Part 3 of your free guide to building a website

By now you should have the hang of adding picturesbevelled edges from the Library, and then add a text
and editing text in the existing text boxes. Youbox on top, which will show the frame beneath it
should also know how to add new pages to the sitethrough it.
by adding them to the menu (see previous tutorial).Step 7
Now let's look at adding extra elements to a pageNow go to Insert / New page and click on the Add
and adding pages without them appearing in thenew page button; just make it a blank page. Label
menu - it's the next step to help you create yourthe page "Chat" and then disable the radio button in
own website using Webeden. Lets do it - here's 10the Page visible column. This will add the page to the
steps to adding extra elements to your pagessite without it being added into your automatically
Step 1generated menu. We will add a link to this new page
Click on Files to open the File Manager and thenwithin the master page, but to do this, you must
select the Library tab and click on Animations /create the page first as you cannot add a link to a
Handwritten. Click on "Circle it" and select Use this.non-existent page, even if you know what you are
The animation will be added to the page. By default,going to call it. You can still access the page to edit it
the line drawn is white. Select the animation objectfrom the Pages menu - a perfect website building tip.
and in the Editor dialog click on the Style tab andStep 8
change the colour to black. You can also resize andOn the new page, double click in the title text box to
rotate the animation on the Info tab (see previousedit the text and change it to "Chat to other user
page). Position the circle over the top of an area ofonline" and then single click on the main text box and
the page that you want to draw attention to, like aclick on the Delete icon.
picture.Step 9
Step 2Now click on the Files button to bring up the File
Now add the arrow from the Handwritten section inManager and from the library, select Functional and
the same way. Use the Rotate feature on the Infoadd the Chat object to the page. Close the File
tab to enable freehand rotation using the object'sManager and then resize the chat object to fill the
handles. When you add a page to your site, you cancontent element of the page underneath the
choose from a list of different page types. There areheadline. Click on Design / Page master and
different templates readily available so you don'tremember to save the page when it asks you.
have to design a complicated page from the groundAlways remember this if you want to quickly build
up, which makes for a handy shortcut when you'reyour own website!
website building. For example, the blog/news page willStep 10
create a ready made weblog for you, together withAdd a new button link and drag it to the top right of
an integrated editor to allow you to add items.the page, above the date. With the button selected,
Step 3choose the Link tab in the Editor and select the
You can also add links only, so a button appears inPages icon (it looks like horizontal lines). This allows
the menu, but no page is created (the opposite ofyou to link to a page on your site. Select Chat from
adding a page, but not having it visible). There's eventhe drop down menu and click Apply. As before the
an image gallery - one tip with images you upload isbutton's text will change.
to ensure the dimensions aren't larger than you needStep 11
to keep download times down, somthing you shouldIn the Style tab change the button text to "Chat to
take not of when you create your own website.other users". Click on Save and Exit.
Step 4Step 12
Now click on Insert and select Button Link. This willChange to the View my site, so you can see the site
add a bevelled image to the page. Move it to withinas a user, rather than editing it, and you will see that
the left column. Click on the Link tab in the Editorwe have added a fully featured chat feature to our
dialog and enter the URL you want to link to, likesite, all within the space of a few clicks. What an
Click on Apply and you'll see that the text on theamazing what to create a website that looks
button changes also. Click on the Style tab and youprofessional and advanced.
can now change the text on the button. Do it in thisExpert tip
order, as changing the link will overwrite the text.When you add a page to WebEden, you can choose
Step 5from a list of different page types. There are
The next step on your website building fast track isdifferent templates readily available so you don't
to click on the More arrow in the Editor dialog (tophave to design a complicated page from the ground
right) and select Body Text Box (you can hover overup. For example, the blog/news page will create a
each icon to get a tooltip). Drag the text box to theready made weblog for you, together with an
left column, underneath the button we just inserted.integrated editor to allow you to add items. You can
Use the handles at the corners and bottom of thealso add links only, so a button appears in the menu,
text frame to resize it to fit within the column. Nowbut no page is created (the opposite of adding a
select the Style tab and click on the Backgroundpgae, but not having it visible, as we did in Step 3).
button to enable a background for the text frame,There's even an image gallery - one tip with images
and select a colour from the drop down menu to theyou upload is to ensure the dimensions aren't larger
right, and do the same for the border.than you need to keep download times down.
Step 6That's all for now
An alterative when you make your own website toCheck in for part 4 to find out how to add some
using the text frame's background and border is toreally cool stuff to make sure that you can build a
add a background frame, such as a shape withwebsite, and it's the best one possible!