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SiteBuilder Basics: Adding a New Page & Adding a New Link >>>

Adding a Page

1) Click on the Homestead icon on your desktop. Log in.

2) A popup window will ask you to Create a New Web Page or Open an Existing Page. Choose Create a New Web Page.

3) The next window will ask you to choose a Custom Style or Start with a Blank Page. Choosing a Custom Style will bring up a Design Wizard, taking you through the steps of creating the page including the navigation, page template, and color scheme. Choosing a Blank Page allows you total freedom to design your page.

4) After you're finished with the page, press Save and then press Publish. If this is the only page you are publishing, leave the little box next to Publish all pages in Web Site blank. Press OK. If you are publishing more pages in addition to the new one, click in the little box. When you publish just one page at a time, the browser window will open to localhost, allowing you to view your page as it will look in the browser. Publishing the web site (multiple pages) will not open the browser. You'd have to do that manually when you open your browser.

Adding a Link

Text Link

1) Click on the Text element (T on the toolbar or in the Essentials in the Elements Palette).

2) Type in the page names you want to create links for.

3) Highlight the first text with your mouse cursor. If it's just one word, double-clicking on the word will highlight it.

4) Click on the Link icon on the toolbar above. An Edit Link window will appear.

5) Select from linking to Existing Homestead Page, Page to be Created Later, URL, Email Address, or Imported File.

6) If you select an Imported File, the link will become a download link. That's covered in another topic in more detail.

7) Next, select how you want the link to open. Selecting the first one will open the link in the same window as the current page. Selecting the second one will open the link in a different window from the current page. The different window is also known as a popup window.

8) Continue the same steps with additional links.

9) When you're done, you can save the page or save and publish the page.

 
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