How To Change Background Image In Weebly

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Adding your own background for Weebly Site is one of the quickest ways to personalize your website. Even if you use a standard Weebly theme, you can give your site a unique appeal by setting the right background. You can either use a full size image, or repeat a pattern to create a canvas as the backdrop.

Do you know, you can add different backgrounds for different pages of your Weebly site ?

In this tutorial, we provide Step-By-Step Instructions for

  1. Setting the same background for all pages of your Weebly Site
  2. Setting different backgrounds for different pages. Check the following sample pages with different backgrounds
Background Image In Weebly

SiteShowcase Page with Red Background Pattern

Background Image in Weebly

SiteShowcase Page with Black Background Pattern

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Nivo Slider For Weebly. 16 Slide Headers & Rotating Banner Plugin For Weebly Sites

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Give your Weebly Sites a pop with the wonderful Nivo Slide Header. All of the 16 transition effects are provided here. You can Download it for Free if you are a registered member of Weeblyforums.com. You can use the sliders on any number of sites you want. You can include them as part of your Weebly Themes & Templates for sale or use them for your clients. It comes with MIT License.

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This Nivo Slider is a customized version for Weebly. Before proceeding further, take a look at the Demo of the Nivo Sliders and Effects in action for Weebly Sites. All 16 transitions are included in the download bundle.

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Weebly Page Types Described

Up until now, every page in Weebly had the same basic structure. That is because there was only one page type for a theme and every page you add had the same layout.

With the introduction of new page types in Weebly, every Weebly theme comes with Four Standard Page Types: "Landing", "Tall-Header", "Short-Header" and "No-Header". You can now choose different look for different pages.

New Page Types in Weebly Themes

Every Theme Comes with Four Standard Page Types. Optionally, you can create as many custom page types as you want.

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New Weebly Theme Demos

The New and Upgraded Weebly Themes are available for those who activated Beta. All themes now come with Four different Page Types. Live Demos of the new themes is available at Free Weebly Themes. You can check each of the theme in action and see which theme suits you better. All Four page types and Buttons are used in these demos to present you with their exact look.

To Publish or Not To Publish – Beating The Crazy Dilemma

Like to try some plugins for your Weebly Site but are hesitating to publish them without actually seeing them in action ? You Are Not Alone !!

The lack of a "Preview" option in Weebly is the cause for some trouble. It's not an issue .. until you want to try some thing like the Nivo Slider. You can not really see it in action in the Weebly Editor. And you can't risk publishing it to your live site without knowing if it works exactly the way you want it to. This article is our attempt at bridging the gap.

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Custom 404 Page in Weebly

Don't lose traffic from broken links. Use a custom 404 page in Weebly to send your visitors to the right place

Sooner or later, you are going to see some broken links. It could either be because you deleted a page or could be a typo from a referring page. In any case, don't lose the incoming links and the visitors. Instead, create a custom 404 page, which will be seen by your visitors when a particular page is not found. Continue reading

Adobe BrowserLab – Test Your WebSite For All Browsers

Ever wanted to test your website for other browsers, but don't know how to do it ? Here is a quick and easy way.

Adobe BrowserLab is your One Stop Shop to test your website for the most commonly used browsers. Though originally expected to be a paid service, Adobe is now offering this for Free. Just enter the url of the webpage you would like to test.

Supported Browsers: Safari, Firefox, Chrome, IE 6, IE 7, IE 8, IE9.

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Weebly Theme Upgrades

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New Landing Pages For Weebly Themes

New Weebly Themes are being rolled out. All current Weebly themes have already been upgraded and released for Beta. You need to Activate The Beta to avail them. Though in Beta, these are pretty stable.

Twenty more brand new themes with even more functionality are expected to be released soon.

Later in this article we will go over the aspects you should watch out while switching to new themes.

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Drag & Drop Buttons In Weebly

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Four Button Styles Available for Drag & Drop in Weebly

The new Button Element in Weebly lets you drag & drop buttons to any where on your Weebly Site. Buttons greatly enhance usability. Add Buttons at places where you want your users to take action. Don't forget, you can add buttons to side bars as well. If you have used the Flexible Footer or the Top Bar, you can drag & drop buttons there as well. Continue reading