FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Content Management System (CMS)

Logging in to your CMS

To log into your CMS:

  1. Open your website in a browser (i.e. www.mysite.com)
  2. Add “/cms” (i.e. www.mysite.com/cms)
  3. Complete the login form, with your username and password (provided by Realising Designs) and by completing the security code
    CMS login screen

Logging out from your CMS

You can logout from any screen by clicking the “logout” link located in the footer.

Using a little HTML

HTML uses tags to tell the computer how to start and stop something and a few codes should be all you need:

  • Firstly, to make a paragraph (<p></p>):

    My first paragraph

    Code:
    <p>My first paragraph</p>

  • Make text bold (<strong></strong>)

    A bold statement

    Code:
    <p>A <strong>bold</strong> statement</p>

  • Making a link to another website
    (<a href=”SITE ADDRESS”>TEXT FOR LINK</a>)

    click here for our site

    Code:
    <a href="http://www.realisingdesigns.com">click here for our site</a>

  • Add an image
    (<mg src=”FILE LOCATION” width=”WIDTH” height=”HEIGHT” />)

    Code:
    <img src="http://www.realisingdesigns.com/images/questionmark.gif" width="47" height="48" />

  • Making a list (<ul><li></li><li></li></ul>):
    1. item 1
    2. item 2

    Code:
    <ul><li>item 1</li><li>item 2</li></ul>

The mailing manager

The mailing manager allows your visitors to both register and unregister for your mailings, with either event sending them an automated reply. From your control panel you can view those who wish to receive mail from you, those who have opted out and also all. You can also re-instate of unsubscribe members yourself.

  1. Log in to your CMS
  2. Click the main link “Mailing list manager”
  3. You can then change your view with the controls “Display: active | removed | all”, or manually adjust a users status with the controls “re-activate/remove”

Exporting your mailing list

To be used with Realising Designs hosting plans

The mailing manager allows your to export your list of names ready to be copied and pasted into your mailing programme. All Realising Designs hosting packages come with a mailing facility in their control panel.

  1. Log in to your CMS
  2. Click the main link “Export mailing list (new window)”
  3. Click the main area of the browser window
  4. Press “CTRL + A” to select all
  5. Press “CTRL + C” to copy
  6. You now have your mailing list ready to be pasted into your mailing programme

Sending your mailing list

To be used with Realising Designs hosting plans

The mailing manager allows your to export your list of names ready to be copied and pasted into your mailing programme. All Realising Designs hosting packages come with a mailing facility in their control panel.

  1. Log in to your control panel (i.e. www.mysite.com/controlpanel)
  2. Click the left-hand link “Email & FTP”
  3. At the bottom of the page there is a section “Mail groups”
  4. To create a new Mail group click “ADD MAIL GROUP”
  5. Group name: Reference for you
  6. Group address: All emails sent to this address will be forwarded to all in this mailing group
  7. Mailing recipients: You can paste in you mailing export
  8. Click in the mailing recipients window
  9. Press “CTRL + V” to paste
  10. Click “Save”

You can now send emails to the address set-up in “Group address” and they will be sent to everyone in your mailing group.