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Choosing Design

As was outlined in the Introduction chapter, you should choose the design and layout for your site. Select the Design tab for starting the process of choosing the design. A screen will appear with control buttons to the left, which are in charge of various settings of the design. When you create your site from scratch, only the Layout button will be active. All other buttons will become active after choosing the layout.

The interface consists of the following elements: a company brand (including a logo, a name and a slogan), a buttons bar and a head banner. Different layouts can have different positions for these elements, but usually they are easily distinguishable. The figures below show them for one of available themes.

Brand part

Buttons bar and Head Banner

You should choose a layout or template for your site. SiteBuilder has pre-defined layouts for a number of possible businesses. The list of templates has several pages. You can navigate them using the corresponding controls at the bottom of the SiteBuilder's window. Each layout has Preview button, which shows the rough image of what your site will be like.

Press the Select Layout button in order to use the desired layout as the base for your site.

Design Page

After choosing the layout, you should select one of available color schemes for the given layout. This is done at the Color Scheme page available after clicking on the corresponding button on the left panel.

Typically, each design has a head banner at the top of the page. If you do not like the default image, you can change it on the Head Banner page, which you can access via the corresponding button.

Also, there are so-called buttons on the page which transfer a user to different pages of your site. You could choose from one of button styles available at the Button page.

Each company typically has a logo. You could change it on the Logotype page. For a logo, you should provide an icon of corresponding dimensions as will be shown on the page.

The information about the company could be entered at the Info page. This includes slogan, copyright, company's name and its address. A slogan is a short saying, which characterizes your company in a few words, which are likely to stay in the mind of a customer.

See Also

Using Wizard

Logging to System

Choosing Desired Pages

Editing Pages

Providing site info

Publishing Site

Logging Out