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Creating and Setting Properties for Flash Introductions

Building Flash Introductions for Your Web Site

You can create a flash introduction for your Web site by selecting a flash template and editing the properties to your specifications. When visitors go to your Web page, they see the flash introduction first, and then they enter your Web site.

To Create a Flash Introduction

1. Log in to your WebSite Tonight account.
2. From the Add-Ons menu, select Flash Intro. The Flash Intro window displays.
3. To select a template from a different category, from the Category list, select a category and use the left or right arrows to view other templates.
4. When you locate the template you want to use, click the thumbnail to select it.
   

   Note: You can preview the template at any time by clicking Update Preview or Preview in New Window.

5. Click Properties.
6. In the Text 1 and Text 2 fields, type the text you want to use.
7. To select a background color, click the color swatch in the Page Background field, select a color, and then click OK.
8. In the Page Title field, type the title of the flash page.
9. In the Google® Meta tag name and Google® Meta tag content fields, paste the Meta tag content Google® provides in the "Meta name" and "content" fields when you add a site to Google® Webmaster Tools. For more information about generating the Meta tag content and verifying your site with Google®, see the "To Generate Meta Tag Content From Google® Webmaster Tools" and "To Verify the Site" sections in Configuring Google® Webmaster Tools.
10. Click the Music button, and then do one of the following:
    • To use one of WebSite Tonight's audio files, choose Select an Audio Clip, and then select a file from the list. You can listen to the audio clip by clicking the Play button.
    • To use an MP3 file, select a file from the list. For more information, see Adding Music to Your Flash Introduction.
    • To use an MP3 file from another Web site, select Enter the URL to the MP3 File, and then enter the URL for the file.
11. To preview the template, do one of the following:
    • To preview the template in the same window, Click Update Preview.
    • To preview the template in a new window, click Preview in New Window.
12. Click Save Flash Intro.

To Set Flash Introduction Properties

1. Log in to your WebSite Tonight account.
2. From the Add-Ons menu, select Flash Intro.
   
3. Click the Properties button.
4. In the Text 1 and Text 2 fields, enter the text you want to use on the flash introduction. For example, you might want to enter your Web site title.
5. To change the background color of the page, in the Page background field, click the color swatch, select the color, and then click OK.
6. In the Page title field, type your page title.
7. In the Google® Meta tag name and Google® Meta tag content fields, paste the Meta tag content Google® provides in the "Meta name" and "content" fields when you add a site to Google® Webmaster Tools. For more information about generating the Meta tag content and verifying your site with Google®, see the "To Generate Meta Tag Content From Google® Webmaster Tools" and "To Verify the Site" sections in Configuring Google® Webmaster Tools.
8. To preview the template, do one of the following:
   • To preview the template in the same window, Click Update Preview.
   • To preview the template in a new window, click Preview in New Window.
9. Click Save Flash Intro.

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