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_No, and sort of, yes. No, in the sense that the site is built online, using Weebly templates and their server-side program(s). Yes, because you can archive your site (see Archiving Sites in right-hand column below, under Categories) and use it to get a huge head start elsewhere.
You can use the archive files to upload to a different server. The base structure should remain and all your content. However, your blog posts will not copy and custom fonts, slideshows and contact forms and the like will probably not work, as they're a part of Weebly's system. Any editing of your site from then on would need to be done traditionally with a website editor. Also, see note, below about the copyright of the weebly theme. Re-build your site at another template-based website service, your Weebly archive can still be very useful . . .. _I don't understand the deep inner-workings of Weebly's servers or programming, but every once in a while, things just stop functioning.
Before getting clicky and frustrated, close out and re-enter the weebly editor via the blue ENTER button. If just closing out doesn't help, close out, log out, and log back in. Usually, that solves the problem without making things worse by . . . _Yes to all. The captions are the sort that runs on the top or bottom of the image in a dark translucent strip. But there is a feature to add links, and you can re-order, add and delete images any time you like, so those are nice things to make up for the caption limitation . . ..
Edited: Clarified steps and added new pictures, because my info was out of date. Most website builders offer swatch palettes with a rather garish selection of "web safe" colors. Weebly is no different, except, thankfully, they let you enter your own colors, too.
Since computer monitors are much more sophisticated than they were when that "web safe" distinction was made, you can choose other, more subtle colors for your site with confidence. The next challenge is finding the codes for the colors . . .. _There are three places within the Weebly interface to change text colors:
1) under the DESIGN tab at the top of the page, where you decide the format of your SITE TITLE, PARAGRAPH TITLE, PARAGRAPH TEXT, and LINKS. Clicking on the color swatch will lead you to a swatch palette. Down at the bottom of the swatch palette, there's a white box where you can type in a hex code for a custom color. It must have a hashtag (#) followed by a code of six numbers and/or letters following it. For example, the hex code for black, is #000000, the coral color used on this page is #CC9933. Type in your code and select OK. 2) Select any text within a text block, and click on the capital A with an underline to select a swatch color or type in your own custom color. The method is the same as above. 3) for those familiar with CSS coding, under the DESIGN tab at the top of the page, in the left-hand editing column, under the Change Theme and Change Fonts buttons, there is an EDIT HTML/CSS button. Clicking on that will take you to a split screen editor, where you will be able to change the site's CSS and see a preview of your changes before committing them with the SAVE button. __(This post has been altered to reflect the improved column-building interface. Weebly keeps making great new improvements, darn them!)
1) Make sure you're on the ELEMENTS tab, select the MULTIPLE COLUMNS layout icon, and drag it to the content area of your page. You can adjust the width of the columns by touching the vertical bar(s) and once you get the <> arrow, sliding them/it to the right or left. 2) If you want more columns, hover over the blue bar at the top of the section and select the number you wish. Slide the vertical bars to adjust your column widths. Want more than five columns? Select four columns in your first section and pull down another MULTIPLE COLUMN section, then choose what works for you. _There are two ways to change out a Weebly header image. Below, is the way to do it without going into the "Edit Html/CSS" section:
1) If you've selected a theme that has a generic header image and want to replace it, first click on the header image and an orange EDIT IMAGE button will appear. Click that and take note of the Header size listed on the upper left-hand side of the page. (It will be listed in "px," or pixels, but if you don't have a photo editing program which can measure in pixels, use a ruler and measure the dimensions directly on the screen.) _Weebly Templates
So far, weebly.com is my favorite template website host. Not only are their themes attractive, very customizable and easy to update, but they offer free, slightly limited blog pages (pre-linked to Facebook and Twitter), online store modules (that work with either Paypal Business/Premier or Google Checkout), Search Engine Optimization, nice-looking slideshows with several options, plus a whole bevy of other free features, including using your own domain name. More features are included with their very reasonable hosting ($3.99/month for a year, prepaid). Okay, let’s just say Weebly’s an absolutely brilliant company with a goofy name and quick email support, going strong since 2007 and I am not paid by Weebly in any way to say so. This site is built using a modified Weebly template. Website Tonight® Templates I also customize godaddy.com Website Tonight sites. Their themes are are more business-oriented and have less options for customization, although they are improving. There are some really good Website Tonight features: you can change background colors of their site building units (text/photo areas, etc.) which they call "blocks," you can "share" linked blocks throughout the site (which change automatically when one is updated), and have the (extra, paid) option to host your site on a secure server — all of which you can't yet do without intense coding on Weebly. I've just been checking in and see there are several improvements that have been made lately — one of which is to their slideshow feature, which was badly needed. I'll report back when I know more and can take the time. Also on the plus side, GoDaddy offers exceptionally helpful 24/7 phone support, plus the dependability of a company with a long track record. These are just my opinions from my experiences. I'll add other template site reviews as I learn more. |
SIRI WEBER FEENEY
Due to elder care issues, I am not able to respond to questions, as I am concentrating on working on existing clients' updates and further projects.
I apologize to those who wrote in and weren't posted. I kept thinking I'd be able to respond and wasn't. Please read the existing posts for answers and don't forget to check the comments. Several related issues were covered within the comments and there are good suggestions from commenters, as well. Also, with the new Weebly interface formatting, click around and you'll find what seems to be all the old features behind visually simplified icons. So, for example, when wishing to change a page type (no header, tall header, etc.), click PAGES, click the page's name in the list, and you'll get all the different types to choose from. If you're really stuck, you can also call Weebly at 1-844-493-3259, also check out Weebly's blog, Weebly tutorials on YouTube and, if you're adventuring into coding, w3schools.com is terrific. Thank you, ~ Siri Follow me:
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