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In our last blog entry, we reviewed several key features of Flash Factory’s Easy Web Site Builder. We left off with the Page Extras element of your website builder. Next, we’ll review the video update player.

To the right of your control panel is our video update player, where you can find Flash Factory news, company website design how-tos, flash website tips, website builder tricks and much more.

Below the video box, you will find Flash Factory upgrades and specials, which you can purchase or earn through our rewards system. You can watch a video on each upgrade by clicking on the button next to the upgrade.

Best Aspects of Your Flash Website:

• Easy and fast to update
• Upgrade 24/7
• A template to fit your company design
• Easy access to data about traffic to your site

You can also upgrade your flash website account at any time by clicking your My Account button. The My Account section is where you can edit and change billing information, update your account email and password, or see an overview of your account history with Flash Factory.

“I have to change our company website design pretty much every month. Since we set up our flash website, I’ve seen our traffic increase and 28% increase in queries in just two months. I like how easy it is to make updates with our Flash Factory website builder.” — Gloria Echols

On the main navigation in the top left corner is the Site Preview button. When you’ve made changes to your company website design, you can immediate preview them with this tab. Flash websites are one of the best ways to make your site pop on a search and fresh content keeps your current to your clients and users.

The next button is the Edit Layout tab. This feature allows you to quickly change your company website design: site title, color scheme, background tile, pages, and page functionality. As you may notice, it’s very similar to how the website builder works.

The Edit Content button is key to your flash website builder because we know that you need to update content daily, maybe even hourly. Maybe your company website design requires news updates, a special offer or convention or show news. Simply logging into the flash website CMS and editing your content, can freshen your page in minutes.

Changing your company website design or content is easy with the Flash Factory website builder.

Now that you have created the framework for your flash website design, you are ready to log onto your Flash Factory account to add or change your content. The email you used to set up your account is your username. Keep your password in a safe place.

Once you are logged in, you’re automatically directed to the Edit Content section of the CMS (content management system).

The area within the gray box is called the Control Panel. Each icon on the left represents a page, a sub page or a static element on your flash website. The icon names correspond to the pages you created during the building process.

Using the website builder to add or change your content, simply click on the page you wish to edit. If this page is part of a sub navigation page, click on the parent link to reveal the links that are contained within, and then select the page you would like to change.

The Page Extras icon near the bottom of the list allows you to edit static graphical elements on your site, like a background image or a site slogan. The Footer icon at the very bottom of the list allows you to edit your copyright information, terms of service or any other important information that needs to be present at all times on your company website design.

In our next blog, we’ll review several more handy aspects of the Flash Factory online website builder.

Images are an important part of your company website design. An interesting image is essential in attracting visitors to your site and Flash Factory’s easy to use website builder allows you to add images in just a few minutes. You’ll want to make sure that the images on your company website are not too large or too small for posting.

Quick Tip: A good size is no wider than 1000px and no heavier than 150kb. You should also make sure that you are allowed to legally use images on your flash website.

Before you use the website builder you should first upload some of your images to the server.

You can do this by logging into your account, navigating to Edit Content, and clicking on any page that requires an image (such as an info page or photo gallery). Now scroll down until you see a button that says Add Images. Click it to bring up your photo management tool, where all your photos will be stored. From here, you can upload a new image or reuse an existing image from another page. To add images to your photo management tool, click on the upload images button.

From here, you can navigate to any folder that contains images.

Quick Tip: Create a folder on your desktop that has the photos that I want to use. The great thing about this image manager is that from here you can select a single image to upload or you can upload multiple images by clicking and holding the control button.

Once you have selected the images you want to use, click on the open button, which automatically uploads each image one at a time until complete. If you accidentally get an image that you don’t need, you can simply click on the delete button to get rid of it.

To close the photo management window, click on the x located in the bottom right hand corner of the tool, and that will return you to the page you were editing.
Make your flash website pop with fresh images and attract the site traffic you’ve always wanted!

Using your website builder CMS, you can create a Link Out page in seconds. When you create web pages, linking out to videos is key to pulling in traffic. Analytics show that videos are one of the best ways to grab visitor’s attention.

Your company website design can stay fresh and bring in hits each time you upload a new video. You can also share other videos that pertain to other content on your flash website.

Here’s a quick and easy way using your website builder wizard to link out to your video.

• Pull up your CMS by logging into your account.
• Go to Edit Layout
• In the box that pops up to the right, click on Styles.
• Click the large arrow to the right next to the icon in the center until you come to the blue Link Out icon
• Under External Url, paste in your link (without the http:// as that is included) from your source such as YouTube or another URL.
• Click Save Function & Link
• Click Save All Changes

Check out your edits in Site Preview to make sure your changes are complete

Your website builder CMS is easy to use and you can change out your videos any time you want. Showcasing your reel, your company demo or a your latest music video is one of the best things about your flash website.

Link out to fresh videos now!

When we last left off, we were exploring how to create easy company website design with our flash website builder wizard.

Our previous blog post discussed how to access the CMS or wizard the basic orientation of the website builder. But there are so many more cool things to learn and use for your flash website design.

Such as…

The Extras tab. Under the Extras tab, there are several sub-menu items. The first of these is the Site Analytics button. To optimize your web presence, this part of your website builder is essential. Here you can track users, page hits and much more through Google Analytics, which is free. To set up your Google Analytics account, simply go to google.com/analytics then follow the steps for setting up your account.

Analytics is the science of research and statistics and your flash website builder has this crucial tool built in. Analytics give your website the ability to track users in relationship to your site, find out where users come from geographically, the site that referred the user, what pages they are clicking on, how long they are staying on your site, and more.

Analytics are key in your company website design because this is the new and best way to know how you’re rating with potential customers.

Next to the Site Analytics tab, you have the Affiliates page. Here you can learn how to earn upgrades by sending links and info to your friends or family members. Out easy web site builder likes to reward you for passing us along. So thanks in advance!

The File Manager tool enables you to upload images or documents to directly link to throughout your site. Under the SEO Control tab, you can add metadata, descriptions, page titles and so on, or you can choose to have the Flash Factory system auto-populate these areas for you. Our flash website builder wizard is simple to use but is a mighty and powerful tool.

You’ll definitely want to interface with your customers, fan, clients, or visitors and your page should have an email component in it flash website design. The Email Account tab is our easy to use tool where you can add or delete Email addresses at your domain.

The last sub item here allows you to change your login username and password on the account.

Finally, to contact our Email support staff, click on the last main navigation button and fill out the subject with a detailed description of the query or problem, and one of our customer service representatives will help you resolve the issue.

Our easy web site builder gets you up and running fast and the best thing about your company website design is that you can change it as many times as you wish! So if you’re having an event, sale, or have added a new song or new staff member, you can change it in a flash!

If you need additional information, look for the help icon on each page for detailed instructions on how each section works.

Return to our blog as we’ll be covering the various fun and cool things to make your company website design the best it can be.

Off to Use Your Wizard, Out Flash Website Builder…

So you’ve chosen your page from our list of cool templates and now you want to customize your website with our flash website builder. Our wizard makes flash website design fun and easy.
Company website design in just a few minutes…
Log into your Flash Factory account (the email you used to register and your password). Once you’re logged in, you’ll see our easy web site builder wizard or the CMS (content management system). The Edit Content section of the CMS will appear.

The area within the grey box is your control panel for your website builder. Each icon on the left represents a page, a sub page or a static element on your website. The icon names correspond to the pages you created during the building process.

To add or change your content with the flash website builder, simply click on the page you would like to edit. If this page is part of a sub-navigation, click on the parent link to reveal the links that are contained within, and then select the page you would like to change.
The Page Extras icon near the bottom of the list allows you to edit static graphical elements on your site, like a background image or a site slogan. The Footer icon at the very bottom of the list allows you to edit your copyright information, terms of service or any other important information that needs to be present at all times on your website.
With most flash web site design, you’re going to need to link to your videos. The flash website builder lets you do that in, well, a flash. At the top of the wizard is our video update player, where you can find Flash Factory news, specials and much more.
Below the video you will find Flash Factory upgrades, which you can purchase or earn through our rewards system. As your business or brand grows, you may find that you need to expand your company website design. It’s easy to upgrade any time. You can watch a video on each upgrade by clicking on the button next to the upgrade.
On the main navigation in the top left corner is the site preview button. This tab allows you to view the recent changes you’ve made to your flash website design, and how your content functions within your site.

The next button is the Edit Layout tab. It allows you to change your site title, color scheme, background tile, pages, and page functionality. As you may notice, it’s very similar to how the flash website builder works.
Next is the Edit Content button, which takes you back to the control panel we explored earlier. Next to that tab, we have the My Account section, where you can edit and change billing information, update your account email and password, or see an overview of your account history with Flash Factory.
If you ever need help with your easy web site builder, there are many help videos and resources within our site. We’ve made sure that you have everything you need to be the best website builder. Why not learn more about our flash website builder today?
In an upcoming blog, we’ll explore even further into the cool aspects of our flash website builder.