Knowledge base

This guide is intended for users of Infomaniak's Site Creator who wish to optimize their website's search engine ranking.

Introduction

• Infomaniak is one of the highest-performing hosting providers on the French-speaking market, which contributes to the good search engine ranking of your websites.
• However, Infomaniak will not intervene on the content or development of hosted websites (please refer to this other guide regarding search engine optimization).

Add Site Creator to Google

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

To submit your site to the Google search engine:

1. Click on the Applications button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on the Add to Google application:
   

This application allows for 2 operations:

1. Open the Google Search Console interface to manage your site's analytics:
   
2. You can insert the verification code provided by Google Search Console if you choose the simple method (see below):
   

Ownership Verification (requested by Google)

When you want to add your site to the Google tool and click the button in step 1 above, you will be given two options:

1. the method for monitoring an entire domain, which requires verification to be performed at the domain name level (in the Infomaniak interface if your domain name/DNS zone is managed by Infomaniak),
2. the simpler method, which allows you to specify the exact URL of your site, and for which verification will be done directly from Site Creator:
   

1. Method with domain name ownership verification

1. Enter the complete URL of your Site Creator and click Continue:
   
2. Make sure that the TXT type is selected and click the COPY button:
   
3. Click here to access your domain name management if it is managed with Infomaniak (otherwise, you will need to perform these operations with the relevant provider).
4. Click directly on the name assigned to the product in question.
5. Click on DNS Zone in the left-hand menu.
6. Click on the button to add a record:
   
7. Select the TXT type from the list.
8. Click on the Next button:
   
9. Leave this field blank or enter the term that comes before your domain name if you have created a site xxx.domain.xyz (in this example, you would enter visit in the Source field, since Site Creator is created on https://visit.exemple-domaine.ch).
10. Paste the information retrieved in step 2 above.
11. Click on the button to Save:
    
12. Go back to the Google tool and click on Verify (wait a few minutes if the verification does not take place):
    
13. There you go, the link between your Site Creator and the analytics console has been established; click the button to configure the property:
    

2. Simple method

1. Enter the complete URL of your Site Creator and click Continue:
   
2. Click the chevron ‍ to expand the HTML TAG section, which provides the information to be pasted into Site Creator to prove its ownership.
3. Click the COPY button:
   
4. Paste the information into the designated area in Site Creator.
5. Save the changes:
   
6. Go back to the Google tool and click Verify (wait a few minutes if the verification doesn't complete immediately):
   
7. There you go, the link between your Site Creator and the analytics console has been established; click the button to configure the property:
   

Define Meta Tags

Once in Site Creator:

1. Click the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click General Settings.
3. Click SEO and Metadata.
4. Enter the title, description, and keywords for the entire site:
   
   

This is also where you can manage the robots.txt file if necessary.

To define this, but for a specific page:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on General Settings.
3. Click on Subpage Settings.
4. Click on SEO & Metadata.

If you do not make any changes on this page, Site Creator will dynamically manage your tags.

You can also manage the URLs of your pages independently of the SEO title of your page (a page named "Contact" from an SEO perspective, while its URL will be, for example, "/enterprise").

What "Meta Keywords"?

To enter multiple keywords, separate them with a comma or similar:

Sitemap.xml

Do not confuse this with the Sitemap module. The sitemap.xml file lists all the pages of your site to help search engines discover and index them efficiently. You can view it to understand the site structure; replace domain.xyz with your domain name to access it (publicly) from a browser:

https://domain.xyz/sitemap.xml

Submit your URL to Google Search Console (refer to the first chapter above in this guide) and other webmaster tools to improve indexing.

Insert tracking codes

Your website includes a simple Statistics module, but you can also use Google Analytics or other tracking methods (such as Facebook Pixel, Google Tag, etc.) that require inserting code into your site:

1. Click the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on General settings.
3. Click on SEO and statistics.
4. Scroll down the page and insert your tracking codes.

This guide details the possible interactions between Infomaniak's Site Creator and social networks.

Specify the URLs of your different social profiles

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

To allow visitors to click on the links to your social networks:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Social Media.
3. Enter the addresses of your different social profiles (Tiktok, Instagram, etc.), including a phone number and an email address if you wish.‍
4. Save the changes at the bottom of the page:
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Add the icons of your profiles

Add icons of your social media in the footer or in the header of your website:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Social Media.

At the bottom, you can specify where you want the icons corresponding to the profiles you completed above to appear:

Save the changes at the bottom of the page.

Add a social sharing block

Among the blocks that you can add to a page, one block offers a row of buttons that allow visitors to easily subscribe to your various social media accounts:

A second type of block offers a row of buttons that allow visitors to share the page on the main social media platforms:

Get the site's QR code

To get the QR code for your site:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on the QR code icon at the very top:
   

You can download the QR code corresponding to the address of your homepage. This way, a user who scans your QR code can easily go to your site.

Change the social sharing OG image

When you share a link to your website on social networks, a thumbnail (Og:image for OpenGraph image) is often automatically associated with it:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on SEO and metadata under General settings.
3. Scroll down to Open Graph and choose the image:
   

This guide explains how to change the language of the Site Creator interface and how to manage the translations of your pages.

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

Change the interface language

To change the language of Site Creator:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on General settings.
3. Change the language of Site Creator:
   

A drop-down menu allows you to change the language of the Site Creator editor interface (this will also translate some elements accessible to the visitor, such as the Search button in the search bar, etc.); the choices are German, French, Spanish, Italian, and English.

Don't forget to save your changes at the bottom of the page.

Offer your site in multiple languages

Automatic and on-the-fly translations of all your pages

To offer the translation of your site automatically:

1. Click on the Applications button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on the Translations module:
   

You can add or remove the languages in which your site will be offered to visitors:

Using your mouse, move the languages into the desired order, which will affect the language selection dropdown menu (see below).

This menu can be enabled in the lower part of the translation module configuration page:

So, once the languages have been determined and arranged in the upper part (don't forget to save your changes at the bottom of the page), activate the menu to give visitors the option to choose the language via a dropdown menu at the top of the page:

Manually translated page

It is possible to offer a page (unique, per language) that has been prepared in advance, to which the visitor will be redirected when they choose a language different from the main language via the language selection dropdown menu (see above).

To do this, edit the desired language by clicking on the pencil icon ✎ and then clicking on the second radio button next to the field that allows you to specify the URL of your translated page:

You can therefore create a page for each language in advance. To finish, it is recommended to hide this type of page from your main menu:

This guide is intended for users of the Site Creator tool from Infomaniak who wish to allow visitors to perform a text search within the site's content.

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

Add a search bar to Site Creator

To allow visitors to search for content on your site designed with Site Creator, you need to enable the search bar:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on General settings.‍
3. Enable the search option.
4. Save the changes at the bottom of the page.
5. View the new search location on your homepage:
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   • A magnifying glass icon will be added to the header of your site, and the search bar will appear when you click on it:
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This guide explains how to customize the source code, modify the CSS, or change the HEAD or BODY section of a website created with Infomaniak Site Creator.

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

Add Custom Code

Once in Site Creator:

1. Click on Design in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on More settings.
3. Click on Custom code at the bottom:
   
4. Enter custom HTML, JavaScript (with its script tags), or CSS (with its style tags) - see below for some examples.
5. Save the changes at the bottom of the page.

Metadata in HEAD & BODY

To add JavaScript code or any other code to the HEAD or BODY section of your site's source code:

1. Click on Settings in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on SEO & Metadata in the Website Configuration section:
   
3. Scroll down to Custom Code.
4. Choose to add it under the HEAD or BODY tabs.
5. Save the changes at the bottom of the page:
   

Examples of CSS Customization

These examples will help you get started with advanced customization of your website's pages. However, there is a risk that, depending on the changes you make, you may no longer be able to access the editor, which will force you to start over from scratch.

Customize the website background

To set your desired image (which you must upload to the file library) as the page background and customize its display:

1. Go to step 3, as shown in the first image at the top of this guide.
2. Insert the <style> code to indicate that you want to modify the CSS code,
3. then body { to indicate that you want to modify the page body, and the "{" to open the space where you can insert the commands,
4. then background-image: url("../data/files/fond01.jpg"); with the exact path and name of the image uploaded to the library, and don't forget the semicolon so you can insert the next command.
5. background-repeat: repeat; to repeat the inserted image.
6. background-attachment: fixed; so that the background image remains fixed even if the visitor scrolls the page up or down to read its content.
7. } to close the previously opened insertion space.
8. </style> to indicate that the code ends here.

Space out the letters of all the links on the site

To spread out (a lot) the letters between each other in the clickable words (links):

1. Go to point 3, visible in the first image at the top of this guide.
2. Insert the code (if not already present) <style> to indicate that you want to modify the CSS code.
3. Then, .container div a { to indicate that you want to modify the page blocks and, more specifically, the links ("a"), and the "{" to open the space where you can insert the commands.
4. Then, letter-spacing:1em; by decreasing the value (0.9em for example), without forgetting the semicolon to be able to insert the next command or finish.
5. } to close the previously opened insertion space.
6. </style> to indicate that the code ends here.

See these other CSS code examples to insert on your site.

This guide concerns the "Applications" (or "modules", “extensions”) available in Infomaniak Site Creator depending on the version you have, to create a showcase website, a blog, or a 100% customizable online store, without any technical knowledge.

Different Applications

In addition to the content blocks offering various pre-formatted layouts, you can also insert blocks in the form of modules, each with a specific function:

1. Video
2. Audio player
3. Image slider / slideshow
4. File download
5. Location on map
6. Survey
7. Knowledge base
8. Questions and answers
9. Calendar
10. Calendly
11. Subpage menu
12. Sitemap
13. Add to Google
14. Custom HTML code
15. Contact form
16. Blog
17. Shop
18. RSS feed reader
19. Restaurant menu
20. Google Analytics

Insert a module on a page

To insert a module:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
3. Click on the Edit my site button to launch the editor:
   

Once in Site Creator:

1. Click on the Content button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Applications at the bottom, and the available content will be displayed on the right.
3. Click on one of these applications to insert it into the page:
   
4. Once inserted, hover over the module (or the block itself, depending on the module) to access its settings:
   

Multiple module or missing module

If you delete one of your modules (such as the one for creating a survey) that you have already configured and want to revert the changes, click Cancel immediately:

or

You can also reinsert the module, which should revert to its previous settings.

You cannot insert multiple modules of the same type to customize them independently.

Other integrations & widgets

Click on the APPLICATIONS button in the left sidebar of Site Creator:

To add a counter to display a countdown:

1. In the left-hand menu, click on the Content button.‍
2. Click on Objects in the list, and the available content will be displayed on the right.
3. Click on one of these objects to insert it on the page:
   
4. Once inserted, hover over the module to access its settings:
   

This guide explains how to add and customize a button on your Site Creator page, including a fixed button that allows you to return to the top of the page.

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

Add a link in the form of a button

To add a button (which leads to the URL of your choice when clicked):

1. Write the text for the button.
2. Select the text.
3. Press the ••• dots to the right of the toolbar to access additional options.
4. Then click on the link icon to open the section that will allow you to specify the type of link and the associated options:
   
5. Configure the destination page and the appearance of the button.
6. Save the changes at the bottom of the tab:
   
7. View the button on your page.
8. Click the button to return to the editor if needed:
   

Add a “Back to top” button

To add and customize a button that takes the visitor back to the top of your Site Creator page as soon as the page scrolls:

1. Click the Design button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click More settings.
3. Enable the option to display the back-to-top button.
4. Adjust the spacing from the right edge.
5. Save the changes at the bottom of the page:
   

Refresh the page if necessary to see the change:

Refer to this other guide for an alternative solution.

This guide helps you customize a website created with Infomaniak's Site Creator.

Prerequisites

• Accessing Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

Changing the site colors

To manage themes, colors, and fonts in Site Creator:

1. Click on the Design button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Site Colors:
   

You can choose from the available color palettes or create your own custom color scheme.

Below, there are more specific settings where you can specify to which elements a color should be applied:

Managing the background (image / color) of blocks

On your website's edit page, hover over a block and click the gear icon to access the settings:

Load a Website Template

You can modify the complete design of your website by changing its theme, and by deciding what should be overwritten or not on the current site when making the change:

1. Click the Design button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click Theme Selection:
   

This is where you can choose from the available website themes:

Once you have found your new theme, click Install, and then you can choose which parts of the new template you want to import (by default, only the colors, fonts, or menu style) to avoid overwriting the content of your website.

If your website is new, you can choose more options during import.

Change Website Fonts

To do this:

1. Click the Design button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click Fonts:
   

You can easily change the main fonts of the website; the first font is used for headings, and the second font is used for the content.

Below, there are more specific settings where you can specify to which elements a font should be applied.

It is not possible to import or add a custom font, but you can change the provider (the font list will be the same) for privacy reasons, for example:

1. Click on Settings in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on General settings
3. Choose the font provider:
   

Troubleshooting missing/invisible text

If you feel that your text block has disappeared or is invisible

then select all the content of the website (ctrl + a or cmd + a on Mac); if you see that your content is there, it probably means that the block settings are set to a dark background:

In this case, go to the block settings and make sure that the "Dark background" option is not checked. This should solve the problem:

This guide explains how to manage the logo, header, and footer in Infomaniak's Site Creator.

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

Add a website logo

Once in Site Creator:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left sidebar.
2. Click on Logo / title.‍‍
3. Upload an image and choose whether the site name should also be displayed next to it.
4. Save the changes:
   

Logo settings

1. Click on the Design button in the left sidebar.
2. Click on Menu Designer‍.
3. Click on Title/logo.
4. Then adjust spacing and colors.
5. Save the changes:
   

Display the logo in the center

In the same location as above (you can also access it by hovering over the header and its logo), activate the option to display the logo on a separate line, which will center the site's logo:

Hide the logo (+ header and footer)

To create a page without a logo that will also have no header (and therefore no menu displayed) or footer, you need to define it as a Homepage (i.e., "Landing page"; note that this does not change the order of the pages) using a button located here:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left sidebar.
2. Click on Page List.
3. Hover over a page in the existing tree and click on the gear icon that appears on hover.
4. ‍Activate the "Homepage" option at the bottom to hide the header and footer:
   

This guide explains how to modify certain details of a website created with Infomaniak's Site Creator.

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

Change the website name

Click on the Settings button in the left sidebar, then on Site Title:

Company details

Click on the Settings button in the left sidebar, then on Contact details under Website configuration:
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This guide explains how to set up the icon displayed in the favorites bar of a web browser, the favicon, in Infomaniak's Site Creator.

Introduction

• Microsoft recommends the following formats for its browsers: 16 x 16, 32 x 32, and 48 x 48.
• Apple, on the other hand, recommends that the favicon size be 180 x 180.

Define the Site Creator favicon

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

To define a new favicon:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on General settings:
   
3. Scroll down to the Favicon section and click to choose an image:
   
4. Import/select the favicon from your hard drive:
   
5. Save the changes at the bottom of the page:
   
6. Preview the result in your browser (if necessary, in a new private browsing window, for example):
   

This guide explains how to add and configure a contact form on your website created with Infomaniak Site Creator.

Create a Custom Contact Form

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

You can create one or more forms allowing your visitors to write a message, register for an activity, or fill out any kind of online form with or without attachments:

1. Click on the Content button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Applications at the bottom of the list.
3. Click on Form Builder:
   
4. Build your form using the elements on the left.
5. Save at the bottom of the page:
   

Once the first form has been created, you can insert it by clicking on ‍ at the location of your choice and selecting it:

The created form will be inserted on your page:

Contact Form Settings

You can customize the thank-you message, the optional redirection page after submission, the email address used, add a captcha (recommended), etc.

To do this, hover over the module to access its settings:

If necessary, click on the form you want to edit, then on Form Properties:

You can also delete the created form so that it is no longer offered:

This guide explains how to create galleries with your photos in Infomaniak's Site Creator.

Create a photo gallery

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

Once in Site Creator:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu; the list of your pages will appear.
2. Click on the Add a page button below the existing tree:
   
3. Activate Show more options to choose the page type PHOTO GALLERY:
   
4. Validate; the new page with the photo gallery module will appear on the screen:
   

Configure the photo gallery

To do this:

1. Hover over the module to access the gallery settings.
2. Click on Edit:
   

Photo albums

You can create additional photo galleries for your different albums:

 

Change the order of photos

Once your gallery is created, each new photo you upload from your computer is added to the end of the photo list; you can easily change this order by dragging the photos with the mouse when editing a gallery:

 

In addition, you can add a description to any of your photos; below each image, you will notice the "Image description" field. Start typing your description there and press the green button to save the changes:

Add an image slideshow widget

To configure one or more dynamic Slider widgets, on which one or more photos will slide laterally (without any connection to the photo galleries described above):

1. Click on the Applications button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Slider:
   
3. Configure the widget according to your preferences.
4. Insert the configured widget in the desired location by clicking on Content, then Apps, and choosing Slider:
   
5. Select the Slider you created to insert it on the page:
   

This guide explains how to add and configure a blog module on your website created with Site Creator Infomaniak.

Introduction

• There is no feature to manage multiple users in the Blog section (or in Site Creator).
• Multiple users from the same Organization who have access to Site Creator (via their access authorization to Web Hosting) can publish on the blog, but the author's identity will remain the same for all.
• You can get help from the Euria artificial intelligence, just like on the other Site Creator pages.
  • Read this other guide about the model used by the writing assistant and the responsibilities of each party.

Start a blog on Site Creator

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management interface for your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to launch the editor:
    

Once in Site Creator, on the page where you want to insert your future blog posts:

1. Click on the + button located below an already inserted block:
   
2. Click on Applications (in the Content tab that opened when you clicked to add the visual block).
3. Click on the Blog module:
   
   • If this is the first time you are inserting this module, you will get the following visual block with an example of the first published article (go to point 4 below):
     
   • If you have already tested the Blog module before and removed it from your pages, you will get this:
     
     1. Press the top choice to insert the main block.
     2. Press the second choice to display a block with the 3 most recent published articles only if you have already inserted a main block elsewhere on the site.
4. Once the Blog module is inserted, hover over the block and click on the menu button with three horizontal lines ☰ Blog, then click on ‍ New article to insert a blank article:
   

Publish content using artificial intelligence

To write content and, if necessary, improve your drafts:

1. Choose an image for the banner, enter a title, an optional subtitle, and the body of the article with different formatting options:
   
2. Press the + sign next to the article text or the Tab key on your keyboard:
   
3. Select the content and then click on it to display a text formatting toolbar.
4. From this toolbar, access the features offered by AI (translation, rewriting, correction, etc.):
   
5. Publish by clicking the Publish button (or save the draft for later).

Edit the blog

To enable comments, email notifications, list layout, and sorting, etc.:

1. Click on Applications in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Blog.
3. Click on Settings and adjust your preferences, remembering to save at the bottom of the page:
   

Edit blog posts

No matter where you are when editing your site, simply go to the Applications menu in the bottom left corner, then click on Blog:

To edit the content of your article, click on Browse articles in the left-hand menu, hover over and click on the pencil icon ✎:

To configure one of the items (see below), hover over it and click on the gear icon:

Label, archive, or expire an item

A blog post can be removed from your list of posts by setting an expiration date or by archiving it immediately. You can also add a tag that will be clickable for the visitor, making it easier to navigate through the posts:

Don't forget to save the changes at the bottom of the page.

Article Date

By default, new blog posts will be added with the current date, but you can change it:

1. Hover over and click on the date link (directly on the article):
   
2. Choose a new date.

This guide for Infomaniak's Site Creator covers the topic of browser cookies.

Introduction

• By default, when your website is new, no cookies should be stored on your visitors' devices, and there are no tracking features for advertising or marketing.
• As a website administrator, some data is stored in your own cookies (such as information indicating that you are a website administrator).
• If you add applications/modules integrated into your website, cookies may be used; for example, with the Poll Form: if you add a poll module to your website, it will use cookies when the website visitor votes (to remember that they have already voted).

Notification for the visitor

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

You can enable a cookie consent message that will appear in a small pop-up window at the bottom of the screen for all new visitors to your site:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Contact Information under Website Configuration.
3. Enable the cookie information option to configure the brief message and the URL for additional information.
4. Set the display type to expanded or not (see below).
5. Save the changes at the bottom of the page:
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Additional Settings

The consent message can be set to default or expanded when you click on Display. The result is as follows:

• default:
  
• expanded:
  

This guide explains how to avoid directly publishing changes to a page in Infomaniak's Site Creator.

Introduction

• Draft mode prevents the following changes from being published:
  • Adding a new content block via the Content menu
  • Visual or textual modifications to a content block
  • Deletion of a content block
• Draft mode does not apply to:
  • Global design changes, via the Design menu (colors, fonts, etc.)
  • Content modifications related to applications (question/answer, e-commerce, etc.)
  • Modifications of global settings, via the Settings menu (Pages, languages, etc.)
  • Subpages of the page you are unpublishing

1. Back up without publishing

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

You can switch a page to draft mode to make text changes or other content changes that will not be visible live, until you decide to switch the site back to live publishing mode:

1. Click on the ... button at the very bottom of the left-hand menu to expand the publishing and preview options.
2. Click on Live to switch to Unpublished mode:
   
3. Now, the yellow mode displayed at the bottom indicates that all your changes (on this page only) will not be displayed live (unlike Live mode) because they will not be automatically published:
   
   • Changes will be saved in a draft even if you leave the page or the editor…
   • In draft mode, you can work on the page, add text, save it, leave, come back to continue editing, and this work will not be published until you explicitly decide (see below):
     
   • Depending on the changes made (e.g., adding a content block), remember to edit the text to validate your changes and save them.
   • To check and confirm that your current changes are not being published as you make them, simply go to your site's address from another browser page in incognito mode, for example.

2. Publish the changes or delete the draft

You can exit Draft mode to revert to instant publishing:

1. When the Draft mode is active, click on the yellow button in Draft mode to display a settings panel:
   
2. The settings panel opens so you can:
   1. publish your changes,
   2. or delete the current draft and revert to the page's initial state:
      

Example

1. With the Live mode (visible at the bottom of the screen), any modification is immediately visible to the page's visitors.
2. With the Unpublished / Draft mode (identifiable by a yellow symbol at the bottom of pages in this mode), your changes are not visible in real time.
3. Leave the page to work on another page; the mode reverts to the default mode, i.e., the Live mode, because the page is different, and the mode only applies to the selected pages.
4. Go back to the draft page; a symbol at the bottom of the page always indicates that draft mode is enabled.
5. Click on it to choose whether to publish or delete the changes and revert the page to its state before your draft modifications.

This guide details how to use media in Infomaniak's Site Creator.

Please note that it is also possible to insert other elements, such as an Infomaniak Newsletter signup form.

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

Add an image

Media is managed in the file library:

• Add a new content block:
  
• The media can then be replaced or supplemented:
  

But also:

1. Click on the Content button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Objects in the list to insert a single image.
3. Click on the IMAGE block on the right:
   
4. Once the image is added, you can also make it a clickable link or change its size in the image editor:
   

You can also add images as a Photo Gallery module.

Change image

To replace an inserted image, which will retain the characteristics of the previous one:

1. Click on an image to edit it.
2. Click on the button of the type Photo Frame on the image thumbnail to be able to select a new image that will replace the previous one:
   

Add a video

To add a video:

1. Click on the Content button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Objects in the list.
3. Click on the VIDEO block on the right to insert a video in full width:
   

You can also apply a link to an image using a YouTube video as the URL: this will automatically create a PLAY-type icon that, when clicked, will open the video in a lightbox-type window.

Add an audio file

To add a sound file:

1. Click on the Content button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Applications at the bottom.
3. The available content is displayed on the right.
4. Click on the audio player to insert it into the page and choose the files:
   

You can customize it further using the HTML editor.

Add a file to download

To easily offer a file for download:

1. Click on the Content button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Applications at the bottom.
3. The available content is displayed on the right.
4. Click on the File Download widget to insert it into the page:
   
5. Select the file from the library that your visitors will be able to download.

This tutorial explains how to create navigation menus for your website built with Site Creator from Infomaniak, as well as how to configure their content, styles, and settings.

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to launch the editor: 
    

The different navigation menus

The different pages that make up your site can be accessed within one or more navigation menus:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. By default, the list of your pages appears, organized into 2 main categories: MAIN MENU and LEGAL: 
   

But you can add more.

These menus, along with the pages they contain, are then used in different places on your site, depending on the theme chosen:

• You will often find the main menu placed at the top of the page: 
  
• and the other menus will be automatically displayed in the footer:
  

Manage menus

Add a new menu

To do this:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Hover over a menu title in the existing tree.
3. Click on the "+" icon that appears when you hover: 
   

You can manage the presence of the menu in the sitemap or delete it (along with all its pages):

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Hover over a menu title in the existing tree and click on the gear icon that appears when you hover: 
   
3. Choose the desired settings and validate at the bottom of the page: 
   

Refer to this other guide to prevent any menu from appearing at all.

Create a sub-item in a menu

To do this:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
   • The list of your pages appears.
2. Using your mouse, move a page slightly to the right, under another page: 
   
   • It will become a sub-page, and your website menu will display the tree structure you have created: 
     
   • Also, take note of the tip below…

Menu title that is not clickable

If necessary, choose to not make the very first item of a menu with sub-menu items clickable (as configured above):

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on General Settings to modify this setting under Sub-menu Options: 
   

Menu item containing a link to another website

To do this:

1. Click on the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
   • The list of your pages will appear.
2. Click on the Add Page button below the existing tree: 
   
3. Enter a page name and click on Show more options.
4. Choose the URL redirection to specify the destination when clicked: 
   

Additional top menu

To display a "menu bar" at the very top of your page:

1. Click on the Design button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on More settings.
3. Enable the Header menu bar: 
   
4. Once enabled, you can customize it using the Settings link in the same place: 
   

Menu styles

To manage the different menu styles:

1. Click on the Design button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Menu editor: 
   
3. Then click on Configuration: 
   
4. You can then decide on the location of your menus (on the left of the page or at the top, fixed or mobile, "hamburger ☰" type menu on the right or normal, etc.): 
   

Change the color of the "hamburger" menu (☰)

If this menu button with three horizontal lines ☰ appears, for example, white on white on a mobile device:

1. Click on the Design button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click on Menu Editor.
3. Click on Menu title / logo.
4. Adjust the text color: 
   

Adopt a new menu theme

Completely change the predefined style using the themes at the very top of the submenu:

• Click on Menu Templates (still under Design, then Menu Editor): 
  

Fixed menu

Most of the menus will move with the page content.

• The menu disappears when you scroll down the page: 
  
  
   
• You can define a menu that will always be fixed to the top edge (with different visual options): 
  
  

To enable or disable the fixed menu:

1. Click on Design.
2. Click on Menu Editor.
3. Click on Main configuration.
4. Choose In the header in the Menu type box.
5. The toggle switch Fixed to the top appears further down, and you can enable it.
6. Click on Save: 
   

Some menu templates (such as #3 and #16) directly apply the optimal settings for a fixed menu.

Insert your menus into the page body

A Subpage Menu module allows you to insert your menus and submenus anywhere on your page:

• Add the element from Apps:
  

The sitemap module displays all menus and all your pages in a single block.

Define the page URL

By default, if your page name is Contact, the URL to access it will be www.domain.xyz/contact.

If you later change the page name to Hello, the URL will be www.domain.xyz/hello.

To define the custom URL for the page you are on:

1. Click the Settings button in the left-hand menu.
2. Click SEO & Metadata (under Settings for this subpage).
3. The first field at the top allows you to define the page address. Any spaces will be converted into hyphens, and special characters, accents, symbols, etc. should be avoided:
   

If URL changes are saved while creating the site and a menu already contains a link to the page in question, it will be updated dynamically.

This guide concerns the undo function in Infomaniak's Site Creator.

Introduction

• No backup/restore is possible from the Infomaniak Manager.
• If, for example, you delete a content block and want to restore it, you can undo up to the last 20 operations in Site Creator.

Undo an Operation

Prerequisites

• Access Site Creator:
  • Click here to access the management of your product in the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  • Click directly on the name assigned to the Site Creator in question.
  • Click on the Edit my site button to start the editor:
    

Once in Site Creator:

1. Click on the  …  ‍‍‍ button at the very bottom of the left-hand side menu in Site Creator to expand the undo options.
2. Click on Undo and confirm the restoration (the arrows next to it allow you to "navigate" through the latest backups):