XSitePro Quick Tips Archive

Question - What is the difference between the Page Footer and the Main Panel Footer?

Answer - The Main Panel footer and the Page Footer are kind of the same but not.

The main panel footer will fit just below the Main Panel and in between the left and right panels. And the background color will be the same as the Main panel.

Now for the Page Footer, this can be a different color than the Main Panel and will be below the Main, Left and Right panels.

You can have the Nav Menu on either the Main Panel Footer or the Page Footer, it just depends on your layout.

Question - How do I create an Extenal Link as part of the XSitePro Nav Menu without creating a new page?

Answer - Click on the Web Pages tab and then click on the Drop Down Arrow next to Add. Choose External link from the drop down menu and type in the URL that you want to link to.

Question - Can I put an XSitePro created Navigation Menu on the right side?

Answer - You can have the Navigation Menu on either side.  Just click the Page Layout tab and then go down to Right Panel section and click Include Navigation Menu to have the menu on the right side.

Question - How can I add an Excel table to my XSitePro website and still have the table editable in XSitePro?

Answer - Open up XSP and make a 1 cell table where you want the Excel table to appear.

Open up the Excel workbook and go to File ---> Web Page Preview. This will open up a new browser window.

In the browser, select the entire table with the mouse.

Right click on the selected table and click on View Selected Source. Now you should be looking at the source view of the table and the part you want to copy is already selected. Just right click and copy.

Now go back to XSP and click on the source tab and find the <TD>&nbsp;</TD> in the one cell table.  Select <TD>&nbsp;</TD> with the mouse and paste the Excel code on top of it, so that the it is replaced.

Click the Design tab and you now have an table that can be edited in XSP.

You may find an empty column or row which you can delete by right clicking on the cell you want to remove and click on Delete Row or column.

Question - How can I change the Font size in the Site Map?

Answer - Go to the "Other" tab in XSP and click on the "SiteMap" section.  Now click on the "Source" tab and place the Font tags around the Sitemap code like this -

 <FONT size=2><<SITE_MAP_BODY>></FONT>

Question - How do I make Links on the top of my page link to specific areas further down on the page?

Answer - Use a Bookmark Anchor.

Here is how to set it up -

1- Pick a spot way down on your page and put in a heading, for this example let's use Dogs as our heading.

2 - Put your cursor right after the s in dogs and click the anchor icon.

3 - Give the anchor a name, lets call it Dogs.

4 - Go to the top of the page and type in Dogs and then select it with the mouse and right click and insert link, then other, then type in #Dogs.

Now when you preview and click on the Dogs link on the top of the page it should take you down to the Dogs heading further down the page.

Remember no spaces in the anchor name, use - or _ to space your words

Question - Once I am approved for Google Adsense, how do I set it up in XSP?

Answer - For the google adsense, here is how I setup a new account in XSP

1 - On the tool bar click “Tools” then click “Google Adsense”

2 - A box should have opened called “Adsense Accounts”

3 - Click “Add”

4 - In the “Account Name” box type in a name so you know which account it is.

5 - In the “Adsense Client ID” type in your Adsense ID # that you received from Google.
 
6 - Click “OK”
 
7 - Go to the design tab of a page you want to insert google adsense and Right Click (A menu will appear) and then Left Click on “Insert Google Adsense”
 
8 - A new window will appear (Adsense Settings), in this new window make sure that the “Adsense Account” box is showing your account name.
 
9 - Change the rest of the setting to your liking and click “OK”.