Currently there as issues editing in Sitebuilder using Firefox 3.  We are currently working to resolve this issue.  In the meantime, please use either IE 7, Firefox 2 or a an add-on for Fire Fox 3.  You may install this add-on by visiting the following link:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

Thank you for your patience.

SiteBuilder is provided to Tripod members to help them build a site, without any knowledge of HTML or Javascript coding.

It is referred to, as a WYSIWYG editor, which means What You See, Is What You Get.

This allows you to simply place the contents of your site into the appropriate location you want them in, and SiteBuilder will write all of the HTML coding for you.

An excellent help for novice webbuilders.

To get started with SiteBuilder, you first need to have a Tripod account and be logged into it.

Once logged in, you'll want to select either the menu link for SiteBuilder or the link titled 'Create New' - both are seen circled in the image below:

The Next Screen offers you two choices.  If you wish to quickly jump into building your site, click the Drop Down box titled Choose a template, select a template from the List and click the Go button.  Your then already building your site!  The remaining instructions are not applicable if you have chosen this method.

Clicking the text titled "Click here to build a new web site" will actually bring you to a greater template resource than the quick start menu will provide.  There are more categories to choose from there and you can customers your "look and feel" of your site with these templates.

Now that you have clicked on the 'Click here to build a new web site,' you are prompted on this next screen to select your Web site template.  Since you have chosen this method, you want to click the text link for "Start with a multi-page template.'.

From here, you'll be able to pick what category your template comes from, as seen below:

The next step will ask you some information to enter about your site.

Enter the requested information where the SiteBuilder asks you to enter it.

Click the "Continue" button (bottom right corner), once you're done.

The next screen will be the screen where you select your template to use.

By default, you'll see a handful (or so) templates based on the section you choose earlier.

Once you select the template you want to use, click "Continue" again, and you're ready to start building your site in SiteBuilder.

Yes, definitely.

SiteBuilder works on a series of small pop up, inline windows, that display on top of one another, to add or delete a piece from your page.

If you disable the Javascript in your browser, these windows will not be able to pop up on the screen, rendering the SiteBuilder tool useless.

The Tripod version of SiteBuilder is not available for download.

When viewing your site in SiteBuilder, you'll see various edit buttons scattered around the page, corresponding to items on your page.

Clicking on these buttons will allow you to edit the content that they're tied to. The buttons you could see would be similar to those shown below (but not limited to):







Clicking these buttons will allow you to edit any of that content.

Note: When adding video, pictures, or linked documents, be sure that there are no spaces in the filenames. Having spaces may corrupt (or confuse) SiteBuilder, and not allow you to edit or remove those add-ons at a later date.

Once you're done with your SiteBuilder site, and you're ready to get it online for everyone to see, you'll need to go through a process known as "publishing" your site.

To Publish your SiteBuilder site, follow these steps:

1. Go to the "All My Sites" page. You can do this by clicking on "Site Builder" from the Navigation menu.
2. On the "Site Settings" page, you'll see some basic info about your site. Either "Last Published on:" and the date, or "Not Published", which means you haven't published your site yet. It will look similar to this:

Once you're on the "All My Sites" page, click on "Site Settings", as shown below:

4) Once the "Site Settings" page loads, you'll see the button to Publish your site:

5) Click "Publish", and your site will be published.

Note: If you already have a site published to your root directory (your Tripod site), you'll be asked what subdirectory you want to publish to. This means your second (third, fourth, etc) site(s), will be published to a URL such as membername.tripod.com/subdirectory.  You can pick the subdirectory you want, but cannot change it without unpublishing, and republishing.

Unpublishing is simple.

First, go to your "All My Sites" page. Once there, click on the "Site Settings" link, as show below:

Then, simply click the Unpublish button, as shown below:

Note: This does not delete your site, it merely "hides" it from anyone viewing your URL online. Deleting your site is a different process. Unpublishing will just take your site offline, for the time being.

SiteBuilder has been tested, and works fully with the following browsers:

Internet Explorer 5.x or higher.
Mozilla/Firefox 1.x or higher
Camino 1.6.7
Opera 7.5 or higher
Safari 1.3.2

SiteBuilder will not work with WebTV, or AOL's browser.

Note: All browsers must have Javascript enabled, as well as cookies enabled to use SiteBuilder. Disabling these two features, may render the application unusable.

Many internet users are familiar with Firefox and use that as their default browser.  Unfortunately the most recent upgrade, Firefox 3, is not compatible with all SiteBuilder functions.  Fortunately the makers of Firefox (Mozilla) have made a version designed for Macs called Camino.  Camino is a Mac OS X-native browser built on Mozilla’s Gecko rendering engine.  What that means to you is that SiteBuilder and Camino resolve any incompatibilty issue you may have experienced.

Camino is free to download via the following link:

http://caminobrowser.org/download/releases/1.6.7/

Camino 1.6.7 Requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later

Older versions of Camino are available at the following links:

Mac OS X 10.2.8
http://caminobrowser.org/download/releases/#os10.2.8

Mac OS X 10.3.0-10.3.8
http://caminobrowser.org/download/releases/#os10.3.8

Hopefully Camino will make our Firefox users very happy.  Who knows, Camino may win you over and become your default browser.  Thank you for you patience and understanding.

The SiteBuilder menu, seen at the bottom of the SiteBuilder, has various functions. It looks like this:

From left the right, the buttons do the following:

Add Text - this will allow you to add text to certain locations on your page(s).
Add Picture - this will allow you to add picture(s) to certain locations on your page(s).
Add Link - this will allow you to add link(s) to certain locations on your page(s).
Add Table - this will allow you to add a table to a location on your page. A table is used to display information in a neat, orderly fashion, to keep things organized when displaying information.
Site Add-ons - this will allow you to add on various plug-ins for your site, such as; "cool content", "Interactive features", "Multimedia" or "Business Tools". You can also use this to add your own HTML code, such as a guestbook, hit counter, poll, etc.
Add Page - this will allow you to add another page to your site.
Change look - this allows you to drastically change the look of your site, as well as the design.
Move Items - this allows you to move items around on your page, without deleting and re-adding them.
Copy Items - allows you to duplicate content on your page, without reloading it, retyping it, or manually doing so.
Delete Items - this allows you to delete certain items from your site, simply by checking a checkbox.
Preview Site - allows you to view what your "published" and "finished" site will look like.
Publish to Web - this allows you to publish your site to the web, without going through the longer publishing method.
Promote Site - this allows you various options to help promote your site to the internet.

SiteBuilder was designed to make sites compatable with all resolutions (screen sizes). Due to this compatability issue, SiteBuilder designs all templates in 800x600 resolution.

What this means, is that your site will appear to be aligned to the left. However, in actuality, it's simply set up so that even people with the lowest resolution, will be able to see your site correctly.

We've created a work around for this problem.

Add this code as an HTML Addon in the footer of each page:
 
 <style>
 body{text-align:center;}
 table{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}
 </style>


Note: If you edit your site in FreeForm, changes will not be applied in SiteBuilder, and you will not be able to cross-edit between the two platforms.