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When you sign up for the Website Service, you were prompted to select a hostname. 
Example: You could choose, yourorgname then your website url URL would be: yourorgname.rescuegroups.org.

If you do not have a domain name, you can use this for your website urlURL.

If you have a domain name or want to register a domain name, you can set up your website first using the hostname you just selected, then we can show you how to use a domain name.  See the Domain Names guide.

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Unchecking species you do not rescue will shorten the drop-down menus to only the animals you rescue.

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Use Short Cut / Favicon Image
If you have a favicon image, you can upload it to Website > Images, then select it from the drop-down menu here.
A favicon is the a little icon that appears in a browser's address bar or next to the site name in a bookmark list.
Here is an online tool to generate one if you'd like. http://www.favicon-generator.org/

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Custom front page
While it's a good idea to use the web pages that comprise your home page to maximize use of the built-in features, you can create your own web page, and set that page as your home pagehomepage.

Display logo on front page
Not all layouts support this, but if the layout you selected does and you've uploaded a logo, you can enable it here.

Latest News Articles
Enable this if you would like to show news on your home pagehomepagehttps://userguide.rescuegroups.org/x/J4IO

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Depending on your layout these items be available as built-in elements or add them manually via snippets.

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Use Background Image
You can upload an image to website > images and select that image to be your background image.

The image must be a jpg file and will be resized to 140px.

If you would like to use a solid color or change the color that is there, we can help you with that. Let us know.

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Copying / Pasting

 If you are copy/pasting text from another web page, an email, or word document:

Please use the Paste as Plain Text icon in the page editor to remove the formatting! This will remove the existing font sizes, font properties, and any unsupported code.  Here's more information on working with the page editor: https://userguide.rescuegroups.org/x/2oUO

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  1. Go to Website > Web Page List
  2. In the data table, under Title is the list of web pages and editable sections for your website.
  3. Click the Edit icon next to the webpage titled Sidebar Middle, then type the words "Sidebar Middle" on the page, click Save.
  4. Repeat for these pages:
    1. Sidebar Right, then type the words "Sidebar Right" on the page, click Save.
    2. Header
    3. Footer
    4. Front page top
    5. Front page bottom
  5. Upload your logo to Website > Logo.
  6. Add your organization's PayPal email address to Website > Affiliates.
  7. Add your organization's FacbookFacebook page to Website > Affiliates.
  8. Go to Services > Account Administration > Organization Contact.  Determine if anything needs to be updated or made private.

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