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Most Popular How Tos

Find the answers to the most common How To questions.

Page Parts

How do I change the background of my site?

There are three ways:

1. In your editor, go to Background (left side) > Site > choose Color > Close > OK.

2. Go to Background (left side of Editor) > Master Page > choose one.

3. Right click on a picture you want to use as a background > Set item as background.

You can find more information about the background feature here.

How do I add content to only one Page? It appears on all of my Pages.

Please make sure that the content you're adding has been attached to the relevant slide. In the editor, click on the item and drag it inside the border. You will notice four arrows/triangles to make sure you are inside the page.

You can find more information about Pages here.

How do I insert a button?

For a video tutorial, please click here.

You can find more information here.

If your buttons don't link to the correct pages, please follow the steps here.

Media

How do I add a photo?

From your editor go to My Files > Pics > Upload.

You can find a video tutorial here.

You can find more information here.

How do I expand a video to full screen?

Simply stretch it until it covers the whole screen! You can find a video tutorial about how to add videos here .

How can I play continuous music on my site?

To play music continuously, use Pages and place the music player outside of the Page (on the Master Page).

Since only the Pages transition within Master Pages, your music player will not be affected and will keep on playing.

Make sure that you set the music player to play automatically by clicking the music player to select it and then clicking Settings from the property panel (on the right of the Editor) and choosing Auto Play.

How can I set the music to start automatically?

Click the music player to select it > click Settings > checkmark Auto Play.

How can I upload my own documents?

From your editor > go to My Files > Docs > Upload Docs.

Note: You can upload these file types: doc & .docx, .xls & .xlsx, .ppt & .pptx, .odt, .pdf.

For more information, click here.

Text

How do I link a text inside a paragraph?

Highlight the text > from the property panel on the right, click Link > add the URL.

How do I add a Scroll Bar?

Go to Add >Text > Paragraph > Scrollbar > choose a scrollbar. Drag & drop the scrollbar and customize the size of the Paragraph box.

Click Edit to add text. As you add text that's longer than the box size, the scrollbar will appear.

Please note that we are working on adding a scroll area feature which will allow you to scroll a text and a picture together.

Galleries

How do I add a link to a photo in a gallery?

Click the gallery to select it > from the property panel on the right, click Manage > select a photo > click Add Link > add a link.

You can find more information here.

How do I get the gallery description and title to show up?

Click the gallery to select it > from the property panel on the right, click Skins > choose a skin > under Show Info: select Title & desc.

You can find a video tutorial about galleries here.

How do I add borders to the pictures in the slideshow?

Click the slideshow gallery to select it > from the property panel on the right, click Skins > choose a skin.

Widgets

How do I add an RSS Feed to my Wix document?

Watch this video for a step-by-step guide.

You can find more information here.

How can I add the Comments Widget?

From the left toolbar go to Add > Widgets > click Comments > choose a Comments box.

For more information, click here.

How can I add shipping details to my Online Store?

You can add your shipping criteria through your PayPal or Google Checkout account. When your customers click Check Out on your Wix site they are directed to your PayPal or Google Checkout page. The shipping that you set is then added to the total amount of their purchase.

You can find instructions for how to add shipping to PayPal here. For more information about adding shipping to Google Checkout, click here.

For a video tutorial about the eCommerce Online Store click here.

Premium

What packages do you offer and what are their costs?

You can find information about our different Premium plans here.

How do I upgrade?

From the Wix website, click My Account > roll over your Wix site and click Upgrade > follow the prompts to purchase a plan that suits you.

You can find information about our different Premium plans here.

For a video tutorial about upgrading and managing your Premium packages click here.

How do I connect my domain to Wix?

You can find step-by-step instructions here.

How can I remove Wix ads from my site?

To remove Wix ads from the footer, tab and loader, you will need to upgrade your document to one of the following packages:

Widget plan, Combo, Unlimited or eCommerce

For a video tutorial click here.

Check this link for more information.

General

How do I publish?

In your editor, from the top menu, click Publish. Click here for more information.

How do I move a Wix site that I created in one account into a different one?

You can transfer any of your Wix sites to a different Wix account by logging into the Wix Arena and going to the Transfer Sites section. This feature may be very useful for Wix Pro designers or for any Wix user who would like to move his or her website to a different Wix account.

Please follow the instructions here.

Please note that you can only transfer the site; it isn't possible to transfer a premium package from one account to another.

To use your own domain e.g. www.myname.com, please check out our Premium upgrade options here.

How can I speed up my Wix site loading time?

Wix is a rich internet multimedia environment and it is very tempting to create excessive pages.

For best performance, we suggest the following guidelines:

1. Limit the number of animations and effects that appear on the same page.

2. Reduce the size of your media (pics, videos etc) before uploading it. In the future, this will be done automatically by our system.

3. Distribute your content over several pages. This will improve loading times and overall load.

How do I create a drop down menu?

Click here for a detailed tutorial.

How do I add a new page?

From the Page Manager to the right of your editor, click a Page to select it > click Add Page.

Learn more about Pages here.

How do I improve the SEO of my site?

Wix is search engine friendly!

You can read about SEO here.

For information about adding meta data to your site please click here.

For a video tutorial about how to optimize your site for search engines, click here.

Note: Usually it takes anywhere from 1 to 3 months for Google to update its database and for your site to be indexed. Finding your site using your relevant keywords may take even more time.

How do I create the effect of "pop up" on roll?

1. From the editor, upload your photo: My Files > Pics > Upload.

2. Create a square: Add > Clipart > Shapes. Place the square on top of the picture (make sure that it covers it completely).

3. Change the color of the square to the exact same color as your background.

4. Create a text box: Add > Text > Titles. Place the text box on top of the square.

5. Select the square and the text, click the Group icon to the left of the selected components.

6. Click on your new group to select it, then click: Behaviors > Transparency on Roll.

How do I group/select a whole group of items on Wix?

Follow the step-by-step instructions here.