Parallels Plesk SiteBuilder 3.2 Windows User guide

SWsoft, Inc.

SWsoft SiteBuilder 3.2

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Reseller's Guide

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Contents

Preface 5

About This Guide .........................................................................................................................................5

Who Should Read This Guide......................................................................................................................5

Organization of This Guide ..........................................................................................................................6

Documentation Conventions.........................................................................................................................7

Typographical Conventions...............................................................................................................7

General Conventions.........................................................................................................................8

Feedback.......................................................................................................................................................8

About SiteBuilder 9

SiteBuilder User Roles................................................................................................................................10

Getting Started............................................................................................................................................11

Logging in to SiteBuilder................................................................................................................11

Recovering Forgotten Password......................................................................................................12

Learning SiteBuilder Administrator Panel Interface.......................................................................13

Getting Help....................................................................................................................................17

Submitting Feedback on SiteBuilder Functionality.........................................................................18

Managing Hosts 19

Adding Host................................................................................................................................................20

Editing Host Parameters .............................................................................................................................21

Removing Host...........................................................................................................................................22

Managing Plans 23

Adding Plan................................................................................................................................................24

Configuring General Settings..........................................................................................................25

Selecting Hosts................................................................................................................................27

Selecting Templates.........................................................................................................................28

Selecting Page Sets..........................................................................................................................29

Selecting Modules...........................................................................................................................30

Selecting Site Families ....................................................................................................................32

Editing Plan Parameters..............................................................................................................................33

Changing Plan Status..................................................................................................................................34

Removing Plan............................................................................................................................................34

Managing Users 35

Adding User Account.................................................................................................................................36

Editing User Account..................................................................................................................................37

Changing User Account Status...................................................................................................................37

Removing User Account.............................................................................................................................38

Managing Sites

39

Adding Site.................................................................................................................................................39

Configuring General Settings..........................................................................................................40

Contents 4

Configuring Publishing Settings......................................................................................................

41

Previewing Site...........................................................................................................................................44

Editing Site in SiteBuilder Wizard .............................................................................................................44

Publishing Site............................................................................................................................................45

Editing Site Parameters...............................................................................................................................46

Assigning Site to Your Account.................................................................................................................47

Removing Site ............................................................................................................................................47

Maintaining Published Sites 48

Managing Site Users...................................................................................................................................48

Adding Site User Account...............................................................................................................49

Editing Site User Account...............................................................................................................50

Changing Site User Account Status.................................................................................................51

Managing Site Statistics..............................................................................................................................51

Configuring Site Statistics...............................................................................................................52

Viewing Site Statistics.....................................................................................................................53

Submitting Sites to Search Engine..............................................................................................................54

Managing eShop Orders.............................................................................................................................55

Configuring Trial Sites Settings 57

Configuring Advertising Banner Message..................................................................................................58

Configuring Publish Screen Message.........................................................................................................59

Configuring Default Settings......................................................................................................................61

Inserting Elements in Message Body..........................................................................................................62

Inserting Macros..............................................................................................................................62

Inserting HTML Code.....................................................................................................................62

Inserting Hyperlinks........................................................................................................................63

Inserting E-Mail Links ....................................................................................................................64

Inserting Anchors............................................................................................................................65

Managing Site Families 66

Creating Site Family...................................................................................................................................67

Editing Site Family.....................................................................................................................................68

Removing Site Family................................................................................................................................68

Configuring SiteBuilder Settings 69

Configuring Interface Settings....................................................................................................................70

Configuring Notifications...........................................................................................................................72

Viewing SMTP Server Settings..................................................................................................................73

Configuring Your System 74

Viewing System Information......................................................................................................................75

Configuring Your Profile Settings..............................................................................................................76

Index 78

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In This Chapter

About This Guide.................................................................................................................. 5

Who Should Read This Guide...............................................................................................5

Organization of This Guide................................................................................................... 6

Documentation Conventions................................................................................................. 7

Feedback ............................................................................................................................... 8

About This Guide

SWsoft SiteBuilder 3.2 for Windows Reseller's Guide instructs you how to manage and

maintain web sites created in SiteBuilder.

Who Should Read This Guide

This guide is intended for users who manage and maintain web sites created in SiteBuilder.

C HAPTER 1

Preface

Preface 6

Organization of This Guide

SWsoft SiteBuilder 3.2 for Windows Reseller's Guide consists of the following chapters:

 Chapter 2, About SiteBuilder, describes the SiteBuilder user roles, Administrator Panel

interface elements, and the initial steps with the SiteBuilder Administrator Panel.

 Chapter 3, Managing Hosts, describes operations you can do on hosts. These operations

include: adding hosts, including them to user's Plans, and removing hosts from SiteBuilder.

 Chapter 4, Managing Plans, provides detailed information regarding Plan management

operations, such as: creating Plan, updating Plan properties, and removing Plan from user

accounts.

 Chapter 5, Managing Users, describes all operations you can do on user accounts. These

operations are divided into three types: adding and deleting user account, updating user

account, and adjusting user account.

 Chapter 6, Managing Sites, fully describes all operations you can do on users' sites created in

SiteBuilder.

 Chapter 7, Maintaining Published Sites, describes operations concerning site maintenance

and customization.

 Chapter 8, Managing Site Families, defines what a Site Family is and tells what operations

you can do on Site Families.

 Chapter 9, Configuring SiteBuilder Settings, provides information that will assist you with

configuring the basic SiteBuilder settings, such as: SiteBuilder interface settings and settings

of e-mail notifications that are sent to site owners to inform them about various SiteBuilder

events.

 Chapter 10, Configuring Your System, provides instructions on how to view your system

information and edit your profile settings.

Preface 7

Documentation Conventions

Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions

used in it.

Typographical Conventions

Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions

used in it.

The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special information.

Formatting

convention

Type of Information Example

Special Bold

Items you must select, such as

menu options, command buttons,

or items in a list.

Go to the System tab.

Titles of chapters, sections, and

subsections.

Read the Basic

Administration chapter.

Italics Used to emphasize the importance

of a point, to introduce a term or to

designate a command line

placeholder, which is to be

replaced with a real name or value.

The system supports the so

called wildcard character

search.

Monospace

The names of commands, files,

and directories.

The license file is located in

the

http://docs/common/license

s directory.

Preformatted On-screen computer output in your

command-line sessions; source

code in XML, C++, or other

programming languages.

# ls –al /files

total 14470

Preformatted

Bold

What you type, contrasted with

on-screen computer output.

# cd

/root/rpms/php

CAPITALS Names of keys on the keyboard. SHIFT, CTRL, ALT

KEY+KEY Key combinations for which the

user must press and hold down one

key and then press another.

CTRL+P, ALT+F4

Preface 8

General Conventions

 Chapters in this guide are divided into sections, which, in turn, are subdivided into

subsections. For example, Documentation Conventions is a section, and General Conventions

is a subsection.

 When following steps or using examples, be sure to type double-quotes ("), left single-

quotes (`), and right single-quotes (') exactly as shown.

Feedback

If you spot a typo in this guide, or if you have thought of a way to make this guide better, we

would love to hear from you!

If you have a suggestion for improving the documentation (or any other relevant comments), try

to be as specific as possible when formulating it. If you have found an error, please include the

chapter/section/subsection name and some of the surrounding text so that we could find it

easily.

Please submit a report by e-mail to

[email protected].

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SiteBuilder consists of two parts: the Wizard and the Administrator Panel.

Wizard is a web application enabling its users to create web sites and publish them on the

Internet.

The Administrator Panel is a tool for managing and maintaining web sites created in the Wizard.

In This Chapter

SiteBuilder User Roles.......................................................................................................... 10

Getting Started ...................................................................................................................... 11

C HAPTER 2

About SiteBuilder

About SiteBuilder 10

SiteBuilder User Roles

In SiteBuilder, different types of users have different levels of administration privileges. These

types of users are called SiteBuilder user roles.

There are four user roles in SiteBuilder:

1 Administrator manages all SiteBuilder elements.

SiteBuilder administrators can perform the following main operations:

 Add and manage hosts, that is servers used for sites publication

 Create and manage Plans, that is tariffs regulating the distribution of SiteBuilder

resources

 Create and manage resellers and site owners accounts

 Add and manage sites

 Manage components and settings of SiteBuilder

 View system and security logs

2 Reseller is a distributor of the SiteBuilder services.

SiteBuilder resellers may perform the following main operations:

 Add and manage hosts

 Create and manage Plans

 Create and manage resellers and site owners accounts

 Add and manage sites

 Configure system settings

3 Site owner is a user who has purchased the hosting service bundled with SiteBuilder. Site

owners are registered in SiteBuilder after they purchase hosting service and receive their

SiteBuilder credentials (login and password) upon this purchase. Their main tool is

SiteBuilder Wizard, which is described in SWsoft SiteBuilder 3.2 for Windows User's

Guide (you can get it here (

http://www.swsoft.com/en/products/sitebuilder/win/docs/)). Site

owners can manage their own sites only.

4 Anonymous is a potential site owner. They can create trial sites in SiteBuilder but cannot

publish them on the Internet. After anonymous users create trial sites, they are offered to

purchase hosting service to publish their sites on the Internet. Anonymous user can use

SiteBuilder Wizard only.

About SiteBuilder 11

Getting Started

This section guides you through the initial steps that should be taken to start using the full

potential of SiteBuilder.

Logging in to SiteBuilder

After you have accessed SiteBuilder for the first time, enter your user name and password each

time you launch the SiteBuilder Administrator Panel.

These credentials can be changed at any time on the My Profile screen. This procedure is

described in detail in the Configuring Your Profile Settings section, later in this guide (see page

76).

¾ To log in to SiteBuilder:

1 Enter your login in the Login field.

2 Enter your password in the Password field.

3 Select a language of SiteBuilder interface from the Interface language list.

4 If you want your credentials to be remembered by SiteBuilder, select the

Remember me check box.

5 Click Login.

Figure 1: Login to SiteBuilder

About SiteBuilder 12

Recovering Forgotten Password

¾ To recover your password:

1 Click Forgot Your Password.

2 Enter your login in the Login field.

3 Enter your e-mail address in the E-mail field.

4 Click Send.

After your e-mail address is received, the system checks if it is stored in the database and

sends your password to your e-mail address.

Figure 2: Recovering Forgotten Password

About SiteBuilder 13

Learning SiteBuilder Administrator Panel Interface

The SiteBuilder Administrator Panel interface enables you to use two ways of navigation

through the application: desktop view and standard view.

The standard view is a customary view of the control panel divided into two main areas:

navigation pane on the left and the main screen, where operations are performed, on the right.

Figure 3: SiteBuilder Administrator Panel Standard View

The desktop view displays system statistics and shortcuts to the main functionalities of the

Administrator Panel.

About SiteBuilder 14

Figure 4: SiteBuilder Administrator Panel Interface Desktop View

About SiteBuilder 15

Using Navigation Pane

The navigation pane is located on the left of the Administrator Panel window. It gives you

access to the following administrative functions:

 Users. Enables you to manage your dependent users and all data related to their accounts.

 Sites. Enables you to add and manage sites.

 My Profile. Enables you to configure your account parameters.

 Server. Enables you to view and manage various system parameters.

 Logout. Finishes the current session with the SiteBuilder Administrator Panel.

 Feedback. Enables you to submit your opinion or suggestions on SiteBuilder usability and

functionality to SWsoft team.

 Support. Enables you to submit a request to your administrator.

 Help. Provides the online version of this guide.

To navigate through the SiteBuilder Administrator Panel, you can also use a path bar: a chain of

links that appears in the upper-left part of the screen. To return to a previous screen, use the

Up level icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.

To find items in lengthy lists, use search boxes located above every list of items: type a search

criterion into the input box, and click Search. A list will show the items matching the search

criterion. To return back to viewing all items, click Show All.

To sort a list by a certain parameter in ascending or descending order, click the parameter's title

in the column heading. The order of sorting will be indicated by a small triangle displayed next

to the parameter's title.

Below the Help icon, there is a context help tip area. It provides a brief description of the current

screen or available operations. When you place the mouse pointer over a system element or

status icon, it displays additional information.

About SiteBuilder 16

Using Desktop Interface

When you go to the Desktop screen for the first time, in its upper part you can see the additional

section containing the following options:

 Short tips describing basic management options of the SiteBuilder Administrator Panel and

shortcuts to these options.

5 Shortcut to the SiteBuilder Wizard that enables users to create and edit sites. More detailed

information about SiteBuilder Wizard is contained in the SWsoft SiteBuilder 3.2 for

Windows User's Guide (available here

(

http://www.swsoft.com/en/products/sitebuilder/win/docs/)).

If you do not want these options displayed ever again, click Close. When you log in to

SiteBuilder for Windows next time, this section will not be displayed.

Figure 5: Desktop Welcome Section

The other two sections of the Desktop are:

 Tasks. This section shows shortcuts to the operations that you can perform through the

Administrator Panel.

 Statistics. This section displays the following statistic data about the system:

 Users. The number of created users and total number of users that can be created

according to your Plan.

 Sites. The number of created sites and the total number of sites permitted for creation by

your Plan.

 Hosts. The number of created hosts and the total number of hosts permitted for creation

by your Plan.

About SiteBuilder 17

Figure 6: Desktop Interface, Tasks and Statistics Sections

Getting Help

The SiteBuilder help system has been created to assist you in solving problems you might

encounter when creating your site. To find the information you need, you can do the following:

 Use on-screen context-sensitive help. It is the easiest and quickest way to get instant help

with your immediate tasks. At the bottom of the navigation pane, you can find short

instructions on the operations that are available on the current page.

 Use FAQ. For the fastest way to solve your problems with SiteBuilder, check out the

SiteBuilder FAQ page (

http://faq.swsoft.com), which provides instant access to solutions for a

variety of issues. Select the SiteBuilder category and view the list of FAQs related to

SiteBuilder.

 Go to online forum. If you failed to solve your problem using the FAQs published on

SWsoft site, join our online forum (

http://forum.swsoft.com/). Here, all users can post

questions, exchange ideas, and troubleshoot common problems. Note that SWsoft does not

provide official support through this forum.

 Contact your SiteBuilder services provider. If you have any problems or questions that are

not covered in the user documentation or FAQs, you can click Support located on the

navigation pane and submit your problem to your SiteBuilder services provider.

About SiteBuilder 18

Submitting Feedback on SiteBuilder Functionality

You can share your opinion or suggestions regarding SiteBuilder functionality with SWsoft

team.

¾ To submit your feedback:

1 Click Feedback on the navigation pane.

2 Select the type of feedback from the Type list.

3 Enter your e-mail address in the Your e-mail field.

4 Enter feedback you would like to send in the Message field.

5 Click Send.

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Host is a server used for site publication. Your first host management operation is adding a new

host to the list of hosts available for publishing SiteBuilder sites. The procedures of hosts

management are described in the current chapter.

SiteBuilder supports three types of publication:

 FTP (File Transfer Protocol). The type of publication when the site files are stored on an

FTP server.

 XCOPY. The type of publication when the site files are stored on a local computer.

 VPS (Virtual Private Server). The type of publication when the site files are stored on a

virtual private server.

Every host used for site publication must meet the following software requirements:

 ASP.NET v.2.0.50727 or later

 ASPNet (for Windows 2000) or Network Service

Also, you must have the right to copy to the /bin folder on the server.

You can do the following operations on hosts:

 Create hosts (see page

20)

 Update host properties (see page

21)

 Remove hosts (see page

22)

In This Chapter

Adding Host.......................................................................................................................... 20

Editing Host Parameters........................................................................................................21

Removing Host ..................................................................................................................... 22

C HAPTER 3

Managing Hosts

Managing Hosts 20

Adding Host

¾ To add a new host:

1 Click Hosts on the Server screen.

2 On the Hosts screen, click Add New Host.

The following screen opens.

Figure 7: Creating Host. Configuring Host Settings

3 On the Host Settings tab, enter a host name in the Host name field.

It can be any name that will be convenient for you to remember and associate with a

particular host.

4 In the IP address or DNS name field, enter an IP address or DNS name of the

host.

Note:

1. Do not use localhost as IP address of a host.

2. You cannot create two hosts with the same IP address.

5 Click the SMTP Settings tab.

6 Enter a domain name of the SMTP server in the SMTP server host field.

7 Enter a number of port in the SMTP server port field.

8 Enter an e-mail address of the notification sender in the SMTP server from

address field.

9 If the SMTP server is password protected, click Change Password and provide

the access credentials.

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