Articles tagged “Visual Site Designer”

How Do I Use Website Access Manager With Visual Site Designer?

Website Access Manager allows or denies access on a folder-by-folder and file-by-file basis, but Visual Site Designer creates only one folder (called files ) that contains all your Website...

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Article ID: 606 | Published On: Feb 3, 2009 | 1,327 views | Rated 5 stars by 3 people

What Happens if I Lose My .vnu File?

Visual Site Designer version 6.0 and higher automatically saves a time- and date-stamped copy of the .vnu file to your server whenever you upload your Website files. To access these files, use...

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Article ID: 656 | Published On: Apr 29, 2009 | 994 views | Rated 5 stars by 3 people

How Do I Link to Pages Created in Visual Site Designer?

Each page you add to your .vnu file is exported as its own HTML file and stored in the _website folder created by Visual Site Designer. The filename is the Page ID you specified in the New...

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Article ID: 182 | Published On: Nov 19, 2007 | 2,115 views | Rated 5 stars by 1 people

My Calendar Displays Incorrect Dates

This is a known issue in the software that our programmers are currently working hard to figure out. In the meantime, you can use the following workaround to ensure your visitors always see...

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Article ID: 674 | Published On: Jul 9, 2009 | 626 views | Rated 5 stars by 1 people

How to Add a PayPal Button to Your Page

Follow these step-by-step instructions to add a PayPal Buy Now button to a Visual Site Designer page: 1. Create your button through PayPal's system . 2. Copy the HTML code to your...

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Article ID: 172 | Published On: Oct 26, 2007 | 2,011 views | Rated 4 stars by 275 people

How to Add ColorBox to a Visual Site Designer Page.

If you've seen the cool ColorBox effect on Webpages like CoffeeCup's Theme Shop and want to add it to a Webpage created in Visual Site Designer, you're in luck! The process is a bit...

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Article ID: 704 | Published On: Sep 17, 2009 | 1,267 views | Rated 4 stars by 5 people

Replicating Your Page

You can reuse a page design by highlighting the entire page with your mouse, right-clicking, and choosing Copy . Next, create a new page, and then right-click it and select Paste . This...

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Article ID: 164 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,908 views | Rated 3 stars by 339 people

When I Print a Page, the Background Is Not Included

This issue occurs because Visual Site Designer uses standard functionality from Microsoft Internet Explorer when printing. To fix this issue, open Internet Explorer and navigate to Tools >...

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Article ID: 154 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,146 views | Rated 3 stars by 320 people

How to Create a Button With a Gradient Background

The following instructions will show you how to create a button with a gradient background like this: 1. Click the Shapes tool in the Toolbox and select the rectangle option. ...

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Article ID: 158 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,871 views | Rated 3 stars by 314 people

I Receive a Message About Active Content When Trying to Preview my Site in Internet Explorer

To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer...." Some users have reported seeing this message...

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Article ID: 300 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 1,932 views | Rated 3 stars by 309 people

How to Create a Gradient Background

If you're looking for an alternative to using an image or solid color for your Webpage background, you may want to try using a gradient. Here's how: 1. Start by clicking the Page button...

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Article ID: 165 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 4,623 views | Rated 3 stars by 305 people

How to Create a Mouseover

This tutorial explains how to create a mouseover using two different circular images and text. 1. Click the Shapes tool and select the circle. Use your mouse to draw a circle on the...

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Article ID: 173 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 5,461 views | Rated 3 stars by 291 people

Can Visual Site Designer Open/Edit Preexisting HTML Files?

At this time, Visual Site Designer is a purely WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor, which means it cannot be used to directly edit HTML. Additionally, it can only work with the .vnu...

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Article ID: 168 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 7,681 views | Rated 3 stars by 262 people

Visual Site Designer Crashes in Windows Vista

Note : This issue has been resolved in Visual Site Designer version 6.0. We highly recommend upgrading to this version. If you wish to use version 5.9.4 or lower, use these instructions to run...

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Article ID: 510 | Published On: Nov 5, 2007 | 2,197 views | Rated 3 stars by 176 people

How Do I Make Links to Different Sections of the Same Page?

You've been designing your site and have figured out that a page can be as long as necessary. This is great, but it can be a pain when you're dealing with longer pages. Help out your visitors...

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Article ID: 140 | Published On: Nov 19, 2007 | 2,591 views | Rated 3 stars by 51 people

Using Colors From Color Schemer

Follow these steps to place a color you have chosen in Color Schemer into a Visual Site Designer page. Once you have chosen the color you would like to place in your Visual Site Designer...

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Article ID: 540 | Published On: Aug 8, 2008 | 1,050 views | Rated 3 stars by 15 people

Is CoffeeCup Software Compatible With Windows 64-Bit?

Officially, all of our software is supported under Windows 7, XP, and Vista 32-bit. However, many of our users are able to use the software with Windows 64-bit running in Windows XP...

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Article ID: 617 | Published On: Feb 24, 2009 | 2,098 views | Rated 3 stars by 4 people

Adding Google Analytics Code to Visual Site Designer

Follow these steps to add your Google Analytics code to a page in Visual Site Designer: 1. Copy your Google Analytics code to your Windows clipboard. 2. Open Visual Site Designer. 3....

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Article ID: 658 | Published On: Apr 29, 2009 | 751 views | Rated 3 stars by 3 people

Using Visual Site Designer 6.0 to Open Previously Created .vnus

When using Visual Site Designer 6.0 to open a .vnu created with an older version of the software, you will receive this message: The Website you are about to open was created in a...

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Article ID: 657 | Published On: Apr 29, 2009 | 702 views | Rated 3 stars by 1 people

Why Can't I Save My Files as HTML?

Visual Site Designer uses a file format called .vnu which allows you to create your own graphics and work in a WYSIWYG environment. You should never edit a .vnu file by hand. Every time you...

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Article ID: 139 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 7,006 views | Rated 2 stars by 461 people

Adding a Counter to Your Site

You can locate premade counter scripts at HotScripts.com that you can add to a page created in Visual Site Designer. Follow these step-by-step instructions to add a counter to the .vnu file:...

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Article ID: 166 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 5,376 views | Rated 2 stars by 455 people

How Do I Insert Images?

Click the Picture tool in the Toolbox , and then click the location on the page where you would like the image to appear. This opens a window that allows you to browse your computer for the...

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Article ID: 149 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,509 views | Rated 2 stars by 421 people

I Can't See the Properties Window

Each button on the Toolbar has its own Properties window . If you can't see the Properties window for a certain option, just click that button and it will redisplay. For example, if you want...

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Article ID: 169 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 2,676 views | Rated 2 stars by 403 people

It Takes a Long Time to View My Webpages on the Internet

Try to cut down on the number of large images or objects on your pages. For more information about large objects in Visual Site Designer, read this article .

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Article ID: 144 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,230 views | Rated 2 stars by 400 people

I Can't See the Toolbox

You can show or hide the Toolbox by navigating to View > Show/Hide Toolbox.

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Article ID: 152 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 2,333 views | Rated 2 stars by 395 people

Can I Use Transparent Images?

You can insert transparent .gifs and .pngs onto your page using the Picture tool , but not within shapes created using the Shapes tool . When you place a transparent image on your page,...

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Article ID: 167 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,742 views | Rated 2 stars by 393 people

How Do I Reuse Graphic Objects?

Select the object you wish to reuse and copy it to the Windows clipboard by navigating to Edit > Copy or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C . The object is now available to be pasted...

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Article ID: 148 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,050 views | Rated 2 stars by 388 people

I Am Told by Visual Site Designer That I Use Large Objects

There can be a couple different causes for this. Most often, it is because you have very large shapes on your pages. It can also be because you have an advanced text object with a pattern fill...

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Article ID: 153 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 3,309 views | Rated 2 stars by 360 people

Making Your First Website

These eight steps will guide you through the process of making your first Website. The Webpage you create in this tutorial may not be the prettiest thing you've ever seen, but it will give you...

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Article ID: 161 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 11,705 views | Rated 2 stars by 354 people

How Do I Edit Text?

There are two ways to edit existing text in Visual Site Designer: Selecting the Text tool in the Toolbox and then clicking the text you wish to edit, or simply double-clicking the text....

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Article ID: 162 | Published On: Dec 31, 1996 | 2,948 views | Rated 2 stars by 343 people

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