Now that you have your Valued Websites Premium Package, please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with it. Here are the first steps:
1. Login to the admin
- The web address (URL) where you can login to your website is always www.yourwebsite.com/a (note that /a at the end).
- The initial username is admin and the password is password, both lower case.
- Once logged in, notice that the page is split into the navigation and other functions at left, and the main area where you change the settings or look at or enter info at right.
- Wherever you see a question mark symbol (
 ), you can point at it for further information.
- The navigation sections are expandable/collapsible if you click the triangles (
 ).
2. Change the admin password.
- Login to the admin, if you're not already.
- Go to Manage Users in the left-hand navigation area (you may have to expand it by clicking the red triangles ), then in the Administrators section, click on Manage.
- There will be one admin listed. Click the Edit link for it, update the information in the next page, then submit the form. Note your new password somewhere safe.
3. Add appraisers.
Appraiser accounts only lets appraisers see orders that have been assigned to them, and it may or may not allow them to do other things depending on how the permissions (see next section) are set.
If there is only one appraiser in your company (you), don't bother creating a separate Appraiser account for yourself. Just use the main Administrator account at all times. Otherwise:
- Go to Manage Users in the left-hand navigation area, then in the Appraisers section, click on Manage.
- There will be one or more default appraisers listed. Click the Edit link for each, and update the information in the next page, then submit the form.
- If you want to add more appraiser accounts, just click the Add link in the Manage Users / Appraisers navigation area. Each appraiser will get an email telling them what their username and password is.
4. Add clients.
You can do this step now or wait until later.
- Go to Manage Users in the left-hand navigation area, then in the Clients section, click on Add.
- Fill in the information and submit the form. The client will be sent an email to tell them their username and password. Be sure the client knows they'll be getting this email, or else it might go straight to their circular file.
5. Review your website's content.
At the very bottom of the left-hand navigation is the Edit Website area. Click on the Manage Pages link.
If your website has no pages, click the Add New Page link. Fill out the fields as best you can based on their description and the question mark instructions.
Click here for an in-depth article on how to use the website content editor.
Don't worry too much about formatting or making the text and pictures look perfect. When you're done entering your content, Valued Websites can go through every page and spiff it up for you. Or if you prefer, send Valued Websites the content to be input for you.
6. Summary
- It would probably be a good idea to click on every link in the left-hand navigation so you get a sense of what's available.
- Create some test orders using the admin options or by submitting the website's order form, and play with these orders.
- Then when you're satisfied, delete all the fake orders, fake clients, fake appraisers and what not.
- Be sure that any pages you don't want displayed in the public website have their Page Display field set correctly.
Once all this is set up, you can start telling your clients about your site. If you have friends or colleagues with websites, ask them to link to yours. This helps with search engine rankings.
For more information or if you have any questions please email info@valuedwebsites.com.
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