By Dan Carbone
November 20, 2012 Category: Images, Image Upload, On Page Editing

One of the easiest ways to add some flare to your website is to add images. Buthow do you add images to your Virteom website?In this article well cover all the bases on just that. Preparing your image for upload First things first, well need you to prepare your image for upload. There are a few things you should do to your image before uploading your image to your website: Make sure your image name does not have any spaces in it. We suggest replacing any spaces in your file name with dashes (-) or underscores (_). Optimize your image for the web. To keep your website running at top speed, youll want to optimize your image for web. How do you do this? Use an image optimizer like this one. Uploading your new Image into Virteom Editor Now that you have prepared your image to be uploaded, youre locked in loaded to upload it to the Virteom CMS. Go to your website and log into your Virteom editor. Once you are logged in go to the page you want to edit and select Editor off the top

By Olivia Justice
July 24, 2019 Category: Learning, Modules

How to Add, Edit and Delete Photos in the PhotoGrid Module Does your Virteom powered website have a photo gallery on it? Adding new photos to your gallery is really simple and even allows you to upload multiple images at one time. In this how-to article, we explain how to add new photos to the gallery, remove photos from a gallery, add captions and delete your photo gallery. Logging-In First things first, you must log-in to your Virteom powered website. You can do this by visiting your website and adding /virteom at the end. This will take you to the log-in screen for the site. Enter your email address in the email field Enter your password in the password field Click Login Navigate to the PhotoGrid Module Once youre logged-in you click Dashboard from the top gray editor menu. After clicking Dashboard use the left sidebar menu to navigate over to Modules. The module that handles gallery images is called PhotoGrid. Find PhotoGrid in the menu and click it. Now that you

By Hayley Burke
July 08, 2019 Category: How To

Dont you hate it when you are waiting on an email from someone, and it never seems to come through, then days later you realize it was in your junk or spam folder the whole time? This is a common occurrence, especially these days with all of the unnecessary spam we get. That why you should whitelist email addresses that you know are from senders who have valuable information for you or contacts that you use frequently! What Does it Mean to Whitelist an Email? Whitelisting an email address is essentially just a list of approved senders so that you dont lose anything important to the junk folder. This practice is best for people who are signed up for any email subscriptions. How to Whitelist Emails: Whitelisting is an easy one-time process that allows you to never miss an email again. Though the process varies slightly based on the email platform, you use. Below are instructions on how to whitelist emails across the major email systems. Android Mail AOL Mail Apple Mail(OS X and

By Olivia Justice
June 18, 2019 Category: WordPress

WordPress is apublishing platform for managing your digital presence and establishing your brand. Even if there are no built-in options, themes, or features that you want or need, there are thousands of third-party plugins and web apps that can be integrated seamlessly. According to W3techs, WordPress has 58.8% of the CMS marketshare. However, what most site admins discover as they develop and expand their WordPress powered site, every plugin you install requires a steady stream of updates to keep all features working properly. Essentially, the maintenance is a nightmare. Developers update, upgrade, add-on and change plugins on what feels like a daily basis. If you dont have the technical knowledge to read through the plugin updates or version notes, you may be upgrading to a plugin that is not compatible with the version of WordPress youre running. And even if you have the technical knowledge, you may find that an update to one plugin has completely messed up the functionality of another

By Olivia Justice
May 07, 2019 Category: Modules, Learning, How To

The purpose of a website footer is to help visitors by adding information and navigation options at the bottom of the webpage. More often than not, the footer of your website doesnt change, and it really shouldnt...like ever, because its giving end-users links to service pages and contact information. But in the case you get a new phone number or address, the need to change your footer comes all the more important because again, this information appears on every single page of your website. You dont want the wrong contact information everywhere! So , what do you do if you need to update the footer on your RocketSite? Have no fear! With RocketSites, its really easy to go in and make edits to the footer of your website all on your own. Follow along this how-to guide to learn how to update the footer of your website in RocketSites. how to edit the footer on rocketsites Login To Your Site To make edits to your websites, youll need to log-in first: Login to the back-end of your website

By Olivia Justice
January 28, 2019 Category: How To, Navigation, Menus

Want to change the order in which your navigation items appear? Want to remove or add a menu item? No worries, this is all possible within Virteom CMS. Rearranging menu items in virteom cms To start rearranging the order, your menu-items appear login to the back-end of your website. Login to the back-end of your website by visiting (yourdomain.com)/virteom Enter Email Enter Password Click Login Once you log in, click on Site Pages or Navigation from the menu. Once you arrive at your Navigation, youll notice the pages of your website have a distinct hierarchy. The pages on your site show in a tree layout - meaning the topmost item is the main menu item, and the pages that appear below it (indented) are children of the menu items. This, in turn, is used to determine how the navigation on your website will appear. For example, if you have a menu on your website that looks like this: the corresponding navigation in Virteom would look like this: In this example, Services is

By Olivia Justice
January 21, 2019 Category: Learning, ECommerce

Do you have a product that is not currently for sale in your Virteom shopping cart? Maybe you have products that are only available during the holiday seasonor during a specific month. We know how time consuming it can be to have to reupload products, so instead of deleting your product, you can simply disable your products for as long as you want. Enabling it again when it becomes available. So,how do you enable or disable a product in Virteom CMS?Keep reading to find out.... How to enable/disable a product First, youll need to sign into the back-end of your website by visiting yourdomain.com/virteom -- just tag /virteom at the end. Visit (insertyourdomain).com/virteom Enter your email Enter your password Click Login Navigate to Products Once youve logged in, click on Manager from the top-editor. From the left-hand menu, select Store Once youre in the store, select Products from the left-hand menu Locate the item you would like to make available or disable. Click Edit

By Olivia Justice
August 17, 2018 Category: Navigation, Pages

Adding and deleting pages that exist within your website is easy with Virteom CMS - just check it out here. But what if you want a link to go out to a different website? Or to a PDF? Thats a little bit less intuitive. In this how-to article, well go over how to link to external web pages in your navigation and how to link to documents. How to link to an external website First things first, youll need to login to the back-end of your website. This is simply your domain URL with /virteom tagged on the end. (For example, ours is virteom.com)and then you enter /virteom after. To login to the back-end of our website, wed type virteom.com/virteom.) On this screen, youll enter your username and password Once youre logged in, click Site Pages (if youre on Rocketsites) or Navigation (if youre running Virteom CMS8 and under) Once youre on the Site Pages youll see your entire website structure. To add an external link to your navigation, locate the Main section and click the + next to

By Virteom
August 02, 2018 Category: Responsive

If you have ever wondered why your website looks different in different browsers, you dont have to worry that youre going crazy. There is a legitimate reason why your website may look off in different browsers, likeInternet Explorer. Read on to learn why this happens. Why Does my Website Look Different in internet explorer? Websites are made up of a set of instructions spoken in a web code language, most often HTML or CSS. Often, different browsers interpret code languages differently, which results in different interpretations. Here are some ways this issue affects your website: Browser Default Settings: When a browser reads the code behind your website, it translates the information in the default settings. For instance, Safari and Chrome have different default fonts, which means the font on your site changes when viewed in these browsers. For example,Safari defaults to the Helvetica familyand Microsofts Internet Explorer defaults to the Arial font family. Default issues are

By Olivia Justice
July 17, 2018 Category: How To

How do I change or reset my password? If you need to change your password in Virteom CMS (or Rocketsites 1.0) follow the directions outlined below: Log-in with your current credentials Visit your website/virteom to log-in to the back-end of your website and enter your current credentials: Navigate to Member Management After you log-in: Rocket Sites 1.0 -- Choose Dashboard from the top navigation Virteom CMS -- Choose Manager from the top navigation From the left-hand menu Choose Members Find Your Name / Account Once you are on the members page, search for your name (or locate it on the page) and click Edit Change your Password Now that you are on your member page: 1. Update your password by typing a new password in the Password box 2. Click Save Your Password is now updated! If you need any further assistance, please send a request in to our help desk!

By Virteom
June 18, 2018 Category: Clear Cache

If you have owned a computer for any length of time you likely have experienced the dread of internet slow down. If it gets bad enough that you need to reach out for technical support one of the first things that they will tell you to try is to clear your browser cache. But what does clearing your cache even do? Why does it help? What is Your Browser Cache? Your cache is the name for a portion of your hard drive that is dedicated to storing browser files that your browser determines it may need to use again. Web pages are packed with information, and this information is stored in dozens, hundreds and sometimes thousands of files for just one site. Your browser will cache portions of the page for you so in future visits load times are quicker, improving your overall internet experience. Why Should I Clear my Cache? Your browser will store things like files, CSS styles, JavaScript scripts, images and other multimedia content. That is why when youre working with a web development firm