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goldroo documentation - Getting started

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Introduction

  • Most changes to your goldroo website are done directly on the web using a browser, and you do not need any additional software for that.
  • However, at times you will need to transfer files, for example as a backup etc, and you might also want to customize some files.
  • You can download the following software for free:
  • The goldroo documentation pages are written assuming you are using FileZilla's and CoffeeCup's free software, but all comments apply equally if you use other software.
  • To install your goldroo script yourself, you will also need ZIP software: If you do not have any file extracting software like WINZIP, then you can download 7-ZIP for free here.
  • You do not need any ZIP software if we install for you.
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Robots.txt file

  • A robots.txt file is a file that gives robots like search engine spiders information about what to crawl or index of your site, and what not.
  • The robots.txt file that comes with your script will work just fine as is, but the following change should help search engine robots find your sitemap file easier:
  • Open your robots.txt file and change the last line from
    Sitemap: /sitemapindex.xml
    to
    Sitemap: http://www.yourdomain.com/sitemapindex.xml
    and upload back to your server.
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Horizontal menu

  • To help your visitors access the most important information from every page, your goldroo website comes with a horizontal menu on the top of the page. Here is an example:

    Horizontal menu image

  • You can add more than one submenu, visit the demo site for an example.
  • This file is not automatically generated so you can add your selected links to the menu exactly the way you like.
  • To update the horizontal menu automatically across every page of your site, you need to edit the grmenu.html file.
  • You will find instructions in the grmenu.html file.
  • Upload your file once you are finished.
  • Go the admin area of your site, clear the cache and check your pages.
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Copyright footer file (optional)

  • Your goldroo script comes ready with a file you can modify to add some information to the very bottom of all your pages.
  • Open grbottom.html in your editor, you will find it is empty.
  • Add your code, for example
    <div class="p">Copyright &#169; GoldRoo.com</div>
  • Save and upload.
  • Go the admin area of your site, clear the cache and check your pages.
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Add a contact form (optional)

Your goldroo software includes a contact form script with CAPTCHA protection provided by phpcaptcha.org.

We have created a contact form (see an example here) you can use with your goldroo script, and all necessary files are included in your download.

 

To install the form, follow these steps:

  1. Open your-website.com/contact.txt.

  2. Access the admin area of your new website, and create a new category.

  3. Copy and paste the content of your-website.com/contact.txt in the Source field of Category Description.

  4. We suggest you use the following values for some of the other fields:
    Contact us
    contact
    Group 1

  5. Click the Submit button on the bottom of the page.
    Access your contact form at http://your-website.com/contact (if you used contact as Folder Name), and test to make sure things have been set up correctly.
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Submit your sitemap to Google and Yahoo (optional)

  • The goldroo script automatically creates a search engine friendly sitemap and updates this sitemap every day with the latest additions to your website
  • This sitemap is located at www.yourdomain.com/sitemapindex.xml
  • You can submit these maps to Google Webmaster Tools and Yahoo's Site Explorer
  • Note: Your sitemap will only be generated about 24 hours after you finish installing your goldroo script

 

Google Webmaster Tools
  • Login to Google Webmaster Tools (you will need a Google account)
  • Add your website URL and follow the instructions to verify your site, we suggest to use the verification file
  • Add your sitemap in this format: sitemapindex.xml

 

Yahoo's Site Explorer
  • Login to Yahoo's Site Explorer (you will need a Yahoo account)
  • Add your website URL and follow the instructions to verify your site, we suggest to use the verification file
  • Add your sitemap in this format: sitemapindex.xml as a website feed
  • You can also add your RSS feed in this format: feeds/rss.php
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Add Google Analytics code (optional)

  • Google Analytics is a web analytics solution that gives you insights into your website traffic. Easy-to-use features let you see and analyze your traffic data.
  • Your goldroo script comes ready with a file to add your Google Analytics code.
  • Open granalytics.html in your editor, you will find it is empty.
  • Create a new Website Profile in Google Analytics and add your code to the granalytics.html file, for example

    <script type="text/javascript">

    var _gaq = _gaq || [];
    _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-xxxxxx-xx']);
    _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

    (function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
    })();

    </script>

  • Save and upload.
  • Go the admin area of your site and clear the cache. This will add the code to all your pages.
  • Your statistics will appear in your Google Analytics report usually within 24 hours.
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Personalize your AddThis button (optional)

  • AddThis is a sharing tool that increases your traffic by allowing your visitors to share your site with their friends through Facebook, MySpace, Twitter etc.
  • Your goldroo script comes ready with your AddThis button. It looks like this Bookmark and Share .
  • The AddThis button that comes with your goldroo software will work just fine, but if you create your own AddThis account you can get usage reports, service and geographic analytics for your sharing button.
  • Create your own AddThis account here.
  • Then open graddthis.html in your editor, and look for " goldroo " and replace with your own AddThis account name. You will need to replace two instances of this.
  • Your statistics will now appear in your Addthis account report usually within a few hours.
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