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- | If you have installed GetSimple on the [[:quick_install|previous page]] you can quickly get an idea of its use by following this step by step tutorial for making the two page [[Pavement Cafe Website]]. It covers changing the theme, adding content, creating a page and installing a plugin. It should take between ten and twenty minutes. If you have any difficulty with the tutorial have a look at the [[GetSimple forum thread]]. | + | ======A Ten Minute Website====== |
+ | [[http://timbowgs.bplaced.net/tutorial/|{{ :wiki:pavcafehm.jpg?nolink |}}]] | ||
+ | If you have installed GetSimple on the [[:quick_install|previous page]] you can quickly get an idea of its use by following this step by step tutorial for making the two page [[http://timbowgs.bplaced.net/tutorial/|Pavement Cafe Website]]. It covers changing the theme, adding content, creating a page, installing a plugin and making a backup. It should take between ten and twenty minutes. If you have any difficulty with the tutorial have a look at the [[GetSimple forum thread]]. | ||
=====Getting Ready===== | =====Getting Ready===== | ||
- | If you haven't done it yet you will need to install a copy of GetSimple, either on a web server or locally on a desktop computer by following the instructions on the [[:quick_install|previous page]]. You will need your ftp program and you will need some files too. Download and save the [[Pavement theme]], the [[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/getsimple-contactable/290/|GetSimple Contactable plugin]] and this image, and you will be all set to start{{ :wiki:cafe.jpg?nolink |}} | + | If you haven't done it yet you will need to install a copy of GetSimple, either on a web server or locally on a desktop computer by following the instructions on the [[:quick_install|previous page]]. You will need your ftp program and you will need some files too. Download and save the [[http://get-simple.info/extend/theme/pavement-cafe-theme/626/|Pavement theme]], the [[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/getsimple-contactable/290/|GetSimple Contactable plugin]] and the image below, and you will be all set to start.{{ :wiki:cafe.jpg?nolink |}} |
=====Website Settings===== | =====Website Settings===== | ||
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=====Changing the Theme===== | =====Changing the Theme===== | ||
- | {{ :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 design]]. |