Almost anything you want to do is one click away. Editing a page? One click.
Getting help? One click. Adding formatting to your text? One click.
More time is spent making Design-Own-Web.com quick and easy to use than on any other
part of Design-Own-Web.com.
Ease of use features include:
The toolbar
The toolbar gives you one-click access to almost every function you need.
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The toolbar appears at the top of every page in your website.
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Everything you want to do is one click away.
Compare editing a page using the Design-Own-Web.com toolbar with any other site builder.
This example shows you the steps for editing a page:
Design-Own-Web.com toolbar method |
Other Site Builder Method |
- Click the “Edit Page” button in the toolbar at the top of
the page
- Edit the page using the easy page editor then click “Save.”
Click here to see video on editing your site.
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- Write the page address down.
- Go to your site builder (type in the address of your site builder
in your browser then click “Go.”)
- Go to the login screen.
- Login to your site builder (enter your user name and password then
click "Login")
- Go to website editing mode.
- Go to your page list.
- Find the page you wrote down then click to edit that page.
- Edit the page, then click to save it.
- Click to apply changes to your site.
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Editing with Design-Own-Web.com is easier and faster because of the one-click toolbar
technology.
One-click Help
Two types of one-click help is available:
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1. General Help & Support
Your toolbar is always visible.
Click the "Help & Support" button in the top right corner
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5 kinds of support:
- "Getting Started" tutorial
- online documentation (37 chapters)
- knowledge base (250+ articles)
- frequently asked questions
- free online technical support staff
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2. Smart Help
The most relevant help document is always displayed with the feature
you are working on. It is one click away.
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For example, if you are editing a standard web page, the one-click help
will bring you directly to the help document "Getting Started", because
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Easy Editor
The easy editor works just like your favorite word processor. When you click
to edit a page, the easy editor appears. You can immediately start using it
like you would your word processor:
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No downloads or installations required.
With the easy editor you can:
- change fonts
- change font size
- bold
- italicize
- align left, center, or right
- add bullets and lists
- add links
- change colors
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Ease of Use Guidelines
All these techniques are used to maximize ease of use:
- More time is spent making Design-Own-Web.com easy to use than on any other feature.
- Live user testing is used to test ease of use
- The site builder is improved daily using user feedback
Ease of use goals
These are some of the stated goals:
- A basic website must not take longer than five minutes to set up
- Editing a web page must not take longer than one minute
- Make it so easy that your mom, dad and friends can use it
The last one, while humorous, is the leading force of innovation in ease of
use.
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