the instructions below as per the editor you are using. Please note that this code does not work on every page layout. If the music is not working, please use the following code instead:
   
   <embed src=”ADDRESS” loop=100>
   
   To add the code, switch your text editor to Basic Editor. Click on "Tools" and then "Options." Mark off Basic Editor and save. Now, go to the page you want to have the music play on and click on "Edit Page." Paste the code into your text box and then make sure you checkmark "Check to allow html." Save your page.

4. Lastly, you can optionally hide the Multimedia page from your site if you like by clicking "Manage Pages" and then click on the "Hide" button by your page. This will remove the page from your index.

8. Keeping Track of Space Used

You can see how much file space you have used by doing the following:

1. Go to your Multimedia page.
2. Click on the "Edit Page" button from your toolbar.
3. Click on the "Click to Select a File" button.
4. At the top right, you can see how much space you have and how much space you have used.

Note: If you need more file space, it costs $1 more per month for each 5,000 kb of space added. See "Tools" -> "Upgrade."

The title tag and meta tags you add to your site can help you with your search engine listing. Below is an explanation of what they are used for and how to enter them in. Additionally, for advanced members, we have included access to the <head></head> section.

Title Tag

The info in your title tag is often used by search engines as the text to link to your page.

Each page has its own title tag info. Some search engines may also look at your title tag for keywords that will bring up your site on their listings. Your title tag info also appears at the top left of your browser window.

To edit your title tag info on your page:

1. Click on "Edit Page" and then click on the "Internet Marketing" tab.

2. Under "HTML Title Tag," enter in your title.

3. Then, click on the "Save" button.

Note that if no title tag is entered, your title tag info is filled in with whatever page title you enter.

Meta Keywords and Meta Description

Meta tags (i.e. meta keyword tags and meta description tags) are sometimes used by search engines to help decide where to rank your web site. Each search engine has its own set of criteria and may change it from time to time. Usually the meta tags are inserted in the heading section of your html code. Within the tags, you would put a description of your site for the meta description and some keywords for the meta keywords.

We have two methods of adding in your meta tags. The first method adds the same meta tags to all your pages. The second method allows you to have individual meta tags for each page. The second method will override the first method for any page you add individual meta tags. For info on the first method, please go to Marketing Your Site: Meta Keywords and Meta Description

The second method is controlled right on your page.

1. Click on "Edit Page."
2. Click on the "Internet Marketing" tab.

3. In the space provided, type in your keywords (separate each keyword or keyword phrase by a comma) and your description. Please note that there is maximum character limit of 500.

4. Lastly, click on the "Save" button at the bottom.

Head Access

For advanced users, you can enter code designed for the head area of your source code. To do this:

1. Click on "Edit Page."
2. Click on the "Internet Marketing" tab.

3. In the box under "<head> </head> tag," enter in your code and click on "Save."

Please note that you should not enter in your meta keywords or meta description code here and leave the designated boxes we give you blank. When this is done, you end up with something like this in the code:

<meta name="keywords" content="">
<meta name="description" content="">
<meta name="keywords" content="cars,import cars,car detailing,car parts,honda,toyota,ferrari">
<meta name="description" content="The best source for import car information including tips on car details.">

Many search engines will only view the two blank meta codes.

10. Adding a Friendly URL

You have the option to customize your web address extension. For example instead of the www.YOURADDRESS.design-own-web.com/page/page/12345.html format you could have
www YOURADDRESS.designownweb.com/index.html To set this up, under "Add a Friendly URL," enter in the extension you would like. For example, if you enter index, the result is www.YOURADDRESS.design-own-web.com/index.html.

• It makes your web page more search engine friendly and should result in a higher ranking.
• It makes it easier to give your customers a web address for any page on your site.
• It mirrors the structure for web page names on big corporate sites.

1. Go to the page you want to change the extension of and click on "Edit Page."
2. Under "Add a Friendly URL" enter in the extension you would like. For example, if you enter index, the result is
   www YOURADDRESS.designownweb.com/index.html

3. Save your page.

Notes:

• If you have your own domain name (e.g. YOURDOMAIN.com), your address will show as
  www YOURADDRESS.designownweb.com/index.html or www.YOURDOMAIN.com/index.html.
• Only letters, numbers and underscores allowed. Sorry, no numbers on their own (e.g. 9876) or underscores on their own.
• Once you change to a customized extension, you cannot change it back to the page/page/12345.htm format.
• If sites/search engines/directories/etc. have linked to your old page/page/12345.htm formatted pages, these links will forward to the new address. If you are listed on search engines/directories, note that they usually update their listings periodically. When they get to your link, they will delist your page/page/12345.htm formatted pages and in most cases will re-list the page with the new web address. Each search engine/directory has its own rules so there is no guarantee these pages will be re-listed. You may have to resubmit.

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