Webmaster FAQ

To change the order of your pages, you'll need to head to the Pages > Page manager menu. You'll find a list of the categories you've created. Click on a category to see the pages it contains - to move a page from one category to another, or to change the order, slide it with your mouse pointer, then click to "Save" your changes.

You can stick a logo to a page title (on the right) to mark it as "new". Add it to any page from the "More options" field at the bottom of the page manager in your member zone. You can select the date you'd like the logo to stop displaying. If you have a different logo or icon you'd like to use instead, upload another one by selecting "edit "new" image" (must be less than 40 x 40 pixels).

You can set your text size for your whole website from the Configuration > Personalize design menu, or for each page (or part of the page) by using the buttons on the page editor toolbar (ensure you've enabled the full toolbar first from the Account > Options menu).

To add an e-mail link, first select the text to link to with the page editor, then use the "Insert/edit link" button to add a link. Instead of adding a link to a page (like http:// ...), add a link as follows:

mailto:emailaddress@isp.com

For more information, see the tutorials.

To make a table, open the page with the visual editor and place the cursor where you'd like the table added. Click the "Table" button of the toolbar (it looks like a grid), and use the table editor that appears to adjust the settings of the table (number of rows and columns, border settings). You can change your table settings at any time later by opening it again with the table editor.

For more information on getting the most out of PayPal pages, see our tutorials.

Hidden pages are simply pages that are not listed in your website menus. They exist, and can therefore be visited or displayed, however you need to manually provide the link to the page to visitors.

Pages are used to display content, such as text, images, videos etc. Categories are used to sort pages by theme, in the same way that folders are used to sort files on your computer. Regrouping pages into categories is a way to help visitors to your website navigate through your content more easily.

You can disable the comments features from the Pages > Comments > Options menu.

Image files don't disappear by themselves. Either the link to the image has been removed from the page, or the image has been deleted from your file storage space. Once you remove a file from your storage area, links to it from your pages (such as photos on a page) will no longer work. If the file was stored on an external server, it has probably been deleted or is otherwise inaccessible - check with the hosting provider to find out why.

You can delete page comments from the Pages > Comments menu. Please note that comments cannot be edited, only deleted.

Head to the Pages > Page manager, where you'll find a list of your pages by category.

Pass your mouse over the page you'd like to delete, and select "Delete", then confirm your choice.

Remember: once you've deleted a page, you cannot retrieve it, so make sure you're certain before deleting it (and its text).

Most people have a word processor of some sort, and it can be tempting to use it to construct your pages, then copy over the page layout to your doomby website. Unfortunately, the invisible code that is added to text and images (the code that determines the page layout) present in word processors is incompatible with web browsers. In short, you cannot directly copy over content from a word processor to your doomby website. If you do, your pages risk being deformed, or not displaying at all.

If you need to copy content from a word processor, first you'll have to convert it to plain text (thus removing all page formatting). To do this, either save the document as a ".txt" or use a simple text editor and paste your formatted content into a new plain text document. Once you've done this, your content will be 'cleaned' of any formatting code, and you can the paste it directly onto your doomby page using the visual page editor.

There's also a simpler way to paste your pre-formatted content - just select the "Paste as plain text" button of your toolbar and paste your content in the pop-up window. This will clean all the formatting code from the text.

All you need do now is reapply your page formatting, and add your images before saving your page.

The more often you make changes to a make (adding and removing text or other elements), the greater the risk that small fragments of the formatting code get left behind, or wind up in the wrong place. Sometimes, this can cause your page formatting to go awry. If this happens, the best thing to do is to remove all the formatting from the page then reapply it.

To remove your formatting, select all your text (or just the part that's not displaying correctly), then click the "Remove formatting" toolbar button. This will remove all the HTML page formatting code from the selected text. You can then reapply your formatting.

Head to the "Hidden pages" tab in the Pages >Page manager menu. You'll find a list of all your hidden pages, listed by category.

To insert a link using the visual editor, first type then select the text to which you want to attach the link. With the text selected (highlighted), click the "Insert/edit link" button from the toolbar.

In the pop-up window, you'll need to provide the URL for the link, including "http://" (if you don't, the link won't work). Then save your changes.

To link to a hidden page, you'll need to obtain its URL. First head to the Page manager menu, then select the "Hidden pages" tab.

You'll see a list of your hidden pages - click the text "Link to this page" (beside the title of the page to which you want to link). The URL of the page will be displayed - select and copy it, then paste it in the page editor wherever you need to create your link.

You can only do so if you are a doombyPLUS subscriber, by navigating to the page options, available from the Pages > Options menu.

Anchors are invisible markers on a page, used to navigate from one point on a page to another by clicking a link (for example, "Top of Page"). See the tutorials for more on anchors.

You can manage categories from the Pages > Categories menu.

You can add page categories (created via the Pages > Categories menu) directly to your side menu from the Configuration > Side menus menu.

You can't comment directly on a category, only on a page with content. Though categories are displayed in a browser, their purpose is to organize pages, not to display content.

Once you've created a category from the Pages > Categories menu, you can add a link to it in your top or bottom menu from the Configuration > Top/bottom menus menu.

First, ensure the image:
- has a valid file extension: .jpg, .png ou .gif
- is saved as 72 DPI, in RGB
- is less than 2MB in size
- has a short name, containing no spaces, accents or special characters.
If the image conforms to these conditions and is still not loading correctly, try loading a different image.

You can either increase the size of the page from the Configuration > Personalize design menu, or reduce the size of the image.

There are scripts that you can add to your website's editable zones (accessible via the Configuration > Editable zones menu) to disable the use of RIGHT-CLICK on your website. However, this will not prevent people from copying your images if they are determined to do so (by downloading it via the source code, or simply taking a screenshot of your page).

A favicon is a small image file displayed next to your website address in a browser address bar. For information on how to add one, consult our tutorials.

It's very easy to add a link to an image by first selecting it, then clicking the "Insert/edit link" button of the page editor toolbar and providing the URL of the page to link to.

To add a file for download, first upload it to your website file store (Site > Image and file storage menu) or while creating or editing a page. Files must be no larger that 8MB each, and have one of the following extensions:

• productivity: *.doc ; *.docx ; *.xls ; *.xlsx ; *.odt ; *.pdf ; *.txt ; *.rtf ; *.pps ; *.ppt ;


• audio: *.mp3 ;


• image: *.jpg ; *.jpeg ; *.png ; *.gif ; *.tif ; *.bmp ;


• video: *.mpeg ; *.mpg ; *.mp4 ; *.mov ; *.avi ; *.flv ; *.wmv;


• Flash: *.swf ;


• compressed: *.zip ; *.rar ; *.ace ; *.tar ; *.gz ;


• web/other: *.xml ; *.css ; *.csv ; *.html ; *.htm ; *.rss ; *.js ;


• programs: *.exe ;

You'll find a dedicated video button on the page editor toolbar enabling you to integrate videos from DailyMotion.com or Youtube.com directly into your pages. Once your video is uploaded to one of these services, all you need provide is the address of the link and details as to how you'd like it displayed.

You can also store videos directly in your online file storage space, however they can be no larger than 8MB in size. Accepted formats are mpeg, mov, and flv (Flash), and can be added using the "add file" toolbar button.

You can add audio files up to 8MB in size to your file storage space by using the "add file" button of the page editor toolbar. Accepted file types are .mp3, .wav, .midi, and .mid. When inserting the file into the page contents, you'll need to select whether you'd like it added with a player or as a downloadable link.

Background music is not currently supported by doomby.com. You can, however, add music to a page via a player by clicking the "add file" button of your website toolbar.

You can access your file storage space from the Site > Image and file storage.

Accepted file types are:

• productivity: *.doc ; *.docx ; *.xls ; *.xlsx ; *.odt ; *.pdf ; *.txt ; *.rtf ; *.pps ; *.ppt ;


• audio: *.mp3 ;


• image: *.jpg ; *.jpeg ; *.png ; *.gif ; *.tif ; *.bmp ;


• video: *.mpeg ; *.mpg ; *.mp4 ; *.mov ; *.avi ; *.flv ; *.wmv;


• Flash: *.swf ;


• compressed: *.zip ; *.rar ; *.ace ; *.tar ; *.gz ;


• web/other: *.xml ; *.css ; *.csv ; *.html ; *.htm ; *.rss ; *.js ;


• programs: *.exe ;

You can add an mp3 file and player to any page by clicking the "add file" button of the page editor toolbar. Once you've uploaded and selected the file, choose whether to include it as a link or in a player.

Use of Deezer's services requires an account (created directly on the Deezer.com website). Once registered, you can export a player (and associated playlist) from Deezer and incorporate it directly into you website. See Deezer or our tutorials for further information.

For further assistance on adding videos from YouTube or Dalymotion to your website, consult the rest of the FAQs in this section or our tutorials.

It's easy to add code to a page (for example, Javascript code to display a banner on your page).

Simply open the HTML editor and paste the code in the appropriate section of your page, then save your changes.

doomby websites have a number of auto-added META tags, such as:

- the website description, and
- the keywords characterizing the site.

You can add other tags if you need to, for example to better optimize your website for search engines. To add additional META tags, navigate to the Configuration > Editable zones menu.

You can also add additional content, such as javascript code, in this section. If you do, try to place your meta tags first, then your code.

Remember - if you don't correctly place or close your tags, or add header tags ( ) in this zone, your website may no longer display correctly, or at all.

HTML is the basic 'code' used to create webpages and format their content. If you'd prefer, you can create or edit your doomby webpages using a HTML editor.

To create a new page using the HTML editor, navigate to Pages > New page and select the "HTML editor" tab.

You can now enter the HTML code directly onto your new page, or you can use the links to add some of the common HTML formatting tags automatically.

You can find out more about HTML online: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML

There's probably something wrong with the HTML page code. If the problem is present throughout your website, check the editable HTML zones first (at the top and bottom of your website, and at the bottom of your side menu(s)). Make sure that all opened HTML tags are closed.

If the problem only concerns one page (or a few pages), check the HTML code of the page(s) and check that all open tags are closed. Sometimes it only takes one unclosed tag (like <div> ) to completely ruin the page layout of your whole website.

If you are using an older web browser, such as Internet Explorer 6, update to a later version or a different browser and see if the problem is related to the browser.