Now that you’re officially an AMP Marketing Ninja, allow me to show you around the dashboard.
Your dashboard is the home base for the backend of your website. On it, you’ll find all of the tools and resources you need to edit your website.
When you 1st login to your website, this page will automatically pull up, but if you’re editing a page or other area of your website and need to return to the dashboard, simply click the Dashboard button from the left-hand menu.
Edit & Add Quick Links
Below the "Getting Started" video, you’ll find some quick links so you can edit your homepage, add a blog post and add a page on the fly.
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To the right, you’ll find...
Your Roadmap to Success
We’ve put together a series of slf-paced courses that will help you market your business online.
Sometimes it can be tempting to try and learn all the things at once, but that can often be distracting and take your focus off of your core objective.
We created the roadmap as a recommended order to follow which should help you avoid overwhelm and keep you focused on your primary goal - marketing your business. To start a course, simply click the hyperlink. Once you’re finished, check it off your list.
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4 Ways to Get Support
Beneath the video and roadmap, you’ll find 4 ways to get support - through our FAQ & Tutorials, our Facebook Community, Support Tickets and again, all of our self-paced courses.
FAQ & TUTORIALS -
If you’re ever stuck, explore our FAQ & Tutorials area first. We’re constantly adding help articles to our ever-expanding library. If you don't see an article, send us a ticket with your question and we can create one. If you're stuck, chances are someone else might be too.
FACEBOOK COMMUNITY -
Inside of our exclusive members-only Facebook community, you can also ask questions, exchange ideas and get advice. We wanted to provide a place for fellow like-minded entrepreneurs can come together and support one another. If you’re not yet apart of the group, please request to join.
SUPPORT TICKETS -
Speaking of support, if you’re having technical issues you need our team to look into, send us a ticket. Tickets allow our team to quickly and effectively organize and respond to your requests. You’re welcome to ask the Facebook community if others have insight about how to resolve the issue, however for one of our technicians to take a look at the problem, you must submit a ticket.
SELF-PACED COURSES -
If you want to learn more about marketing your business, again, explore our self-paced courses.
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SERVICES QUICK LINKS
Beneath the 4 support icons, we’ve added quick links to a few of our services that can make your life easier as a marketer.
NINJA PRO MEMBERSHIP -
If you are great with content but hate or don’t have time for the tech work, our Ninja Pro membership level is for you. With Ninja Pro, you can send in requests for our team to create new pages, new forms, add files, update sidebars, add new recipes, add blog posts and more. It’s like having your very own website virtual assistant. Just send us a ticket with the content and details, and we’ll do the rest.
CUSTOM SITE SETUP -
If you want us to personalize your website, explore our custom site setup packages. This is great if you want to create a cohesive design that’s personalized to you and your brand without breaking the bank.
CUSTOM LOGO -
If you need a custom logo, we have a team of talented designers who are ready to help bring your vision to life.
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NEWS, UPDATES, & INFO
Beneath that, you’ll find the latest news, updates and information. This is where we’ll share any announcements made to the community, including live trainings, upcoming events, and more.
On the right, you’ll find our weekly zoom support calls. If you have questions about your business, brand or website, bring them to one of our LIVE! Zoom calls where one of our leaders will coach, guide and mentor you.
You can also find our business hours and helpful quick links to resources we think you’ll love.
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Now that you know about the dashboard, let’s talk about your...
Navigation Toolbar
- "Site Setup" is where you’ll go to update the global settings that affect all pages on your website. This includes branding, your navigation bar style, font and color choices, and navigation tab text, footer settings and more.
- "Pages" show a list of all pages, both published and in draft mode. The "all pages" view allows you to make quick edits to pages whereas the "tree view" is a shorthand list.
- "Blog Posts" is where you can edit posts, add new ones and update your blog categories and tags.
- "Forms" allow you to create and edit, well, forms. If you want to collect names and emails for your freemium or even a robust form for someone to fill out a testimonial or take a survey. This is the place to do that.
- "Widget Blocks" are blocks of content you create that can live across different sidebars and footers. If you want to display an intro and photo about you on your blog, you’ll first update or add a new block here and then go to site setup → sidebar and footer to add the block to the appropriate spot.
- "PopUp" allows you to create or edit content that pops up on your site.
- The "Products" section allows you to add pages that can display all products on one page.
- "Ninja Recipes" allows you to create beautiful recipe pages, if you choose.
- "Media" is where you’ll find all of your photos, pdfs, videos and more.
- "Comments" allow you to see which visitors left comments on your content throughout your website.
- "SEO" is your Yoast plugin, which guides you through best search engine optimization practices. You can edit your settings, upgrade to premium and more on this tab.
- "Settings" allows you to edit general settings like your date and time formats, your website page name, page permalinks, google analytics and more.
- The "Tools" tab allows you to redirect old page links to new page links, import or export content to and from you site, and more.
- The "Plugins" tab displays the various plugins available for your site.
- "Users" allows you to edit your user information, including the admin color scheme, your display name, contact info, passwords, admin email notifications, and more.
- "Google Analytics" gives you the ability to track critical data to help you become a better marketer.
Now that you have an overview of your dashboard, it’s time to get started! Have fun building your website and don’t hesitate to ask for help when you need it. That’s what we’re here for!