The latest version of WWWeb Concepts DataSite™ CMS has a number of new features designed to enhance, security, efficiency, and functionality.
DataSite Eight
Blog & news Item Title Navigation:
URL Rewriting:
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Previous Versions Change Log
DataSite Seven
Staff Profiles: Now add as many staff profiles as your company needs.
Record Counts: Master pages show number of records displayed and total.
Menus: Additional footer menus offer more flexble style options.
More Advanced HTML Editor: The Advanced HTML editor from the blog has been extended to more management features to allow you total control to custom create the look feel and design of your content items.
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Video Vault: Easily add YouTube videos to your video vault by simply pasting the YouTube embed code into the Add Video form. (Hint, you'll need to create a YouTube channel.)
Company profile: Display your company details, including a map using the Company Information feature.
Expanded User Profiles: Datasite Six adds fields for Home page, Facebook, Twitter, Avatar, and Bio to the user information.
Expanded Blog: Digest listing blog home page added.
Blog Featured Images: Now add featured images with automatic thumbnail, normal, and large sized images with Lightbox pop up to your blog posts.
Canonical Meta Information: Automatically add meta canonical links to all your front end pages for better search engine results and to discourage content thieves.
Updated Help System: Help system now includes documentation for the Appointment Calendar feature and has been updated.
Improved Code: JavaScript on front end pages has been moved to separate file to speed load times and JavaScript links are now automatically written into the head of the document only when needed to speed load times.
Maintenance Mode: Maintenance Mode allows you to turn of the data display on front end pages. Visitors will be redirected to Site Under Maintenance message.
Enhanced Product Details Layout: The product details page has been reworked to provide a more intuitive presentation.
Printer Friendly Version: All blog posts and product details pages now include links to W3C XHTML Valid printer friendly pages your visitors can print, read, and share.
Improved CSS: CSS selectors have been combined to reduce file size and speed load times. Plus there are more options than ever to customize the look and feel.
Application Code Enhancements: improved ASP code for faster processing and lower overhead.
Updated Help System: The Help System has been updated to include easy to follow instructions for the new features.
New Image Options: Now you can chose to enable or disable matte and crop functions using two global configuration settings.
Deprecated: Admin Home Quick Reference help system, Search Engine Doorway Pages, Content Doorway Pages.
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Google RECAPTCHA Form Validation: Contact forms are now RECAPTCHA validated to prevent SPAM bots from using them to send unwanted marketing.
Advanced SQL Statements: Enhanced query statements, accessing multiple tables and making extensive use of JOIN statements, mean fewer calls to the database which reduce server overhead and enhance speed and efficiency
Encoded URL Query Strings: all front end query strings are now encoded to enhance security, prevent SQL injection attacks, and shield sensitive application information, e.g. record ID numbers, from would be attackers.
Enhanced Navigation Menu Options: DataSite™ CMS now offers multiple navigational menus. In addition to the vertical category and content menus, options for vertical menus— handy in your page footer—and jump menu options are now available.
Expanded Product Information: Product records now include keyword and description meta tag fields for use in the search engine gateway pages. They also feature a new hyper link text field, and three additional product images.
Advanced Image Processing: No need to prepare your images before upload! DataSite™ V5.00 features Dynamic Zones Smart Image Processor technology. All images are resized, cropped, sharpened, and even converted to JPEG depending on settings in the system configuration.
More Image Views: Multiple image views are produced including thumbnail images for faster loading index pages. Regular view and thumbnail images are created for all news item and product category images. Large, regular, and thumbnail sized images are created for each uploaded product and version image, providing all the image handling options you will ever need.
Image Processor Compatibility: Datasite™ CMS 5.00 is compatible with most image processor com objects including ASP.NET and comes packaged with two popular image processors. The Smart Image Processor technology automatically detects installed image processors on the server upon which it resides, so you don't even need to know which component your web hosting provider uses.
Content Pages: The new content pages feature allows you to add an unlimited number of custom created content items.
Advanced HTML Editor: The Advanced HTML editor is the heart of the new Content Pages feature. It allows you total control to custom create the look feel and design of your content items.
Image Gallery Add on: The Image Gallery Add on allows you to upload images and process any number of images to each content item asynchronously using AJAX. You can then easily select and add images to the content item from the Image Gallery interface with point and click functionality.
Expanded Configuration Section: The configuration section of the datasource.asp file (MM_datasource.asp is the Dreamweaver friendly version) allows you to fully customize the user experience and look feel of your DataSite™ CMS.
CSS Based Layout: the DataSite™ front end now uses CSS based layout elements. The element styles and positioning information are located in the expanded site_style.css document.
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DataSite 4.00
Parameterized SQL Queries: All database calls now use parameterized queries to improve security and combat SQL injection attacks.
CAPTCHA Form Validation: Contact forms are now CAPTCHA validated to prevent SPAM bots from using them to send unwanted marketing.
Advanced SQL Statements: Enhanced query statements, accessing multiple tables and making extensive use of JOIN statements, mean fewer calls to the database which reduce server overhead and enhance speed and efficiency
Encoded URL Query Strings: all front end query strings are now encoded to enhance security, prevent SQL injection attacks, and shield sensitive application information, e.g. record ID numbers, from would be attackers.
Enhanced Navigation Menu Options: DataSite™ CMS now offers multiple navigational menus. In addition to the vertical category and content menus, options for vertical menus— handy in your page footer—and jump menu options are now available.
Expanded Product Information: Product records now include keyword and description meta tag fields for use in the search engine gateway pages. They also feature a new hyper link text field, and three additional product images.
Advanced Image Processing: No need to prepare your images before upload! DataSite™ V4.00 features Dynamic Zones Smart Image Processor technology. All images are resized, cropped, sharpened, and even converted to JPEG depending on settings in the system configuration.More Image Views: Multiple image views are produced including thumbnail images for faster loading index pages. Regular view and thumbnail images are created for all news item and product category images. Large, regular, and thumbnail sized images are created for each uploaded product and version image, providing all the image handling options you will ever need.
Image Processor Compatibility: Datasite™ CMS V4.00 is compatible with most image processor com objects including ASP.NET and comes packaged with two popular image processors. The Smart Image Processor technology automatically detects installed image processors on the server upon which it resides, so you don't even need to know which component your web hosting provider uses.Content Pages: The new content pages feature allows you to add an unlimited number of custom created content items.
Advanced HTML Editor: The Advanced HTML editor is the heart of the new Content Pages feature. It allows you total control to custom create the look feel and design of your content items.
Image Gallery Add on: The Image Gallery Add on allows you to upload images and process any number of images to each content item asynchronously using AJAX. You can then easily select and add images to the content item from the Image Gallery interface with point and click functionality.Expanded Configuration Section: The configuration section of the datasource.asp file (MM_datasource.asp is the Dreamweaver friendly version) allows you to fully customize the user experience and look feel of your DataSite™ CMS.
CSS Based Layout: the DataSite™ front end now uses CSS based layout elements. The element styles and positioning information are located in the expanded site_style.css document.
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DataSite™ features an appointment scheduling and management system, including a full featured appointment calendar. Visitors can easily request an appointment using the Appointment form in the site front end. And managers can easily view, create, reschedule, and delete appointments using the back end appointment calendar and associated tools. The system automatically send email messages to the site default address and the visitor when appointments are scheduled or rescheduled. It also includes a field to add a note to the contact and a field for your personal notes regarding the contact.
1. To access the Appointment Calendar, click the Calendar Icon in the Quick Navigation menu on the Admin Home page or the Manage Appointments in the left Admin menu.
2. To add a new appointment, click the calendar icon at the right above or below the calendar.
3. To view the appointment name hover over the appointment time bubble on the day of the appointment.
4. The view the full appointment details, click the time bubble. The edit/delete appointment form will appear.
5. To edit use the date and time picker and modify the appointment details as needed then click the Edit Appointment form button.
6. To delete the appointment, click the Delete Appointment form button.
The Blog Content Management System (CMS) features an Advanced HTML Editor and Image Gallery. Blog Posts can be added, edited, cloned, or deleted, and images can be uploaded added, or replaced. The Clone featured allows you to reuse complicated tabled and or block object layouts over and over without starting from scratch.
The Create Print Version tool generates printer friendly HTML copies of your blog posts for your visitors to print, read, and share. If a printer friendly version has been created for a blog post, the printer icon will automatically appear at the top right of the blog post.
1. To add add a new blog post, click the Blog Icon in the Quick Navigation menu on the Admin Home page or the Add Blog Post link in the left menu.
2. Click Add Blog Post link at the bottom and top of the content items list.
3. Enter "Link Text" for the link to the content item. Please note: to prevent confusing duplicate link names from appearing in the site front end, link text must unique.
4. Enter a page title.
5. Enter a brief Description. The description is what will in appear in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS). It's important that you engage your reader here. SERP descritions only include 160 characters so it's important to keep it brief. WWWeb Concepts recommends no more than 180 characters. It will be truncated on the SERPs, but this can create a sense of mystery and the urge to click.
6. Enter tags for the page keywords field.
7. Browse to select a featured image. Featured thumbnail images are displayed on the blog digest listing and full sized images with Lightbox large view are available on the blog content page. Featured images are stored with the other images in the blog folder and can be accessed using the HTML Editor Image Gallery Feature.
8. Featured images are at the top left, right, or center of the blog content page according to Image Align selection.
9. Enter an image caption.
10. Use the Advanced HTML Editor to create desired layout and enter information including images to create a new post.
11. Check the "Show On Site" check box if you are ready to display the blog post on the site.
12. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
13. Now that you've created a new post be sure to click the Create Print Versions link in the left menu to generate printer friendly versions of your product pages.
14. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the blog post to view changes.
1. Click the Manage Blog Posts link in the left menu Blog CMS Section.
2. Find the page title of blog post you want to edit in the blog posts list.
3. Click the edit content icon
at the right of the content page title.
4. Modify "Link Text" for the link to the blog post. Please note: to prevent confusing duplicate link names from appearing in the site front end, link text must be unique.
5. Modify the page title used in blog posts list and the HTML doorway page.
6. Modify the brief Description. The description is what will in appear in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS). It's important that you engage your reader here. SERP descritions only include 160 characters so it's important to keep it brief. WWWeb Concepts recommends no more than 180 characters. It will be truncated on the SERPs, but this can create a sense of mystery and the urge to click.
7. Modify the tags for the page and the meta keywords field.
7. Browse to select a featured image or select Remove Image to remove it as the featured image. Featured image thumbnails are displayed on the blog digest listing page and full sized images with Lightbox large view are available on the blog blog post. Featured images are stored with the other images in the blog folder and can be accessed using the HTML Editor Image Gallery Feature. Please note cloned pages do not load the cloned post's featured image.
8. Featured images are at the top left, right, or center of the blog blog post according to Image Align selection.
9. Enter an image caption.
8. Use the Advanced HTML Editor to modify the layout and enter information including images to create a new blog post. We strongly suggest you upload new images for each cloned item. Images are associated with the original and are if the original post is deleted, the images are deleted with it.
9. Check the "Show On Site" check box if you are ready to display the content on the site.
10. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
11. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the blog post to view changes.
1. Click the Manage Blog Posts link in the left menu Blog CMS section.
2. Find the page title of blog post you wish to modify in the list of blog posts.
3. Click the clone icon
at the right of the blog post title.
4. Modify "Link Text" for the link to the blog post. Please note: to prevent confusing duplicate link names from appearing in the site front end, link text must be unique.
5. Modify the page title page. Please note: although the system doesn't force a unique title, we strongly suggest you do so. So does Google!
6. Modify the brief Description. The description is what will in appear in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS). It's important that you engage your reader here. SERP descritions only include 160 characters so it's important to keep it brief. WWWeb Concepts recommends no more than 180 characters. It will be truncated on the SERPs, but this can create a sense of mystery and the urge to click.
7. Modify the keywords for the doorway page meta keywords field.
8. Use the Advanced HTML Editor to modify the layout and enter information including images to create a new blog post.
9. Check the "Show On Site" check box if you are ready to display the content on the site.
10. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
11. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the blog post to view changes.
1. Click the Manage Blog Posts link in the left menu Blog CMS section.
2. Find the page title of blog post you wish to modify in the list of blog posts.
3. Click the delete content icon
at the right of the blog post title.
4. Click the "Yes, Delete Content" button to delete the blog post. Please note: all the images associated with the blog post and the sub-folder holding the images are also deleted. This cannot be undone.
The Image Gallery seamlessly integrates into the Advanced HTML Editor. To access the Image Gallery functionality, click the Image Gallery icon
or
or
which will vary depending on the icon set selected in the site configuration. The Image Gallery resizes and sharpens uploaded images according to settings in the site configuration.
Internet Explorer: click the upload icon,
, browse to the desired file, and click open.
Google/Firefox: drag desired images into the Image Gallery interface or click the upload icon,
, browse to the file, and click open.
Use the navigator icon,
, to browse the image gallery interface and view images not presented in the current screen.
Enter the filter string into the text box at the top of the Image Gallery interface and click the filter icon:
.
Highlight the desired image and click the zoom icon,
. After the image loads, you can pan the image in the zoom window.
Highlight the desired image and click the delete icon,
.
The Printer Friendly pages tool generates printer friendly HTML copies with pretty URLs of your blog posts for visitors to print, read, and share. It also creates a printer friendly index page contents_html/default.htm so you can easily access the pages from the site back end. If a printer friendly version has been created for a blog post, the printer icon will automatically appear at the top right of the blog post.
1. Click the Print Versions link in the blog CMS section of the left menu.
2. The printer friendly pages will be created as the page loads and a link to the printer friendly pages index and to each printer friendly page will be written into the page. The print icon will now appear on all your posts so visitors can print the page to share with others.
1. Click the "Catalog Admin" link in the Product Catalog section of the left menu.
2. Click the "Catalog Main" link under the Edit Main Page section heading.
3. Enter information for the page header.
4. Check the "Delete Image?" check box to delete an existing image or browse to upload a new image. Please note: you do not need to check the "Delete Image?" when uploading a new image.
5. Enter the description text.
6. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
7. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the catalog home page to view changes.
(From the Catalog Administration Interface.)
1. Click the "Category" link under the Add New header.
2. Enter the category name. Please note: to prevent confusing duplicate link names from appearing in the site front end, category name must be unique.3. Choose category type Norma, Master, or Subcategory Master categories only allow subcategories, no products. You can only convert a Normal or Subcategory to master after you remove the products--if any--assigned.
4. Browse to upload desired category image if you have one.4. Deselect the "Show On Site?" check box if you are not ready for the category to appear on the site front end. The default is state is selected, so if you are ready to show the category, do nothing.
5. Enter the category description.
6. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
7. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the catalog home page to view changes.
1. Click the category name link under the Edit Category header.
2. Click the "Edit Category" link at the top right of the category page.
3. Modify the category name. Please note: to prevent confusing duplicate link names from appearing in the site front end, category name must be unique.
4. Deselect the "Show On Site?" check box if you are not ready for the category to appear on the site front end.
3. Browse to upload desired category image to if you have one.
4. Enter the category description.
5. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
6. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the catalog home page to view changes.
1. Click the "Delete Category" link at the top right of the category page.
2. Click the "Yes, Delete Category" button to delete the category, all it's child products, all the product versions, and all associated product and version images.
(From the Catalog Administration interface.)
1. Click the category name link under the Edit Category header.
2. Click the "New Product" link under the category name header near the top left of the page.
3. Enter product name.
4. Deselect the "Show On Site?" check box if you are not ready for the product to appear on the site front end. The default state is selected, so if you are ready to show the product, do nothing.
5. Browse to upload desired product main image if you have one. The application automatically resizes and crops the product main image, creates a thumbnail, and a large view according to the settings in the system configuration.
6. Enter the product name.
7. Enter the product meta description to be indexed by search engines.
8. Enter the product meta keywords to be indexed by search engines.
9. Enter the product description.10. Enter the product specifications. Please note: the specifications table output is pre-formatted. This means the output will appear just as it is entered in the specifications text area. Use the enter key to add a line break.
11. Using the drop down, select any content page to link to the from the product page. Effective use of linking within your site is an important factor in SEO. Using the Content Admin, WWWeb Concepts suggests you create search engine optimized support page for each class of products and link the product pages to the support page.
12. Enter the path to any supporting pages to which you wish to link. You can use an absolute path, e.g. http://thelink.tld or a relative path, e.g. the file.htm, or either path with a query string, e. g. content_details.asp?Content_ID=MSAg. Using this feature, you can easily link a product to a supporting content page.
13. Enter the link text.
14. Select a category for the product. Please note: by default the category from which you accessed the New Product page is selected.
15. Check the "Manage Large Images" check box and follow the instruction on the Manage Images page to add up to three more images. The application automatically resizes and optionally crops the images. It also creates a thumbnail, regular size, and large view of each uploaded image according to the settings in the system configuration.
16. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
17. Now that you've created a new product be sure to click the Create Print Versions link in the left menu to generate printer friendly versions of your product pages.
18. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the product page to view changes.
1. Click the category name link under the Edit Category header.
2. Find the product name in the tabular output. Click the Edit Product icon,, on the right side of the product row.
3. Modify the product name.
4. Deselect the "Show On Site?" check box if you are not ready for the product to appear on the site front end. The default state is selected, so if you are ready to show the product, do nothing.
5. Browse to upload desired product main image if you have one. The application automatically resizes and crops the product main image, creates a thumbnail, and a large view according to the settings in the system configuration.
6. Modify the product name.
7. Modify the product meta description to be indexed by search engines.
8. Modify the product meta keywords to be indexed by search engines.
9. Modify the product description.
10. Modify the product specifications. Please note: the specifications table output is pre-formatted. This means the output will appear just as it is entered in the specifications text area. Use the enter key to add a line break.
11.Using the drop down, select any content page to link to the from the product page. Using the Content Admin, WWWeb Concepts suggests you create search engine optimized support page for each class of products and link the product pages to the support page.
12. Modify the path to any supporting pages to which you wish to link. you can use an absolute path, e.g. http://thelink.tld or a relative path, e.g. the file.htm, or either path with a query string, e. g. content_details.asp?Content_ID=MSAg. Using this feature, you can easily link a product to a supporting content page.
13. Modify the link text.
14. Select a category for the product. Please note: by default the category from which you accessed the New Product page is selected.
15. Check the "Manage Large Images" check box and follow the instruction on the Manage Images page to add up to three more images. The application automatically resizes and crops the images, creates a thumbnail, a regular size, and a large view according to the settings in the system configuration.
16. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
17. Now that you've created a new product be sure to click the Create Print Versions link in the left menu to generate printer friendly versions of your product pages. 18. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the product page to view changes.
1. Click the category name link under the Edit Category header.
2. Find the product name in the tabular output. Click the Clone Product icon,, on the right side of the product row.
3. Modify the product name.
4. Deselect the "Show On Site?" check box if you are not ready for the product to appear on the site front end. The default state is selected, so if you are ready to show the product, do nothing.
5. Browse to upload desired product main image if you have one. The application automatically resizes and crops the product main image, creates a thumbnail, and a large view according to the settings in the system configuration.
6. Modify the product name.
7. Modify the product meta description to be indexed by search engines.
8. Modify the product meta keywords to be indexed by search engines.
9. Modify the product description.
10. Modify the product specifications. Please note: the specifications table output is pre-formatted. This means the output will appear just as it is entered in the specifications text area. Use the enter key to add a line break.
11. Modify the path to any supporting pages to which you wish to link. you can use an absolute path, e.g. http://thelink.tld or a relative path, e.g. the file.htm, or either path with a query string, e. g. content_details.asp?Content_ID=MSAg. Using this feature, you can easily link a product to a supporting content page.
12. Modify the link text.
13. Select a category for the product. Please note: by default the category from which you accessed the New Product page is selected.
14. Check the "Manage Large Images" check box and follow the instruction on the Manage Images page to add up to three more images. The application automatically resizes and crops the images, creates a thumbnail, a regular size, and a large view according to the settings in the system configuration.
15. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
16. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the product page to view changes.
1. Click the delete icon,
, at the right of the product name.
2. Click the "Yes, Delete Product" button to delete the product all its versions, and all associated product and version images.
1. Click the category name link under the Edit Category header.
2. Find the product name in the tabular output. Click the "Add New Version" link at bottom of the product versions table.
3. Enter version name.
4. Deselect the "Show On Site?" check box if you are not ready for the version to appear on the site front end. The default state is selected, so if you are ready to show the version, do nothing.
5. Select the version parent product. Please note: by default the product from which you accessed the New Version page is selected.
6. Enter the version price.
7. Enter the version stock code. Please note: to prevent duplicate stock codes from conflating search by stock code results, version stock code must be unique.
8. Enter version description.
9. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
10. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the product page to view changes.
1. Click the category name link under the Edit Category header.
2. Find the version name in the product versions table output. Click the edit icon,
at the right end of the version name table row.
3. Modify version name.
4. Deselect the "Show On Site?" check box if you are not ready for the version to appear on the site front end. The default state is selected, so if you are ready to show the version, do nothing.
5. Select the version parent product. Please note: by default the product from which you accessed the New Version page is selected.
6. Modify the version price.
7. Modify the version stock code. Please note: to prevent duplicate stock codes from conflating search by stock code results, version stock code must be unique.
8. Modify version description.
9. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
10. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the product page to view changes.
1. Click the category name link under the Edit Category header.
2. Find the version name in the product versions table output. Click the clone icon,
, at the right end of the version name table row.
3. Modify version name.
4. Deselect the "Show On Site?" check box if you are not ready for the version to appear on the site front end. The default state is selected, so if you are ready to show the version, do nothing.
5. Select the version parent product. Please note: by default the product from which you accessed the New Version page is selected.
6. Modify the version price.
7. Modify the version stock code. Please note: to prevent duplicate stock codes from conflating search by stock code results, version stock code must be unique.
8. Modify version description.
9. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
10. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and browse to the product page to view changes.
1. Click the delete icon,
, at the right end of the version name table row.
2. Click the "Yes, Delete Version" button to delete the version and all associated images.
The Printer Friendly Pages tool generates printer friendly HTML copies of your blog posts for visitors to print, rea, and share..
1. Click the Create Print Versions link in the Product Catalog section of the left menu.
2. The printer friendly pages will be automatically created as the page loads. A link to the printer friendly pages index and to each printer friendly will be written into the page.
The Company Information feature provides a place to publish your company address, phone and fax numbers, a map of your location, and optional links to your social media pages.
1. Click the Company link at the top of the left menu Pages section.
2. Enter your company Name.
3. Enter your company Street Address.
4 Enter your company City.
5. Enter your company State.
6. Enter your company Zip.
7. Enter your company Phone.
8. Enter your company Fax
9. Enter your company Facebook URL. This optional field shows an icon linked to your social media profile.
10. Enter your Google+ page URL. This optional field shows an icon linked to your social media profile.
11. Enter your Twitter URL. This optional field shows an icon linked to your social media profile.
12. Enter your YouTube channel URL. This optional field shows an icon linked to your social media profile.
13. Choose whether or not to delete the existing map. If you upload a new image the old image will be deleted automatically.
14. Browse to upload a new map of you want to change the image.
15. Click Update to save changes.
The WWWeb Concepts DataSite™ WCMS uses a database table to store personalized settings. These can control the style of the rollover large images, pop up large view images, image sizing, crop, and matte settings, the number of columns and rows for pagination, mail server settings, and all the front text labels and link text for the pages. The degree of control offered by the DataSite Live Variable configuration editor allows control over all aspects of the DataSite front end. The control over link text and text labels makes the DataSite a fully language independent content presentation platform.
1. Click the "Add User" link in the left menu "Site Tools" section.
2. Enter information User information.
3. Click the "Add User" button to save to the database.
4. Be sure to make note of your username password combination as you will need this to access the back end administration section and update the site.
1. Click the "Manage Users" link in the left menu "Site Tools" section.
2. Select the user you wish to edit from the list and click the edit icon
.
3. Enter information to modify the administrator.
4. Click the "Update" button to save to the database.
5. Be sure to make note of your username password combination as you will need this to access the back end administration section and update the site.
1. DataSite™ Features an online system configuration utility.
2. The values are stored in the database and initialized on the first run of the application.
3. Using the Configuration utility you can customize many aspects of the system from the Text used on menu links to the sizes and cropping of the images.
4. The configuration is broken in groups. To narrow the results to a single group, click the Group Name Header link.
5. Each configuration key has editable text description where you can make notes of changes and/or modify the text to suit your purposes.
6. Configuration keys are stored on the server as Application variables you can Access in your own ASP pages by referencing the key, e.g. Application("ConfigKeyName").
7. The configuration is the DataSite™ Five API. Keys can be added to existing groups and There is an option to create custom keys.
8. You can re-initialize the application using the Reset Configuration link in the admin menu or by calling any page in the site with the QueryString &Init=reset added to the URL.
1. Click the first link in the left menu. Please Note: the link text is taken from the page header field.
2. Enter page header text.
3. Check the "Delete Image?" check box to delete an existing image or browse to upload a new image. Please note: you do not need to check the "Delete Image?" when uploading a new image.
4. Enter the paragraph text.
5. Continue for each sub heading, additional image, and paragraph text field.
6. Click the "Update" button to save to the database.
7. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu to view changes.
1. Click the third link in the left menu. Please Note: the link text is taken from the page header field.
2. Enter page header text.
3. Check the "Delete Image?" check box to delete an existing image or browse to upload a new image. Please note: you do not need to check the "Delete Image?" when uploading a new image.
4. Enter the paragraph text.
5. Continue for each sub heading, additional image, and paragraph text field.
6. Click the "Update" button to save to the database.
7. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and then the page link to view changes.
1. Click the second link in the left menu. Please Note: the link text is taken from the page header field.
2. Enter page header text.
3. Check the "Delete Image?" check box to delete an existing image or browse to upload a new image. Please note: you do not need to check the "Delete Image?" when uploading a new image.
4. Enter the paragraph text.
5. Continue for each sub heading, additional image, and paragraph text field.
6. Click the "Update" button to save to the database.
7. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu and then the page link to view changes.
1. Click the "Manage News" in the left menu.
2. Click the Add News Item link in the left menu.
3. Enter headline text. Please Note: the link text is taken from the headline field.
4. Check the "Delete Image?" check box to delete an existing image or browse to upload a new image. Please note: you do not need to check the "Delete Image?" when uploading a new image.
5. Enter the news item Content text.
6. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
7. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu to go your home page, click the News link and then browse to the news item to view changes.
1. Click the "Manage News" in the left menu.
2. Select the news item you wish to modify and click
.
3. Modify the headline text. Please Note: the link text is taken from the headline field.4. Check the "Delete Image?" check box to delete an existing image or browse to upload a new image. Please note: you do not need to check the "Delete Image?" when uploading a new image.
5. Modify the news item Content text.
6. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
7. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu to go your home page, click the News link and then browse to the news item to view changes.
1. Click the "Manage News" in the left menu.
2. Select the news item you wish to modify and click
.
3. Click the "Delete News Item" button to delete the news item and associated images.
1. Click the "Manage Links" in the left menu.
2. Enter link title text. Please Note: the link text is taken from the title field.
3. Check the "Delete Image?" check box to delete an existing image or browse to upload a new image. Please note: you do not need to check the "Delete Image?" when uploading a new image.
4. Enter the link URL. Please note: do not include http:// as the application adds this automatically.
5. Enter a link description if desired.
6. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
7. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu to go your home page, click the Links link to view changes.
1. Click the "Manage Links" in the left menu.
2. Select the link you wish to modify from the drop down menu.
3. Enter link title text. Please Note: the link text is taken from the title field.
4. Check the "Delete Image?" check box to delete an existing image or browse to upload a new image. Please note: you do not need to check the "Delete Image?" when uploading a new image.
5. Enter the link URL. Please note: do not include http:// as the application adds this automatically.
6. Enter a link description if desired.
7. Click the "Submit" button to save to the database.
8. Click the "Your Home Page" link in the left menu to go your home page, click the Links link to view changes.
1. Click the "Manage Links" in the left menu.
2. Select the news item you wish to modify from the drop down menu.
3. Click the "Delete Link" button to delete the link and associated images.
At WWWeb Concepts we are committed to your web success and we are committed to the products we create. We offer free email support for all DataSite™ licensees for the life of the product. We offer telephone support for DataSite™ set up for the first 45 days after purchase (telecommunication tolls may apply.) If we are not available when you call, we will return your call within one business day.
If you experience any difficulties with the WWWeb Concepts DataSite™ administration tools, contact the staff@ebconcepts.com. We will respond quickly and do everything we can to resolve you issue.
If you have features you'd like to see added to the next Datasite™ CMS version, please don't hesitate to drop us a line. You can use our site contact form or you can email us directly at support@ebconcepts.com. We are always looking for ways to improve our products and your requested features have a great chance of making it into the next version of our software.
DataSite allows you to add as many users, including content creators, editors, and administrations to the site back end administration system as you like. You can also disable users without deleting their profiles and then enable the profile again at a later date. only those with enabled profiles can log in to the site administration back end. User profiles include name, email address, login information, a biography, links to social media profiles, and user avatars.
1. Click the "Add User" link in the left menu "Site Tools" section.
2. Enter information new User information. You can include a biography, links to social media pages, and a user avatar.
3. Click the "Add User" button to save to the database.
4. Be sure to make note of your username password combination as you will need this to access the back end administration section and update the site.
1. Click the "Manage Users" link in the left menu "Site Tools" section.
2. Select the user you wish to edit from the list and click the edit icon
.
3. Enter information to modify the administrator. You can include a biography, links to social media pages, and a user avatar.
4. Click the "Update" button to save to the database.
5. Be sure to make note of your username password combination as you will need this to access the back end administration section and update the site.
The Video Vault feature allows you to display videos streamed from YouTube. In order to make use of this feature you must first set a Google account, create a Youtube channel, and upload your videos. You can then use the YouTube embed code to add the videos to your Video Vault.
Please note: If you choose the allow full screen option, the YouTube embed code is not W3C valid and will render HTML validation errors. if you don't however, the full screen option will still be available. Obviously this some quirk with the YouTube code base. Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do to correct this, but you're welcome to complain to Google.
1. Click the Add Video link in the left menu or the Video icon in the Quick Navigation.
2. Enter the video title.
3. Enter a keyword rich description of the video, but keep it brief.
4. Paste the video embed code from YouTube into the text box. Please note: To prevent the YouTube video from floating over other content, add ?wmode=transparent to the src string, e.g. src="//www.youtube.com/embed/80qaXwHPqu0?wmode=transparent "
5. Check the Publish Video check box to show the video or leave it unchecked if you want to publish later.
6. Click Add Video to save the new video to database.
1.Click the Manage Video link in the left navigation menu.
2. Find the the video you want to edit in the list and click the
.
3. Edit the keyword rich description of the video, but keep it brief.
4. Edit the video embed code from YouTube. Please note: To prevent the YouTube video from floating over other content, add ?wmode=transparent to the src string, e.g. src="//www.youtube.com/embed/80qaXwHPqu0?wmode=transparent "
5. Check the Publish Video check box to show the video or leave it unchecked if you want to publish later.
6. Click Update Video to save the changes to database.