How Content Management Works with Updates Anytime

A simple row of buttons appears on each page after you sign in. Find the page you want to edit by clicking through the site as usual. Then click the Edit button on that page.

Making changes to your web pages is a snap with Updates Anytime. Log in, find the page and click the Edit button. Seriously, anyone can do it.

The old way was to call your webmaster or IT department and maybe get the cold shoulder, maybe wait a day or two for your changes. Or perhaps you decided to struggle with FrontPage or DreamWeaver. Ever have an FTP problem? We're taking odds you have. These methods are just not that easy.

Updates Anytime solves all that with a new way to update web pages using your favorite, familiar browser. We've kept the controls simple. There are just enough features to get the job done. That way, it's easy for you to learn. Even better, easy for you to figure out whenever you need to.

All Kinds of Help

Updates Anytime has a Help button on every page. Click it and you'll get a nice clear explanation of what the buttons do, plus links to other pages with more detail and step by step How To's.

We've even got video! For tasks that take a few steps, play the video demonstration showing how to do it in your Help window. Pause and restart it as you go along. It's like having a tutor standing next to you the entire time.

First, You Sign In

Near the bottom of every page in your site, you'll find a link called "Staff Sign In" that takes you to the Updates Anytime sign in page. Enter your email address and password. Click the Sign In button. Now the page you came from shows up with a row of buttons at the top of the content area.

Edit with Style

It's About Time: Yours

Keep your web site up to date on your schedule.

Make changes anytime, day or night, weekend or holiday.

Change prices, offers, photos, documents, even video as often as you like!

Click the Edit button to start editing your content. Updates Anytime has editing controls for everything from bolding to bullet lists. Assign your site's standard headline style with 2 clicks. Paste in new paragraphs from other documents, even other web pages. Add links, photos, tables, PDFs -- it's a long, long list.

You get to view your work in a preview window, which shows it as it will look on the page. Zoom in for a closer look or for easier editing. Change the size of the editing window to fit your needs. There are so many great features you just have to trust us that if you need it, it's there somewhere.

You can even work with your content in HTML view, for tasks like pasting in tracking scripts or embedding Flash animations.

Save Your Draft

Click the Save Draft button to save the changes you made to a new draft of the page. In the draft view that comes up, you see your draft just as it will appear live. This is a great way to catch errors and proof your work.

At this point you can keep the draft there, leaving the original page unaffected. Clicking Exit takes you back to your original page, where you will now have the option of reviewing your draft, making further changes, or going live.

Going Live

From the draft view, you can click the Go Live button. This immediately makes your changes live on the page for all to see. You're done!

Backups Are Good

Going live also saves your original content as a backup. Just. In. Case. To restore that backup, click the Restore button. You'll then have the choice of restoring the backup or going all the way back to the original page content. Yes, that's 2 backups, and we know it's very belt-and-suspenders, but that's how we built it.

There's another great way to use the backup feature: page versions. Suppose you want to change a price but only for 3 days. After 3 days, just restore the backup and you're back where you were in 2 clicks.

Let Your Staff Help

What if you want your office manager and marketing manager to handle web site changes? Simple. Click the Editors button and add them to the list of people allowed to sign in. If you enter them as Editors, they'll be able to edit any page just as you (the Admin) can do. If you enter your office manager as an Admin, they'll also be privileged to change the list of editors and restore backups.

Getting consensus on page changes is simple: save a draft and ask others to review it. Everyone can make a little edit and save the draft again, if they like. Proofing couldn't be more convenient!

Let's Talk

Call us at 540.381.9290 for a quote on adding Updates Anytime to your web site for fast, easy, anytime editing.