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WEEBLY
A user friendly FREE website
builder for your Business
Tips and Instructions
Getting Started• Provide a name, e-mail address and
password to create a free account• Use a sub domain @weebly.com so
that there is no charge – Choose one that makes sense for your business.
• Once you sign up there is a video to watch
• After watching the video, select tab – Build My Site.
Select Site to create a website
Theme
Choose a theme for the website
Domain Name
Choose a subdomain of Weebly.com because they are FREE. Use your business name.Note: there is an option to register a professional domain name for a fee
Toolbar1. Build – add text, titles, images, slideshow,
map, contact form, structure and media.2. Design – Format the page design. Colors,
themes and fonts3. Pages – Add Pages and change page
name and headers 4. Store – add a store page to sell products
and accept payment5. Settings – Change the site address and
site title
Weebly Basics• One of the main features/things to know
about Weebly is that you drag the icon you want to add from the left hand (grey area) onto your webpage canvas.
• For example, lets say you want to add a TitleSteps…1. Click Build (along the top toolbar) and series
of icons will appear in grey along the left hand side of the page.
2. Drag the Title tile over to your webpage and it will drop onto the page.
3. Type your Title into this area of your webpage
(The next slide contains a screen shot)
BUILD(Drag the tiles onto the page)
BUILD(Drag the tiles onto the page)
BUILD
Upload Photos• Located under the BUILD toolbar • Drag the image box onto your
webpage• Click on this image box• A green bar will appear to upload the
image from your computer• Click on that bar and find the file
where you have saved the picture in your computer files
Media (Build Tab)• Add HD video, audio, documents, and YouTube
videosSteps to upload YouTube video…1. Drag the YouTube icon where you would like it on
your page.2. Once it is on your page, click on it, and a box will
appear to paste the URL address of a YouTube video3. Find a video from YouTube and copy/paste this URL
link into this box4. Press Enter/Return5. Once you click away from this box, the video will
appear.The next slide displays a screen shot of these steps
1. Drag the YOUTUBE Tile onto this page
2. Click on it3. A box will open up
for you to insert the URL address of the YouTube video
Other ToolbarNavigational Links
•Design•Pages•Store•Settings
The next slides display screen shots of each of these Toolbar Links
DESIGN
Change the Theme, Colors and Fonts of your website
Change the Theme, Colors and Fonts of your website
PAGES
Add Pages, choose Page Layouts and Select the
Name for the page
Add Pages, choose Page Layouts and Select the
Name for the page
STORE Add a Store Page with Information about your Products and Accept
Payments
SETTINGS Change Site Address and
Site Title
Button• A Navigation Button directs the user to a particular
destination. • Buttons are located under Build - Structure• Locate the Button icon and drag onto your page• Give the Button a name for where the button will
link. For example, another webpage, homepage etc.• Get the website address and Copy/Paste the website
address • Once the site is published and viewed on the web, a
person can click it to go to the destination webpage.• Do not try to test your Buttons in the editor.
Button
Button
1. Click link2. Copy/paste the URL
address from the website
More Things To Add…
• Block Quote• Embed Quote• Poll• Social Icons• RSVP Form• Survey• Feed Reader• Bookings• Forums
Saving, Undo, Publishing• Weebly automatically saves your work
• Weebly does not have an undo feature • It is the automatic save feature that is the culprit• In the case of text, you can often still press CONTROL-Z (PC) OR
COMMAND-Z(Mac) on your keyboard to undo what you have just done.• However, if you have deleted something, it’s deleted and you will have to redo
it.• Also, from time to time, Weebly can freeze or get stuck in a certain editing
option.• The best solution I have found is to simply exit the editor and return. Because
it automatically saves, you will still have all of your work, prior to that last step, when it froze.
• To view your website on the web, click Publish in the editor, then type your website URL into your address bar and click enter. Your website should appear and you can test your links. If it does not, make sure you have typed in the correct URL and or Published your work.
BusinessWeebly Website
Link to actual website
http://www.hasbro.com/playskool/en_US/mrpotatohead/
Business WebsiteHOME Business Name(Title)
Picture and YouTube video
ABOUT information about the your business:•Services or product provided•Quality of service or product
CONTACT Contact Us – Address and Phone Number along with a Photo Gallery of your work.
Student Exemplar
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Website Evaluation Rubric
Category 4 3 2 1
Content The site has a well stated clear purpose and the theme is carried out throughout the site
The site has a clearly stated purpose and theme but may have one or two elements that do not seem to be related to it.
The purpose and theme of the site is somewhat vague.
The site lacks a theme and purpose.
Layout The website has an exceptionally attractive and useable layout.
The web pages have an attractive and useable layout.
The web pages have a useable layout, but may appear busy or boring.
The web pages are cluttered and/or confusing.
Navigation Links for navigation are clearly labeled and allow the reader to easily move from a page to related pages.
Links for navigation are labeled and allow the reader to move from a page to related pages.
Some needed links are missing.
Links do not work.
Graphics/images/video
Related to the theme/purpose of the site, are of high quality and enhance reader interest or understanding.
Related to the theme/purpose of the site, are of good quality and enhance reader interest or understanding.
Some are not related to the theme/purpose of the site.
Seem randomly chosen, are of low quality, or distract the reader.
