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Help & Support, How To, WebSites

FAQ: Why isn’t my WebSite showing what I created?

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If you’ve set up your WebSite one way, but what shows when you navigate to your domain shows something completely different, it’s time to check your DNS.DNSOptions

Now you have another question: What is DNS? DNS stands for Domain Name System. Your DNS setting is what tells your domain what to show your website visitors. Your DNS setting will decide if your visitors see a replicated site, WordPress site, SiteBuilder site or forwarded site. You can view your current DNS setting or change it by logging into your Members Area and navigating to Domains on the left hand side. Here you will see your current setting and a link to change the setting if you wish.

Choose Your Setting

As you can see from the image to the right, choosing your DNS setting is just a matter of clicking a button. But you must decide what setting you would like your domain to display. Once you select your DNS, your page domain display will change to reflect that. Don’t worry if you change your mind after you chose a setting, you can change your DNS at anytime. Just be aware that changes can take up to 24 hours to be completely process and available to your visitors.

Domains, Features, SiteBuilder, WebSites, WordPress

SiteBuilder vs. WordPress: Choose Your Service

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GDI offers you two tools to help you easily build a WebSite at your .ws domain: SiteBuilder and WordPress. How do you know which one is right for you?

If you want to take out the guess work: SiteBuilder

SiteBuilder provides customized, professionally designed templates. You can choose form template groupings and then individual templates. These are set up with the color scheme and layout already chosen for you. All you need to do is add your own content in the form of text, photos, videos and more.

If you want endless themes and plugins: WordPress

While GDI provides professionally designed templates, anyone can design a WordPress template. This means there’s a countless number of themes available online for your download. If you’ve got a specific idea in mind, chances are you can find a theme created by someone else to fit it. This does require you to search outside of WordPress and some themes do cost money, though there are plenty of free ones as well.

If you just want to blog: Both

WordPress is designed for blogging. You can create almost any type of website with you want WordPress blog, but blogging is at its core. If you prefer SiteBuilder’s easy drag and drop structure and templates, don’t worry, SiteBuilder offers a blog plugin you can easily activate. Learn more about SiteBuilder’s blog option here.

If you want to share video: Both

Adding video is easy with both SiteBuilder and WordPress. It’s as simple as copying the embed code from the YouTube video you like and pasting it into the HTML or text option of the post editor. Click here for a step by step video on adding video to SiteBuilder.

How To, WebSites

Traditional WebSite vs. Simple WebSite

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What do you think of when you hear “traditional website?” If you’re like most people, you imagine a website with several pages, photos, and information. To find more about the company behind the website, you search for an “about us” or “contact us” link, but that’s if you don’t get bored of lost first. Social media news blog, Mashable, recently discussed in this article the need for a website that is simple and gets to the point. Too often people visit websites that don’t give them any information or a call to action. As a result visitors don’t get the information they need and never return.

How do you create a stand alone site and avoid these problems? One: keep is simple. Two: be up front.

Keep It Simple

When someone visits your site, they should be able to easily navigate to what they need or find it when the first visit. To offer this, you need to keep your site simple. This means a clean easy to follow layout that shows visitors exactly what you have to offer. Your website can be just one page and achieve all of your goals.

Have your most relevant information on the front page of your site and a way for people to get in contact with you. Don’t send visitors searching all over your site to get in touch with you to learn more.

Be Up Front

What do you want to get from your visitors? Ask yourself this question then design your website around this. If you are aiming to build your affiliate network, write about this and what people can gain. Share videos explaining this and how people can get started. You need to think of your endgame to design your website and be honest about it. Leading people all over your site and not answering questions is a sure way to lose them.