What to do next after you get your website.

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Now that you have your Valued Websites Starter 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.

Send Valued Websites your choice of a new password and we'll change it for you, or just ask us to choose one for you. The most secure passwords are jumbles of lower and uppercase letters and numbers. However, your site doesn't store information that is vulnerable to hackers, so you can probably safely go with a password that's easy to remember.

3. 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.

4. Update your information.

In the Edit Website > Other Info section at bottom left, click every link and enter your current information.

5. 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 test orders.
• 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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