GETTING STARTED

General Workflow

Here is a short outline of the main steps involved in creating web project with EZGenerator:

1. Create new project

• Create your project (website) using the New Project Wizard, accessed through the Main Menu. The Project Wizard will guide you through the setup of the basic site structure and will leave you on the Home page of your new website ready to add content and more pages if required. EZGenerator automatically builds your site navigation menu(s) from the structure of the site and pages.

2. Configure Project Settings

• Use the Project Settings to apply settings to the whole project. In general, make sure you have filled Project URL, Upload Settings, Online Administration login account, and MySQL settings (if your site needs to work with a MySQL database).

• Make sure to set the Headline (Site Name) in Language Settings. This is the name that shows on the top banner of your site.

3. Add web pages and content

• Use the Explorer Panel to navigate between pages.

• Use the Toolbar or right-click in Explorer panel and select Add page to add more pages in the project.

• Several page types that serve different purpose are available. Some of them are simple HTML pages with static content, while others are dynamic (PHP) pages, such as Blog, Calendar, etc. For a detailed description of the page types, check Insert Page.

• Within each page you can insert content such as text, images, links, buttons, tables, flash and media. Formatting content in EZGenerator is as easy as formatting a Word document, using the tools in the Editing Tools.

4. Configure Page Settings

• Each page has its own Page Settings, panel accessible under Toolbar.
• In some cases you may need to change some of the default settings, such as Page Title, Page Header or Description. So, make sure to check this panel.

5. Test and Publish

• The static pages can be tested offline, using the Preview option (F10).
• PHP driven pages and features (Blogs, on-line shops, newsletters etc) can't be tested with the Preview option and must be uploaded to a PHP enabled server.

• To publish your site, fill your FTP settings in Upload Settings and press the Publish button at the top and your site will be uploaded to the specified location. Your site is uploaded to a web server so that it becomes visible on the internet.

• If you don't have your own domain name and server space, but need to test your site online, you can install private test server on your PC. For more information on the topic, check How to install server on my PC. This is very useful especially for testing PHP pages and features.

6. Advanced - Customizing Template

• Each template has customizable elements accessed under the Project Template tab on the Toolbar.