EzTourUSA

Setup and User Guide
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Introduction: Getting Started Logging-In to the EzTourUSA Editor
Update/Publish/Cancel    
Start/Links Page Showcases Photo Galleries & Exhibits
Page Listing Edit Mail/URL/Page Title  
Rules for Supported Images & Graphics. Virtual Tour Support  

 

Advanced Tools
Link Manager Color Manager Trouble Shooting
HTML Modifications    
Tech Support    



 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction:
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Your EzTourUSA site includes 3 different page types. Home/Links page, Showcase pages and Photo Gallery/Exhibit pages.

Each Showcase page contains 25 Photo Galleries.  Each photo gallery can contain up to 25 Photo Exhibits.  In total, your site can contain up to 450 Photo Galleries and 11,250 Photo Exhibits.  Each Showcase page, and each Photo Gallery page has its own unique URL.  This makes it easy to link directly to any Showcase or Photo Gallery from any another web page or e-mail message.

Start/Links Page:
This is your EzTourUSA's  starting page and contains 18 hyperlinks that link directly to the Showcase pages.  When you use your assigned site URL, example: yourname.EzTourUSA.com , the Start/Links page is the 1st page to appear.  You can easily control how many Showcase links are actually visible on this page.  It is unlikely that you will need to display all 18 Showcase links.

Showcase Pages: 
Your EzTourUSA site includes 18 Showcase pages.  A Showcase page is simply a page that contains and lists up to 25 Photo Galleries. 

Photo Galleries & Photo Exhibits:  Each Photo Gallery can contain 1 - 25 Photo Exhibits.  Each Photo Gallery will appear only in its specific Showcase, and cannot be viewed from other Showcases.  Although each Photo Gallery can display up to 25 Photo Exhibits, you can display as few as 1 Photo Exhibit in any Photo Gallery.

 

Getting Started: 
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It is best to pre-plan how you intend to use the available pages before you begin to personalize each one.  Start by deciding which common grouping of Photo Galleries should be contained in each Showcase.  It may be a good idea to first layout on a piece of paper how you think the site should be organized

The Start/Links page links to each of the 18 included Showcase pages.  You can click on any of the Showcase links to be taken to that particular Showcase.  Some ideas for uses of a Showcase are below.

Real Estate Agent Sample:
Showcase 1:  Your current and sold listings listings. Sample
Showcase 2:  Your Buyers recent purchases. Sample
Showcase 3:  New Home Developments by area.
Showcase 4:  Area amenities and attractions.

Landscape Contractor Sample:
Showcase 1:  Homes portfolio with pools.
Showcase 2:  Homes portfolio without pools.

Personal Use:
Showcase 5:  2003 Vacations
Showcase 6: 2003 Family Events

 

Logging Into your EzTourUSA Site Editor:
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To login to your EzTourUSA online Remote Control editor follow these simple steps.
(NOTE:  In order to use make changes using your EzTourUSA Page Editor, you must be using Internet Explorer version 4 or newer.  Do not use Netscape.  Mac versions of Internet Explorer may be problematic and are not directly supported).

This applies to making changes to your pages only.  Your pages can be viewed by anyone using a Mac or a PC and using Internet Explorer or Netscape browsers.

  1. Turn off any Internet Security (firewall) software.  Norton Internet Security and other some other firewalls often prevent you from logging into the page editor.
  2. Go to www.WonderWebUSA.com and click on CONTACT US - SUPPORT
  3. Click on the link - "EzTourUSA Editor - Login'
  4. Enter your Login:  Your Login is the part before the 1st dot, before the .EzTourUSA.com
     Example, if your EzTourUSA site address is.... your-login.EzTourUSA.com   the login would be  .. your-login
  5. Re-enter your login plus your password.

 

 

 

Update/Publish/Cancel:
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When you are looking at your EzTourUSA pages from within the Editor, you are not looking at the actual pages, but looking at preview pages.  In order to see the true appearance of your EzTourUSA pages, you must leave the editor and view the pages directly.
  • Waiting for Updates - Appearance of the Control Banner before any page edits are made.
    (Exhibit 1a)
     
  • Update - Once you have made changes to a page, the "Update Button" will be flashing on the red banner.  When you click "Update", you can see a preview of what the page will look like.  It is a good idea to update often to see the actual appearance of your page as you are working on it.
    (Exhibit 1b)

    NOTE -  Images on the Preview page will often appear distorted.  The actual appearance of the images can only be seen on the actual published webpage.
     
  • Publish - When you are ready for your changes to be saved and visible on the true EzTourUSA pages, you must click the Publish button in the red banner.  All changes to all pages since the last Publish are now made to the true EzTourUSA pages.
    (Exhibit 1c)
     
  • Cancel - Use the Cancel button if you want to cancel any changes you have made.  All changes will be lost on all pages since the last time you Published.  It is a good idea to Publish often so as not to run the risk of loosing your work.
    (Exhibit 1c)

 

 Waiting for Edits

Exhibit 1a


Update Waiting
Exhibit 1b
 

Publish or Cancel Available

Exhibit 1c

 

 

Start/Links Page:
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The Start/Links page lists all 18 Showcases
 in the EzTourUSA site.
(See Exhibit 2)

Note: Initially the Start/Links page displays all the included Showcases as Active (visible).


Exhibit 2
 

 


Exhibit 3
To make changes to this page select "Edit Main Page"
from the Red Control Panel. 
(Exhibit 3)

 

 

 

Using the Start/Links editor page, you can change the Page Header text, the Page Description text, the Section Grouping descriptions, and the Showcase descriptions. 
(Exhibit 4)

You can also activate/deactivate any of the three sections as well as change the order that each section displays.  Deactivating a Showcase link only keeps it from appearing on the Start/Links page. 

Any inactive Showcase can still be viewed by the public, but only if the specific Showcase's exact URL is used.  Each Showcase has its own unique URL.  All the Showcase's unique URL's can be obtained by viewing the "Show Page Listing" option.

Once you have made some changes, select "Update".  You will be able to see a preview of your changes.  If you want those changes to be saved, click the flashing "Publish" button.  Once you have Published, the changes can be seen on the actual website.

 

 

Changing page colors.  See Color Manager

 
Exhibit 4

 

Showcase Pages:
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Each Showcase is a collection or list of 25 available Photo Galleries. 

To make changes to a Showcase page, you must 1st click on a selected Showcase link from the Start/Links page, or on a Showcase link displayed on the "Show Page Listing" page.

Once your selected Showcase page appears, you will see a list of the active Photo Galleries. 
(Exhibit 5)

To make changes to this Showcase page select "Edit Main Page" from the Red Control Panel. 
(Exhibit 3)

From the Showcase editor page you can change the text at the top of the Showcase page, change the description of each Photo Gallery link, and change the order that the Photo Galleries appear on the page.
(Exhibit 6)

You can also activate/deactivate any Photo Gallery link on the Showcase page.  Deactivating a Photo Gallery only keeps it from being visible on the Showcase page. 

Any inactive Photo Gallery can still be viewed by the public, but only if the specific Photo Gallery's exact URL is used.  Each Photo Gallery has its own unique URL.  All the Photo Galleries unique URL's can be obtained by viewing the "Show Page Listing" option.

Changing page colors.  See Color Manager
Exhibit 5

A showcase starts with 3 Active (visible) photo galleries and 23 Inactive (not visible) photo galleries.

 

 


Exhibit 6


 

Photo Galleries and Photo Exhibits:
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Each Photo Gallery is a collection of up to 25 individual Photo Exhibits.

Initially each Photo Gallery starts with 3 Photo Exhibits.  You can add additional Photo Exhibits (recommended up to 25 photo exhibits per Photo Gallery).   NOTE: You cannot delete a Photo Exhibit.  You can however deactivate any Photo Exhibit.

To make changes to a Photo Gallery, you must 1st click on a selected Photo Gallery link from the Showcase page that contains that specific Photo Gallery, or on a Gallery link displayed on the "Show Page Listing" page. 

Once your selected Photo Gallery page appears, you can personalize or make changes to that Photo Gallery.

Once you are viewing your selected Photo Gallery, select "Edit Main Page" from the Red Control Panel. 
(Exhibit 7 )

 

 

 

From the Photo Gallery editor, you can modify the Photo Gallery's general description, upload images to each Photo Exhibit, delete images from the Photo Gallery, edit the description of each Photo Exhibit, change each Photo Exhibit's caption, and change the order in which each Photo Exhibit appears.  You can also activate/deactivate any Photo Exhibit.
(Exhibit 8)

 

 

 

Changing page colors.  See Color Manager

 
Exhibit 7

 


Exhibit 8

 

 

Page Listing:
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The best way to see and find all the individual Pages, Showcases and Photo Galleries in your EzTourUSA package is to use the "Show Page Listing" option.

(Exhibit 9)

Once you select "Show Page Listing", you can see all the pages in your site.  Simply click on the link you want to see or edit.  Once you see your specific Page, Showcase, or Photo Gallery, just choose "Edit Main Page" and make your modifications.

Page URL:  You can see the actual URL of each page, Showcase, or Photo Gallery using this "Show Page Listing" page.  Just copy any URL and use it to directly link to that specific page. 


Exhibit 9