If you click on the stop sign, the program will terminate without doing anything.

If you click the Green-doorway logo, the program will move to its next step which is where you tell it which configuration file you want to use. This will look something like the graphic shown below:
















Scroll the selections down and choose the configuration file you picked out when you selected the color you wanted (above). Click on this file to highlight it and it will show up in the "filename" text box. Then click the OPEN button to move to the next step in the program.

Click on the Step 1 button (upper-left) to specify what files are in the project. This will open a form that looks something like the one shown here.

Take a quick look at the files listed in this form. You'll notice that they are all in the Template directory. This indicates that your website will be built using the first template layout. If you want to use one of the other template layouts available to you, click on the "Clear" button. Then click the browse button (with the eye glasses) to add files to the list. This will open a dialog box something like the one shown below:























Notice where the cursor arrow is shown on this graphic and click the drop-down arrow. This will produce a screen like the one shown below:

Move your cursor to 21Updater-Auto as shown in this graphic so that 21Updater-Auto is highlighted (as shown) and then click it.

This will allow you to select and click the Template, Template2, or Template3 folder. Once you've done that, click on the OPEN button.

Click on the first, i.e., topmost, file in the resulting list. This will cause the file to be highlighted. Now scroll the box down until you see the last file in the list. Press and hold the SHIFT button while you click on the last file in the list. All files in the list should now be highlighted. If they are not, scroll back to the top of the list and try again.

Click the OPEN button and you should see the files you selected in the 21Updater Files Selection window. Verify that you got what you wanted and then click the green-door button to move to the next step in the program.

Now click on the Step-2 button to "Fill in the form below." Note that the text boxes on the form are now enabled so you can work with them.

Begin with the "Title line for your website." This line is very important so far as search engines are concerned, plus it will show up at the top of site visitors' browser window for them to read. Use the key words you believe people would use to find your site and say something that makes sense to a human being as they read it--a short sentence is good. Never waste this space with something like, "Welcome to our site."

Next, type a couple of description lines that your customers will see when they find your website in a search engine. To get an idea of what you need here, go out to your favorite search engine and search for one or two of the key words you think you'll use. Read some of what your competition says. Notice how long (or short) the lines are before they are truncated. Now write a short description that will fit in that area and draw people to your site.

Now enter the key words you believe are important for your website--the words you think people will be searching for when they get a "hit" on you website. Enter each of these key words in one of the key-words text boxes. Use the plural for nouns, i.e., use cars, not car. The search engines are smart enough to use this properly.

Next is the "Cursor Tail Text" entry. This is the text that will follow your cursor as it moves around your web page. Keep it short and simple.

Now comes the "Local path to your logo file." You can click the browse button (eye-glasses) to browse to the file you've saved on your local hard drive. Remember this should be a .jpg or a .gif file. The file should also be approximately the size needed on the top of the form--about 300 pixels wide by 200 pixels high. If you use a huge file, it will slow downloads to site visitors to a crawl and many will just leave. If the logo file is too small, it will pixelate and look terrible to visitors...not exactly instilling confidence and trust in your company or product. When you click the browse button, you will see a scren something like this:

Use the browse button on this form to select the image you want to use as your logo--it will show up in the window to help you know you have the right image selected. Notice that menu options will allow you to resize and/or rotate the image as needed so that the image you use is the right size. When you're finished, simply hit the Green-door to move on.

We'll assume you just want to use the colors in the template, but you can feel free to experiment with other colors and combinations, too.

If you want to use a different picture file (we used the American flag), browse to that file next. Again, you will see an image something like this:

This screen will allow you to browse for the image file you want to use, and then to resize the file, as well as rotate it if appropriate. Once you're finished, it will also copy the file to your 21Updater-Auto/images folder. (NOTE that the file in question must be in the 21Updater-Auto/images folder or it won't show up on your pages.

Move to the lower-right of the form and enter your domain name and your company's name in the indicated text boxes.

Now you're ready to move to the next step. Click the Step 3 button to "Apply the Info below to your files." You will be asked the name of the configuration file you're saving. DO NOT just click the "Open" button as this will over-write the canned configuration file you've chosen. We suggest you name it something like "MyCompanyCFG" so you can recognize it easily. Now you will see the files quickly go by at the bottom of the screen and then you should be told that the job completed. At this point, an IE window will be opened and will show what your new website will look like--less contents, of course. At this point, you can go back and make minor changes in the configuration parameters you've used as necessary. Just type in your changes and then click on the Step 3 button again until you get it like you want it.

Now you're ready to close this program. Just click on the green-door button. You'll be given another chance to save your configuration file. If you've changed it since you saved it, do so. If no changes have been made, click the CANCEL button to simply end the program. Your "blank" website is now saved on your hard drive.

Step 4. Start The 21Updater-Auto Program

• Use START -- PROGRAMS -- IHS Software -- 21UpdaterAuto -- 21Updater to start the program.
• Anytime this program starts, you will be shown the startup screen where you need to load the coniguration. This screen looks like this:
  

• When you click on the active button to "load configuration," you will get a "load .cfg in file:" dialog box. Select your configuration, the one you saved at the end of your 21UpdaterCustomizer run, and then click the "Open" button. Notice that the other 2 large buttons on the 21Updater screen are enabled (showing color).

FTP Configuration

The first time you start the program there will be a few things to do that you won't have to do again. One of these is to configure the program for your FTP uploads. The FTP information comes from your web hosting vendor and you should receive it when you purchase hosting. If you did not, call their technical support number and tell them you need the FTP host-server and account information. They have to give you the server ID, your FTP account ID and password.(Be sure to store your FTP information somewhere safe because anyone who has it can change what's on your site.)

Now looking at the screen, you will notice the menu bar. Click on Edit >> FTP configuration. This will bring up a small window something like the screen at right. The IP address shown is typical of what the hosting vendor will give you for your FTP connection, though they may just as easily give you a name, i.e., ftp.xyz.com or ftp.yourdomain.com. Enter your FTP ID and password in the spaces shown for that--case counts, so enter exactly what the hosting vendor gave you.

Finally, you must enter the directory information for where your files will upload. The setup shown here is for a NetworkSolutions web site, but yours may be different. Ask your hosting vendor for a little help here if you need it. Just tell them you're setting up an FTP client to work with their system. Get the path right for your .htm files, then add "images/" to it to make it work with your images. When you're done, hit the green door to close the window.

Now, use FILE >> SAVE Configuration on the menu and save YOUR configuration file--the same name.ext you used in the 21UpdaterCustomizer step above.

NOTE:You need to create your "/images" directory on the remote server before you can use it. This needs to be done using a separate FTP client.

21Updater-Auto Home/Front Page Content

Once you have started the 21Updater-Auto program (see paragraph above) the "Edit Front Page" button will be enabled. Click it and you will move to the next screen which looks something like this:

Take a moment to study the screen. Items shown in bright-red boxes should not be changed unless you really know what you're doing. We won't discuss them here. Most of the right-hand side of the screen is a picture-box to show the picture you've specified, so we'll just ignore that for now and concentrate on the left-hand side where the real action takes place.

Take a second to notice the little "i" bubbles on the page. Clicking on these will give you a quick information/help message about the item the bubble is connected with.

Also, look at the 6 buttons along the bottom of the form. They are:

1. Restore using last backup -- If you've backed up the front/home page using the next page over, you can hit this page to return to the page as it was when you backed it up.
2. Backup the web page -- This will make a backup copy of the page in case you screw it up. We recommend that you always back up the page before making changes to it. It only takes a second and can save you lots of grief.
3. Build Web Page -- Once you have the enries on this form as you think you want them, click on this button to make the indicated changes on your hard disk.
4. View In Browser -- This button will show you the default.htm page as it is curently stored on your hard disk in the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.Remember that you're looking at the page as stored on your computer's hard drive.
5. FTP Upload (Gears) -- The Gears will always be on a button where you can upload either the .HTML or the image that the button is associated with. In this case, since it is not associated with an image, it will be for the .htm page.
6. Green Door -- This will terminate the program, giving you a chance to save your changed site configuration file.

As you can see, some of the buttons are not enabled. You have to backup your existing .htm page before you can "Build Web Page." File upload will only be enabled after you have hit "View In Browser." This is intentional and is designed to help keep you out of trouble.

Notice the tabs section of the form--it's shown in a lighter color than the rest of the form. We'll concentrate on it next, but for now we're skipping over it to look at the bottom 1/2 of the form. First, look at the "Alt= data" box. Search engines can't look at images. Period. But each image can have an alternate text associ