Other Options for Home Page

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Include the Socialize It! Button Bar on Your Home Page?

If you have not yet set up Socialize It! on your site, you will not see this option on the Edit Your SiteBuilder Home Page tool page. Full details are available in the Help & Strategies for Socialize It!.

Directions for Use
  • Click on No to remove the button bar from the home page.
  • Click on Yes to add the button bar to the home page.

By default, when you activate Socialize It!, all your pages have the button bar added to the bottom of the page. If you do not want it to appear on your home page, click on the No button.

If you later decide to add the button bar to the home page, click on the Yes button.

Tips

Include the Home Page in Your RSS/Blog It! Feed?

If you have not yet set up RSS/Blog It! on your site, you will not see this option on the Edit Your SiteBuilder Home Page tool page. Full details are available in the Help & Strategies for RSS/Blog It!.

Directions for Use
  • Make sure that you've created an RSS feed first.
  • Click on Yes to add the home page to your RSS feed and Blog It! page.
  • Click on No if you do not want the home page added.

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Tip

Directions for Use
  • Click on Yes to place your footer on the home page.
  • Click on No to leave it off.

If you have not yet set up the Footer for your site, you will not see this option on the Edit Your SiteBuilder Home Page tool page. Full details are available in the Help & Strategies for Footer.

When you set up Footer, if you chose to have it appear on all pages, then the default for the home page will be Yes. Turn off the footer by clicking on No. If, instead, you chose to have it not appear on all pages, then the default for the home page is No. Click on Yes to turn the footer on.

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Choose a Right Column

Directions for Use
  • Choose a right column from the menu.
  • Click on Build It! to rebuild the home page with the right column.

The Choose a Right Column option appears only if you selected the 3 column design for your template in the Look and Feel Selector.

If you don't see the Choose a Right Column option here, return to the Look and Feel Selector (in the All Pages section of Site Central) and choose the 3 column design.

You can change which Right Column appears on your home page by clicking on the menu and selecting the column you want.

The default column (if you created one with that name) will be used if you don't select another column. If you didn't create a default column, and don't select another one here, then the right column will have no content in it.

If you want the home page to have its own unique column, return to Site Central and click on the Add/Manage Right Columns button to create the new right column.

Pop Open a Page Under the Home Page?

Directions for Use
  • From the drop-down menu, select the page that you wish to open under your home page.
  • If you do not want a page to pop-open, leave the drop-down selected to No Pop Under Page.

A Web page that opens under another page as it loads (i.e., a "pop-under") creates a different reaction in surfers. Some people don't mind pop-unders at all, while others use pop-up blockers to prevent their presentation.

Unfortunately, this means that a certain percentage of visitors to your site may not see your pop-under. That said, it's still a good idea to put one of your important pages in front of your visitors (via a pop-under), and intercept them as they leave your site. This page may be enough to redirect their attention back to your site.

Note: This will only work if your visitors are not blocking pop-ups (and pop-unders).

Important Note: If you plan to use Google AdSense, check the Terms of Service to ensure that you can have ads on your site. Also, you cannot have ads on the pop-under page.

Tips

Update Your RSS/Blog It! Feed?

Directions for Use
  • Click the checkbox to have your RSS/Blog It! feed updated when you build this page.
  • If you do not want your feed updated, leave the checkbox unchecked.

Check this box if you are making changes to page content and you want your home page to "jump" to the top of your RSS/Blog It! feed (i.e., become the first item).

However, if you are simply making a small change (e.g., correcting a spelling mistake) and do not want to disturb your feed's order, leave this checkbox unchecked. SBI! will not update your feed.