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The following How To will give a overview of the basic steps to create and manage a live site. Use the Comments section for questions and answers. The Post will be our knowledge base for creating and managing sites.

Login

1. Click this link and bookmark it: http://www.socialtuna.com/wp-admin.
2. Use the Username and Password that was emailed to you from Social Tuna.

Create a Site

1. Go to Dashboard > My Sites.
2. Click Create a New Site.
3. Using lower case letters and no spacing, type the domain of the new site in the 'Site Domain:' text box. For example, yourbusiness which will read like yourbusiness.socialtuna.com
4. Using upper and lower case letters and spacing, type the title of the new site in the 'Site Title:' text box. For example, Your Business.
5. In the 'Privacy' section, leave the 'Yes' radio button selected.
6. Click 'Create Site'.
7. You are now ready start managing the site.

Create a Page

1. Go to Pages > Add New.
2. Create a title and start editing and click 'Publish' when done.

Create a Category

1. Go to Posts > Categories.
2. Type the name of the category as you would see it on the site.
3. Click 'Add New Category' when done.

Manage Widgets

1. Go to Appearance > Widgets.
2. The primary widget for all sites will be the 'Social Profiles' widget.
3. Drag the widget to the 'Sidebar' on the right.
4. Fill in the 'URL' text box for the corresponding link; ie, Facebook and Twitter.
5. Click 'Save'.

Create a Menu

1. Go to Appearance > Menus
2. To create a custom navigation menu, type in a name for it (only you will see this). Use 'Primary' as the name because it will be easier to manage.
3. Click 'Create Menu'.

Add Pages to the Menu

1. Adding pages to your menu is as simple as checking the proper boxes for the pages you want and then clicking ‘Add to Menu’.

Add Category Pages to the Menu

1. All posts will appear on your main posts page, but you can also create category pages that only display posts that you’ve designated with a specific category.
2. Simply check the box of the categories for which you want to create a page, and click ‘Add to Menu’.

Be sure to click ‘Save Menu’ each time you make changes to your custom menu.