How can I make my trial site live? (go live)
To change your site status
To change your site status from a Trial site to an Online Live site that is viewable by the public
- Login to the CMS
- From the start (Welcome) screen, click upon the green Go Live button.
- Follow the instructions contained on the Go Live page, including choosing your payment frequency for web hosting
- If you want to change the payment frequency, let us know and we can sort that for you.
Changing Your Hosting Payment
- Click the link to be taking to the hosting plan screen
- Change the Hosting Plan type from (your plan type)/mth to (your plan type)/yr
- Click the Change Plan/Status button to confirm then publish. When you return to the Go Live screen the new amount should be displayed.
Receiving an invoice prior to payment
If you require an invoice prior to paying your first month (or annual) hosting, you can access a current statement/invoice following the details below, or contact us and we'll arrange one for you.
- Login to the CMS
- Click the black Accounts button
- Click upon the blue Account History/View Statements button to see your current and past statements, and resend them to yourself.
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How long will this all take? Here you will find timeline guide for completing website projects
Use this checklist to review your website before going live.
How to change your website from a trial site to a live public site, payment etc
Your trial period is extended everytime you press publish, so you can keep your trial going as long as it takes for your site to be ready to go live.
There are various approaches available to allow you to style the template, content and system-generated pages.
The DESIGN menu provides options to change and backup/restore saved themes
Here is the procedure for having your website custom designed.
I have several websites. How do I access them under one login and password?
If you have added sitewide messages to the site they can be changed via the DESIGN > MESSAGES AND POPUPS section
Google doesnt automatically know that your website is live the minute you make it live. In fact it could take up to 6 months for Google to find it and index it.
You can help speed up this process up by submitting your site to Google for consideration
You can tell Google about the new page by setting file redirects in the system.
If youre images are rotated on your website unexpectedly, it could be due to hidden EXIF data stored on the image when taking the photo
If your template comes with some default content in the templates footer area, this is how you can edit it.
If you need to switch to HTML mode to add scripts or embed codes into your page there are two ways to do it.
You can access the area to put code before the body tag via the SEO area
Some templates come with promoted products on the homepage - here's how to remove them
The short answer is you do, however you can't take our easy to use content management system with you
If the domain name is connected to another webspace, then please create a new webspace (using the same login email address as your existing site), then transfer the domain over from your other webspace, there is a domain setup option for that.
You may like to go live with a single custom placeholder webpage with your own graphics, or downgrade to this if you are going offline for a while.
Many help guides talk about clicking the (Page) Options tab. This is where it is located
You can change the size of the text either when editing a page or in the template.
There are multiple editors in the CMS, including the Drag-drop and Contentbox editors - here's how you change editors.
FAQ Topics
Building your site
Advanced Page Types
E-Commerce
- Shopping Basics
- Category Management
- Products
- Product Options
- Layout and Formatting
- Payment Options
- Processing Orders
- Advanced Ecommerce
- Product Pricing, Currencies
- Plugins
- Wholesale
- Rental, Booking and Appointment Systems
- Freight - Couriers
- Stock & Quantities
- Vouchers, Discounts, Loyalty Points
- Selling Photos / Prints
- Shopping Cart Add-on Page types
- Advanced APIs / Add ons
- Point of Sale (POS)
- Reports
- Orders / Invoices
Email & Membership
- Member Management
- Members Pages / Template Customisations
- From Addresses and Reply To Email Notifications
- Global Enquiry form options
- Standard Field Names
- Webmail
- Bulk Email
- CRM Features
- Email Campaigns
- Forums & Blogs
- Pop3/Imap Email Services
- Scams and Hoaxes
- Lead Magnets / Growing Your Customer Database
- Form Spam Filtering
