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Textual Instructions

How to update your website navigation
- Template Navigation
- Flash Tab Navigation
How to update the text areas of your website
How to update your PayPal ECOMMERCE Pages
How to update your "Company Name" and tagline
- Company Name graphic logo
- Static tagline
- Flash header tagline
Removing a flash intro (not required in this template)
Changing the Background Header Images
How to update the search box

How to update your website navigation

Navigation (these items are editable using FrontPage navigation -- click here to learn about FrontPage navigation):

To edit these buttons you will need to modify the FrontPage navigation.

Flash Tab Navigation (these items are Flash buttons which are updatable by editing a text file):

To modify this menu, you will need to edit the "flash/navigation.xml" file with any text editor (or FrontPage). There is a video tutorial available at www.luckymarblehelp.com/tutorials describing in some detail about how to edit the file.

Instructions:

Open up the config file
Modify each of the values
Save the config file

Summary of name/value settings:

_x - horizontal location of the tab/subtab relative to the top left corner of the entire movie, or bottom left corner of the parent tab
_y - vertical location of the tab/subtab relative to the top left corner of the entire movie, or bottom left corner of the parent tab
url - where you want the tab/subtab to link to
title - what you want to be displayed on the tab/subtab (note, there IS a limit at about 20 characters for a subtab, 10 characters for a tab)

Editing your PayPal ECOMMERCE Pages

Step 1 Update your PayPal email for the "view cart" button (only need to do this once)

1) open the "includes/cart_buttons.htm" page

2) switch to HTML/Code view

3) find the code "sales@yourweb.com"

4) replace with your PayPal business email address

5) save the page

Step 2 Update your PayPal email for the "add to cart" button (only need to do this once)

1) open the "includes/paypal_email.htm" page

2) switch to HTML/Code view

3) find the code "sales@yourweb.com"

4) replace with your PayPal business email address

5) save the page

Step 3 Update the Product Name (you must do this for each product)

1) open up the page containing the product with FrontPage

2) double click on the product name (#3 in the image above)

3) change the "initial value" to whatever product name you want to display

4) click Okay

5) save the page

Step 4 Update the Product SKU (you must do this for each product)

1) open up the page containing the product with FrontPage

2) double click on the product name (#3 in the image above)

3) change the "initial value" to whatever product sku you want to display (must be unique in order for PayPal cart to work)

4) click Okay

5) save the page

Step 5 Update the Product Price (you must do this for each product)

1) open up the page containing the product with FrontPage

2) double click on the product price (#3 in the image above)

3) change the "initial value" to whatever price you want to display (this is what will be transmitted to PayPal)

4) click Okay

5) save the page

Step 6 Update the Learn More Link (you must do this for each product)

1) open up the page containing the product with FrontPage

2) double click on the learn more link

3) switch to HTML/code view

4) change the "store/product_detail_pages/product_detail_page_1.htm" page location to the location of your product details page, relative to the folder that the page you are editing resides in.

5) switch back to Design/Normal mode

6) save the page

Step 7 Update the Product Image (you must do this for each product)

1) open up the page containing the product with FrontPage

2) double click on the image

3) switch to the "general" tab and then browse for your product image (best to be 125x125)

4) click Okay

5) save the page

How to update your "company name"

Company Name (in Product Details Pages)

Open up the "includes/company_name.htm" file with FrontPage
Replace Company Name and Your Tagline Goes Here with your own
Save the File

Company Name (in template pages) -- REQUIRED SOFTWARE : Swish

COMPANY NAME

create your own logo with a graphics program (transparent background is best) and save it as "template_dwt/graphics/logo.gif" 253 pixels wide x 54 in height

keep your image file at 253 pixels wide x 54 in height or less

Tagline (in template pages) -- REQUIRED SOFTWARE : FrontPage / Dreamweaver / HTML Editor

Welcome to your Company Name
1. This is a static piece of text, you can edit the dwt.dwt page in the 'template_dwt' folder. Once you've made your changes, just apply to the site

Tagline (in flash header) -- REQUIRED SOFTWARE : FrontPage / Dreamweaver / HTML Editor / text editor

This is your tagline
1. This is an editable line of text
2. Open the 'template_dwt' folder
3. Open the 'flash' folder
4. Open the 'tagline.txt' file
5. Edit the following line of text to suit your needs: This is your tagline
  - CAUTION - DO NOT edit "tagline=" (you may edit any text after the "=" sign

How to update your "flash images " on the Page Layout 1-3 pages

Navigation/Images/Text (these items are Flash buttons which are updatable by editing a text file):

To edit these buttons you will need to edit the corresponding config file for this flash-thumbnail. To find what the config file is, select the flash component, then switch to code/html view. The config file should be displayed in the config folder as "configFile=config/config_file_name.txt". You will find this file in the "flash/config" folder of your website

Instructions:

Open up the config file
Modify each of the values
Save the config file

Summary of name/value settings:

imageURL - location of the image you want displayed (175px by 130px) (RELATIVE TO THE "flash/" FOLDER)
menuText - what you want displayed on the button
menuDescription - what you want displayed when the mouse rolls over the button
buttonTarget - the target window you wish this thumbnail to open into -- default is set to _blank which is "new window". If you want the target to be the current window change the value to _self
buttonURL - where you want the button to link to (RELATIVE TO THE "flash/" FOLDER)

Note: there MUST be an ampersand (&) and the beginning AND end of each name/value pair as is in the original config files. This is so that each configuration could be displayed on its own line.

Example:
&imageURL=images/image1.jpg&

NOTE: If you are changing the images the image doesn't load, it could be because your export settings are set to "progressive" JPG format. Make sure this is NOT the case, then re-export your image.

Changing the Background Header Image, and small images

Changing the Background Header Image (please see www.luckymarblehelp.com/tutorials for a video tutorial on this topic)

1) make a new background image 686x146 (width x height)

2) save it as "template_dwt/graphics/header-bg-image.jpg"

NOTE: If you are doing this and the image doesn't load, it could be because your export settings are set to "progressive" JPG format. Make sure this is NOT the case, then re-export your image.

Changing the Small Flash Header Images

Changing the Small images in the flash header (please see www.luckymarblehelp.com/tutorials for a video tutorial on this topic)

1) make a new image 100x80 (width x height)

2) save it as "template_dwt/images/header-image_x.jpg"

3) replace the 'x' with a number 1-4, as in the examples below.

NOTE: If you are doing this and the image doesn't load, it could be because your export settings are set to "progressive" JPG format. Make sure this is NOT the case, then re-export your image.


header-image_1.jpg	header-image_2.jpg	header-image_3.jpg	header-image_4.jpg

How to update the icons

Updating the icon names and links

1) open up the "template_dwt" folder

2) open the 'flash' folder
3) open the 'icons.txt' file

The icons are listed in the following order, from 'left to right'

To change the 'link' for the first icon button located on the left, edit the first line, and continue down the list

&homeURL=../index.htm
&contactURL=../contact_us.htm
&aboutURL=../about_us.htm
&faqURL=../gallery1.htm
&sitemapURL=../sitemap.htm

EXAMPLE: to change the first icon link from the index.htm page to a default.html

&homeURL=../index.htm ///// &homeURL=../default.htm

To change the 'name' the icon displays, edit the second group of text, changing ONLY the word after the "=" sign.

&icon1Text=Home&
&icon2Text=Contact Us&
&icon3Text=About Us&
&icon4Text=Gallery&
&icon5Text=Sitemap&

Example change the first icon from home to Welcome would look like this

&icon1Text=Home& ////// &icon1Text=Welcome&