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bryanag135

Apr 19 2004, 08:01 PM

Is there a way to change the company info header to read, say "Company Services" or "Customer Services" rahter than Company? I am utilizing that as my customer services page and would really hate to have to redo the page and all of my links to it.

Thanks!

Theredzone

Apr 19 2004, 08:12 PM

Go to Site HTML >> Top of Page Editor... look at the source and find where it says Customer Info and change that to Customer whatever you want. I hope this is what you are asking.

bryanag135

Apr 19 2004, 08:31 PM

OH YEAH! I forgot I could do that. Thanks!

TNTGram

Apr 21 2004, 09:09 PM

Thanks, Theredzone,

I have done as you suggested to bryanag135 and changed "Company" to read "About Us" in my Top of Page Editor.

Now I'd like to take it a step further for more consistency and have that same title (About Us) appear in the url. When I browse websites I tend to look at the URL or status bar when clicking on a link & would think there are some customers who do the same.

Is that even possible with MC? If so, what would be the simplest way to achieve this? I know I could make a custom page with the title I want and make a link to it in the Top of Page Editor, but then it will read "/xxxxxid1" or something, won't it?

Is there any other way to make it read "website.com/aboutus"?

Thanks much

Jean wannabe Montana

bryanag135

Apr 21 2004, 09:16 PM

Jean,

You could create an html page and name it about us. That's all I can think of. Anyone else?

TNTGram

Apr 21 2004, 09:42 PM

Thanks, Bryanag135, but (don't you hate "buts"

) I have set up some other custom pages but their URLs looks like this:

"www.xxxxxxxxx.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=1"

The name/title of the page doesn't show in the URL.

Any other ideas? Or maybe it can't be done?

Jean

Wizard

Apr 21 2004, 09:52 PM

QUOTE (TNTGram @ Apr 21 2004, 10:42 PM)

Thanks, Bryanag135, but (don't you hate "buts"

The only way to be able to define your own title is to create an HTML page in your favorite program (Dreamweaver etc) and to define the title with the title tags.

You would then upload the HTML file to the root directory of your File Manager.

The next step would to link to that page by using http://www.yourstorename.com/filenameyouused.html

You can not define title tags in the custom HTML editor in the admin panel or on any page of the actual site since they use ASP.

This is what Bryanag135 meant when it was said to create an HTML page.

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TNTGram

Apr 21 2004, 10:05 PM

Oh, that made the lights go on! Thanks Wizard and Bryanag135.

I told you I was feeling dumb. Guess I don't know the lingo very well yet. So custom pages are not the same as html. Darn, those custom pages were so easy too. Guess that means I have to get busy and learn that Dreamweaver--I got the 30 day trial but was hoping I wouldn't need it. Guess that'll be a few more late nights for me. Put on the coffee pot! At least the phone doesn't ring then so I should be undisturbed.

So much to do--so little time--but it's all so exciting learning all this new stuff!

Thanks much Jean

Wizard

Apr 21 2004, 10:23 PM

QUOTE (TNTGram @ Apr 21 2004, 11:05 PM)

So custom pages are not the same as html. Darn, those custom pages were so easy too. Guess that means I have to get busy and learn that Dreamweaver--I got the 30 day trial but was hoping I wouldn't need it. Guess that'll be a few more late nights for me.

The pages you are creating in the Html Custom Editor are still actually ASP pages.

Now lets talk about an easy way for you to make this happen.

If you have already created a page using the HTML Custom Editor then you have taken a big step and we can get you past Dreamweaver. If you wish to have the page hold the same look as your regular site (Header, Side Navs and Footer) then follow the steps below. [No late nights on this one]

-- Load up the page on your screen that you created with the custom page editor.

-- Right Click your mouse and select view source.

-- Under the <head> tag add your <title> tags

-- Click on File >> Save As and choose a name for the file (aboutus, contact etc)

-- Upload that file to the main directory of your file manager in your admin panel

-- Make sure the extention for that file is htm or html if not change it and click rename to make it recognize it as an html file

-- Link to that file somewhere on your site by adding <a href="http://www.sitename.com/filename.html>Link Text</a>

Now let me point out that on a straight HTML page the right side shopping cart will not be active. Although if someone adds something to their cart and then goes to your information page and then back to an ASP page the item will still be there... it just will not show on the HTML page.

My suggestion to another merchant I was helping out was to put the words "informational page -- cart not displayed" under the cart heading.

I hope I explained how to do this ok. If you need more help feel free to ask or PM me and if you need help on how to do the last part with the cart let me know.

PS Save the dreamweaver trial for some other time

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TNTGram

Apr 21 2004, 10:35 PM

Thanks, no wonder you're a wizard. I'll give this a go and let you know if I run into problems. Thanks so much for your time and advice.

Hope some day I can help someone else out down the road. It's so nice to have someone to ask and get help from so easily as it is on these forums. I've set aside an hour or two each morning to read the forums from the beginning and have learned a lot.

Thanks again, Jean

bryanag135

Apr 22 2004, 11:58 AM

QUOTE (TNTGram @ Apr 21 2004, 10:05 PM)

Jean,

Don't feel dumb at all. I've only been here a few months and have learned so much. I am happy that I was helpful. Usually I don't know the answers...lol. I don't have Dreamweaver or anything. I downloaded a free html editor. I'm on a tight budget and it does what I need it to do for now. I created the "backdrop" portion of my page by clicking on view source while on one of my pages, copied the html and pasted it in to the editor. I merely deleted what I didn't want and then saved it as a template. When I have to create a new page I create the pages in MC custom pages and then paste it into my free html editor.

TNTGram

Apr 26 2004, 09:46 AM

I think I understand now and have set up a couple custom pages -- it works great! Thanks for all the help. Right now I'm just scattering myself between working on images, products, custom pages, logo etc. I know I should finish one thing and move to the next but somehow, with so much to learn & work on, I get easily distracted.

Then there's also non-web related business to take care of too. Since that brings in the $$$, it takes priority.

I'll let you all know when I get a site up to preview and get feedback on.

Thanks again, Jean

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