ReadyPhotoSite CMS installation process is easy and quick. Make sure to follow our video and written instructions, and you'll have your website up and running in just a few minutes.
 
To install your website, go to the "Install" folder you downloaded. There you will find the folders and files needed to install the website.
First thing we are going to do is copy the content of the "Install" folder to our web server. Minimize the "Install" folder window for a while, and go to the Start menu on your computer, and choose Programs -> FileZilla FTP Client -> FileZilla. The FileZilla window will open up. To establish connection with the server, use your FTP host name, user name and password. FTP port is usually 21.
 
Now open your "Install" folder in the directory. Select all the documents and files in the folder, right-click the mouse and choose "Upload" option. The files will start uploading to the server. When the download is complete, you can go online and see how your website looks like there. Open your browser, type in the address of your website in the address bar and click "Enter." You site will appear in the browser window. You can try clicking the menu items, however the website is empty. Before starting adding the content to your website, you have to complete the installation. For this, let's get back to our FTP client.
 
If you closed your FTP Client window, go to Start -> Programs -> FileZilla FTP Client -> FileZilla. In the opened FileZilla window open the "Install" folder, find the index.html file, right-click the mouse on it and choose "File permissions" In the opened dialog box, type in 777 and click OK. Go back to the "Install" folder in the file directory and find "xml" folder, right-click the mouse on it and choose "File permissions". In the opened dialog box, check "Recurse into subdirectories" and change the numeric value to 777. Then click OK. Once again "Install" folder in the file directory and find folder named "Files" and follow the same instructions as with "xml" folder. Finally, go to the "Admin" folder in the file directory, choose the "Data" folder there and follow the same instructions. The installation of your website is complete.
 
Open your browser and type in yoursiteaddress/admin in the address bar. In the opened registration dialog box type in your password and email. Each time you log into the admin panel, you will be asked to provide a password, so make sure you write it down or remember. In case you forget the password, it'll be sent at the email address you provided, thus, make sure to provide the existing email address. Once you provide all the necessary information, click "Save changes", and you'll be logged into the admin panel. Now you can add your content to the website! "Page wizard" and "Settings wizard" options will help you in. Enjoy!

Probably the first things you would like to change on the website are website name, slogan and copyright. Adding your logo and corporate colors (if you already have ones) is rather essential as well. Changing the look and feel of the website is pretty easy if you are using our content management system. After logging into the admin panel, choose "Setting wizard" and open "General website settings" menu. Here you can type in your website name, slogan and copyright, set up the alignment and colors. You can upload the watermark image to protect pictures (we recommend to use PNG-files because they support transparency), set up the gallery "Autoplay" option (when the visitor opens the gallery it starts playing the pictures automatically using the delay interval specified here).
 
At the bottom of the page you can specify your PayPal email address (which will be used by the shopping cart in case you have the Ecommerce version of the website) and some information that can be useful for your customers, such as delivery or refund policy. If you would like to use a background image which will be visible on all pages of the website you can upload as described in the manual below.

In this video tutorial we'll show you how to add usual text page such as "About Me" or "Terms of Use". The number of such pages is unlimited, you can add as many as you need. But the thing you should keep in mind is that when you add a new text page the width/height of the main menu increases, and it is limited by the width/height of your screen. So you should remember that if you add too many pages they will generate more menu items than can be displayed on the screen. This way some pages can become invisible.
 
To access the text page builder you should log into the admin panel, click "Page wizard" button and choose "Text page builder" menu item. In this dialog box you should type the name of the menu item which will correspond to this page, than type the page title (you will be able to see it in the top of your browser when you open this page, this is useful for SEO), indicate the number of text blocks on the new page. Notice that you cannot create more than 3 blocks. After that you should add content to every block. "Upload image for block" allows you to add background image for every block or use the block as an image, which is really useful sometimes.
 
Once you are done with text formatting you should click "Add Page" button. If the page was created successfully you will be able to see this page in the central block under the blue "Add new page" button. It is important to click the green "Save changes" button that appears in the left part of your screen. If you do not click it the changes won't be saved. To see the changes on your website you should delete temporary files of your browser and refresh the page.

Building our CMS we've considered our customer's suggestions. It's important to illustrate your website well. Now you can manage the main background of the website as well as the background of each page. To add a background to a separate page, go to "Page wizard" and choose "Page editor". This option allows you to manage the order of the pages on the website and set up the background for every page. In case the page is under construction, you can make it invisible for visitors. Choose the page you want to edit, click "Upload background" button and pick the background for the page. After the background is uploaded, click the green "Save changes" button.

Menu managing option allows you to change names and order of the menu items, as well as the title names on your website. Log into the admin panel, then go to "Page wizard" and choose "Sections and menu editor". You will see the menu chart on the right. The menu items are arranged in horizontal bars and numbered. The number one item is the default page. To change the order of the menu items - simply drag and drop the items in the cart. For example, you want your Private Galleries page to display as your default page on the website. To do it, you drag and drop it to the top of the menu chart.
 
Now, if you want to change the menu item and/or the title names, click on the proper area of the horizontal bar and type in the name. As an example, let's change the title name of the Private Galleries. You click on the area under "Title name" field. Now that the blinking cursor has occurred, you type in the desired title name - "My customers' password protected galleries." The web page title name appears in the top-left corner of your web browser title bar. The web page title is used by Internet browsers as the text displayed in a list of sites found during a Web search or as a text for favorite or bookmarked Web sites.
 
When you are done, click "Save changes".

News option allows you to publish information about recent and important events on your website to keep your colleagues, clients, partners and friends posted about your business. To add a news item, log into the admin panel, then go to "Page wizard" and choose "News block editor." Click "New announcement" in the opened dialog box. The news form opens up on the right. Now type in the news title, short and full descriptions. You can edit the font type, size, format and color of the full description in the panel above the description field. Set up the date of the news in the date field which it to the right of the title field. When the news item is ready to be published, click "Add announcement" and "Save changes."

Events calendar option allows you to publish events and display them in the calendar on your website. To add an event, log into the admin panel, go to "Page wizard", and choose "Events calendar". Click "New event" in the opened dialog box. The event form will appear on the right. Type in the event name and the event description. You can edit the font type, size, format and color of the description in the panel below the description field. Set up the date of the even in the date field which it to the right of the name field. When the event item is ready to be published, click "Add event" and then "Save changes."

It is important to have feedback from your clients. To get feedback and testimonials use the contact form builder. With our CMS you can create the unlimited number of contact forms. It's very useful for e-commerce websites. For example, you might choose to have 3 contact forms, one of which will send the messages to the delivery department, the second one - to the sales department, and the third one - to the billing department.
 
To create a new contact form, log into the admin panel, then go to "Page wizard" and choose "Contact page editor". Below the orange button in the dialog box type in the new page title as you'd like it to display in the navigation menu, then type in the actual page title, the text block title, the text itself and the contact information (i.e. the address, telephone, working hours, etc.). Check «No contact form» if you don't need the contact form. If case you need it, don't check that box.
 
Type in the real email address in the "Forward email to" field. Choose the text and contact form alignment below. Choose the field titles in the contact form settings. The contact form consists of 4 fields by default. To add new fields choose "Custom request". We suggest naming the 4th field "Your message". When everything's done, click "Add page" button and make sure to click "Save changes" button.

Using our CMS you can easily manage the sound files. Now it takes only a few seconds to add new soundtracks! Log into the admin panel, then go to "Page wizard" and choose "MP3-tracks editor". In the opened dialog box you can add new tracks, delete old ones and change the order of the tracks.

One of our main goals is to make the process of site building as simple as possible. If you have used web templates or site builders before you should know that creating product catalog or photo gallery is one of the main challenges. It really takes lots of time and effort, and it is not always possible to reconfigure the gallery on the fly.
 
We've created unique web interface that allows building gorgeous photo galleries or product catalogs in just a few minutes. And what is more important - you can manage the website professionally without any special computer skills. In this tutorial I will show you how to use all the power of gallery management tool.
 
To create a new gallery or product catalog log into the admin panel, open "Page wizard" and choose "Photo management" menu. Then type in the gallery name and click the blue "Add gallery" button. Please, notice that the number of galleries and images is unlimited - you can add as many items as you need. Now, when you have created the gallery you can add images using orange "Upload images" button. After uploading all photos to the server you can sort them using drag-and-drop tool: simply drag the images and change their order. Click "Edit" button on the image thumbnail to disable/enable save, print, zoom, sell options and add image name and description. Notice that you won't be able to sell items that don't have names. We also recommend adding item description and keywords; this will help the visitor when he/she searches your website. This is very important for online stores.
 
Another feature is the image editing tool that allows the website owner to crop, flip, rotate or scale the images.
 
After you have finished managing the gallery, make sure you click the green "Save changes" button!

Slideshow allows you demonstrate the sets of certain photos to your visitors. This way you can create the "My Favorites" page or in case you have an online magazine, you can organize the product presentation. To create a slideshow, log into the admin panel, then go to "Page Wizard" and choose "Slideshow creator". Type in the name of the slideshow and the page title, and set up the delay interval between the slides. Then click the blue "Add slideshow" button. To upload the slides, click the orange "Upload photos" button. When you're done, make sure you click the green "Save changes" button. Remove the temporary files from the browser, open your website and go the "Slideshow" page. You might notice that some pictures play a few times - don't worry. The next picture doesn't play until it's loaded from the server. The loading might take more time than the delay interval. To avoid it - optimize your pictures. Think about the visitors with low bandwidth.

Creating a video gallery is very much alike creating a photo gallery. After logging into the admin panel go to "Page Wizard" and choose "Video Management". Type in the gallery name and click the blue "Add video gallery" button. Now you can add video files. You have to convert your video files into FLV-format. We suggest making the pictures with video screenshots beforehand or using the standard icons as we've done in this video tutorial.
 
In order to upload a new video click the orange "Upload video" button. In the opened dialog box you can add video files, title, keywords, description, and upload the picture of video preview. If you plan on selling the video file, check "for sell" box and set up the price. After clicking the "Add video" button the video file will appear on the list. Once you have uploaded all the video files, be sure to click the green "Save changes" button.