http://forum.foliostop.com/ Just another bbPress community en-US Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:29:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://forum.foliostop.com/search.php http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=25#post-37 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:54:28 +0000 Drystan 37@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>ANSWER: The invoicing system uses the address that you have registered with FolioStop. If you update your address, you will be able to print off your invoices with the new address in the header.</p> <p>To update your registered address, please log in to MyAccount and go to the MyDetails page <a href="https://myaccount.foliostop.com/mydetails" rel="nofollow">https://myaccount.foliostop.com/mydetails</a></p> <p>Once you have made this change, go into MyInvoices, where you can select your invoices and print off each one, now with the new address details. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=25#post-36 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:49:27 +0000 Drystan 36@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>I need my invoices addressed differently, how can i get my address on my subscription invoices updated? </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=24#post-35 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:30:41 +0000 Drystan 35@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Preview functionality is not yet available however in is in our development schedule for 2011. We are planning a system where you can work on entirely separate versions of your site independently, and publish the live version only when you are completely happy with the whole site, not just a page. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=24#post-34 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:26:37 +0000 Drystan 34@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>When I edit my FolioStop site is there a way of previewing the changes before making them live? </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=23#post-33 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:18:24 +0000 Drystan 33@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>FolioEdit allows you to apply special 'blend modes' to your logo and any other foreground, content, or background graphics.</p> <p>In the case you describe, setting the blend mode to 'Multiply' for your logo will effectively remove the white from your logo. Actually what it does is allow the colours behind to show through the white parts of the logo.</p> <p>Please note, however, that blend modes are not available in the html or mobile versions of your site, so your logo will show with the white parts as usual in those versions of the site.</p> <p>If you have access to an image editor such as Photoshop or Fireworks, you can remove the white part using one of these programs, and then upload this new source image (with the white part removed) so it displays consistently across all site versions.</p> <p>If you don't have access to one of these image editors, you can make use of the FolioStop design service, email us your logo at <a href="mailto:support@foliostop.com">support@foliostop.com</a>.<br /> You can read more about this service and pricing at <a href="http://www.foliostop.com/affordable-web-design" rel="nofollow">http://www.foliostop.com/affordable-web-design</a> </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=23#post-32 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:07:48 +0000 Drystan 32@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>My logo has a white background, is there a way I can remove the white bit so that it looks better against the colours behind? </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=22#post-31 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:02:07 +0000 Drystan 31@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>When FolioEdit first opens, it checks the server to see if there is an update to the software. If there is an update, it automatically installs the update on your computer. (It is important to install the update whenever there is one because changes to the system might mean old versions of FolioEdit will not work properly any more).</p> <p>When FolioEdit auto-updates, the login box disappears, and an Adobe AIR window may pop-up asking your permission to install the update. You need to confirm this before the update can proceed. Depending on what other program windows are open at the time, you might not immediately see this dialogue box so check your task bar for flashing tabs!</p> <p>Once the update has installed, you will be able to login in the usual way. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=22#post-30 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:55:34 +0000 Drystan 30@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>When I double click the FolioEdit icon to open the program, the login box appears briefly, but then it disappears. What is going on and how do I login when this happens? </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=21#post-29 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:52:16 +0000 Drystan 29@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>The functionality to display a simple holding page on your live domain name while you develop your FolioStop site and view this at your temporary domain will be coming towards the end of September 2010. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=21#post-28 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:50:50 +0000 Drystan 28@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Is it possible to have a holding page display on my site while I am building it? </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=20#post-27 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:48:44 +0000 Drystan 27@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>This functionality is not built in to FolioStop as such, however there is the functionality to add custom Flash animations to your site.</p> <p>These custom Flash animations can easily do things like follow the mouse. In fact, the creative potential for things like this with FolioStop is considerable.</p> <p>If you would like to commission a custom Flash animation for your FolioStop site, please email <a href="mailto:support@foliostop.com">support@foliostop.com</a> with your requirements. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=20#post-26 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:45:26 +0000 Drystan 26@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>I would like to have a graphic or a little animation that follows the mouse around as people navigate my site, is this possible? </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=19#post-25 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:43:12 +0000 Drystan 25@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>In FolioStop, favicons are added using links to real images. This works fine in most browsers, but Internet Explorer requires that a file named <em>favicon.ico</em> is present in the root of the website.</p> <p>Due to the way the FolioStop system works, this is not really possible, so unfortunately you will find that your favicon works in all other browsers but not IE. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=18#post-24 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:33:55 +0000 Drystan 24@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>The standard text pages are just that, text only. If you want to add images to a page you need to use a MultiMedia page. In a MultiMedia page you just click the ADD IMAGE button at the bottom of the multimedia page editor. </p> <p>Even if you are only adding one image, it creates an image gallery holder, so you can add more images to this later if you want to create a gallery.</p> <p>If you need to move the image up or down on the page, you can click the up / down buttons on the image holder and this will move the image holder above or below chunks of text.</p> <p>If you need to add an image into the middle of an existing bit of text, you should cut and paste the text as necessary. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=18#post-23 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:21:24 +0000 Drystan 23@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>On a normal text page, how can I add an image? I can't find a button to do this? </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=17#post-22 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:13:52 +0000 Drystan 22@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Please see our example site that is also a tutorial on how to do this: <a href="http://foliostop.com/graphiclayersexample#/socialnetworkingbuttons/" rel="nofollow">http://foliostop.com/graphiclayersexample#/socialnetworkingbuttons/</a></p> <p>You add a graphic as a foreground image and then turn it into a link. To do this, first add the graphic to the foreground layer, and once saved, Preview the layer and in the Properties window set it to be a link (at the bottom). You can enter any url you need to link to.<br /> You can use any graphic and you can link to any site. There are loads of freely available icons that tou can ue for Facebook / Twitter / Linked In/ YouTube, just do a quick search in Google images. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=17#post-21 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:10:49 +0000 Drystan 21@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>I want to add a Facebook and a Twitter icon to my FolioStop site, each of which will link to my Facebook / Twitter pages. How do I do this? </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=16#post-20 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:58:14 +0000 Drystan 20@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Answer: before you can create links to files (PDF, Word, etc) on your site, you need to upload the file(s) to your site File Repository.</p> <p>In FolioEdit, select the "FILES" tab, and click "ADD" to upload a file. You can rename the file whatever you like. Make sure you save changes.</p> <p>Once you have saved the file to your site, you can then create a link to it from any text page, multimedia page, or foreground image. Simply click on "ADD/EDIT LINK", and in the pop up select the FILES tab and select the file you want to link to. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=16#post-19 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:54:01 +0000 Drystan 19@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Example Question: I am trying to add a file to my home page, which is a PDF of our annual accounts. I can find the section in FolioEdit under add/edit link which says 'link to a file' but I don't seem to be able to actually add the PDF itself. What am I doing wrong? </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=15#post-18 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:04:01 +0000 Drystan 18@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>FolioEdit is a desktop application that runs in Adobe AIR. As part of the installation process, Adobe AIR needs to be installed before FolioEdit can be installed and run.</p> <p>If there is a problem with the installation of Adobe AIR, this will prevent the installation of FolioEdit.</p> <p>Please take a look at Adobe's dedicated page that tackles possible installation issues with Adobe AIR <a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403150.html" rel="nofollow">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403150.html</a></p> <p>One thing that appears to be quite a common issue is an old version of AIR may be interfering with the new installation. To check if this is the problem, look to see if AIR is already installed on your computer, and if it is, un-install it. Then you will be able to run the FolioEdit installation from scratch.</p> <p><strong>On a MAC:</strong></p> <p>Go to Finder and then Applications/Utilities<br /> You should see Adobe AIR uninstaller<br /> Double click this to un-install AIR</p> <p><strong>On Windows:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Select Start &gt; Settings &gt; Control Panel.</li> <li>Open the Add or Remove Programs panel.</li> <li>Select Adobe AIR to remove the runtime.</li> <li>Click the Change/Remove button.</li> </ul> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=15#post-17 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:52:30 +0000 Drystan 17@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>When i try to install FolioEdit, I get a message that says:</p> <blockquote><p>Sorry, an error has occurred.</p> <p>An error occurred whle installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your adminitrator.</p></blockquote> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=14#post-16 Mon, 24 May 2010 13:47:16 +0000 admin 16@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>We have had some reports of this behaviour, it is an issue with Internet Explorer 8. The "My Account" site uses session cookies to keep you logged in. Internet Explorer 8 sometimes drops this session unexpectedly when it opens a new tab, and hence it automatically logs you out (even as you are loggin in). This issue is restricted to IE8 and it only happens to some users with this browser.</p> <p>If you are having trouble with this issue, I would recommend using another browser such as Firefox, Safari or Chrome, all of which are free to download and only take a moment to install. Internet Explorer 7/8 are full of bugs such as this. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=14#post-15 Mon, 24 May 2010 13:40:33 +0000 admin 15@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>When i try to log in to <a href="http://myaccount.foliostop.com" rel="nofollow">http://myaccount.foliostop.com</a>, I put in my username and password, but I just end up getting redirected back to the same login page, but there is no message telling me that my login was incorrect. I am definitely entering the correct details.</p> <p>I am using Internet Explorer 8 on Windows Vista. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=13#post-14 Mon, 24 May 2010 13:25:13 +0000 admin 14@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Answer: It can take up to 2 weeks or more before Google or any other search engine will list a new domain name in its search results.</p> <p>You can help speed this along by letting Google know your new site exists. Simply go to <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/addurl/?continue=/addurl" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.co.uk/addurl/?continue=/addurl</a> and follow the instructions!</p> <p>Google may also find your site more quickly if you have some links from other existing websites pointing to your new site. Posting a link from a forum you may be a member of can be a quick way to do this. Remember though, make sure your forum post is relevent and not simply shameless self promotion! </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=13#post-13 Mon, 24 May 2010 13:20:00 +0000 admin 13@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Q: I have created my FolioStop website and mapped my domain name to my account, but my domain is not showing up in Google search results. What am I doing wrong? </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=12#post-12 Mon, 24 May 2010 12:58:31 +0000 admin 12@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p><strong>Layouts</strong><br /> FolioStop websites use pre-defined layouts to structure the main elements on the page. In addition to being able to choose from a variety of layouts, you can customise all of the colours, fonts, and text sizes. Of course you can have whatever page structure you want in your menu, and you can have an unlimited number of pages.</p> <p><strong>Page Styles</strong><br /> Within each layout, you can also choose different page styles for each page on your site. There are a variety of different galleries styles to choose from, and you can have thumbnails, number lines, or arrows to navigate your galleries. There are different text page styles to choose from, and you can choose different floating mp3 player styles.</p> <p><strong>Graphics and Animation</strong><br /> You can get seriously creative when it comes to background images and animations. You can add as many images as you like to your background layer, content area, and foreground layer. You can easily position these images or animations where ever you like on the screen, and even apply effects such as transparency, blendmode, rotation, and tiling. With well chosen animations, you can really bring your website to life and ensure that it looks completely different from any other FolioStop website. Have a look at <a href="http://foliostop.com/animationexample" rel="nofollow">http://foliostop.com/animationexample</a> to get an idea of this.</p> <p><strong>Ongoing Development</strong><br /> The FolioStop team is developing new layouts and page components on an ongoing basis. The great thing about FolioStop is that you can chose to switch layouts any time you want (it only takes a second), so you can breath new life into your site and it won't cost you anything extra. Effectively FolioStop gives you access to as many different versions of your site as you want, so it will never get tired! </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=11#post-11 Mon, 24 May 2010 12:09:03 +0000 admin 11@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>No. FolioStop sites are all hosted on our FolioStop servers so your site is ready to go as soon as you create a free trial. The cost of this hosting is included in the monthly subscription.</p> <p>When you set up your free trial account, it will be immediately available at an address like <a href="http://foliostop.com/youraccountname" rel="nofollow">http://foliostop.com/youraccountname</a></p> <p>Where 'youraccountname' in the account name you choose when you filled out the Free Trial form. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=10#post-10 Mon, 24 May 2010 12:06:32 +0000 admin 10@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Yes, you can register your own domain name through FolioStop and this will automatically point to your FolioStop website.</p> <p>Once you have signed up for the Free Trial, log into <a href="http://myaccount.foliostop.com" rel="nofollow">http://myaccount.foliostop.com</a> and click on the 'domains' menu item.</p> <p>You can also add a domain that you have already registered elsewhere. Just follow the instructions in My Account. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=9#post-9 Mon, 24 May 2010 12:04:26 +0000 admin 9@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>We endeavour on an ongoing basis to make FolioStop as user-friendly as we can, and we respond to user feedback by developing improved features regularly.</p> <p>You certainly don't need to know anything about html, javascript, flash or any other web technologies. The need to know all of these specialist skills has been replaced with the need to know one thing only: how to drag and drop.</p> <p>You will also need to know what a website is and have some knowlege of how to use your own computer. For example, you should know where to find images that you want to add to your site. Beyond these standard computer skills, all the tricky stuff is taken care of.</p> <p>Your main task will be to decide what pages you want to have in your website. Then you can just drag and drop pages into the menu to create and re-order them. Adding content to pages is also as simple as dragging images from your computer into a gallery window.</p> <p>We make it easy to create colour themes with our set of pre-defined themes on offer.</p> <p>You may decide that you want a nice looking background image for your site, but do not know how to find or create one. We are here to help in this case and we provide a totally optional design service which you can request once you have signed up for the Free Trial.</p> <p>FolioStop has been designed so that people with no web building skills whatsoever can use it to create a great looking website. You do not need to know anything about html, javascript, Flash or any other web technologies. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=8#post-8 Mon, 24 May 2010 11:58:45 +0000 admin 8@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Unfortunately, not at present. FolioStop is principally involved in making it easy for customers to create great looking websites, and there are already plenty of great email solutions available out there. However, we may well upgrade our services in future to provide email facilities so customers can have everything under one roof.</p> <p>Meanwhile, if you have registered a domain name through FolioStop and you want to get an email address at this domain name, you have two options:</p> <p>1) You can transfer the domain to another registrar that provides email services.<br /> 2) You can setup email with a service like Google Apps (<a href="http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en-GB/business/gmail.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en-GB/business/gmail.html</a>) and then point your email (mx records) to Google Apps.</p> <p>For either option please set-up your email with the email provder and when you know the settings you need to make to your domain name please email <a href="mailto:support@foliostop.com">support@foliostop.com</a> with the changes you require. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=7#post-7 Mon, 24 May 2010 11:54:48 +0000 admin 7@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Yes you can have e-commerce with your FolioStop website. It is very easy to set up your site to use the PayPal shopping facilities. Once you have set up a PayPal account, you will have the use of "Buy It Now" and "Add To Cart" buttons in FolioEdit. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=6#post-6 Mon, 24 May 2010 11:51:05 +0000 admin 6@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>FolioStop websites automatically have multiple versions, so as to provide the vistor with the best possible experience.</p> <p><strong>Flash version</strong><br /> If a visitor has Flash installed, they will see the Flash version by default. However they can click a link in the footer to view the html version instead.</p> <p><strong>Html version</strong><br /> If the visitor does not have Flash installed, they will automatically see the html version of the site. The html version looks very similar to the Flash version of the site, only some of the features are restricted in the html version. For example Flash animations will not display in the html version.</p> <p><strong>Mobile version</strong><br /> If a visitor is viewing the site on a mobile phone, they will automatically see a mobile optimised version of the site by default, though they can click a link in the footer to view the normal html version. The mobile version does not attempt to re-create the look of the normal site, instead it is stripped right back for quick loading and viewing of text pages and image galleries, and to make best use of the scrolling functionality on mobile phones. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=5#post-5 Mon, 24 May 2010 11:37:44 +0000 admin 5@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>FolioStop websites are optimised so that your content is indexible by search engines. This helps to get your site listed in Google and other search engine results.</p> <p>There are many factors which affect the positioning of your site in search engine results. It is important that the content of your website is relevent to the search phrase, and links to your site from other websites are also very important.</p> <p>FolioEdit, the editing tool for building your FolioStop website, provides you with the means for setting page titles, keywords and descriptions. Setting these fields with suitable entries will also help your search engine positioning. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=4#post-4 Mon, 24 May 2010 11:35:39 +0000 admin 4@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Absolutely, please feel free to call us on +44(0)20 70143838 (9:30 - 17:30 UK time) and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have or advise on any aspect of our service. </p> http://forum.foliostop.com/topic.php?id=3#post-3 Mon, 24 May 2010 11:31:37 +0000 admin 3@http://forum.foliostop.com/ <p>Yes, FolioStop works on Mac, PC, and even Linux.</p> <p>FolioEdit - our web building software that you use to create and edit your website - runs as a desktop application in Adobe AIR, which is cross platform. See <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/air/" rel="nofollow">http://www.adobe.com/products/air/</a> for more information. </p>