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Hello dear readers of the blog site. In the previous article, we examined in detail how you can in and place it in the right place in the template using the appropriate module. If you want to run a little ahead, then I have a publication where all the materials on working with this engine are strictly structured and united by one idea - how to create your website).

Today we will continue to develop the theme of the menu and consider which items can be created in it using the Joomla admin panel, how you can configure the output of a separate article or all materials contained in a category or section to the site, as well as consider all the nuances and settings, which can be done in this case.

Content structure in Joomla (sections and categories)

In order to understand what kind of menu items can be created, we will need to first touch upon the issue of the structure of content in Joomla (materials, articles). When filling the project with content, you must indicate the section and category in which this material will be placed.

Although you will have one more option - select the item “Not specified” from the drop-down list of the “Section” field (in the “Category” field, in this case, the exact same option will be automatically selected). In this case, the material will not belong to any section and category, which will somewhat limit the possibilities of displaying the article on the pages of your site, but more on that later.

The two-level content organization in Joomla is needed for a trivial thing - to be able to display all articles using one single menu item. Otherwise, it would be impossible to organize the output of content in the form of a blog or a list of article titles contained in certain sections or categories.

Of course, this can be done using the omnipotent home page, but often the home page is used for other purposes, and a blog needs to be created, for example, by hanging it on the "News" menu item.

Novice users may have a confusion in their heads after my attempts to explain on the fingers the capabilities of this engine for managing content and displaying it on the project pages.

Therefore, we will proceed to a systematic consideration of the nuances of creating sections, categories and materials, and then we will smoothly move on to creating menu items that allow you to display both individual articles and everything, for example, from a separate category or section in the form of a blog or in the form of a list of their headings.

It would be nice for you to think over the future structure of your site in advance, but if there is no time or desire for this, then it's okay, then everything can be redrawn and rebuilt without much damage. I want to bring to your attention a block diagram of content organization in Joomla, taken from another resource:

This diagram very clearly shows all the possibilities. Once again, I repeat that not all articles in Joomla should be in their own categories and sections, some materials may be free floating, but they can no longer be displayed, for example, as part of a blog, except for the option of displaying them on the main page.

You can create more nesting levels in Joomla only with the help of additional extensions that implement this feature (for example, a component from a well-known manufacturer YOOtheme called ZOO). But, as a rule, the available nesting levels will be quite enough for most of the tasks facing users.

In the admin panel, all content masters are concentrated in one place under the symbolic name "Materials":

Creating sections and categories

First, we will need to create the required number of sections (the highest nesting level), and then, in each section, we need to create the number of categories. To do this, you need to select "Materials" - "Section Manager" from the top menu of the admin panel. In the window that opens, you need to click on the "Create" button located at the top of the window on the right.

As a result, a wizard window will open, where you will be asked to fill in some fields and make some settings for the section being created. In the "Title" field you need to enter its name, and in the "Alias" column you can enter the same name in Latin, separating the words with dashes.

Why do you need to fill in the "Nickname"? - you ask. You only need to do this if you are using the standard Joomla features for creating human-readable URLs ().

If you do not use CNC or use third-party components for these purposes, then it is not at all necessary to fill in the "Alias" column.

In general, CNC can be useful in terms of improving search engine optimization, and from the point of view of ease of navigation for users on the site. And organizing the conversion of page addresses into SEF links is best, in my opinion, in all possible details (there is even about the 404 error page and the optimal Title we are talking about.

In the "Published" field, you will need to put a check mark in the "Yes" position. In the "Access" column, you can configure which of the visitors to your project will have access to the contents of this section: either all, or only registered users, or only administrators (Special).

I'm not one hundred percent sure where the picture specified in the "Image" field will be displayed, whether in a module with a menu, or on a section page. Most likely the latter, but I could be wrong.

Personally, I use the Description field to add an image to a section or category page. It can use visual editor and a special button for adding pictures.

After clicking on this button, a window will open in which you can, by clicking on the "Browse" button, find the desired photo on your computer and upload it to the server using the "Upload" button. After that, you will need to find the image you just downloaded, click on it with the mouse and click on the "Insert" button located at the top:

We have created the first section, now, by analogy, we need to create the rest. After that, we start creating categories in Joomla. To do this, in the admin panel, select "Materials" - "Category Manager". To create a new one, click on the "Create" button located at the top of the window.

All other settings are similar to those we considered earlier. For the final creation, click on the "Save" button located at the top of the window. Similarly, you need to create categories for all sections of your site. After that, you can start adding content through the Joomla admin panel.

Adding content (new materials, articles) to Joomla

To do this, select "Materials" - "Material Manager". As a result, you will see a window containing a list of all articles on your project. To create a new one, you will need to click on the "Create" button located at the top of the window.

A window with a wizard will open in front of you. There are a lot of settings in it, but in most cases the default options will suit you, although, of course, it will not hurt to know all Joomla's content management capabilities and we will definitely talk about all of them, but in a separate publication.

Now I want to dwell only on those points that directly relate to the structure of content in Joomla. In the "Title" field you need to indicate the future title of the article, and the "Alias" column should be filled in only if you are using the standard Joomla SEF address translation (CNC), by analogy with how I explained it above.

You can enter the text of the article as.

It is possible not to use the visual editor at all when writing articles, but in this case you will have to insert all HTML tags manually. I usually type articles in a visual editor, but from time to time I go to the HTML viewer to make some adjustments to the code.

The visual editor in Joomla does not always understand exactly what you wanted to do, and therefore, in order to avoid problems and to save nerves when writing articles, I advise you to at least familiarize yourself with. For knowing it, all the problems that have arisen can be easily solved by going to viewing the HTML code of the article you have written.

There are two ways to view HTML when using JCE. First, you can click on the "" label located directly above the toolbar. But in this case, you will see just the code without highlighting and the ability to undo the changes made.

The second method is much more convenient and preferable to use it. In this case, to view the code, you need to click on the "Edit Code" button, which is a piece of paper with two red brackets of tags:

As a result, a separate window with a full-fledged HTML editor will open, in which lines of code will be numbered, tags and their attributes will be highlighted in a different color than the text, which will significantly increase clarity. In addition, this JCE editor has tools for formatting text.

You just need to select the desired area and click on the formatting button, as a result of which the text will be enclosed in the tags you need. Likewise, you can create headings of various levels, quotes and other things by selecting them from the drop-down list. In addition, it will be possible to take a step back or forward, which greatly facilitates the process of recovering unsuccessful actions:

After writing an article, before saving it, you will have to choose in which section and in which category of this section your new material will be located. The drop-down lists of the "Section" and "Category" fields are intended for this. If you don't select anything, then your article will be on its own:

In order to display a new article on the site, you need to put a tick in the "Publish" box in the "Yes" position. If you need to bring it to the main page (we will have a separate conversation about the main manager), then put a tick in front of "Yes" in the "On main" field.

Search engine optimization links (buttons) "More"

Yes, if you plan to display articles in the form of a blog in the future (for this you need to create the menu items "Category Blog Template" or "Section Blog Template"), then during their preparation you will need to place the mouse cursor after the first few paragraphs that will become an announcement and press the button "More".

As a result, a dividing horizontal line will appear in the text of the article, and when displayed as a category or section blog, it will display only the announcement (the part that is above the dividing line).

The reader of a blog created in this way, after the announcement text, will see a button (link) "More", by clicking on which he will be able to continue reading already on the page with full version... Moreover, the section of the text that follows immediately after the text of the announcement will be opened so that the user of your Joomla blog does not have to scroll through the announcement that he has already read.

If you do not like the text of the inscription on the button "More details", then you can specify a different text for this link (their meaning for promotion is described).

So, if the link text "More" for all articles of your blog on Joomla is unique and contains keywords related to this article, then this may to some extent affect its position in search results(it will get closer to the Top) and, therefore, the attendance will slightly increase. This should not be neglected, because the promotion of a project is made up of such, at first glance, trifles.

To change the "Details" text, when creating or editing an article, open the "Options - Advanced" area in the right column of the settings, at the very bottom of which you will see the item "Alternative text More ..."... Enter here your unique anchor with the keywords you want.

Upon completion of work on the article, click on the "Save" button located at the top of the window. Let me remind you once again that we will take a closer look at the rest of the settings that can be made in one of the following articles. Likewise, you fill your site with content by categorizing different sections of Joomla.

Creating menu items in Joomla for displaying articles

Now let's move on to the issue of displaying content on the site. As I have already mentioned several times, a page in Joomla is rigidly linked to a menu item, by clicking on which it will be created ().

Due to such flexibility of this engine in terms of content output, we can display the same article on the site in several ways. The first method is, of course, creating a simple menu item (Standard material template), by clicking on which a page will open containing only one this article.

The second method will allow the same material to be displayed using another menu item so that as a result a page will open containing all the materials of any category, where our hero is located.

Moreover, it will be possible to customize the display method all materials in the category on the page that opens - either it will be a list of their announcements (blog), or it will be a list of only their titles (list). How exactly the output will be carried out depends on which menu item in Joomla you create.

And, finally, you can display the material as part of all the articles of the section in which it is included. For this, Joomla has a special type of menu item. Oh yes, I almost forgot, the same material can also be displayed on the main page by simply checking the "On main" checkbox in its settings. Such are the rich possibilities for the output of content.

Without the use of nesting levels, it would only be possible to display one article either on a separate page or on the main page along with others of the same kind. But now let's take a closer look at all this.

To create a new item in Joomla, you need to go to the menu where we will create it. You can read about creating a new menu and inserting it into a module to display the site template in the right place in the publication, the link to which I gave in the very first paragraph. So, in the admin panel, select "Menu" - "New name".

As a result, you will see a window called "Menu Items", which will provide a list of those already available. To create a new one, you will need to click on the "Create" button located at the top right. A window will open showing a tree-like list of all the possible variations that you can implement.

In addition to those provided by default, there will also be menu items that have been added. Typically, components tend to add their items to this list, so that you can get to their pages filled with their content (for example, components, forums, and the like).

But we are now interested in those items that allow you to display articles in one form or another. These menu items are hidden behind the "Materials" item:

Let's now take a quick look at the most used options, and we'll talk more about this in the next article:

1. Standard material template - using this menu item, you can display one single article on the site page. Which one will be displayed, you specify in the settings, namely in the "Select material" field, using the "Select" button. As a result, a separate pop-up window will open with a list of all the materials you have (you can use filters by category and section)

Category blog template - you should choose this if you want to create a blog on Joomla not on the main one (for creating a blog on the main, the procedure will be slightly different). For this item, a list of all articles from any category will open. The text of the materials will need to be divided into announcements and everything else using the "Details" link.

As a result, there will be a listing of the announcements of articles available in this category, in the order of obsolescence (new ones are displayed above the old ones). Everything is very simple.

2. Category list template - it allows you to display on the site page a list of headers of all materials available in the selected category.
3. Section blog template - it allows you to display all articles of the selected section in the blog format (article announcements with the link "More"). Essentially similar to the "Category Blog Template", it can only include content from several categories included in the selected section
4. Standard section template - it allows you to display a list of headings of all categories of the selected section
5. Archived list is a rarely used item that allows you to display a list of all archived materials on your site. The archives will probably be relevant on news sites, where information quickly loses its relevance and it makes sense to archive these materials so that they do not participate in the search on a par with topical articles.
6. The template of the blog of materials on the main page - allows you to display on the main page all materials that are marked with the checkbox "On the main" in the form of a blog (article announcements with the link "More"). After installing Joomla, such a menu item will already be created and you are unlikely to have to reuse it, unless only after accidental deletion or with some other cunning manipulations

Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site

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After all the actions, click on one of the three buttons - Save, Save and Close, Save and Create. They all preserve material. I hope you don't need to comment on each button. The purpose of each of them should be clear from the names.

Creation of material (article)

We learned how to create categories, now let's move on to publishing the material, namely articles. First of all, in order for us to be comfortable working with our visual editor, we need to switch it to the extended version. This is done as follows - Extensions -> Plugin Manager -> Editor - TinyMCE, open and in the right column at the very top switch the editor mode to advanced. After that we press "Save and close". Now go to Materials -> Material Manager -> Create Material. A form similar to us for adding material opens, but here it is more advanced.

Here we fill in the fields familiar to us, everything is the same as when adding a category, there is nothing complicated. Let's only pay attention to the "Favorites" switch. With this switch, we can mark any material as favorites. What is it for? We can, for example, mark important articles with this radio button and bring them to the main page. We can also output to internal pages only selected materials. In one word, "Chosen" is just a mark for the material and that's it.

We will assume that you have entered the title, selected the category; now you need to insert text and pictures. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that it is not advisable to copy-paste the text here as usual. Those. you copy the text to the clipboard as usual - ctrl + c, but you need to paste it through the button on the toolbar. With this action, we insert only the text, discarding all unnecessary tags. The fact is that when copying text from Microsoft Word or from some site, along with the text, we copy a lot of unnecessary characters to the clipboard that we absolutely do not need. Be sure to remember this moment. In general, I recorded a video tutorial on this topic - how to correctly add articles to the site. I advise you to take a look.

Pay attention to the buttons that go under the visual editor. The first one is Material... What is it for? Using this button, we can insert a link to any article we have created. Place the cursor in the desired place in the article and click on the button. Select the title of the required article from the list.

Now let's insert an image into the article using the "Image" button. In order for the picture to be present in the announcement of the article, put the cursor at the very beginning of the text, i.e. before the first letter and click on the button "Image"... In the opened modal window, the images directory of our site will open to us. All images of our site, or rather our materials, will be stored here. It is advisable to distribute all the images into folders. By default, two folders have already been created here - banners and sampledata. Folders are created through the media manager, from there you can also download and generally manage media materials. Well, let's not complicate things now. You can upload the image so far into the root of the images folder, or into one of the two folders. There are already demo images in the sampledata folder, I advise you to use them for now.

When choosing an image, the path to the image is automatically substituted in the "Image address" field. We just have to fill in the fields - Image Description and Image Title. These fields are optional, but I advise you to fill them in. Align the image - to the left or to the right, and then click on the "Insert" button.

Starting from version joomla 2.5, it became possible to set a general picture for the material, both for the announcement and for the full description. Of course, we can set a picture for the article with the above method, but still this method will be more correct. To set a picture, look for the "Images and Links" tab in the right column. Here you can set a picture for the announcement of the material and a full description.

To download or select the uploaded image, click on the "Select" button, and then a familiar window will open in the modal window. Make sure that the dimensions of the image are not too large. For a teaser (short description), add a smaller image, and for a full description, you can add a larger one. You can also choose to wrap the text - left or right, or in the center (but this depends on the template, i.e. these styles must be embedded in the template).

Let's look at such a button under the editor as "Page Break". What is it for? This button can be used to split a large article into several parts. Links to all parts will appear at the top of the article, as well as a link to the full article. This can be very useful sometimes, for example when writing large reviews. Here, again, put the cursor in the right place and click on the "Page Break" button. In the opened modal window, enter the title of the article part and the title of the page in the table of contents.

A5.ru is one of the old-timers of the Russian market (it has been operating since 2011) and has one of the widest audiences in the CIS - at the time of publication of the article, the number of users is approaching 2,000,000.

Requires a minimum of knowledge, while it has a fairly wide functionality as a site builder. Ideal for small and medium-sized businesses who want to create a website on their own without having to pay hundreds of thousands of rubles to web studios.

You don't need to program at all. Huge library ready-made templates sites, free visual editor, full drag & drop. And you don't need any photoshop, although there is the possibility of editing photos in the constructor.

About the site

The first version of the A5.ru constructor appeared back in 2011, where you could create your own flash-site. The editor itself was, in fact, copied from one of the Western counterparts. The team consisted of two people who at that time were residents of the HSE business incubator.

By the beginning of 2017, not a trace remained of that editor. A5 has grown into a huge platform with an audience of millions and is no longer limited to just one online website builder. I will not list the list of their services, it is better to return to our rams.

Working with ready-made templates

Working in the editor

The interface of the editor A5.ru itself consists of 4 buttons, and that's all you need. Almost a joke. In fact, all editing tools are really scattered into 4 categories:

Site pages

Here we have a list of existing pages and a button for adding new ones. Everything.

By the way, the cool feature is "Master Pages". If you place any element on it, then it will be displayed on all pages of the site. This is necessary, first of all, to set the site header, navigation menu and footer once. You don't have to copy-paste to each page.

Settings

Here are the settings for a specific page. The title, url, width and background are changed. In a separate tab, SEO settings for search engines. There is nothing special to say, everything is clear.

Widgets

Now, here it is already more interesting. Here we have a set of those elements that are available for placement on the site. It is also available to insert third-party widgets using HTML-code, however, this can only be done on paid plans. But more about them later.

Files

The file manager is located in the "Files" tab. Here you can upload your photos, documents and more. Here we also find a bunch of downloaded cliparts, which are kindly provided by the A5.ru service.

Top Menu

V top menu there are several controls too:

• List of recently edited pages
• Back and forth undo buttons
• For some reason, the copy-paste buttons (do users really not know about ctrl + c and ctrl + v?)
• The project save button is also superfluous, changes are saved in real time every 2-3 minutes. For the user's complacency, they probably did.
• Viewing the resulting site before publishing
• Publish button

Tariffs and prices

A distinctive feature of the A5 constructor is the absence of time restrictions for free use. After creating the site, almost all the editor's functionality, except for the use of third-party widgets, is available to you immediately. The only inconvenience will be the branded advertising banner hosted on your site.

The exception is online stores, where a trial of 14 days is available, after which you still have to pay to continue using the editor.

Let's get closer to the numbers

Tariffs are divided into "Standard" and "Stores", and the difference in price is significant. There are 3 standard tariffs and 2 for online stores. Let's see in more detail.

Standard rates

If you just want to remove the advertising banner from your site, then choose the "Minimum" tariff, it will cost you 290 rubles per month of use. This is if you pay for 3 months (the minimum possible payment period). If you throw money for 2 years at once, then the tariff will cost you 162 rubles per month.

When buying "Business" or "Premium" you are given a second-level domain as a gift. The value of the second tariff, by the way, is very doubtful, and with an increased cost relative to the minimum, it does not give special advantages.

For a serious study of the resource, it is worth buying "Business", the price-quality ratio of which is the most attractive.

• domain as a gift in several zones to choose from (.ru / .com / .рф / .rus)
• 10 gb disk space
• personal configuration of corporate mail
• a personal manager who answers your questions faster and in more detail than standard technical support.

Online stores on the constructor

Online stores are created on the A5 in the same way as on most other constructors. To do this, they use a third-party development Ecwid, which is presented in almost all sitebuilders of this class.

Shops cost money. Here you have to really fork out. It is understood that if you want to open an online store, then you have the money to develop it (strange if otherwise).

For the tricky: It is possible to buy a regular plan and pay for using the store widget directly in Ecwid, but it will definitely not work out cheaper.

So to the numbers

There are two tariffs available: "Start" and "Profi". The main difference is the limitation on the number of goods. In the first case, the ceiling is 100 goods, in the second, 2500.

If you want more, then this is possible, but you need to personally negotiate with the managers. The price will also be individual.

"Start" by default costs 990 rubles per month. A year of use will cost you 10 months. The company is committed to long-term cooperation and in every possible way shows this to users.

To summarize:

For non-commercial resources, it is most profitable to connect the minimum tariff to remove ads for the service. If you are planning to monetize your site, then the "Business" tariff is your choice. One way or another, building a digital business for free, without registration and sms, you will not be able to.

Search Engine Optimization SEO and Promotion

If you are an expert in search engine optimization, or at least have an understanding of what kind of animal it is and what it is eaten with, then everything will be simple for you.

robots.txt and sitemap.xml are generated automatically. Editing a robots file is available only on the Business plan and stores. Nevertheless, you can simply prohibit pages from indexing from the editor interface; you do not need to dig into the code.

For each page, settings for the title, keywords and description meta tags are available.

A favicon is also configured in the master page settings.

Additional services

In addition to the fact that A5 is a platform for self-creation of sites by users, the guys are also a full-fledged web studio.

Additional services include:

• Creation of a website on a constructor, CMS or even a self-written resource
• SEO optimization for search queries
• Copywriting services
• Building E-mail Marketing
• Setting up contextual advertising Yandex.Direct and Google Adwords
• SMM - setting up a target in social networks and maintaining groups
• Formation of a "turnkey" marketing funnel
• Consultation with a marketer
• Rendering animated ads

Plus, on the basis of A5.ru there is training in Internet marketing, the creation of selling sites, setting the context, etc. If desired, any owner of an Internet resource, even generally far from online advertising, can learn how to create selling pages, describe his offer and catch people up to his resource.

Drawing conclusions

A5.ru is a strong site builder with a lot of freedom of action. Lots of ready-made templates, prices don't bite. Plus training and the opportunity to communicate live with professionals in their field.

At the moment, the team is aiming at more than just another online service. A5 are building an empire by forming a community of like-minded people. And the first steps have already been taken.

Today it is impossible to imagine any business ( business, creative project, informal association) without your own website. However, it is a costly business. Not everyone can afford to pay famous designers or carve out hours in the schedule to master the art.

However, there are ways to create a virtual dealership effortlessly and completely free. There are website builders available even to users with no serious knowledge of HTML and web design. An example of such an online builder is the A5 project.

What do you need to create a website from scratch?

Today there is a huge selection of tools for creating websites - from giant packages like Front Page to specialized design programs.

The old school of webmasters appreciated hand-coding in standard Notepad and did not favor automation. But in any case, a deep knowledge of the basics of HTML and its specific capabilities is required from the author of the site.

Is it possible to create a website with your own hands without spending months or even years studying web design and HTML, not to mention PHP and other "shamanic" practices? Yes, you can.

There are special services that help you generate a simple web page without specific knowledge. Their interface is intuitive, and creating a free website with their help is a task that does not require superhuman efforts.

Service A5 - a simple website builder

Fortunately, nowadays, many tools and special services help to create a free website. An example of such projects is the A5 website builder.

With its help, you can within a matter of minutes create a business card site, a page with a brief description of your project or a sketch, on the basis of which you can start "serious" work.

registration

Before you can create a website from scratch on the Internet using the A5 service, you must register. It's simple and doesn't require any personal information from you other than your email address.

The registration form is extremely simple, even by modern standards. You don't even need to enter your phone number. If you wish, you can even not register at all, but use your account on the popular social network (supported by Facebook, "Moi Mir" and "VKontakte").

Even when (or rather, if) it comes to buying paid services, you do not need to enter your personal data to replenish your account.

Web-sites' templates

As a rule, creating a one-page website for free is needed for those who do not have the time and money to order a professional website. Therefore, the process of creation and filling should be simplified and accelerated as much as possible:

The best way to quickly create your page is to take a ready-made layout and slightly modify it to suit your needs. Within the A5 constructor, you will find a large selection of templates that are suitable for resources of a wide variety of purposes.

Having chosen the template you like, click on the button " Create a website using this template» ( it is above the preview area and is highlighted in green):

The edit menu will allow you to change the background of the site, add various components ( hit counters, HTML widgets, design elements), edit the text.

Move the cursor over the desired icon in the left column to see which options are available in the selected menu item:

Create a website from scratch with A5

If you didn’t like any of the templates, you can select the "From scratch" item located on the left under the rubricator. After that, the creation of pages begins without any foundation, using the built-in editor tools.

When you open the creation menu, it becomes clear: the administration of the A5 project has thought out an approach to users who do not yet know how to create their own website. A video with a visual guide to creating a website is the first thing that you will see when you start the editor.

It explains in detail what a "master page" is (it is also the main page), what are widgets ( in this case, these are the visual elements of the page), how to change them in the built-in editor, how to change the position of different parts of the design.

The explanation is richly illustrated, it is easy to learn the basics of building a site in the constructor.

Now you can create a website for free in the online builder without resorting to templates. This will give you a little more creative freedom, but it will require a clearer idea of ​​the desired result.

Choose from the proposed elements - backgrounds, buttons, widgets, counters, arrange them in the required order. If you have your own photos or drawings that you want to use in the design of the site, you can upload them through the file manager in a special menu and use them along with the standard design elements.

The size of any element can be changed. When you move the cursor over a button, picture, or text field, you will see markers along the edges and corners. Pulling on any of the eight handles will change the size and position of the field.

A visual editor is intended for editing text fields, similar to a simplified version of Word, or rather to post editors on forums and in social networks... You can choose the type and size of the font, highlight part of the text in italics or bold.

Editing, updating and publishing the site

In the upper right corner of the page, you will see a set of service buttons. Here you can copy and paste a variety of content, undo or redo recent actions. Floppy disk button ( as in all programs) is set to "Save". This will save the results of your recent actions and continue editing the site.

You can see how the result of your efforts looks like by clicking on the icon with the image of an eye. Your site will open in a new browser tab in the form in which visitors will see it:

When you have finished editing the page and are ready to post its updated version to the Internet, click on the "Publish" button ( it is the last in the row, and is highlighted in green).

This is the final step you need to take to create a free website. From this second on, your, so to speak, representation on the network is available to everyone who knows his address, and search engines will be able to find it by keywords.

If you need to change some site data ( for example, you just changed your contact information or name, added your occupation, or want to post a news item), you can always do this through the page edit form. This is not fundamentally different from creating a new page.

Step-by-step website creation based on a ready-made template

Let's try to approach the example ironically and create a website for the association of hungry artists named after Knut Hamsun " Million Scarlet roses". After all, if we could afford a website for a few thousand dollars or euros, would we be looking for a way to create a free website?

The first thing we do is find a suitable template. Of course, we found it in the "Design" section, and we liked it:

The second step is creating pages. Don't be confused by the empty field:

Once you select the option to create a page, you will see a familiar picture from the template.

Any single field can be edited. So, instead of virtual Elena Pukhova, we will write the name of our society, instead of her profession - the full name of our association:

The picture should also be replaced with a more appropriate one. We will temporarily put the first image of a field of roses downloaded from the Internet. If we somehow hurt the interests of copyright holders by this, we apologize:

Double-clicking on the links leading to other pages of the site, open the editor and change the names of the pages so that they better reveal the essence of our association. These pages themselves do not yet exist - they will need to be created in the same way as we created the first page.

Then we create additional pages. To fill them in, we need additional text boxes. To do this, we open the "Widgets" menu, select the "Text" widget there and drag it to the place where the text should be located:

There are other tools in widgets. In the lower right corner we have a counter of visits, for example, from Google. This way we will know exactly who and when visited our page. And we certainly won't miss the line of patrons who want to make the society of artists happy:

To add an image gallery to your page, use the appropriate widget. In its settings menu, you can add files one by one from the already provided gallery or upload your own.

The size and number of files are limited by the amount of free space on the hosting - only 5 MB. One photo taken with a decent camera can be larger. Therefore, pre-process the photos so that they take up a minimum of space.

Now it would be good to give the site a meaningful name instead of the serial number that the service assigns to the site by default. "Registered" society of hungry artists will be at the address http://million-alih-roz.mya5.ru... To do this, we save and publish our site, after which the system immediately offers to bind your domain name:

When we registered the name million-alih-roz, it was free ( now, of course, already taken). Now there is the site of our association, created in literally half an hour.

Subsequently, we will be able to edit this site. For example, correct the page “ Our names for the future"When at least one artist appears in the association. Or fix the prices for the services indicated in the template, although so far they are satisfactory to us.

Limitations of the A5 service

It is difficult to expect that the creators of the A5 designer decided to selflessly help everyone. Therefore, you will not be able to fill the site indefinitely.

First, you won't be able to publish large files - hosting space is limited to 25 MB. Secondly, the name of your site will certainly be tied to the service and will look like ( your_site_name) .mya5.ru.

Purchasing a premium plan will help you get a decent site name with a .ru or .com domain, your own mail and analytical tools. It may be easier for you to modify the resource that you started to create on free hosting than to create a new one from scratch.

conclusions

If you have an urgent need to create a website yourself, the A5 service will be an excellent tool for this purpose. You can choose from a variety of beautiful or austere templates, or build your page from scratch.

What is this service good for? To quickly create a website for a small business or personal page. To master the basics of site building ( as a kind of simulator). To quickly create rough layouts that the designer will focus on when creating an author's project from scratch.

However, in the free version you are surrounded by restrictions: the amount of space for uploading your own data is limited.

The pages themselves, created on the basis of this constructor, are suitable only for creating a business card site. In addition, for the image of your company ( if this is not a society of hungry artists) a site hosted on free hosting will rather play a negative role.

Of course, the A5 Designer has much more to offer: more disk space, additional services, its own email etc.

However, to do this, you need to purchase a premium account to expand the capabilities. You can just as well purchase a domain and hosting from any provider and create a website really from scratch.