Welcome

This site is the companion to the SiteMaker for Beginners workshop. If you have not attended this workshop you are still welcome to use this site and learn from what's here. This material is designed to help you get started using SiteMaker. The topics covered are listed in the navigational menu.

Note: This site is referenced from our SiteMaker support site. You will find a link returning you to the support site in the footer of every page of this site.

Introduction

GVC.Sitemaker is a content management system designed to make publishing basic web sites easy. When you use SiteMaker you can easily edit the content of your site in an editing environment similar to using a word processor like Microsoft Word. SiteMaker places your content within the framework of an exsiting web page template so that you don't have to worry about all the technical details. You don't even have to think a lot about maintaining the navigation between pages on your site as SiteMaker handles most of that for you.

SiteMaker began life in 1998. It was written by Dr. Jonathan Maybaum, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Michigan Medical Center, to give students and staff a tool to develop and maintain web sites. Global Village Consulting became involved with Site Maker in 2001 to help with development and marketing. SiteMaker has been a open source project since 2005, allowing others to join with the University of Michigan and Global Village Consulting in the development of the software. Here are some links of interest:

Robertson County Schools began using SiteMaker to enable schools, organizations and teachers to quickly and easily create and maintain web sites. With SiteMaker you can easily maintain the content of your site (the orange area in the screenshot below). You won’t have to worry a lot about maintaining the links to all the pages in your site because SiteMaker will generate a navigational menu (green area) for you. And while you can select from different style templates to change the look of your site you will not have to worry about creating that from scratch.

Topics

This site contains information about the following topics:

  • Getting started with SiteMaker -- including how to log in, manage your password, and get a new web site.
  • An introduction to the Main Configuration Page.
  • Configuring Overall Appearance.
  • Managing files.
  • Managing sections (pages).
  • Editing a text/image section.

Getting Help

There are several places where you can get help with SiteMaker. Here are some resources: