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Collage Banners

In this section, you can create Collage (mutiple banners making up one banner) banners for your website using our advanced Collage Banner creating tools.  If you would like to upload your own flash banner that you have already created, click here for help


Here is an example of a nice collage Flash Banner.   You can see that there are 2 banners making up 1 banner.  The first banner on the left is a flash animated banner, the second banner on the right is a Static / HTML banner


To get started,  Click on "Edit Banners" in the Website Builder.  Here, you will see the banner that is already included in the design you choose for your website.   You can see it says "You are editing banner for home"  This means that this banner will show on your homepage.





You can also select the page that you want the Collage Flash Banner to show on by selecting from the dropdown menu "Select Your Page"   This will allow you to choose the page you wish to Add/Edit your animated flash banner on




Next, click on "Create/Edit Your Own Banner" down the left hand side of the page







Under the ‘Create / Edit Collage' header, add in the name that you would like to identify the collage (this is for your reference only) Choose the Width and Height of the Collage (You can also edit this when creating the Collage) Then click on the ‘Add’ button.






The next page will be contain all the tools you need to create a Collage Flash banner.   

SECTION I

The screenshots and help in this section will show you how to create a flash banner out of flash or static HTML banners you have already created.  


To view help on creating a standalone banner to use in your collage, click here for Static HTML Banners or click here for Animated Flash Banners

You can select the Background Color you would like for your collage or enter the color code into the field provided.  The Width and Height fields can be changed to whatever dimensions you would like your Collage Flash Banner to be created as.

Under "Select Banners" You will see dropdown lists of all the Flash Banners and / or Static Banners you have already created.   Please scroll down to SECTION II below if you have not already created any banners for your website

If you wish to add a flash banner to the collage, select the flash Banner from the Dropdown List and click "ADD" you will see the banner gets added to the collage preview screen below that


If you wish to add a flash banner to the collage, select the flash Banner from the Dropdown List and click "ADD" you will see the banner gets added to the collage preview screen below that.  You will see that the static banner (with "Beautiful Night Sky" on it was layed over the flash banner you added in the previous step.  You can hold down your left mouse clicker on either of the two banners and drag them to the position you want

You can also select either of the banners by clicking on it (red border line will appear around it) and under "Depth Settings" choose to:
Bring to Front - this will bring the banner behind to the front
Bring Forward
Send Back
Send Backwards

You will also notice the X and Y coordinates which allow you to position the banners exactly how you need to so each banner can be placed correctly.  For example, if you have a banner that has 3 insets on the right, you can place them equal distance apart on the same X and Y coordinates, making sure they all match.

You can also apply Opacity level (Background color transparency level)
You can also apply a Drop Shadow effect to your banner



You can choose to Delete any of the banners in your collage by clicking on the banner to select it and then clicking the "DELETE" button.  This will remove the banner from your Collage







You can then choose to EDIT any of the banners in your collage by clicking on the banner to select it and then clicking the "EDIT" button. 






 This will take you to the screen to edit that specific  banner you chose to edit from your collage.   You can view help on editing your banners here:
 To view help on editing banners to use in your collage, click here for Static HTML Banners or click here for Animated Flash Banners






Once you have finished creating your Collage, click "SAVE"




SECTION II
The screenshots and help in this section will show you how to create a new collage by creating new Flash or Static banners that you want to add to the collage

Go back to the CHANGE YOUR COLLAGE BANNER screen and click "Create new" to create a new Flash Banner for your Collage.






Click "Go" to go to the page where you can create your new flash banner






Here you will see that you can create a new FLASH BANNER to add to your collage.   To view help on creating a standalone animated flash banner to use in your collage, click here
Once created, you will see the flash banner in your dropdown list on the CHANGE YOUR COLLAGE BANNER page and you can select it to add it to your collage





Here you will see that you can create a new  STATIC banner to add to your collage.
Go back to the CHANGE YOUR COLLAGE BANNER screen and click "Create new" to create a new STATIC Banner for your Collage.



Click "Go" to go to the page where you can create your new HTML Banner




Here you will see that you can create a new STATIC HTML to add to your collage.   To view help on creating a standalone Static/HTML banner to use in your collage, click
here
Once created, you will see the Static HTML banner in your dropdown list on the CHANGE YOUR COLLAGE BANNER page and you can select it to add it to your collage






Once you have finished creating your Collage, click "SAVE"



Click "Back to Change Banner"








Select the page you wish to add your new Collage Banner to using the dropdown from "Select Your Page"





Underneath "Upload Banners That You Have Already Created" in the left hand column, use the dropdown menu next to "Select Flash Banner" to select the banner you wish to add to the page you have selected and click "Save & Apply"







Select from the dropdown menu "Select Collage Banner" and select the Collage you wish to add to the web page chosen in the previous step.  Click Save and Apply.  




You will see the animated flash banner gets added to the preview section at the top of the page.  This will now show on the homepage in the example given.  You can also choose to:
"Click Here" to use this banner on all pages.  This will automatically add this banner to the top area of each of your web pages
Click "Preview Now" to preview your website with your new animated flash banner




To Edit any Collage Banners you have created go to the "Edit Banners" section of the Website Builder.   Click on "Create / Edit Your Own Banner" down the left hand side




Choose the Collage Banner you would like to edit from the "Edit Collage" Dropdown Menu and click "Edit"



See also

Animated Flash Banners
Static HTML Banners
Upload Your Own Flash / HTML Banners