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From your dashboard, go to “Create” » “Marketing PRO Pages”.

Whether you’re creating additional landing pages or just need another link in your navigation bar, the Page+Menu Editor is where you’ll do both.

To Create a New Page

1. Enter your new page’s file name. (While using spaces in your file names shouldn’t create a problem, proper formatting for web addresses should contain either dashes “-” or underscores “_” to separate words.) Click on the “Create” button.
2. Once you receive confirmation that the file has been created, scroll down the page to your “Links Editor”. Find the page name you just created and click on the “Edit” link. An editor window will load just beneath the Link Editor box.
3. NOTE:  When creating links either within your site or on external sites to these page, the page names ARE case-sensitive.  i.e. http://mydomain.com/mypage.php is not the same as http://mydomain.com/MyPage.php

There are a few key features available when creating pages for use outside your blog directory. You’ll see these feature settings above the Editor window.

1. First you have the option to completely optimize your pages for search engines, meaning you can enter a title, description and keyword list to be included in the “meta tags” of the actual web page.
2. Second, you have the option to set up this page as a “redirect” so when a visitor comes to this page they are actually taken to another page (usually on another website). This is an AWESOME way to “cloak” your affiliate links. Let’s say you’re promoting Quan$ite™ on another site, maybe within MySpace or FaceBook, or even through your email signatures. Giving out a link that looks like: http://quansite.com/jamaffiliates/id/2386 doesn’t look quite as nice as http://mydomain.com/quansite.php. To use this feature, enter the full URL of where you would like your visitors to be directed to then mark the checkbox just below.
3. Next you’ll notice a “Generate No Thanks Button“. This is a great option to utilize in conjunction with the “One Time Offer” setting (explained below). To add this to your page, click on the button to open a small features window. Within this window you’ll be able to select the image you’d like to use by entering the full URL of the image, the URL that you’d like your visitors to be passed to if they choose not to take you up on your offer, and finally the “warning message” that will appear if someone does choose the “No Thanks” option. Once you’ve entered these options, click on “Generate Button” and the code you will need will appear in the lower box. Copy all the code within that box, and go back to your main page Editor. Here you will need to enter the code by selecting the “HTML” icon (if using the visual editor) to insert the code.I recommend adding this code first and building the rest of your content around it to prevent having to search through the code to find where it should go. (You can now close the “No Thanks Button Constructor” window.)
4. *New as of March 2008* The Squeeze Page option allows you to remove all additional navigation from the page, which is turn forces your visitors to concentrate only on the content or offer you are presenting them. You can remove the entire navigation bar, the header, and/or the footer from the page.

Add Video or Audio to your Marketing PRO Page
(note: these instructions are the same with all Visual Editors and are covered within the Marketing PRO section)

Adding Images to your Marketing PRO Page
The other very important icon you should know about is the “Tree icon” which you will use to insert images.

Under the General tab, enter the complete image URL, a good keyword-rich description of your image, and a strong keyword-rich Title.

Under Appearance you can set the alignment. You’ll see a little “display” sample of what the alignment is like. If you want text to “wrap around” your image, this is where you would set that. You’ll also set the size of your image here. Keep the “Constrain proportions” checked in order to keep your image proportioned correctly.

In the Advanced tab you’ll be able to create a “mouse-over” effect if you’d like by selecting the “Alternative image” checkbox and adding the alternate image URL in the appropriate box.

Once you’ve finished creating your Marketing PRO Page, click on the “Update File” button. You will receive confirmation that the page has been updated. It may take up to 20 minutes for this page to be viewable in a browser. If you start to receive error messages on the page you just created, this is due to the fact that your page has not been sent through yet.

One last feature setting you may choose to employ when creating new Marketing PRO pages is the “One Time Offer” feature. The OTO feature can be added to any Marketing Pro page just selecting the “Make OTO” checkbox within the “Links Editor”.

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From your Dashboard, go to “Site Design Center” » “Site Includes Editor.”

The Site Includes Editor adds a whole new dimension to customizing your Quan$ite™ site.

You’ll notice a list of links that describe parts of our blog pages, such as “Sidebar Box” or “Archives and Categories Top”. Custom content can be included in any one of these sections to add a truly unique look and feel.

Includes
The Includes area pertains to very specific areas of your site.

• Sidebar Box: This area is considered the “Visual Hotspot”.  Whether you have a 2 or 3 column layout, a left or right-hand sidebar, this area will appear on the very top of the first sidebar.  If you have 3 columns with 2 sidebars on the right, the sidebar box will appear at the top of the left-hand sidebar.  If you only have a 2-column layout with a right-hand sidebar, the sidebar box will appear at the top of the right side bar.
• Sidebar Ads: Appear just below the Sidebar Box.
• The other sections within the first portion of includes all represent different “Page Views”, whether it’s the home page of your blog, a single post page, an archive page, etc.

The other sections within the Site Includes Editors are fairly self-explanatory.  If you’d like to include content in the header section, you can use either of those 3 options.

It is important to note that in terms of the Sidebar section, these includes are all connected to the Widgets displayed on your site.  Therefore, if you do not have the “Meta Widget” in your sidebar, any content you add to the “After Meta Data” include will not show up.

From your Dashboard, go to “System Options” » “Users” » “Your Profile.”

This is the first step will be personalizing your Quan$ite™ Hub Site.

You’ll enter your email address, your name, and change your password if you’d like.

1. You can change set your preference as to whether you use the Visual Editor, Click & Drag Editor or the Code Editor in the “Create” section to write blog posts or pages.
2. Add your name.
3. Edit your preferred email address
4. Add your website address. If your Quan$ite site is a “secondary” domain for you, adding your main domain here would be appropriate.
5. Change your dashboard password if you want to.
6. Once the initial settings have been saved, you can determine the name that will be used as the “Author” for blog posts and pages. You must select “Update Profile” BEFORE setting this option and again once this option is set.

From your dashboard, go to “Manage” » “File Manager”

Your File Manager is where you’ll be able to upload images, videos, audios, PDFs for downloads, or anything else you may want to share with your visitors. This is a core function of the Quan$ite™ system. You can upload files up to 100MB in size!

The File Manager has a very user-friendly interface. You can manage your files by creating folders to keep them organized, review files through the “preview” interface so you don’t accidentally delete a file you wanted to keep.

Using the File Manager

When you first reach the File Manager, you’ll see on the left side a list of the folders and files currently in place, a File Information section on the right, and the functions to create new folders and upload files at the bottom.

You can navigate your folders by clicking on the Folder Icon. If no magnifying glass is on the folder, that just means there is no content within that folder. To go back to the main directory of your File Manager, click on the “Folder-Arrow” Icon at the top of your file list.

Creating & organizing folders

Before we move on to creating new folders and uploading files, it’s important to remember that naming your files and folders is just as important as uploading the files themselves. You should use keyword rich file name, and replace all spaces with either dashed “-” or underscores “_”.

To create a new folder, scroll to the bottom of the File Manager and use the text box with “New Folder” entered in it, replace “New Folder” with the name of the folder you’d like to create and click the “Create” button. The new folder will appear in your File Manager list.

Uploading files

To upload a file, scroll to the bottom of the File Manager. Click on the “Browse” button to locate the file on your computer’s hard drive, click on “Save” then click “Upload”. This may take a few moments, so please be patient. You’ll notice a red-swirl moving within the window to let you know that the upload is in process.

Once your upload is complete, click the refresh button in your Browser’s Menu to allow the File Manager to read the data of your file. Now you can check the box next to the file name and view the file information on the right-hand side.

In the File Information box you’ll see the file name, the file URL, the created and modified dates, and a small preview of the file. The File URL is the address you’ll need in order to add your files to various sections of your Quan$ite system. The general format of your file URL is as follows: http://YOURDOMAIN.com/blog/uploaded/yourFolder/yourImage.jpg

Moving Files Within File Manager

If you’ve uploaded a file and it isn’t exactly where you want it within your folder system, you can move the file(s) by checking the box next to the file name(s), then click on Cut in the File Manager Menu.

Open the folder you’d like the file(s) to go into by clicking on the “Folder Icon” next to the folder name, then click on Paste. You’ll receive a confirmation request that you would like to move your files, click “OK”. Your files will be moved to the proper directory.

*Please note that while the File Manager has been set to accept large files, various browsers or internet service providers may create a “time out” if the file is too large.*

From your dashboard, go to “Design Center”

What is the Quan$ite™ Design Center

The Quan$ite™ software has a built in design center that allows you to quickly and easily control all the visual aspects of your site layout and design.

The Quan$ite™ system is unique in that all areas of your site are customizable without having to mess with uploads, FTP processes or code dealing with any aspects of your Hub Site’s skin. This eliminates the worry about breaking your site by missing one tiny character of code AND the hours of wasted time trying to fix that mistake!

Once you reach the design center, you’ll notice that there is only one Theme* available… the “Dynamic Theme”.

(*Note: If you are a  “Founding 500″ beta member, you may still have old skins in this area. If you are still using an old skin, we strongly suggest you immediately switch to the “Dynamic Theme” to take advantage of the newly coded  stable skin options. As of  February 15th 2008 only the Dynamic  Skins will be updated  and upgraded.)

“Design Center” » “Site Skins”

What is the difference between a “Theme” and a “Skin”? In the case of Quan$ite™, the theme is the actual “structure” of your website, whereas the “Skin” creates the look of your website.

Once you confirm that you have the “Dynamic Theme” selected, you can go to the “Site Skins” area to select the main look of your site. Many of the skins provided are simple in design to allow more flexibility so members can further customize the look of their site by creating Custom Headers.

“Design Center” » “Site Layout”

The Site Layout section is actually in 2 parts. The first part is your “Widgets” section and the second part is your “Layout” section.

Layout – Changing the columns

While the Widgets are the first to be displayed, the order and layout of your widgets may change if you change your column settings. So we start with the “Layouts” tab to determine the best layout for our site.

There are 5 layouts to choose from, with either 2 or 3 columns. Select the layout that will be best for you by clicking on one of the smaller “diagrams” in the top box. The lower box will display a sample of the layout you’ve chosen. Once you decide on the layout, scroll to the bottom and click on “Save Changes”.

Moving the Widgets

What exactly is a widget? The Widgets within Quan$ite™ reflect the various components available to display in your blog sidebars. These do not affect your landing page (home page) or any of the pages you’ve created in Marketing Pro.

When you go back to the Widgets tab, the sample site will reflect the layout changes you may have made. Various widgets will be lined up in the sidebars or in the top box (aka “the Widget Bin”). The widgets in this top bin are not displayed on your site, but are available for placement if you want to use them.

Each of the widget “names” or “headers” can be changed by clicking on the small white box next to the widget name and entering a new name within the window that opens. These name changes will take the place of the default headings. This is true for all but the “Links” widget. (We’ll go through each widget in just a second).

To move the widgets in an order that you’d prefer, use your mouse to click-and-drag the widget to where you’d like it to sit. If you’d prefer not to show a particular widget, click-and-drag that widget to the Widget Bin at the top and it will be removed from your site.

1. Search Widget – This is the widget that contains your site’s search form.  Good to have towards the top of your sidebar for the convenience of your visitors.
2. Categories Widget – This will display a list of all the categories within your site that have articles assigned to them.
3. Pages Widget – When you “Create” » “Blog Pages” they are listed here.
4. RSS 1 – These are your RSS Subscription icons.  You can determine which icons appear in this list under “Options” » “Subscription Icons”.
5. Archives Widget - This widget will display a list of Months and Years (i.e. March 2007).  When your visitors click on these links, they will be taken to a page that displays all the articles written in that month.
6. Links Widget – This is in fact your Blogroll.  You can manage everything within your “Links Widget” under the main menu “Blogroll”.
7. Tags Cloud Widget – The tag cloud widget will display a “weighted measure” of the tags used within your site.  Weights are determined by the popularity of the tags.  the more popular a certain tag, the larger the font will appear.  When you first start posting all tags are HUGE.  You can change the settings for these tags under “Options” » “Tags”.
8. Recent Posts Widget – This lists the most recent posts added to your site.
9. Meta Widget – This widget contains  information such as  a “WordPress” link and a link to your Dashboard Log in page.  We recommend you leave this widget off your site.

“Design Center” » “CSS Editor”

If you don’t know what CSS is – don’t touch this area.

The CSS Editor gives you the greatest flexibility in customizing your site.  While you do need to know CSS to customize this yourself, for a CSS Designer this would be a fairly simple project to completely customize the look and feel of your site. We provide CSS customization services and completely customized site designs for Quan$ite members. If you are interested in this custom service, please submit a request for a consult via the Quan$ite support desk.

If you are feeling like you’d like to try your own hand at some basic CSS modifications, we’ve provided some tips for simple modifications to your CSS stylesheet in this Basics of CSS Guide.

Of course, if you decide you want to try your hand at customizing your CSS and something should happen, we’ve provided a handy “Restore Default CSS” button at the bottom of the page to keep you out of trouble.

If you try to modify your CSS and your site breaks, repair is not covered as part of your membership. But, all you need to do is click the “Default” CSS file radio button and “save settings” and your site will revert back to the default CSS settings.

From your dashboard, go to From your Dashboard, go to “System Options” » “Marketing Settings” » “SEO Title Tag”

In this section you can optimize your site even further by specifying a new “Title Tag” for your blog’s home page, and deciding whether or how your Site Name should be included in Title Tags throughout your site.

These options are already pre-set for optimal performance in the Quan$ite™ system

From your dashboard, go to From your Dashboard, go to “System Options” » “Your Site Settings” » “Privacy”

The only options on this page have to do with the visibility of your site. You can either allow all visitors, human and “spider” alike, or block the “spiders” from crawling your site.

If you are Blogging for Business, you don’t want to block the search engines from entering your site.

From your dashboard, go to “System Options” » “Blogging Settings” »”Reading”.

In this area, you will create options on how your visitors will view your site.

Front Page: The default setting is to show a list of your most recent posts.  There may be times when you’d prefer a single page or post be your main Blog Page.   You can select that page here.

Blog Pages: How many articles should be listed on a single page?  We recommend you don’t change this setting.

Syndication Feeds: How many recent posts should be shown in RSS Directories and other Feed Syndications?  Should they show the full article or just a portion of the article?  We recommend using the “Full Text” option and ALWAYS including an “author tag” within each post to protect your content.

The other settings should NOT be changed.

From your dashboard, go to “System Options” » “Blogging Options” » “Writing”.

In this area you will be setting up your various “writing” options.

In the first section you’ll decide:

1. The size of your “post box” (the box where you actually write your posts and blog pages)
2. Formatting options, converting emoticons and correcting invalidly nested coding
3. Your default “category” for your post articles
4. Your default “category” for links

All these options can remain as they are.

Post via Email:

On occasion you may be on the road or at a conference and while you have a quick second, you want to post something on your site.  The email option will allow you to do that.  You’ll need all the server information to input, and a “private” email address to use just for posting.

Update Services:

This area contains all the RSS Directories that the service will automatically notify whenever you hit the “publish” button.  (These are unlike the Social Bookmarking sites as you don’t need an account).

The list is already populated for you, but should you happen to delete it, you can just copy this list and paste it into that area:

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://www.a2b.cc
http://api.feedster.com
http://api.my.yahoo.com
http://bblog.com/ping.php
http://www.bitacoles.net
http://blogbot.dk
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
http://blogmatcher.com
http://www.blogpeople.net
http://www.blogroots.com
http://www.blogshares.com
http://www.blogsnow.com
http://blog.goo.ne.jp
http://bulkfeeds.net
http://coreblog.org
http://www.lasermemory.com
http://mod-pubsub.org
http://www.mod-pubsub.org
http://www.newsisfree.com
http://ping.bloggers.jp
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com
http://ping.rootblog.com
http://ping.weblogs.se
http://www.popdex.com
http://rcs.datashed.net
http://rpc.weblogs.com
http://www.snipsnap.org
http://www.topicexchange.com
http://www.weblogues.com
xping.pubsub.com
xmlrpc.blogg.de
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

From your dashboard, “System Options” » “Your Site Settings” » “General Options”

This is where you’ll set your site’s profile.

Blog Title: Enter a keyword-rich site name. (This can be different than the actual site domain).

Tagline: Enter a keyword rich tag-line that will appeal to your Tribe.

Both the “Title” and “Tagline” are used in various directories and external websites, so having these be keyword relevant is extremely important to your success.

WordPress and Blog address (URL): This is automatically set for you as: http://yourdomain.com/blog. Do NOT change this setting as it will throw off your entire site. Themes will not work, articles will not be shown, AND you will not be able to log back into your dashboard.

E-mail Address: Enter the email for the website contact person.

Membership: You have the option of allowing people to “register” on your website, and require them to be registered prior to posting.  These settings are completely optional. If this is something you’d like to enforce, check the boxes, otherwise leave them blank. Just a note on this… by requiring registration to your site prior to posting anything, you may be turning off many visitors that would otherwise participate. Also, by checking on “Anyone can register”, you may notice random users showing up into your User list with no idea who they are.

UTC Time is: Here you will set your time zone to reflect where you are in the world.

The remaining settings are time and date display.  These are already set for you.