SiteCenter CMS Frequently Asked Questions

SiteCenter CMS

What is SiteCenter CMS?
My web site is hosted somewhere else, can I still use SiteCenter CMS?
How is SiteCenter CMS different from EasySiteWizard?
Do I need to download special software or a browser plug-in to use SiteCenter CMS?
Do I need to modify my current web site in order to make it work with SiteCenter CMS?
How do I access my SiteCenter CMS account?
My web site designer created my site using Macromedia Dreamweaver™. Will SiteCenter CMS recognize Dreamweaver's Template tags?
My web site uses Server-Side Includes (SSI). Will it work with SiteCenter CMS?

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SiteCenter CMS

What is SiteCenter CMS?

SiteCenter CMS is an online web site design and editing solution that allows you to build, edit and manage your web sites using a Web browser—regardless of where its hosted. SiteCenter CMS is one of our bonus products included as a value added service for all Bronze plans and higher. It is also available as a stand-alone hosted service for businesses whose web sites are hosted elsewhere.

With SiteCenter CMS you can:

Build a Webster in just a few minutes with no HTML experience required
Edit and update your existing web site with just a few clicks
Copy, move and delete files from your web site
Create new pages, upload and manage images

My web site is hosted somewhere else, can I still use SiteCenter CMS?

SiteCenter CMS interacts with both local and remote web sites via the FTP protocol, allowing seamless building and editing of both local and remotely hosted web sites

How is SiteCenter CMS different from EasySiteWizard?

SiteCenter CMS and EasySiteWizard are very similar in many ways. Both allow you to build a web site in as little as 5 minutes. However, the differences end there. SiteCenter CMS is designed to allow you to edit and update the content on your web site as well as manage its files and images. SiteCenter CMS is much more robust. It can work with any web site no matter how, or who, designed it.

Do I need to download special software or a browser plug-in to use SiteCenter CMS?

Absolutely not. Everything about SiteCenter CMS is handled directly from a Web browser. This means there is nothing to download and install. However, you must use Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser version 5.5 or above to access all of SiteCenter CMS's features.

Do I need to modify my current web site in order to make it work with SiteCenter CMS?

As long as you have FTP access to your web site, you can begin using your SiteCenter CMS account right-away.

How do I access my SiteCenter CMS account?

Using the username and password issued by your technical support specialist, visit the following URL to logon and begin building or managing your web site:

http://www.managemysite.biz/

My web site designer created my site using Macromedia Dreamweaver™. Will SiteCenter CMS recognize Dreamweaver's Template tags?

Yes. SiteCenter CMS will automatically recognize Dreamweaver template tags and will restrict editing to content marked as "editable."

Here is an example of Dreamweaver's template tags:

EDITABLE CONTENT

You can also use:

EDITABLE CONTENT

You will notice that the above comment tags are consistent with the way Macromedia Dreamweaver™ creates its editable regions for files based on a Macromedia Dreamweaver Template. This allows your web site designer to create web pages based on Dreamweaver Templates, which will be automatically editable within SiteCenter CMS with the same Editable Regions defined.

Pages edited with SiteCenter CMS, can also be re-edited using Macromedia Dreamweaver, with all Editable Regions still intact.

Note: '#BeginEditable' is the Comment style Macromedia Dreamweaver™ uses before Dreamweaver MX and 'InstanceBeginEditable' is the comment style currently used in Macromedia Dreamweaver™ MX.

My web site uses Server-Side Includes (SSI). Will it work with SiteCenter CMS?

Using SSI Tags and PHP Include Tags in SiteCenter CMS are a breeze. A page that is using SSI or PHP includes however, must be restricted, i.e. it must contain regions that are editable, and the SSI and or PHP include tags must be outside of these editable regions.

Once a file being edited contains an SSI or PHP include tag, the file being included WILL be parsed and will show up in the editor. However, upon saving the file, ONLY the Editable Regions will be saved back into the original file, maintaining your SSI and or PHP include tags.

Example of a page with SSI include tags and Editable Regions that can be maintained in SiteCenter CMS:

<body>



Editable content



</body>