Building your GDI site with the site builder.

I've had a couple of emails from people wanting to build their new Global Domains International website but don't know how to start. There is loads of advice at the GDI forum on how to build your new GDI site but here is some advice here.

I took me a couple of days to really get to grips with the site builder. Think of it like a word processor - like Microsoft word - except you are only allowed paragraphs of 2000 characters per block.

Go to your back office - click on domains tab on the left.

Click on DNS setting - site builder

Click on left create new page - do this 10 times, which creates 10 pages (it doesn't matter if you only want a couple of pages to start off with you can choose which pages are displayed later - just create 10 now)

You will see properties, additional properties, visible, publish, etc. Also when you enter each page you will see above - page properties, additional page properties - this is where you choose the template, the title, etc, add page URL and keywords.

Hit the add content button - top left. Insert a bunch of placeholders (at least 8) - i.e. Empty placeholders

- Insert a blank content block to create your desired spacing or to simply provide a placeholder. Top option after hitting add content button - later you will have a play with some of the others.

Open a block by hitting edit on your new placeholders (I work from the first and skip every second one which keeps the blocks in the right place) - you will see three tabs on the bottom - design, HTML and Preview.

Work out of the design page and use it just like a word document - type in your plain text first (keep it short it doesn't take long to go over 2000 characters) - go back over the text changing color, size and font as you want. Import your photos, flash files whatever - the best way to do this is go to the gallery and load up every photo you want to use first - its a bit slow but once they are in the gallery they are easy to import.

You don't even have to be a web designer to be successful with Global Domains International - the most successful GDI person I now - Marty Orcutt - over $12,000 a month doesn't even have a website - he left his on the default setting that goes straight to the invite pages so he has proven you can grow this business with or without a website.

I joined because I wanted the website builder - my site is at http://www.getfinancialfreedom4u.ws