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ten_minute_web_site [2013/09/06 19:04] Timbow [A Ten Minute Website] |
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* making a backup | * making a backup | ||
- | It should take between ten and twenty minutes. If you have any difficulty with the tutorial have a look at the [[http://get-simple.info/forums/showthread.php?tid=4602|GetSimple forum thread]]. | + | It should take between ten and twenty minutes. If you have any difficulty with the tutorial have a look at the [[http://get-simple.info/forums/showthread.php?tid=4602|GetSimple forum thread]]. The text assumes you are working on a web server but you can complete the tutorial on localhost if you have set up a WAMP or LAMP server on a desktop. |
=====Getting Ready===== | =====Getting Ready===== | ||
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=====Website Settings===== | =====Website Settings===== | ||
- | Open your browser and go to the root of your new GetSimple site. In the address bar add ''/admin'' to the url and hit Enter. Type in your Username and Password and Login to the GetSimple Admin Pages. At the far right of the page click on **Settings**. | + | Open your browser and go to the root of your new GetSimple site. In the address bar add ''/admin'' to the url (so normally www.example.com/admin) and hit Enter. Type in your Username and Password and Login to the GetSimple Admin Pages. At the far right of the page click on **Settings**. |
Under **Website Settings** change the **Website Name** to //The Pavement Cafe//, put a tick in the check box for **Use fancy URLs** and click **Save Settings**. | Under **Website Settings** change the **Website Name** to //The Pavement Cafe//, put a tick in the check box for **Use fancy URLs** and click **Save Settings**. | ||
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{{ :wiki:pavtheme.jpg?nolink&300|}}Unzip the file //pavement.zip// on your desktop and upload by ftp the uncompressed //pavement// folder to the ///theme// folder of your website alongside the //cardinal// and //innovation// theme folders. In the site Admin in your browser go to the **Theme** tab, choose //pavement// in the drop-down box and click **Activate Theme**. Refresh/Reload your site and it will look like the image on the right. | {{ :wiki:pavtheme.jpg?nolink&300|}}Unzip the file //pavement.zip// on your desktop and upload by ftp the uncompressed //pavement// folder to the ///theme// folder of your website alongside the //cardinal// and //innovation// theme folders. In the site Admin in your browser go to the **Theme** tab, choose //pavement// in the drop-down box and click **Activate Theme**. Refresh/Reload your site and it will look like the image on the right. | ||
- | The Pavement theme is a cut down and slightly altered version of the free GetSimple theme [[http://get-simple.info/extend/theme/trendybiz/574/|TrendyBiz]]. There are several hundred [[themes:installation|free themes]] available for GetSimple but anybody who knows basic html and css can [[themes:tutorial|create their own design]]. | + | The Pavement theme is a cut down and slightly altered version of the free GetSimple theme [[http://get-simple.info/extend/theme/trendybiz/574/|TrendyBiz]]. There are several hundred [[themes:installation|free themes]] available for GetSimple but anybody who knows basic html and css can [[themes:tutorial|create their own]]. There are also Premium themes available for sale from several designers |
=====File Upload===== | =====File Upload===== | ||
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Click **Save Components** | Click **Save Components** | ||
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+ | If you want to alter the styling of the contents you can directly edit the theme's css under **Theme**, **Edit Theme** but be sure you make a backup first. | ||
Our cafe owner is happy to use a few html tags, but it would be a simple job to arrange the Specials Menu so that it could be updated by someone through the wysiwyg editor just like in a word processor. | Our cafe owner is happy to use a few html tags, but it would be a simple job to arrange the Specials Menu so that it could be updated by someone through the wysiwyg editor just like in a word processor. |