Klixo CMS: General Articles

General questions and answers for common issues with the Klixo CMS.

How to link to a PDF

  1. Ensure you have uploaded your PDF into the right folder. You might like to check out our article on using the Upload Manager.
  2. In the Upload Manager, copy the filename of the PDF. You can do this by locating the icon for the PDF you have just uploaded in the Upload Manager. Beneath this icon will be the filename. Highlight this filename and ‘copy’ it.

Adding Klixo to your Trusted Sites

The Klixo Website Manager allows you do amazing things with your website, but before you can use some of the advanced features you must add your website address and the Klixo Website Manager address to your “Trusted Sites” in Internet Explorer. You will only need to follow this procedure once, but you will need to do it at every PC that you use the Website Manager from.

Login Problems?

Here’s a list of things you can check to hopefully sort out your login problems.

 

1. Make sure you are ticking Remeber Me when logging in to klixo.

 

2. Make sure cookies are enabled

 

3. If you have installed service pack 2, or someone else has, check the security settings in the control panel.

 

4. if you have any spyware or pop up blockers running, turn them off.

 

5. if you have tool bars installed such as: Alexa or Yahoo! toolbars, uninstall them or check to make sure that they are not blocking cookies.

 

Managing mailing lists with the Email List Subscription Manager

Now you can use Klixo Manager to manage you mailing lists, adding multiple recipients at once or removing all of your "bouncers" in one swoop, and here is how to it:

Create a text file (notepad) and copy the email addresses for each recipient into it, one on each line.

Then log into the Klixo Website Manager (IE on PC or Firefox on Mac required): http://klixo.net.nz/klixo/

Creating and modifying hyperlinks

A "hyperlink" is a clickable link that will navigate a user to another page on your  website or a page on another website.

The new "Advanced Hyperlink Information" dialog box allows an editor to modify advanced features of a hyperlink in the Basic and Advanced Story Editors.

The Advanced Hyperlink Information dialog box is only available for hyperlinks that have already been created; the story editor will automatically use the simpler "Hyperlink Information" dialog box when a hyperlink is first created.

How to prepare images for your website using Picasa

Picasa from Google is a great tool for managing your images. It allows you to sort your images into folders and then export selected images and prepare them for upload to your website.

You can download Picasa from Google, click here to go straight to the Picasa download page. Please follow Google's installation instructions carefully.

When Picasa first installs it will search for all images on your hardrive. You can also import images from a Digital Camera, memory stick or CD.

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