Editing and Publishing an Existing Website with SiteBuilder
Parallels Plesk SiteBuilder is a powerful Web design tool that allows you to build complex and professional websites without the need for advanced skills, such as HTML or graphic design. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of SiteBuilder is its versatility; this is not simply a build-it-and-forget design application. Once you’ve created a website using SiteBuilder, you can continue to use SiteBuilder to revisit that website to perform maintenance as well as add, delete and edit pages, content and modules. Once you’ve completed these updates or maintenance, you simply click the publish button, and then SiteBuilder will seamlessly posts the changes to your live website.
Editing and Publishing an Existing Website with SiteBuilder
1. Log in to the Parallels Plesk SiteBuilder control panel.
2. Click on the Websites & Domains tab.
3. In the list of domains, locate the one you wish to edit, and then click the Edit in SiteBuilder link to the right of it.
4. If the domain is not visible, expand the list using the links in the lower right-hand corner.
5. If the domain is still not visible, use the Subscription dropdown box to navigate to the appropriate subscription.
6. If you prefer to start fresh rather than edit the existing site, click the Start Over link at the top of the page.
7. In order to make changes, choose a tab: Modules, Layouts, Style, Pages and Settings.
8. On the Modules tab, you can drag and drop SiteBuilder modules to or from the current page.
9. On the Layout tab, you can choose a page structure for the current page, or you can apply a layout globally.
10. On the Style tab, you can edit the global style or the style sheet for the currently selected page.
11. On the Pages tab, you can navigate to pages, add pages and delete existing pages.
12. On the Settings tab, you can redefine core details, such as website name, description and Meta keywords.
13. Once you’re satisfied with the changes, simply click the Publish button in the upper right-hand corner.
14. Alternatively, you can discard all changes by simply exiting SiteBuilder. When it warns you with the ‘Settings were not saved’ dialog, click the No button in response to the ‘Apply changes?’ question.
More About Editing with Sitebuilder
In order to get the most out of editing your SiteBuilder website, it’s important to understand its various components. Pages are the core component, and they’re a lot like a traditional webpage except that they have the ability to host other SiteBuilder components, such as modules. SiteBuilder modules are what allow you to individualize your webpages. Basic modules include headers, text, images and navigation widgets. Advanced modules include blogs and e-Shops. SiteBuilder layouts define the structure of a page or array of pages. Common layouts include two and three columns with and without headers and footers. SiteBuilder styles are style sheets that let you define the look of your website at the site level and at the page level. Settings are variables that SiteBuilder uses throughout the site.
