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How to Add a Meta Tag to Website Tonight

By | February 7, 2012 | Extra Help | No comments
This post is NOT about the meta keywords tag or the meta description tag. This post is about custom (aka: generic, random, etc) meta tags.

There are hundreds of reasons you may want or need to add a meta tag to one of the pages you built in Website Tonight. For that reason I am going to assume you already generally know what a meta tag does and the purpose of adding the one you are trying to add. There’s a good chance the source that motivated you to add the meta tag showed you an example that looked something like this…

<meta name=”SOMETHING” content=”SOMETHING“>

When using Website Tonight the only parts you care about are the SOMETHING and SOMETHING …WITHOUT the quotes.

How to Add a Custom Meta Tag in Website Tonight

  1. Log in to your Website Tonight account.
  2. Navigate to the page of your site where you want to add a FB thumbnail option.
  3. Click the Page tab (top center).
  4. Hover over the Properties icon (top center under the Page tab).
  5. Select Meta Data from the drop-down menu.
  6. Click the Add Meta Tag button (bottom left).
    • From here you will see a Name field and a Content field. Put the info from the meta tag you are trying to create into the corresponding field. (no quotes)
  7. Click the Apply button (bottom right).
  8. Use the Pages drop-down menu (upper right) to select another page.
    • Repeat steps 3 – 7 for each page where you want the meta tag to be added.
  9. Publish your Website Tonight project.

How to Block Right-Click to Protect Images

By | December 15, 2011 | Extra Help, Images | No comments

If you have images (or anything else) on your website that want to protect then you can disable “right-click”, which is how people get to the “Save As” option. This is not a perfect solution because anyone with advanced web experience can get around this, but it will stop most people from stealing anything you have a copyright on. You can use any (no need to use more than one) of the codes below to block “right-click” functionality, which will prevent most attempts to save your stuff.

Once you have selected the code from below that you want to use, follow these steps…

  1. Log in to your Website Tonight account.
  2. Click the Site tab (upper left).
  3. Use the Manage drop-down menu to select Launch Page Designer.
  4. Navigate to the page where you want right-click disabled.
  5. Click the Page tab (top center).
  6. Hover over the Properties icon and select JavaScript.
  7. Paste the code you select from below into the box titled JavaScript for <head>
  8. Repeat steps 4-7 for each page were you want right-click disabled.
If there is already code in the box then be sure not to delete or replace anything. Simply scroll to the bottom of the box, hit enter on your keyboard a couple times to add some blank lines, and paste the new code there.
You can customize the message the user sees when they attempt to use the “right-click” on their mouse by changing the red text from the code you select below. ONLY replace the red text. If you accidentally delete the quotes around the red text it will break the code.


Disable Right-Click

<script type="text/javascript">
var message="Right-Click Disabled!";
function clickIE4(){
if (event.button==2){
alert(message); return false;
}
}
function clickNS4(e){
if (document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){
if (e.which==2||e.which==3){
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
}
if (document.layers){
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
document.onmousedown=clickNS4;
}else if (document.all&&!document.getElementById){
document.onmousedown=clickIE4;
}
document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false")
</script>

Disable Right-Click Without an Alert Message

<script type="text/javascript">
var message="";
function clickIE() {
if (document.all) {
(message);return false;
}
}
function clickNS(e) {
if (document.layers||(document.getElementById&&!document.all)) {
if (e.which==2||e.which==3) {
(message);
return false;
}
}
}
if (document.layers){
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
document.onmousedown=clickNS;
}else{
document.onmouseup=clickNS;
document.oncontextmenu=clickIE;
}
document.oncontextmenu=new Function("return false")
</script>

How to Disable Right-Click on Images Only

<script type="text/javascript">
var clickmessage="Right click disabled on images!"
function disableclick(e) {
if (document.all) {
if (event.button==2||event.button==3) {
if (event.srcElement.tagName=="IMG"){
alert(clickmessage);
return false;
}
}
}else if (document.layers) {
if (e.which == 3) {
alert(clickmessage);return false;
}
}else if (document.getElementById){
if (e.which==3&&e.target.tagName=="IMG"){
alert(clickmessage);
return false;
}
}
}
function associateimages(){
for(i=0;i

Website Tonight Fonts

By | August 19, 2011 | Extra Help | 2 Comments

There are 36 fonts installed in Website Tonight (listed below) that you can use for your site title, page titles, links, main content or any other text on your website. If you want to use a font from Website Tonight to make business cards, flyers, brochures or other print media then you will need to download the font and install it on your computer first. After it’s installed the font will automatically be available in any program on your computer that uses fonts (ex: MS Word, Photoshop, etc). To make it easy I packed all the fonts that Website Tonight offers into a single download.

All 36 Website Tonight Fonts

Airstream, Anagram, Arial, Arial Black, Boston Traffic, Comic Sans MS, Comic Zine, Courier New, EastMarket, Garamond, Georgia, Helsinki, Impact, Jungle Fever, Know Your Product, Learning Curve Pro, Lucida Console, Lucida Grande, Metro, Monotype Corsiva, MS Sans Serif, MS Serif, Palatino, Plug-NickelBlack, Quigley Wiggly, SeasideResort, Shangri La, SouciSans, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, Umbrage, Veggieburger, Verdana, WoodenNickelBlack, Xeophone

How to Download Website Tonight Fonts

Example Download Button

To use a Website Tonight font outside of Website Tonight click the download button then find your type of computer below and follow the instructions.

How to Install a Font on Your Computer

I have Windows 7 so that’s the only operating system (OS) that I can provide tested instructions for. However, I have created a few links to help you find the step-by-step instructions you need to install Website Tonight fonts on other types of computers.

If you use anything besides Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and MAC OS X then go to Google and search, “How to install fonts on _____”. Fill in the blank with your OS and I’m sure you will find several sites with step-by-step instructions.

Instructions for Windows 7

  1. Click the button above to download all 36 fonts from Website Tonight.
  2. Find the download on your computer. The default download directory is at…
    • C:\Users\Your_User_Name\Downloads
  3. Double click the zip folder titled wst-fonts.zip to open it.
  4. Highlight all the files in the download and drag them out of the download folder. Anywhere; your desktop, a new folder, your Downloads folder, it doesn’t matter.
  5. With the font files highlighted right-click your mouse and select Install.
You may need to restart the program (ex: Word, Photoshop, etc) for the font to become available. You should not need to restart your computer.

Alternatives to Website Tonight

By | June 12, 2011 | Extra Help | No comments
Click here for instructions on How to Cancel Website Tonight and get a refund on all the time remaining on your plan.

Website Tonight is a great tool, but it’s not the only web-based point-and-click website builder on the market. The companies below provide alternatives to Website Tonight that are very similar in many ways. I did not include prices because they will likely change on a regular basis without me knowing.

If you know of any other good easy-to-use website builders then leave a comment at the bottom of this page with a link to their website so I can add them here.

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WordPress

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Glossary of Website Tonight Terminology

By | May 11, 2011 | Extra Help, Getting Started | No comments
Is there a Website Tonight term that is not defined here? Submit the term and I will email you the definition and then add it to this list.

Anchor Link

A standard link (aka. “hyperlink”) takes you to a new webpage on the internet. An “Anchor Link” is a link that takes you to a specific location on a webpage, usually on the same page as the anchor link. Click this link to learn how to use Anchor Links.

Designer

In relation to Website Tonight the term “Designer” can have multiple meanings.

  1. See the definition for “Page Designer” below.
  2. See the definition for “Website Tonight Designer” below.

Download Link

A “Download Link” allows your website visitors to download a file from your website. The downloadable file can be a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, MP3, or any other type of file that meets the upload limitations in Website Tonight. To learn more about uploads, download links, and the file upload requirements in Website Tonight read, “Creating Download Links in Website Tonight“.

Go Daddy

Go Daddy is a very large Website Tonight provider known for their racy Super Bowl commercials. Also known as; GoDaddy, GD, and GoDaddy.com

Image Library

The Image Library is where you can select from hundreds of free images, upload your own images, or purchase professional stock photos to use on your website.

Instant Page

Instant Page is a single-page website builder that uses the Website Tonight Page Designer (see “Page Designer” below) and is often included for free with the purchase of a domain name from a Website Tonight provider. Also known as InstantPage.

  • A single domain can not use Instant Page and Website Tonight simultaneously.
  • The Instant Page and Website Tonight templates are not the same.
  • Most of the instructions on this website also apply to Instant Page because Instant Page uses the Website Tonight Page Designer (see “Page Designer” below).

Nerd Warehouse

Nerd Warehouse is one of the largest and most well known Website Tonight providers. Also known as; NerdWarehouse, NW, and NerdWarehouse.com.

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Page Designer

The Page Designer is the “back end” or “design side” of the Website Tonight application. This is the part of the program you will use to edit your website, as opposed to the website it generates. Also known as, the “Website Tonight Designer”.

Pre-Built Design

The term “Pre-Built Design” refers to the templates available in Website Tonight that already have text and images added to them (text + images = content). The purpose of the pre-built designs is to eliminate much of the work the user would normally put into formatting the content on their website. With a pre-built design you simply need to replace the text and images with your own. There are roughly 100 pre-built template designs that are included with Website Tonight.

Script Box

A “script box” is used to add code to Website Tonight that is more advanced than HTML. For example, if you have code for a widget or email signup form that uses JavaScript or some other type of advanced code then you will need to use the script box feature to add it to your site. Inserting advanced code into the HTML editor will not work.

Upload File

An “Upload File” is a file that has been uploaded to Website Tonight, such as an image, auto clip, or PDF. Image upload files do not work the same as the images added to the Image Library (see the definition for Image Library above). Click to see which types of files can be uploaded and the Limitations for Uploading Files in Website Tonight.

Upload Link

See “Download Link”.

Website Tonight

Website Tonight is an extremely popular do-it-yourself website builder that uses simple point-and-click tools that make it easy and fun to build your own website without experience or knowledge of HTML.

Website Tonight Designer

The term “Website Tonight Designer” has two meanings.

  1. A web designer that specializes in building sites with Website Tonight.
    • Because Website Tonight is a DIY web builder finding a web designer that specializes in designing websites with Website Tonight is very rare.
  2. See the definition for “Page Designer” above.

WST

WST is an acronym for WebSite Tonight.

How to Create a Link in Website Tonight

By | May 5, 2011 | Extra Help | No comments

Adding a link to Website Tonight is easy, but first you need to decide what kind of link you want to create. When creating your link you will be presented with these options:

No Link Selecting this option will remove the link.
E-mail Opens the email program (usually Microsoft Outlook) installed on the user’s computer and fills in the “To” field with the email address you choose. If the user does not have an email program installed on their computer this type of link will prompt them to install one.
URL Links to a webpage or other type of file on another website. Instructions for creating this type of link are below.
Page Links to another webpage in the same Website Tonight project. Instructions for creating this type of link are below.
Upload Downloads a file that you select after you upload it to Website Tonight, such as a Word document or PDF. Click here for more information and instructions for adding upload links / download links.
Anchor Jumps to a specific place on a page within your website. Click here for more information and instructions for adding anchor links.
No Follow Check this box if you want to link to something that you do not necessarily endorse. This will tell the search engines not to pass any “link juice” or “backlink credit” through the link. What’s “link juice” and why does it matter? Click here to learn about link building.
Open
in a new window		 Check this box if you want the link to open in a new window when the user clicks on it. A good rule of thumb is to check this box any time the link goes to something outside of your website and not to check it if its an internal link, but ultimately its up to you.


Instructions for adding Email, URL, or Page Links

  1. Log in to your Website Tonight account.
  2. Go to the page you where the new link will be added.
  3. Click on the content block you want to add the link to, so that it is in edit mode.
  4. (If needed) type the text or insert the image you want to use for your link.
  5. Use your mouse to highlight the text or image you want to turn into a link. For example, if you wrote “click here to see another cool website” and you only want “cool website” to be the link then click your mouse and drag over the words “cool website” so that only those words (no blank spaces) are highlighted.
  6. Click the Create link icon (upper left – to the right of the bold and italic icons).
  7. Click the dot next to the type of link you are trying to create.
    • E-mail – enter the email address you want the user to send email to.
    • URL – enter the URL (web address) you want to link to.
    • Page – select the page from your Website Tonight project you want to link to.
    • Upload – read the upload / download link instructions instead.
    • Anchor – read the anchor link instructions instead.
  8. Click OK.


Website Tonight will automatically add a border around images when you make them a link. Read, “How to Remove the Border from an Image Link” to see how to safely remove the border.

Q: What’s the difference between a link and a hyperlink? A: Nothing.
“A hyperlink (or link) is a word, group of words, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document.” ~ definition by W3schools.com

How to FTP to Website Tonight

By | April 27, 2011 | Extra Help, Getting Started | 18 Comments

Technically speaking there is no FTP access into Website Tonight, but depending on exactly what you are trying to do there may be another way.

How to Upload Files and Images to Website Tonight

If you have files that you want people to be able to download (ex. Word documents, PDF’s, music, etc) then first you will need to upload the file(s) to Website Tonight. Website Tonight includes an easy-to-use file upload feature so that you do not need to FTP. The next step is to create a link to the file from one of your pages.

For detailed instructions read, “Creating Download Links in Website Tonight“.

How to FTP a Website Template to Website Tonight

If you have full web pages that were designed outside of Website Tonight then you cannot FTP them and use Website Tonight to manage and edit the files. That means you cannot hire a web designer to build you a custom website, or purchase a web template somewhere online, and use Website Tonight to work on that website. The only exceptions are the templates for sale here on ProSiteTonight.com. All of the custom templates Pro Site Tonight sells are built exclusively for Website Tonight.

See Pro Site Tonight’s custom Website Tonight Templates

Web Designers – How to FTP a Custom Web Design

Website Tonight is not a standard website builder like FrontPage or Dreamweaver which allow you to modify any HTML file. Website Tonight is a template based CMS (content management system). The user starts by selecting a pre-designed template from within Website Tonight then additional HTML is dynamically generated as the user adds and edits content on the template they selected. The user modifies the site using a built-in point-and-click WYSIWYG (“What You See Is What You Get”, pronounced “Whiz-E-Wig”), but the WYSIWYG only supports Website Tonight templates.

Ultimately this means FTP access to Website Tonight is blocked, and your client cannot use Website Tonight to manage the web design you built for them. They will need to cancel Website Tonight, get a refund, and purchase standard hosting instead.

Alternatively, you can build your clients website for them using Website Tonight, but you will need to start in Website Tonight because there is no FTP. Website Tonight does allow you to add custom HTML and JavaScript snippets to the content areas, the header, and before the closing body tag. You can also modify the templates default CSS using the Advanced CSS editor. These options allow you to add features (ex. widgets, contact forms, social badges, etc) from outside of Website Tonight and give you a bit of control over the design and layout of the Website Tonight template.

For more information read, “Custom Website Tonight Template Design“.

Creating Download Links in Website Tonight

By | April 27, 2011 | Extra Help, Images | 5 Comments

This tutorial will show you how to create a download link in Website Tonight. Your download can be a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, MP3, or any other type of file that meets the Website Tonight Upload Requirements.

If the download is a file type that can be displayed by the browser (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc) then there is a high probability that the browser will choose to display the file rather than making the user download it first. For example, a browser can display a PDF file but not a Word document, so the PDF file will be opened online and the Word document will be offered as a download. See examples below.

Step #1: Add Your Download to Website Tonight

  1. Log in to your Website Tonight account.
  2. Click the Site tab (upper left).
  3. Use the Manage drop-down menu to select Upload Files.
  4. Click the browse button.
  5. Find the file on your computer that you want to offer as a download and click on it.
  6. Click the Open button on the popup.
  7. Click the Upload button.
If the file you want to offer as a download is an image then make sure that you put a check mark in the box labeled Place images in files folder before you upload the file. If you don’t then the image will not be uploaded to the correct location which can cause errors later.

Step #2: Create the Download Link

You can make your download link from text or from an image.

How to Make a Download Link from Text

Example Download Text Link >> Download Now << It works, try it!

  1. Log in to your Website Tonight account.
  2. Go to the page you want the download link to be on.
  3. Click on the content block you want to add the link to, so that it is in edit mode.
  4. Type the text you want to use for the download link (ex. “click here to download”).
  5. Use your mouse to highlight the text you want to turn into a download link. For example, if you wrote “click here to download now” and you only want “download now” to be the link then click your mouse and drag over the words “download now” so that only those words (no blank spaces) are highlighted.
  6. Click the Create link icon (upper left – to the right of the bold and italic icons).
  7. Click the dot next to Upload and select the file you uploaded in step #1.
  8. Click OK.

How to Make a Download Link from an Image

When you make an image link to something you are turning the image into a button, even if it doesn’t look like a button. Just to make sure that this isn’t confusing I will be using two examples. Example #1 is a random image that most people would not consider a button, and example #2 is what most people think of when they imagine a download button. Whether you choose to use an image that looks like a download button or not the instructions are the same.

#1 – Random Image Download Link
Funny Monkey Facial Expression
#2 – Button Image Download Link
Example Download Button

Are you wondering what will happen
if you click these example links?
There’s only one way to find out!


  1. Log in to your Website Tonight account.
  2. Go to the page you want the download button (image link) to be on.
  3. Click on the content block you want to add the link to, so that it is in edit mode.
  4. Click the Insert tab (top center).
  5. Use the Images icon drop-down menu to select Images.
  6. Insert the image to use as the link.
    • If you have already uploaded the image to your Website Tonight then click the My Images tab (top center), select the image, and click the OK button.
    • If you have not already uploaded the image to Website Tonight then click the Upload Image tab (top center), upload the image, then select the image, and click the OK button.
  7. Use your mouse to highlight the image (only the image).
  8. Click the Create link icon (upper left – to the right of the bold and italic icons).
  9. Click the dot next to Upload and select the file you uploaded in step #1.
  10. Click OK.
To remove an unwanted border from around an image link double-click on the image, click the Properties tab, put a 0 (zero) next to border, and then click the OK button.

It’s a good idea to offer your download in multiple file types because some people may prefer one type over the other. If you only offer PDF downloads, for example, then some people will not be able to view the download because they don’t have a PDF reader installed. You can offer multiple download file types by saving your download in the separate file types and creating a download link on Website Tonight for each one. Like this…
Download Now:   .TXT Download  |  .DOC Download  |  .PDF Download

How to Move Website Tonight to a Different Host

By | April 20, 2011 | Extra Help | 2 Comments

There are millions of people that have used Website Tonight to build their site, so it’s not that uncommon for someone to ask, “How do I move the site I built with Website Tonight to a different hosting provider?” The answer…

Website Tonight is both a website builder and the hosting for your website. For that reason you can’t move the website you built with Website Tonight to another host.

This is true of every website builder. Whether you build your website with Homestead, Network Solutions, or any other company’s point-and-click website builder, your website is tied to that framework (aka. platform, back-end, etc). Without it your website will not work. This is one of the major downsides of every easy-to-use website builder.

However, you can always download all of your uploaded images and files from Website Tonight, so you can use them to rebuild your site somewhere else. You can also take all the text that you added to the content blocks by simply copying it from Website Tonight and pasting it into the new website builder.

How to Change My Website Tonight Password

By | April 19, 2011 | Extra Help | No comments

Before you change your Website Tonight password you should know…

Website Tonight password updates are not instant. Usually it only takes 2-3 minutes before the change takes effect, but it can take up to 30 minutes.
The user name and password for your Website Tonight account is not the same as your user name and password for your account with your Website Tonight provider. For example, your username and password for GoDaddy.com is not the same as the user name and password for the Website Tonight account you purchased from GoDaddy.com

To Change Your Website Tonight Account Password

  1. Log in to your Website Tonight account.
  2. Click the Site tab (upper left).
  3. Use the Settings drop-down menu to select Site.
  4. Enter a new password in the Password and Confirm Password fields.
  5. Click OK.

Now that you have updated your password you can choose to access Website Tonight by either logging into your Website Tonight provider first, or by going directly to login.websitetonight.com. For more information read, “How to Login to Website Tonight“.

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