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-======A Ten Minute Website====== 
  
-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 pageinstalling 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 the image below, 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]].
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