Adding Testimonials

Any number of testimonials, quotes or comments can be added to your site and they can be displayed in a certain location on your site, or in multiple locations throughout your site.

You can add the testimonials once, and then use them in different places within your site. You can control how many testimonials are displayed at a time, how they are selected (e.g. randomly), and how they are displayed. The display of the testimonials is customizable by you.

You can update or add to your testimonials at any time, and those updates will immediately start displaying on your site wherever you have placed a "Testimonials" block.

You can include the initials or name of the author of each testimonial, and optionally add their title and/or organization's name -- it's up to you.

There are a number of display options to customize (or leave the defaults), such as how many testimonials to display at a time, whether they are displayed in a list or using a slideshow, which testimonials get selected (e.g. random, newest, oldst), and what order they are displayed in. Refer to the "How do I Display Testimonials on my Site" FAQ for details.

Testimonials get added to your site and updated using the "Testimonials..." option on the Admin menu. See the "How do I Add a Testimonial" FAQ for instructions.

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Testimonials get displayed on your site wherever you add a "Testimonials" block, which can be added on any page. You must add a Testimonials block to at least one page of your site (or your testimonials won't be seen).

When you add the "Testimonials" block, you will be given some options to customize how the testimonials will be displayed, as follows:

• Display Layout: You can select to have the testimonials displayed in a List or one at a time in a Slideshow. (This option only applies if you select to have more than one testimonial displayed at a time.)
• Number of testimonials to display: The default is "All" but you can select from many possible limits (e.g. All, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 25, etc.).
• Method of Selection: Random, Newest or Oldest
• Sort entries by: Random order, Newest first, Oldest first

Some display options are only available in some circumstances. For example, if you select the Slideshow display layout, then you will be provided with two additional options: one to control the slideshow Duration (how many seconds to display each testimonial before going to the next one) and slideshow Transition Effect (e.g. Fade, Slide, Wipe, Zoom, etc.).

Some sites like to display one random testimonial for each Testimonial block and they also add Testimonial blocks on various pages throughout their site. Other sites like to also have a testimonial page and to display a random 10 (or All) testimonials on that page. Others like to display a random 3 testimonials on a specific page of their site. It's up to you.

You must add at least one Testimonials block to your site, otherwise the testimonials will never be displayed.

Next Step: How do I Add a Testimonial

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Login to Admin Mode.

Hover over the "Testimonials..." option on the Page menu, and click on the "Add New Testimonial" option.

Enter the desired information for the testimonial that you wish to add. There are only two fields, and both are required fields.

For the Testimonial field, enter the quote, testimonial or comment text. It can be multiple sentences. Please enter it as it should be displayed regarding using proper sentence case. It will be wrapped in accordance with how much space is available when it gets displayed.

For the Author field, enter the person's name (the author of the testimonial comment) and optionally add their title or organization affiliation if you wish. You can use full names, or initials, or whatever is your preference. For example, "Jane Smith, CEO, ACME Widgets Ltd." or a shorter version with only an initial for surname: "Jane S., ACME Widgets"

Optionally, you may put each testimonial into a category. If testimonials are put in categories, then the Testimonial block (used to display the testimonials on any page(s) of your website) can be used to only select testimonials from a given category, if you wish. If you just want to leave all of the testimonials in one combined default group, then just ignore the category question (leave it empty).

Beside each of the input fields on the form is a "?" link. Clicking any of the "?" links will display help about that specific input field. Use the "?" help links to become more familiar with what your options are for each field.

Add as many testimonials as you wish to have displayed on your site. The Testimonial block is able to display one or multiple testimonials and you can set it to select a random testimonial each time a page is displayed. So having more testimonials to select from is often beneficial.

Additional Info: How do I Edit a Testimonial

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Login to Admin Mode.

Hover over the "Testimonials..." option on the Page menu, then hover over the testimonial to be edited, and click on its name.

You will see the Edit Testimonials form.

Change any of the fields as desired.

Click any of the "?" help links beside each field for details or suggestions.

Click the [Save Changes] button to store your revisions.

Additional Info: How do I Display Testimonials on my Site.

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Login to Admin Mode.

Hover over the "Testimonials..." option on the Page menu, then hover over the testimonial to be deleted, and click on its name.

You will see the Edit Testimonials form.

At the bottom of this form, click the "(Delete this testimonial)" link. It will ask for confirmation. Once confirmed, then that testimonal will be deleted from your site.

Note: If you accidentially delete the Testimonials block from your site, don't worry, your testimonials are still there. Just add the "Testimonial" block onto any page of your site, and your stored testimonials will resume being displayed on your site.

Additional Info: How do I Add a Testimonial

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