Creating an Email Newsletter The Newsletter ValueApp allows you to create a notification list for sending a newsletter or update to multiple email users. This is a great tool for businesses who would like to inform current customers about specials, or families who would like to keep their friends and loved ones up to...
Managing Your Weblog Users The Weblog ValueApp allows others to create a user account with your blog. By creating a user account, a user will be able to post comments without having to enter their contact information each time they wish to comment, and will give you the option to promote them to an...
Creating a Post in your Weblog Whenever you'd like to add a new entry to your Weblog, you can do so by going to the Weblog admin page at http://yoursitedomain.com/blog/wp-admin or by clicking on the "Site Admin" or "Login" link on the sidebar of your blog. Once you login to the admin area, simply click on...
Setting Advanced Weblog Options The Weblog ValueApp has a variety of options for advanced users. If you wish to change the way that the Weblog ValueApp functions, use the Options tab at the top of the Weblog admin area. The Options page is broken down into five sub-sections, each with multiple preferences that control...
Sending Form Submissions by Email with FormMail Jumpline.com provides a secure way for you to accept form submissions on your website via email -- the FormMail ValueApp. With the FormMail ValueApp, you can build a web-based form in your sites HTML code and have the form submissions automatically emailed to you. To get started, you must first...
Managing your Weblog Posts, Pages, and Categories Once you have added posts and pages to the Weblog ValueApp, you may wish to return and edit them later, or to categorize them into groups for archival purposes. You can do so from the Manage tab at the top of the Weblog ValueApp admin area; simply click on one...
Getting Started With your Weblog You must first make sure you have the Weblog ValueApp installed.
Log in to your VDS Manager by clicking the 'Login to VDS Manager' link from the Products page of the Customer Manager, which is located at https://my.jumpline.com.
Click on Install & Manage on the left side of the screen
Important Note: You will need to have both MySQL [Database] and GraphicsMagick [Web Development] installed already
Under [Collaboration] click on the Weblog icon.
Enter in an Admin...
Creating a Static Page in your Weblog If you want to post an "About Me" page or other static content outside of the regular chronological blog view, you can create a Page. To do so, simply click the Write tab at the top of the Weblog admin, then click on the Write Page sub-section.
Important Note: Some Weblog themes do...
Managing Website Content with Joomla Joomla is an extremely popular Content Management System based on an earlier project, Mambo. Joomla allows you and other authorized users that you select to add and manage content pages to your website, simplifying the management of large sites. Joomla is provided by Jumpline.com as a ValueApp for easy installation....
Modifying Album Settings in the Gallery ValueApp The Gallery ValueApp allows you to customize the appearance of each of your albums seperately. If you would like to modify album settings or appearance, login to the Gallery at http://yoursitedomain.com/gallery/, then click on the Edit Album link on the left side. The following tabs are available at the top...
Changing Your Weblog Theme The Weblog ValueApp comes with a variety of themes that include graphics and styled text. You can change your Weblog theme at any time without making any complex changes to your Weblog.
To change themes, simply click on the Presentation tab at the top of the Weblog admin area, then click...
Majordomo Command Reference Users can send commands to "majordomo@yoursitedomain.com" to subscribe, unsubscribe, obtain help, and more. The command should be entered into the message of the email.
To use these commands, simply compose a new email message to majordomo@yoursitedomain.com in plain text format (not HTML format, which may be the default in your email...
Majordomo: Sending Email to a Mailing List Important Note: Majordomo only supports plain text email
Moderated List
To send an email to a moderated list, you must enter the password for the list in the message area of the email.
Create a new email message
Make sure the type is set to plain text instead of HTML in your email program
In...
Adding Links to your Weblog Sidebar The Weblog ValueApp allows you to add links to the sidebar of the Weblog pages; this is a conveniant way to link your viewers to your favorite sites. You can manage the links that appear on the sidebar of your Weblog by using the Links tab at the top of...
Adding Photos to the Gallery The Gallery ValueApp supports a variety of image formats, allowing you to upload images directly from your computer and have them displayed on your website immediately. The Gallery ValueApp provides a variety of methods for uploading images, all of which are accessible from the "Add Items" link on the left...
Modifying Images in your Gallery After you have uploaded an image, you may wish to add additional descriptive comments and keywords, or to customize the image. You can do so by clicking on the image itself so that you are viewing the full-size copy, then by clicking on Edit Photo on the left. The following...
Deleting and Organizing your Gallery Images If you have uploaded a large number of images to the Gallery ValueApp, you may wish to delete or re-organize some images.
Changing the order of items inside of an album
There are two ways to change the order of items that are displayed inside of your Gallery; you are welcome to...
Creating a Community-driven Website with MediaWiki MediaWiki is a collaborative content manager that allows anyone to update the content of the pages of your website. This sort of community editing allows users with experience in the subject matter of your website to add facts and information at any time. Adding MediaWiki to your website is great...
Creating a Web Forum with phpBB phpBB is a popular bulletin board software made for creating web-based communities. Registered users can create new topics or reply to topics created by others, allowing your web site visitors to interact. phpBB offers a variety of features and administrative tools to help you easily manage your forum. phpBB is...
Adding Albums to the Gallery The Gallery ValueApp allows you to organize your images into seperate image albums; by default, all images are just added to the top-level album, but you can add as many albums as you'd like.
Once you've logged in to the Gallery at http://yoursitedomain.com/gallery/, click on Add Album on the left. The...
Setting up a Web-based Address Book The Address Book ValueApp allows you to add a web-based contact list to your site. This allows you to keep your family, club members, or employees contact details up to date.
To get started with the Address Book:
Log in to your VDS Manager by clicking the 'Login to VDS Manager' link from the Products page of the Customer Manager, which is located at https://my.jumpline.com.
Click on Install & Manage on the left side of the screen
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Creating a Mailing List with Majordomo There are 2 primary steps to creating a Majordomo mailing list: installing Majordomo, and creating a mailing list with MajordomoList.
Installing Majordomo
Log in to your VDS Manager by clicking the 'Login to VDS Manager' link from the Products page of the Customer Manager, which is located at https://my.jumpline.com.
Click on Install & Manage on the left side of the screen.
Click on the Colaboration folder at the...
Creating a Web-based Mailing List with Mailman Mailman is a powerful mailing list software that allows you to create email-based discussion groups on any topic. Use Mailman to make a mailing list for your hobby organization, club, or family to help facilitate communication among friends. Email sent to the mailing list will be sent to all users...
Creating a Web-based Guestbook Jumpline.com provides a simple Guestbook ValueApp that allows your website visitors to leave comments about your site. With the Guestbook, visitors simply type their comments and they are immediately posted inside of the guestbook for other viewers to see. This is a great communication tool for small clubs and organizations...
Creating a Web-based Calendar Jumpline.com's myCalendar ValueApp creates an attractive web-based calendar on your website. This is great for groups or clubs that wish to keep track of upcoming meetings, games, or appointments. The web-based calendar will be visible to all web viewers and can be linked to right from your main website. Only...
Embedding the Photo Gallery in your Weblog Jumpline.com provides the popular WPG2 plugin for the Weblog ValueApp to allow integration of the Gallery ValueApp right in to the style of your Weblog. With the WPG2 plugin, your Gallery images will appear inside of your Weblog theme and Weblog pages, giving you the ability to seamlessly display images...