Knowledge base

This guide concerns the "Applications" and "modules" available in Site Creator Infomaniak, to create a shop window, blog or online shop 100% customizable, without any technical knowledge.

Various modules

In addition to the content blocks With different preformatted layouts, you can also insert blocks in the form of modules each with a specific function:

1. Video
2. Audio player
3. Slider of images / slideshow
4. File download
5. Location on map
6. Survey
7. Knowledge base
8. Questions and Answers
9. Calendar
10. Calendly
11. Subpage menu
12. Site map (sitemap)
13. Add to Google
14. Custom HTML code
15. Contact form
16. Blog
17. Shop
18. RSS feed reader
19. Restaurant menu

Insert a module on a page

To insert a module:

1. Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
2. Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
3. Click on Customize my site:
   

Once in Site Creator:

1. Click on the button Content in the left side menu.
2. Click on Applications bottom and the content available is displayed on the right.
3. Click on one of these applications to insert it into the page:
   
4. Once inserted, fly over the module to access its settings:
   

Multiple module or missing module

If you delete one of your modules (such as the one to do a survey) already configured and want to go back press Cancel immediately.

You can also reinsert the module that should come back with these previous settings.

You cannot insert multiple modules of the same type to customize them independently of each other.

Other integrations & widgets

Click on the button APPLICATIONSin the left sidebar of Site Creator:
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Insert count

To add a counter allowing the display of a count:

1. In the left side menu click the button Content.‍
2. Click on Objects in the list and the content available is displayed on the right:
   
3. Click on one of these objects to insert it into the page and customize it:
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This guide explains how to modify certain details of a site created with Site Creator Infomaniak.

Prerequisites

• Go to Site Creator:
  1. Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
  2. Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
  3. Click on Customize my site:
     

Change website name

Click on the button Adjustments in the left sidebar, then on Title of the site:

Company contact details

Click on the button Adjustments in the left sidebar, then on Contact details under Website Configuration.
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This guide details the limits of Site Creator Infomaniak.

Site Creator Limits

Content

• There is no limit to the number of pages or shop items that can be added by Site Creator.
• The total volume at your disposal depends on the size of the accommodation on which the site created with Site Creator is located; a Web hosting Usually has 250 GB of disk space.

FTP management

• You cannot access the files on your server-side site, either by FTP or by any other means other than the Manager offered from Manager Infomaniak.

Export of website

• It is not possible to import or export the website (to another host or other hosting, e.g.).
• The themes or modules are not exportable.

This guide details the possible interactions between Site Creator Infomaniak and social networks.

Specify the URLs of your different social profiles

Prerequisites

• Go to Site Creator:
  • Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
  • Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
  • Click on Customize my site:
    

To allow visitors to click on the links of your social networks:

1. Click on the button Adjustments in the left side menu.
2. Click on Social media.
3. Enter the addresses of your various social profiles (Tiktok, Instagram, etc.) including a phone number and an email address if you wish.‍
4. Save the changes at the bottom of the page.

Add your profile icons

Add icons from your social media in footer or header on your website:

1. Click on the button Adjustments in the left side menu.
2. Click on Social media.

At the bottom you can specify where you want to make appear the icons corresponding to the profiles you have completed above.

Save the changes at the bottom of the page.

Add Social Sharing Block

Among the blocks which you can add within a page, a block offers a line of buttons allowing the visitor to easily subscribe to your different social media.

Another type of block offers a line of buttons allowing the visitor to share the page on the main social media:

Getting the site's QR code

To obtain the QR code of your site:

1. Click on the button Adjustments in the left side menu.
2. Click on the QR code icon at the top:

You will be able to download the QR code corresponding to the address of your home page. So a user who scans your QR code will be able to easily visit your site.
 

Change the OG image of social sharing

When you share a link to your website on social networks, a miniature (Og:image for OpenGraph image) is often associated with it automatically:

1. Click on the button Adjustments in the left side menu
2. Click on General parameters
3. Click on SEO and statistics
4. Go down to the Open Graph image and choose the image.

This guide concerns the cancellation function in Site Creator Infomaniak.

Preamble

• No backup / restoration is possible from the Infomaniak Manager.
• If e.g. you delete a block of content and you want to restore it, you can cancel until Last 20 operations in Site Creator.

Cancel operation

Prerequisites

• Go to Site Creator:
  1. Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
  2. Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
  3. Click on Customize my site:
     

Once in Site Creator:

1. Click on the button  …  ‍‍‍ located at the bottom of the left side menu of Site Creator, to develop the cancellation options:
    
   
    
2. Click on Cancel and confirm the restoration (the arrows next door allow to "navigate" among the last backups):
     
   

This guide explains how to add and customize a button on your page Site Creator Infomaniak, including a fixed button to return to the top of the page.

Prerequisites

• Go to Site Creator:
  1. Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
  2. Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
  3. Click on Customize my site:
     

Add a link as a button

To add a button (which leads to the URL of your choice when clicking on it):

1. Write the text of the button.
2. Select the text.
3. Then click on the chainon icon to open the part that will allow you to specify the link type and associated options:
   
4. Configure the destination page and the appearance of the button:
   
5. Save the changes to view the button on your page.
6. Click on the button to return to the editor if necessary.

Add a button to top

To add and customize a button that brings the visitor back to the top of your Site Creator page as soon as the page scrolls:

1. Click on the button Design in the left side menu.
2. Click on More parameters.‍
3. Activate the option to display the return button at the top.
4. Save the changes at the bottom of the page:
   

Refresh the page if necessary to see the modification:

Be aware of this other guide about an alternative solution.

This guide allows you to quickly discover the essential functions of Editorial Assistant available on Site Creator Infomaniak.

Preamble

• The writing assistant helps you compose a text of zero or from existing elements thanks to artificial intelligence.
• It's not a chatbot or conversational agent; it doesn't necessarily answer generic questions or dialogue with you.
• It is an assistant who will help you write a text on the theme of your choice, including whether it should be based on existing elements.
• Use it e.g. to write:
  • a new title that must contain specific elements
  • a new paragraph on a particular theme
  • a reformulation of an extract of text
  • a correct grammatical syntax
  • a translation into a foreign language
  • etc.
• Be aware of this other guide about the model used and the responsibilities of each.

How to use the assistant?

Prerequisites

• Go to Site Creator:
  1. Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
  2. Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
  3. Click on Customize my site:
     

Then to start the editorial assistant:

1. Click on a content block.
2. Click on the magic wand icon in the edit bar to open the wizard:
   
3. To go back to the main choice once a type of addition has been selected, click on the icon at the top right:
   

If the block already contains content and you choose to reformulate a paragraph, you will be able to select by the buttons of the wizard the tone given to your text (serious / friendly) and add or shorten the proposed formulae, e.g.:

This guide allows you to redirect visitors arriving on non-existent pages (former pages of an old website, e.g.) in case your site is currently managed with Site Creator Infomaniak.

Prerequisites

• Know the address (URL) of the page that has become non-existent.
• Go to Site Creator:
  • Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
  • Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
  • Click on Customize my site:
    

Send visitors to the new Site Creator page

In the left side menu of Site Creator:

1. Click on Adjustments.
2. Click on SEO & Meta Tags in the part Site configuration.
3. Enter the address of the old page (without the name of your site) under Redirect.
4. Enter the address of the new page (or / to redirect the visitor to the root of your site, i.e. the home page):
   
5. Save with the blue button at the bottom of the page.

For example:

• Your previous website contained a contact page at domainxyz.com/company/contact.html.
• Now your contact page is on domainxyz.com/about.
• So you have to come in. company/contact.html in the left field
• and about in the right field so that visitors still arriving on the old address (because of a not-up-to-date search engine or a click on a favourite e.g.) are automatically transferred to the new page.

A method alternative consists of: add a new page Site Creator on behalf of your old page address, then specify a redirect to the URL of your choice, and make it invisible thanks to the toggle switch below the redirect field:

This guide is about managing the forms that allow registration to the Newsletter you manage on Infomaniak.

Prerequisites

• Access to the Newsletter product.
• Having created at least one registration form.

Copy the code necessary for integrating the form

To access your Newsletter forms and get the integration code:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the domain name assigned to the relevant product.
3. Click on Forms in the left sidebar menu.
4. Click on the action menu ⋮ to the right of the relevant item in the displayed table.
5. Click on Integration code:
   
6. Choose between the JAVASCRIPT and HTML tabs to get one of the two types of codes useful for inserting your form on your pages and click on the blue button to copy the code to the clipboard:
   

Insert the form on a website

You can insert the same form in different places. You can also create multiple forms (to populate different contact groups, for example). Of course, a Newsletter is sent only once per contact, even if the contact is present in different lists/groups:

on WordPress

1. Insert a new block in the desired location.
2. Choose an HTML type block:
   
3. Paste the HTML code obtained in step 6 above (switch from the Javascript tab to the HTML tab to display the code corresponding to your form).
4. Click on Update.
5. The previously configured form appears on your site.

on Infomaniak Site Creator

1. Hover over the desired location on the page to make a PLUS button appear to add a block:
   
2. Click on the PLUS button to choose a custom HTML code block:
   
3. Paste the HTML code obtained in step 6 above (switch from the Javascript tab to the HTML tab to display the code corresponding to your form):
   
4. Click on the blue button to Continue and preview your form on your page:
   
5. The previously configured form appears on your site:
   
    

on a Starter offer - basic web page

1. Open Web FTP on the Starter hosting:
   
2. Edit the homepage index.html and paste the HTML code obtained in step 6 above (switch from the Javascript tab to the HTML tab to display the code corresponding to your form), before saving:
   
3. The previously configured form appears on your site:
   

This guide is intended for users of the tool Site Creator Infomaniak who wish to give visitors the opportunity to perform a text search of the content of the site.

Prerequisites

• Go to Site Creator:
  1. Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
  2. Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
  3. Click on Customize my site:
     

Add a search bar to Site Creator

To allow visitors to search for content on your site designed with Site Creator, you must activate the search bar:

1. Click on the button Adjustments in the left side menu.
2. Click on General parameters.‍
3. Enable the search option.
4. Save the changes at the bottom of the page.
5. View the new search location on your home page:
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A magnifying glass icon will be added to the header of your site and the search bar will appear if you click on it:
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