Welcome to the quickstart section of the help here we will
show how to use the WEBInsta to build a small good looking website within minutes
. The whole procedure will be divided into several steps .
Step 1 . Upload First unzip the package in a local directory . To do this simply upload the script to your website using an ftp client ( cute ftp etc ) . If you dont one type the address of your website in the webbrowser ( ftp://www.mysite.com ). It will give an error that anonymous login not allowed to remove this simply right click and from the menu choose "Login as " now a prompt asking for username and password will open up . Enter you username and password here and login now . Now copy all the script files from the unpacked directory and paste then into you ftp directory on the server . Set write permissions on the following files and directories .
Step 2 . Install We have tried to remove all the unnecessary configurations but a few configurations are very important which must be dealt with . These are handled in the install . In the web browser simply type the name of your website and the install page will open up it there is some error it will show up . Go as it is told and fill in the appropiate details acordingly . Once you are done with the install delete the install folder as it is a security risk . Now simply go to the main page the default template will open up . Step 3 . Configuration Now login with the username and password
which you have set ( to do this type admin.php ) in from of the web browser
. Now that you have logged in please go to the two configuration menus
and simply set the various configrations there . Please dont forget to
set the title , kewords and description these are very important in settings
if you want to get listed on the search engines and obtain a high ranking
.
Now you are all set to start building your first website . Now go to the templates menu and select a template which you wish to use for your website and set it as the current template . Now this is done its simply editing of content that you have to do to get a simple website up and running . Step 5 . Dynamic links You must have now built a simple site by editing the webpage but what if you want to add extra pages and menus which open up according to the links . The linking system of the website goes something like this . The file system of the website is stored as a tree and a node in that tree is displayed if specific conditions are fullfilled other wise default nodes are displayed . So for a webpage with the link http://www.mysite.com/index.php?page=products&type=computers and structure of the website like ...
To create a node you have to access the site structure from the admin menu , mainly two types of nodes can be created ..
This was about the types of nodes and how to build them to access them links will have to be built which will be somthing like ( http:\\[sitename]\index.php?[var1=value]&[var2=value] ) This will allow the script to accordigly build the main page according to the variables supplied . Configurations There is not much configuration required and help is provided in front of the menus usally in the form of a question mark . Usage This section deals with various usage
related issues of the CMS . As it is powered by a template system you
can include specific tags to show some info like date , 3rd party modules
and other such information . To include these information simply place
the {tag:name} where you want them to be displayed . As this is the first
release not much has been finalized but here is a list of some tags
more on all this later .... |