In your HomeQuest account, click the “Websites” tab.  Click the “Site Admin” button.

How to add a page to your IDX Blogger website:

Step 1: From the “Write” menu, click “Page”.

Step 2: Enter the title and content of your page.  (Click here to see how to add images and media to this page.)  Click “Publish” when you are finished to add this page to your site.

Note: This is just a quick example, you will want to add more content and explanation than I have entered on this example site.

Step 3: Reload your website to see the new page that we just created.

Creating an Archives page:

Step 1: From the “Write” menu, click “Page”

Step 2: TItle your page at the top, but don’t add any content.

Note:  Content added to this page will not display, it will be ignored since this is a special page.

Step 3: In the “Page Template” drop down section, select “Archives Page”

Step 4: Click “Publish”.

Your IDX Blogger site now has an “Archives” page displaying your page and blog links.

Editing a post:

Step 1: From the “Manage” menu, click “Posts”

Step 2: Click the name of the post you wish to edit.

Step 3: Make your changes, then remember to click “Save”.

Adding a Category:

Step 1: From the “Manage” menu, click “Categories”.

Step 2: You can use the form at the bottom to define a new category.

Categorizing a blog post: Scroll down from the blog post text editor box and find the Categories section beneath the Tags section.

Managing Categories: From the Manage Categories panel, you can check the box next to a category you would like to delete.  Once checked, click the “Delete” button above.  This will not delete the blog posts within that category, it will just remove that category from the posts and remove it from the selection list for new blog posts.

Step 1: From the “Design” menu, click on “Themes”.

Step 2: From the gallery of available themes, click on the new theme that you wish to use.

Step 3: A preview window will show your live site as it would look if the selected theme were applied.  If you are satisfied with the change, confirm the switch by clicking the “Activate” link in the upper right hand corner of the preview window.

Your site has been changed to the newly selected theme.   Click the “Refresh” button on your browser to see your new and improved site theme.

Step 1: From the “Manage” menu, select “Site Navigation”.

Step 2: Hover your mouse over the small arrows ( >> ) next to the page that you wish to hide.  The hide link will automatically appear.  Click the link and the page name will become partially transparent.  Click the “Update” button to apply these changes to your website.

The page has now been hidden from the navigation bar and will no longer appear.

Step 1:  Hover your mouse over the “Design” menu, and click “Widgets”

Step 2:  Use the widget manager to Add unused widgets (located on the left), Edit or Remove existing widgets (located in the blue bubbles on the right).  Widgets can also be reordered by clicking and dragging up or down.

Step 3: Remember to click “Save Changes” when you are finished.