Friday, February 8, 2008

Uploading Images before Creating your Webpages

We recommend that you upload your images into your File Manager before you start to create your webpages. This is easy using the Upload option in the Home Control Panel or in the File Manager.

Many modern digital cameras take photos at huge resolutions and with huge filesizes that would not be suitable for display on a webpage. Using this upload you will need to resize your photos prior to uploading them (We are hoping to release a new Java uploader very shortly that will compress photos upon upload). Please see this guide for more information.

You can upload up to 6 files at a time from the Upload window. Click on the Browse button and find the file on your computer from the window that appears. You can then enter your descriptive tags (separated by a comma, for example "australia,koala,sydney") next to the browse box for that file. Repeat for all of the files you wish to Upload, and then click on the Upload button. The files will then appear in your File Manager. Bear in mind that you may have a few minutes to wait if your files are large.

Registering Your Website For Google Webtools

If you are wanting to drive traffic to your website, Google's Webmaster Tools can be of huge benefit in analysing your performance on the Google search engine. The Webmaster Tools will show you how Google sees your website, and will alert you to any problems Google have with indexing your site into their search engine. In addition, you can get statistics on the searches from Google and how they attract visitors to your site.

Go to the Google Webmaster Tools home page, and enter your Google Account log-in details (you can sign up for a Google Account if you don't already have one). When you have logged in, enter the web address of your website into the box (for example, mysite.350.com) and click Add Site. You will then be able to see the statistics and information on how Google works with your website by clicking on the Diagnostics and Statistics buttons. These tools can assist you to tailor your website in the best possible way to be indexed in Google's search engines, thus improving the level of traffic you receive to your website.