We’re currently applying a patch that addresses a few things. Please see the technical outline below for more details on this patch and other recent patches since the last update:
3.3.4.3 – Fix Division by Zero Tags error on some blog posts
3.3.4.7 – NMP – Video – increase video buffer to 5 seconds
3.3.4.8 – Fix skin issues for home page and external pages
3.3.4.9 – New Help Angel Version
We’re currently applying to the system a patch that addresses a few minor bugs in the system. See the technical overview below to see which bugs are being addressed in this patch:
3.3.1.8
3.3.1.5 -Fixing Internet Explorer skin / cosmetic bug that affected certain themes in the “blog page” area if the “comments” were turned off for that blog page, sidebar got displaced.
3.3.1.6 -Fixing Blog Author name not showing up in site skins. Now the author name will show up for posts.
3.3.1.7 -Fix Click & Drag module bug where wysiwyg font drop down menus were not selectable.
3.3.1.8 -Fix Click & Drag module bug where a number showed in stead of author name for the “latest” posts content blocks.
From your dashboard, go to “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.)
What is the difference between a “Theme” and a “Skin”? In the case of Quan$ite™, the theme is the actual “structure” of your website, whereas the “Skin” creates the look of your website.
Once you confirm that you have the “Dynamic Theme” selected, you can go to the “Site Skins” area to select the main look of your site. Many of the skins provided are simple in design to allow more flexibility so members can further customize the look of their site by creating Custom Headers.
The Site Layout section is actually in 2 parts. The first part is your “Widgets” section and the second part is your “Layout” section.
Layout – Changing the columns
While the Widgets are the first to be displayed, the order and layout of your widgets may change if you change your column settings. So we start with the “Layouts” tab to determine the best layout for our site.
There are 5 layouts to choose from, with either 2 or 3 columns. Select the layout that will be best for you by clicking on one of the smaller “diagrams” in the top box. The lower box will display a sample of the layout you’ve chosen. Once you decide on the layout, scroll to the bottom and click on “Save Changes”.
Moving the Widgets
What exactly is a widget? The Widgets within Quan$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.
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.
