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What to do next after you get your website.

Now that you have your ValuedPRO or ValuedAMC website, 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). Be sure to replace yourwebsite.com with your actual website's domain name.
• The initial username is admin and the password is valued, both lower case.
• Once logged in, notice that the page is split into the navigation and other functions at top, and the main area where you change the settings or look at or enter info is below
• Wherever you see a question mark symbol (), you should point at it for further information.
• Wherever you see the icon, you can click on it to expand or contract that section.

2. Change the admin password.

• Login to the admin, if you're not already.
• Click on the My Info link at top right.
• Enter new information in every field you see then submit the form. Write down your new password somewhere safe.

3. Set up your site's look.

VISUAL DESIGN TEMPLATE
If you ordered a custom or third party template, ignore this step. Otherwise go to Website Pages > Template Choices and select a template. You can select a different template at any time, and it will take effect immediately.

LOGO
Upload your logo by going to Website Pages > Logo & Sidebar Image and upload a Main Logo and Admin Logo from your hard drive. The logo image should be in JPG format. If you don't have a logo, see logo options here.

HEADER IMAGE AND OPTIONAL TAGLINE
The header image consists of one or two big pictures that appear in the front end template of your website (whether there's one or two depends on the template you chose). The tagline is superimposed over one of the header images. Upload your own image and change the tagline in Website Pages > Header Image & Tagline.

FONTS & COLORS
Select the fonts for the front end of your site, and also the colors of the fonts, and the background colors of the three content areas (left sidebar, main content, right sidebar) within Website Pages > Fonts & Colors - Front. Then go intoWebsite Pages > Fonts & Colors - Back to make selections for the admin/appraiser backend area.

4. 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), you should still create an Appraiser account for yourself separate from your admin account.

• Click on People in the main navigation area, then on Manage Appraisers.
• 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 New Appraiser button. Each new appraiser will get an email telling them what their username and password is.

Appraisers can also add themselves.

5. Add clients.

You can do this step now or wait until later.

• Click on People in the top navigation area, then on Manage Clients. You can then edit or delete existing clients, and to add a new one just click the Add New Client button.
• 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.

Clients can also add themselves from the front-end of the website.

6. Review your website's content and site options.

Go through each of the options under both the Website Pages and Site Settings navigation areas and make sure they're to your liking.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to review the automated emails at Site Settings > Email Messages.

Don't worry too much if you don't understand everything, and don't worry about making everything 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.

You may want to read this article on how to write your website content for maximum search engine effectiveness.

Click here for an in-depth article on how to use the website content editor.

7. Set up your custom email address(es).

Please see this article on how to set up your custom email address(es).

8. Summary

• It would probably be a good idea to click on every link in the main 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, or just delete them.

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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