Getting Started

If you are completely new to Website Creator, this is a great place to get started.

NOTE: The following documentation was created using Website Creator Pro. If your account currently has Website Creator Lite installed and you would like to upgrade to the Pro version and receive unlimited pages, 200+ templates, photo albums, community forums, polls/voting, map generator, and newsticker, you will need to upgrade to Website Creator Pro by contacting us.

Getting Started

Website Creator is built with usability in mind so no programming knowledge is needed to create and manage a great website.

NOTE: Website Creator requires the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer on the PC platform (Website Creator will work with limited functionality on the MAC platform using Mozilla or Firefox).

Once you have installed Website Creator on your account, you will need to login to your Website Creator Administrator by pointing your browser to the following address (make sure to replace yourdomain.com with your own domain name):

http://yourdomain.com/plugins/wsc/login.php

A security box will pop up and prompt you to enter your username and password for your account (see Figure 1)

(Figure 1: Security Box Prompt)

If this is your first time logging into Website Creator, or if you have not disabled the warning message previously, you will see a Warning Message (see Figure 2) before you get to the main Website Creator Administration page.

(Figure 2: Warning Message)

Make sure that you understand the risks of continuing. If you have a current website uploaded on your account that you do not wish to lose, please make sure that you have a backup stored somewhere safe before continuing with Website Creator as it can potentially replace existing pages if the Website Creator file names are the same as the old page file names.

You can check the checkbox ( ) if you do not wish to see the warning again, click the Login button to continue.

Once you have logged in, you will be greeted by the Welcome screen (see Figure 3).

There are 3 different sections of the Website Creator window that you will need to become familiar with:

Website Creator Main Navagation: You can access all of the different section of Website Creator through this navigation (see Figure 4).
Website Creator Basic Navagation: You can use the Previous and Next links to move from step to step in the website creation process. You can click the Help link at any time to access the integrated help file to learn more about that section of Website Creator (see Figure 5).
Website Creator Main Window: This is where all of the main creating and editing of your site will be done see Figure 6).

Now that you are familiar with the Website Creator windows, you can start creating/editing your website, and the Welcome screen is a great place to begin. You will have 3 options from the Welcome Window box (see Figure 7)

(Figure 7: Welcome Window Options)

Create New Site: The Create New Site option allows you to create a completely new website for your account. It will take you from choosing a design template, defining a site map, creating content, adding extras, and uploading (Publishing) your website.
Edit Existing Site: The Edit Existing Site option allows you to make content changes to an existing Website Creator website. You can not edit an existing website created by other HTML editors, if you have not already created a site through Website Creator, you will need to use the Create New Site option.
Change Existing Design: The Change Existing Design option allows you to change the main design template and elements to an existing Website Creator website while maintaining the website content. If you have not already created a site with Website Creator, you will need to use the Create New Site option.

For this documentation, we will deal with the > Create New Site < button. Once you have created your website, the same principles used to create the website can be used to edit the content of your current site (> Edit Existing Site <), or change the entire design of your website (> Change Existing Design <).

NOTE: Website Creator can only store ONE website at a time. Starting a new website will overwrite any current websites stored in the Website Creator archive.

Click the > Create New Site < button to continue to the Category section of Website Creator.