NOTE* Anytime you intend on sending out a mass mailing take these rules into account:  (mass mailer messages will be reviewed and approved based on these rules)   The Requirements of the CAN-SPAM Act Rules   In order to remain on the good side of the email spam law, you'll want to be sure you're abiding by the following:   ?️ Your heading information may not be false or misleading. This means the fields "From", "Reply-To", "To" and all routing information like your domain name and email address should correctly identify you or your business where the message initiated. WebsiteForge Customer see how here.   ? Your subject line must reflect the content of your message. No deceptive subject lines or "click bait" that doesn't appropriately state what the email is about. WebsiteForge Customer see how here.  ? Your message must be designated as an advertisement. You have some options how to make this happen, but the fact that the email is an ad must be stated clearly and conspicuously somewhere in the message. WebsiteForge Customer see how here.    ? Your location must be clearly stated. A valid physical postal address must be included in the email you're sending. Your address may be represented as a current street address, a post office box in the United States, or a private mail service that you've registered with a receiving agency in the United States. WebsiteForge Customer see how here: For Campaign Mailers For a One Time Mailer For Blog Posts (email notice) ❎ You must allow for an opt-out. Marketing opt-out rules state that you must include a clear explanation of how an email recipient can opt out of getting emails from your company in the future. The opt-out option required by the marketing out-out rules should be easy for a standard reader to identify and understand. This might include a different color, font size or prominent location within the email. WebsiteForge Customer see how here.    ? Opt-out requests never expire. If you have received an opt-out request from an email address, the opt-out time never expires. The only time you may use that email address is if you receive a new opt-in request from the same address. WebsiteForge Customer see how here. ? Include a return email address or a means to allow recipients to communicate with you. This can be done in many ways. You can include a simple email address for communications, or you might want to direct users to your website.  Both of these mentions can be done by linking.  WebsiteForge Customer see how here.    ↪️ Be sure that you're not using incentives asking to forward your messages. Forwarded messages that contain incentives for forwarding contain commercial messages and don't usually contain the opt-out mechanism. WebsiteForge Customer see how here. ? Be sure you are receiving opt-out messages. It means nothing to have an opt-out tool if you refuse to receive opt-out emails. Marketing opt-out rules require that you ensure that opt-out requests are in an Inbox folder of the email account that you routinely check and that the messages aren't being blocked or rerouted by a spam filter. WebsiteForge Customer see how here.   ?️ You must honor opt-out requests. Once you receive an opt-out request, you must process it within ten days. Make sure that you or your customer service representatives properly process and honor the received opt-out requests in good faith.  WebsiteForge Customer see how here. ? You may not charge a fee or require additional information to honor an optout request. Marketing out-out rules indicate that all that you may require for an opt-out request is an email address for the recipient. You may also require recipients to visit a single page on the internet as a condition to opt-out of a website. WebsiteForge Customer see how here.    ⛔ Once a recipient has opted out of your emails, you may not use his/her email address in any form. You may not transfer that email address as part of a sale or a marketing list. You may not send additional messages. The only thing you may do is transfer the email address to a company that will assist you in complying with the CAN-SPAM email spam law. WebsiteForge Customer see how here. ? Monitor how others act on your behalf. There are companies available to handle your email marketing. This means that they can send emails on your behalf, but you are not allowed to transfer your legal responsibility to your email marketing company. WebsiteForge Customer see how here.             See the rules as they are outlined from the FTC.GOV site    

There are a few basic things needed for your Membership Module to work properly. For a list of Membership module videos click here   The items required for the Membership Module to work properly are: A Membership module: (Click here for instructions on how to add a new module) Members: You can associate your membership module with other modules: e-commerce, Blog, & AD modules all use a membership module to manage members.  Members can be imported, manually added, and users can sign up for the module on your site with a "Sign up form"( go to the Ecom module's System Settings in order to associate with and use the membership module for the ecom portion of the website.) Groups:  You should design an easy structure for your customers to determine what goup they wish to join, or you can have special group pricing for a module associated with e-commerce Login Panel: You can add a login panel to any page, it is easier for customers to either have a "login here" link visible on every page.  Or have a login panel visible on every page. (click here to see how to add a login panel)

There are many ways to get help in our system.   You can contact support in several ways.  Technical Support will assist you in making changes to your site.  You can also request upgrades with Support.   Tech Support Ticket: Ticket.websiteforge.com Email Support: Support@WebsiteForge.com Searching the Manual Site Search our Video database Technical Support Help Line: 1-888-558-2446 x3 Live Chat (bottom right hand corner)       Remote Hands is another way to get help on your site.  What is Remote Hands? Remote Hands is a service we provide at a fee (most sites include this fee in their monthly recurring billing).  Where you can tell us what you want done on your site and we do it.   You can also accumulate Remote Hands Hours and apply them toward a design update.    To place a Remote Hands request please go here. For step by step instructions please go here.   Free Seo Consultations: Please Contact Kevin Gannon to schedule an appointment: Phone:(888) 544- 4700 or (248) 349- 6281 Or click here to Email    

In this area you will find information about the AD module including how to setup, edit, and maintain your AD Module.   Also see the "Ad Basics" here   An AD module is used when you have a site that your clients or customers will be placing ads.  For example you may have a real estate company that will have listings of real estate properties.  All of those properties would be ads from your customers, that they have posted on your site.   WebsiteForge's secure online member Classified & Directory is a searchable directory solution for displaying member information publicly or privately on the web. It enables organizations to display and use fields of information (including pictures, logos, video, audio, text and links) in a variety of ways.   The secure online directory gives your organization the power and flexibility to make the most of the web. Use as many fields as you need (including images). Use it alone or linked to an existing website. Decide how public or private you want your information to be with password-protection, user permissions and other customizations. Categorize profiles into user groups with unique data fields and permission levels. Choose to allow users to update their own profiles, access other profiles or none at all, depending on the permissions you set for them.   Classifieds & Directory Userpanel General Features  Easy, Flexible Advanced or Quick Look Search Function Easy to manage administration Unlimited Post Unlimited Categories and Sub-Catagories Member Login (email) & Password (unique) Unlimited Package Options Detailed & Summary Member Pages Member Status Notification  Admin General Features  Advanced Search for Postings Editing main Categories Enable/ Disable Features Detailed Site Statistics Site Hits History Site Information Customization View Transaction Details Setting Number of Postings to be Shown in a Page Old Item Cleanup Mail Messages Customization Send Mail Send Newsletter Change Password Daily, Weekly, Monthly Hits and Posting Report  Posting Features   Edit Posting Delete Posting Totally Free Posting Paid Posting Print Posting Image Posting Category based Postings Event Posting  Preference Features  Adding Advertisements Bold Listing Highlight listing Featured listing Multiple Regions and Locations Multiple Sub-Categories Displays latest ads first Multiple Image Posting Email Verification Free Upgrades  Security Settings  Payment Settings Cost Settings  Postings Options  Add Posting Edit Posting Delete Posting Suspend Posting Activate Posting  Categories  Add Categories Edit Categories Delete Categories  Regions  Add Regions Edit Regions Delete Regions  Locations   Add Locations Edit Locations Delete Locations        

There are a few basic things needed for your Blog to work properly, and then there are some optional components to use. For a list of Blog videos click here   The items required for the Blog Module to work properly are: A Blog module (Click here for instructions on how to add a new module) A page to display your Posts. (click here to see how to add a new page)  On that page you will need: Posts Frame: This will display your Blog posts. Full Text Search Box: for the Blog Module. Calendar: This is an optional frame for your page. It will show a calendar of the month and the dates that had a Blog Post will be a link to the Post from that date. Category List: This will show a list of your Blog Categories      3. Posts (you will need to create your posts. see here how to do that)      4. Categories.  You should design an easy structure to see your posts in, if you plan to use a category list.

There are a few basic things needed for your Advanced Gallery Module to work properly, and then there are some optional components to use. For a list of Advanced Gallery videos click here   The items required for the Advanced Gallery Module to work properly: Advanced Gallery module (Click here for instructions on how to add a new module) A page to display your Images.  On that page you will need: Advanced Gallery : Image list frame (if you are not going to have a "search results" page then you will want to make set the "Images listed" to "search results")Click here to see more detailed info Full Text Search Box for the Advanced Gallery Module      3. Images (you will need to first upload your images to the image store see here how to do that, then you will need to add the images to the Advanced Gallery: Images area)      4. Categories.  You should design an easy structure to see your images in, if you plan to use a category list.       Those are the most basic components needed to get your Images up and running.  Here are some optional frames that can be added:   Advanced Gallery : Category Description (this will show the description of your category as specified in the Advanced Gallery Module) Advanced Gallery : Advanced Category List (this differs slightly from the "category list" in the way that it can show images to represent the category instead of only text) Advanced Gallery : Category Title (this will show the title of your category as specified in the Advanced Gallery Module) Navigation Menu's can be linked to category's or items.  This is helpful in creating a custom menu for your Advanced Gallery module. Category list.  This frame has many great features.  When set to "Show Locations" "level by Level" it gives the affect of breadcrumbs. See screenshot: Breadcrumb affect      

This explains the difference between HTML view and Source view in your websiteforge content tool bar.