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Managing Modules

SiteBuilder modules enable Users to create feature rich Internet representations and complex portals. Modules form the basis of sites created with the SiteBuilder Wizard and define the available functionality. For more information about SiteBuilder modules managed in the Administrator Panel, refer to the SiteBuilder 2.1.3 for Unix User's Guide (you can get it here).

SiteBuilder provides the following modules:

To manage modules

  1. Click Main on the navigation pane.
  2. Click Modules. The Modules screen appears, displaying the list of available modules.

    On the Modules screen, you can view the following information about available modules:

  3. To deactivate a module, select it and click Deactivate. By default, all modules are activated. To activate a deactivated module, select a deactivated module and click Activate.
  4. To delete a module, select it and click Delete.

You can apply additional settings to the following modules: Forum, Guestbook, Photo, Shop, Statistics, and Votes.

To apply additional settings to the Forum module

  1. Click Forum in the Name column. The Modules/Forum screen appears.

    Managing Modules. Forum

  2. Select the type of storage for the Forum module content from the Storage type list. The type of storage can be MySQL or Files (.txt format).
  3. If you select the type of storage as MySQL, set the following additional parameters appeared on the Modules/Forum screen:
  4. Click Apply.

To apply additional settings to the Guestbook module

  1. Click Guestbook in the Name column. The Modules/Guestbook screen appears.

    Managing Modules. Guestbook

  2. Select the type of storage for the Guestbook module content from the Storage type list. The type of storage can be MySQL or Files (.txt format).
  3. If you select the type of storage as MySQL, set the following additional parameters appeared on the Guestbook Editor screen:
  4. Click Apply.

To apply additional settings to the Photo module

  1. Click Photo in the Name column. The Modules/Photo screen appears, where you can upload new photo gallery templates and delete the existing ones.

    Managing Modules. Photo

  2. To upload a photo gallery template
    1. Click Browse.
    2. Locate a file with a template on your local drive (the file must have .zip extension).
    3. Click Load File to upload the template to the server.
  3. To delete a photo template, select it and click Delete.

To apply additional settings to the Shop module

  1. Click Shop in the Name column. The Modules/Shop screen appears.

    Managing Modules. Shop

  2. Set the following parameters of online stores created in SiteBuilder:
  3. Click Apply.

To apply additional settings to the Statistics module

  1. Click Statistics in the Name column. The Modules/Statistics screen appears.

    Managing Modules. Statistics

  2. Set time intervals of sending statistics reports and lifetime of statistics reports:
  3. Select the Enable statistics check box to turn on statistics.
  4. If you have SQLite database installed on your computer, the Use database SQLite check box is displayed on the Modules/Statistics screen. To use the database, select this check box. After you receive these statistics reports, they will be stored in SQLite database. If you don't have SQLite database installed, this check box is missing on the Modules/Statistics screen.

To apply additional settings to the Votes module

  1. Click Votes in the Name column. The Modules/Votes screen appears. On this screen you can view all currently available votes bars, load new votes bar, and delete existing votes bars.

    Managing Modules. Votes

  2. To upload a new votes bar
    1. Click Browse.
    2. Locate the file with the votes bar on your local drive.
    3. Click Load File.
    4. Click Apply.
  3. To delete a votes bar, select it and click Delete.

See Also

Managing Components

Managing Page Sets

Managing Templates

Managing Language Packages

Managing Skins

Managing Template Categories