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In the top right corner, click Settings .
Click Announcement banner.
(Optional) To customize the color of the banner, click Banner color and select a color. If Show banner isn't already toggled on, turn it on.
In the Announcement section, in the text box, enter your banner message.
(Optional) To create a button with a link on your banner, enter text in the Button label section and enter a URL in the Link section. If you want the link to open in a new tab on your browser, check the Open in new tab box.
To choose how you'd like to display the banner on your site, in the Visibility section, select Home page only or All pages.
At the top right, near your profile image, click Publish.
Logos appear in the top navigation bar, next to the site name.
Note: Logo files can be in .jpg, .png, or .gif format. For best results, the logo height should be at least 112 px.
Point to the top of the page header and click Add logo .
Click Upload or Select.
Select the logo and click Open or Select.
(Optional) To change the color of the page header, under Background, click the Down arrow and select a color.
(Optional) To select a theme color based on your logo, in the Edit logo window, select a theme color.
Double-click the page where you want to add content.
Or, click Insert and choose the content you want to add.
In the top-right corner, click Pages, then point to Create .
Choose an option:
To add a new page, click Add page . Name the page and click Done.
To add a URL, click Add link .
You can change your site’s URL anytime. However, if you do, bookmarks to the old URL will no longer work.
Next to Publish, click the Down arrow Publish settings.
Enter a new URL.
Click Save.
Point to the background image and click Change image .
Choose an option:
To upload an image from your computer, click Upload.
To choose an image from the gallery or another location, click Select image.
(Optional) To go back to the original background image, click Reset .
Point to the background image and click Header type .
Choose an option:
Cover
Large banner
Banner
Title only
In the top-right corner, click Themes.
Select a theme option and choose a color.
Click Font style and select a style.
Under Pages, select a page and next to it, click More and choose an option:
Set it as the homepage.
Duplicate the page.
Rename the page.
Create a subpage.
Hide a page or subpage. You can’t hide the page that’s set as your homepage.
Delete the page from the site. You can’t remove the page that’s set as your homepage
Resize an image:
Select the image and then drag the sides or corners of the image. Hold the Shift key while dragging to keep the image ratio.
Move an image:
Drag the image to a different part of the section or to a new section. You can place the image wherever you see a highlighted area.
Note: Currently, you can’t place an image in a text box.
Crop an image:
Select the image and then select Crop .
Slide the dot to zoom in or out.
Drag the image to change the visible portion.
Click Done .
(Optional) To uncrop an image, select the image and click Uncrop .
Replace an image:
Select the image.
Click More, Replace image, Upload or Select image and choose a new image file.
Add alt text to an image:
Alt text appears when someone points over an image on your site.
Select the image and click More, Add alt text.
Enter a description and click Apply.
Point to a section to change it.
Change the background for each section—Click Style and select a style. You can also select Image to add a background image.
Move a section—When you insert new content, it’s added to a new or existing section. To move that section up or down, click Move section and drag the section where you want it.
Duplicate a section—Click Duplicate section . You can also copy and paste a section onto another page in your site.
Add a footer—Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Add Footer . The footer appears on all of the pages in your site. Point to the footer and click Edit footer to edit it. To hide the footer on a page, point to it and click Hide footer on this page .
To edit text or page titles, just click the box and enter new text. Or, from the toolbar above the text box, select another option.
If you’re viewing a site on a mobile device, the content automatically adjusts to fit the screen. You can preview how your site appears on different devices.
Click Preview .
To see how your site looks on different devices, choose an option:
Phone
Tablet
Large screen
Click Close to exit the preview screen.
When you publish your site for the first time, add a site name to complete the site URL. You can only use letters, numbers, and dashes in the site name. The beginning of the URL includes your organization’s domain and can’t be changed. You can continue to edit your site after you publish it. However, you need to republish the site to see any new changes.
Publish your site:
Click Publish.
Add a name to the end of the URL. Certain terms, such as support and admin, can’t be used. You’ll see a check mark at the end of the URL if it’s available.
Under Who can view my site, click Manage.
In the Share with others window, choose an option:
Draft—To allow people in your domain or specific people to edit the draft version of your site, click Change.
Published—To allow people in your domain or specific people to view your published site, click Change.
Click Done.
Click Publish. Visit your site's URL to confirm that your site published correctly.
Note: After you publish a site, you can share the published site by clicking Copy link Copy link and then paste the link to someone in a chat or email message.
Click Pages.
Drag a page up or down in the list to reorder it.
Drag a page on top of another page to nest it.
(Optional) To un-nest a page, drag it to the bottom of the list.
Note: You can only nest a page five levels deep.
Select the Insert tab on the right hand toolbar.
Select a Content block to insert on the page.
Content blocks can include multiple images and multiple text boxes which can be moved around within the content block and their size changed.