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Resetting Internet Explorer

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:37:10 +0000

If you modify or make additions to Internet Explorer 8, it can cause random program crashes or features to malfunction. These problems include: Font sizes do not change Yellow background stays behind text after editing. Text jumps when you double click on the text object to edit it Problems with galleries Crashes when copying and ...

Grouping Forms

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:45:20 +0000

Web Studio has powerful tools for creating forms, but before objects can become an active form, the objects need to be grouped. Grouping the form objects is how you tell Web Studio which form objects belong together. If you imagine a page with more than one form, you can see why the grouping of form ...

WebstudioTV Video Tour

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:47:52 +0000

For new users to this website, we’ve created a three minute video tour. You’ll be familiarized with the way Webstudio 5.0 and WebstudioTV work together, and you’ll learn about some of our other sources of information such as iTunes and Twitter. Take a few minutes and learn how to use this website to get the ...

Webstudio 5.0 Video Tour

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:36:50 +0000

Here is the video tour for Web Studio 5.0. Take a few minutes to watch and become familiar with the user interface and features. We’ve highlighted a few of what we think are the most important features, but that’s just the beginning. Web Studio has a lot going on under the hood so you don’t ...

Signing up for PayPal

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:20:01 +0000

Using PayPal with WebStudio is easy. This video will help you in signing up for PayPal. At PayPal, choose sign-up at the top. Make sure you sign up for a Business Account, and enter your information. With a business account, you will be able to do transactions under your business name, you’ll be able to ...

Create:Shopping Cart group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:16:56 +0000

The shopping cart group lets you integrate your site with PayPal, or with iHostStudio’s e-commerce system. To use PayPal, select a button you’d like to integrate with PayPal, and choose Add to Cart from the PayPal submenu. In the dialog box, enter the product name, the price, and optionally, the SKU number. Next, enter the ...

Google Sitemaps 101

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:37:02 +0000

Web Studio automatically generates an XML Sitemap of your website when it is published. This sitemap is updated every time you upload a change to your site, so it always stays current. The only thing you need to do to take full advantage of this transparent feature is enter your site URL into the Website ...

HTML:Insert Object HTML

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:05:37 +0000

The Insert Object HTML group will let you insert code directly into a section of the currently selected object. You can choose several places where this code can be inserted, including Before All Tags, Inside Head, Before Object, Inside Object, Inside DIV, and After Object. Web Studio will keep track of an object’s custom HTML, ...

HTML:Insert Page HTML

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:59:04 +0000

The Insert Page HTML group will let you insert code directly into a section of the HTML document. You can choose several places where this code can be inserted, including Before All Tags, Inside Head, Between Body and Head, Inside Body Tag, and Start of Body.

HTML:Page Meta Tags Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:55:37 +0000

The Page Meta Tags group is similar to the Site-Wide Meta Tags group, except in this case, these descriptions and keywords are only applicable to the current page. This is also the group where you’ll find a way to enter custom meta tags, if you want to define another type of meta tag.

HTML:Site-Wide Meta Tags

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:52:47 +0000

The Site-Wide Meta Tags group gives you control over the meta tags that appear in the section of your website. Meta tags are one of the ways many search engines find information about your site. In this group, you can enter the Author, Description, and Keywords that relate to your site as a whole.

HTML:Add HTML Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:41:28 +0000

The Add HTML group is where you can use your own custom HTML and encapsulate it into an object called the HTML object. You can also create an HTML object out of an existing file on your hard drive. The video explains the differences between some of the settings within the HTML object, as well ...

View:Window Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:36:08 +0000

The Window group gives you control over which pages are open and available in the main workspace. Each open window will have a Tab above the workspace.

View:Highlight Objects Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:09:07 +0000

The Highlight Objects group will let you highlight objects that meet certain criteria, such as objects with links, objects that overlap, objects with non-web-safe fonts, objects with added HTML, and objects with notes.

View:Show/Hide Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:05:07 +0000

The Show/Hide group lets you toggle the visibility of Web Studio’s galleries, page list, and caption bar. You can also toggle the gallery icon size between normal and small.

PageLayout:Make Equal Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:01:34 +0000

The Make Equal group will take a multiple-item selection, and make all the items the same dimension as the object selected first. You can quickly make a group of objects equal width, height, or both.

PageLayout:Bring To Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:57:54 +0000

The Bring To group is where you can change the way your objects are layered front to back. In HTML this is also known as the z-index. You can move a selected object forward, backward, or directly to the front or back of the stack. The video also discusses some keyboard shortcuts, such as pressing ...

PageLayout:Space Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:53:35 +0000

The Space group will space the currently selected objects either horizontally or vertically, leaving equal space between all the objects between the left- and right-most objects (or the top- and bottom-most objects).

PageLayout:Center Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:50:06 +0000

The Center group will align objects not by their sides, but by their centers. Use the centering tools when you want to align objects of different dimensions. You can also use this group to center objects to the center of the page. The page size is determined by your Page Size setting within the Site ...

PageLayout:Align Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:46:31 +0000

The Align group will align the selected objects to their leftmost, rightmost, topmost, or bottommost side.

PageLayout:Grid Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:41:01 +0000

The Grid group controls the visibility and cell-spacing of the grid. When the grid is activated, your items will snap to the grid to enable quick alignment of your objects on the page.

PageLayout:Site Setup

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:34:50 +0000

The Site Setup group controls your settings for margins, guides, and target resolution of your page size.

Page:Include Page In Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:41:50 +0000

The Include Page In group lets you toggle between including and excluding the current page from both the Footer Links object, and the Google Sitemap. This is also where you can choose The Google change frequency and page rank for the current page.

Page:Templates Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:34:48 +0000

The Templates group lets you open a template, or save the current page as a template, graphic, or as an HTML email. The video also discusses the best practices to create an HTML email, as well as storing your own pages in the Templates gallery.

Page:Upload Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:16:43 +0000

The Upload group gives you several options regarding uploading to your hosting server. Web Studio 5 has a fully functional FTP program built-in, which enables you to upload to any server for which you have credentials. If you already have your login information, you can easily enter it and start uploading. If you haven’t chosen ...

Page:Preview Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:08:35 +0000

The Preview group will let you preview either in Web Studio’s internal browser (which is Internet Explorer), or use the default browser you’ve set on your computer. Web Studio uses whatever version of IE that you have installed. If you’ve installed IE 6, Web Studio will render pages using the IE 6 engine. We recommend ...

Page:Background Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:54:28 +0000

The Background group will let you change the background color or background graphic for the current page. Pages that are subordinate to the master page can still add their own backgrounds. To revert to the background of the master page, choose remove background.

Page:Page Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:49:30 +0000

The Page group will let you add, delete, duplicate and rename your pages. You can also set the current page as the Home page, or as the Master page. The master page creates a framework from which the rest of your pages can draw. On the Master page, you can place all the design elements ...

Forms:Lists & Menus Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:31:02 +0000

The Lists and Menus group will allow you to create a form item that contains a list of items, and display them either as a menu or a list. Your users will be able to choose from these items on your site, and the appropriate choice will be included in the email that the form ...

Forms:File Upload Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:26:38 +0000

The File Upload group is where you can add a form item that will allow a user to upload a file to you through the web. By default, the file will be attached to an email that is sent to you by Web Studio’s built-in Form-to-Email script. If you attach your own scripts, it is ...

Forms:Buttons Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:19:28 +0000

The Buttons group lets you add different controller buttons for your forms, such as Submit, Reset, and a generic button to which you can add your own action.

Forms:Radio Buttons Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:15:45 +0000

The Radio Buttons group will create new radio button form items, and allow you to group a set of radio buttons. Since radio buttons are used for mutually exclusive selections, they need to be put into a group of two or more buttons. For selections that aren’t mutually exclusive, use check boxes.

Forms:Check Box Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:54:58 +0000

The Check Box group lets you create a check box form item. The video explains the details of customizing the check box

Forms:Text Items Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:51:27 +0000

The Text Items group is where you can add form objects having to do with text, namely, a text field, a text box, and a password fields.

Forms:Create Form Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:46:44 +0000

The Create Form group is where you can create a form group that will contain all the items of your form objects. You can also create hidden items for use in your form, and create your tab-index order.

Text:Insert Special Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:37:37 +0000

The Insert Special group lets you search and insert special text symbols, as well as insert a text object that displays the date of your last revision to the page.

Text:Links Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:32:15 +0000

The Links group contains the same functionality as the Links group in the Insert Tab. Add links to pages, email addresses, or downloadable files. The video also explains colors for text links.

Text:Editing Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:24:42 +0000

The Editing group is where you’ll find the spell checker, and the find/replace text tools. The video outlines the use of the spell checker, which behaves just like many familiar spell checkers. In Web Studio, you can select all the objects on your page, and the spell checker will check all the text objects.

Text:Paragraph Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:41:19 +0000

The Paragraph group is where you can select the justification, toggle heading sizes, and change paragraph indentation settings. The video explains how to use this group to paginate your text objects.

Text:Font Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:38:16 +0000

The Font group contains most of your font, size, and styling commands. The video explains how to use this group, and offers this tip about using this and other groups. Since Web Studio is context sensitive, you can select all the objects on your page and font commands will only take effect on text objects. ...

Text:Insert Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:30:32 +0000

The Insert group is where you can either create a new text object, either a blank one, or insert a text file from your hard drive.

Text:Clipboard Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:18:01 +0000

The Clipboard group is where you’ll find many of the commonly used editing commands, such as cut, copy, paste, clear, and select all. While this video is a little remedial to some users, it’s worth noting that these commands can be performed not only on text, but on any object. Also, under the Paste submenu, ...

Draw:Borders Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:40:28 +0000

The Borders group lets you control the border width and style of the vector shapes created in the Draw Tab. The video explains the functionality, and explains that two of the border styles have a 2-pixel minimum width, namely, the dashed and dash-dot styles.

Draw:Colors Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:33:30 +0000

The Colors group lets you control the border- and fill-colors of shapes created in the Draw Tab’s Shapes group. You can use a palette of default colors, a fine-tuned custom palette, or use the eyedropper to sample any pixel on the screen (even outside Web Studio’s window). You can also access the graduated fill controls ...

Draw:Shapes Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:27:21 +0000

The Shapes group creates different vector shapes such as a circle/ellipse, square/rectangle, or rounded rectangle. The video discusses how to use gradient fill colors, and how to manipulate the roundness of the rounded rectangles.

Create:Group Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:15:33 +0000

The Group group is where you can select multiple objects and group them, so that they behave like a single object. You can easily ungroup them later. To do this permanently, that’s called merging. (Of course, there’s always Undo). You can also take apart certain objects such as GIF animations, rollovers, and buttons.

Create:Opacity Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:08:05 +0000

The Opacity group is where you can adjust the opacity of a graphic or image, in order to create translucent objects that you might arrange on top of another object. The video discusses some of the objects that aren’t affected by the slider, including rollovers, buttons, videos, animations, menus, slideshows, and thumbnails.

Create:Photos Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:54:08 +0000

The Photos group houses a series of tools used for importing and manipulating photos you’ve added to your site. Also discussed are Protected Photos, or Protected Graphics, which are not subjected to Web Studio’s internal conversion processes. If you are a photographer or designer who has spent a lot of time creating the graphics/photos you’re ...

Create:Slide Shows

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:42:31 +0000

The Slide Shows group is where you can either create your own Flash slide show from any image or graphic on your computer, but you can also create embedded objects out of any of your galleries you may have at Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, or SmugMug. If you change your gallery on those sites, they’ll ...

Create:Text Effects Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:35:47 +0000

The Text Effects group is where you can create custom Flash animations out of any text you want.

Create:Rollovers Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:30:38 +0000

The Rollovers Group lets you create graphic rollovers which change state when a user mouses-over or clicks on it in the browser. The video explains how to create different types of rollovers, and how to add links to them.

Create:Animations Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:23:42 +0000

If you want to quickly create GIF animations, you can use the Animaker in the Create Tab’s Animation Group. Just select each frame in the order of the animation, and choose the length of time to delay between frames.

Create:Menu Maker

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:18:56 +0000

The Menu Maker group is where you can create a drop-down menu for your site. Because the menu maker is within Web Studio, you will no longer require the use of 3rd-party software for your menus. The menu maker keeps track of all your internal URLs within your website. Gone are the headaches associated with ...

Insert:Google Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:10:20 +0000

The Google Group lets you integrate your site with content from YouTube, or Google Maps. The video describes how to embed a video and a map onto your site.

Insert:Links Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:49:18 +0000

The Links Group is a more robust set of linking commands than from the Home tab. The video explains several of the types of links, how to create them, and how to configure various parameters such as text link colors on a site-wide and per-page basis.

Insert:Media Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:44:06 +0000

The Media Group is where you can insert a Flash file, a movie, or sound. Browse for your file and Webstudio will embed the file onto your page. The video discusses how to align a flash movie among other objects, and some of the subtleties to using the Video and Sound commands.

Insert:Text Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:29:57 +0000

The Text Group allows you to add new text objects, or text objects from a file. You can also insert a “Last Changed Date” object, as well as special text symbols. The video explains how to navigate the dialog box and find special ASCII characters you might want to use on your page.

Insert:Illustrations Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:26:01 +0000

The Illustrations Group is where you can browse for photos and graphics to add to your page or background. The video discusses the concept of Webstudio’s ‘protected graphic.’ A protected graphic will only be uploaded once to your server, even if it appears many times on your site. Additionally, it will be exempt from Webstudio’s ...

Insert:Pages Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:18:51 +0000

The Pages Group inserts a new page to your website. This quick video discusses the various things that will happen when Webstudio adds a page, and where you can find references to your pages. The main work area, the links gallery, and the page list will all be updated to reflect the new page.

Home:Upload Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:12:25 +0000

The Upload Group is where you can upload your website. The video discusses Webstudio’s new FTP upload utility, which is very similar to standalone FTP utilities. In Webstudio 5.0, you have complete control over which pages are uploaded, and to which folder they are uploaded to your host.

Home:Preview Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:06:15 +0000

The Preview group video discusses the differences between previewing a single page and previewing your entire site. One thing to remember is that when previewing a single page, your other pages won’t be built, and therefore, none of your internal links will work if you click them on the previewed page. Preview Links will build ...

Home:Links Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:03:24 +0000

The Links group in the Home tab is a quick place to work with the most common types of links you’re likely to add to your pages. Remember, the Home tab is used for quickly getting a site off the ground, and contains some basic functionality. For more detailed linking features, visit the Links Tab.

Home:Insert Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:12:22 +0000

The Insert group is a quick place to go in the Home tab if you want to quickly insert several types of files into your Webstudio page. Add a new page, Insert a text file, picture, or flash file. You’ll notice that Insert has its own tab, with many additional groups, but the Home tab ...

Home:Edit Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:48:55 +0000

This video explains how the Edit Group works. For novice users, this is a quick tutorial on performing basic editing commands such as Cut, Copy, Paste, Paste in place, Clear, and Select All. Some keyboard shortcuts are reviewed for the benefit of new users.

Home:Project Group

webstudiotv@cumuluscontent.com (WebstudioTV) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:50:38 +0000

The Project Group is where you can create a new project, open or close a project, save, print a page, and exit Webstudio. The video also suggests where to save your website project files (*.OWS files). You should always save inside a folder within your My Documents folder, rather than within any Webstudio or Back ...