Webstarts is a feature rich application for building websites. WebStarts offers so much flexibility and so many features some of them are frequently overlooked. Here's a list of 8 WebStarts features that will help you design better websites that you might not have know about.
1. Layers
A lot of website builders limit you to working within tables. That means you can align your content left, center, or right. With WebStarts everything on your page can be absolutely positioned where you'd like it to appear and stacked on top of each other. This let's you create graphics that can lay over the top of your menu or a border creating depth and enhancing the look of your website. You can adjust your layers by selecting an object and then clicking on the four layer options. You can either move objects forward or backward one layer at a time or move them all the way to the front or back at the same time.
2. Padding
Padding is the the distance between content and the border of the object. You can most commonly find padding controls on text boxes. If you don't like your text to be right up against the boundary of a selected text box you can create some extra spacing by adjusting the padding. You can adjust the padding by clicking on an object, clicking the padding icon, and then slide the ruler to the right to increase the padding or left to decrease it.
3. Resize by Value
There are times when you need to size an object by it's exact pixels. For example_ you might need an object to be a certain number of pixel tall and wide. To resize by value click on an object and then click the resize by value icon attached to it. That will allow you to directly type the height and width of the object by pixel.
4. Transparency
A cool feature of WebStarts is the ability to make an object transparent. That means you can make it partially see through. It add a little flare to your website and is very easy to do. Just click on an object and drag the slider to the left to increase it's transparency and to the right to decrease the transparency.
5. Default Font Properties
There are times when you know you'll be using the same font style and properties frequently while designing your website. WebStarts makes it easy to set these up. Click on the format tab in the page editor and choose your default font properties.
6. Default Link Properties
Just like the default font properties you can also setup default link properties. Again, just click on the format tab and choose default link properties from the drop down menu.
7. Clear Content
When you choose from one of the pre-designed WebStarts sites you can easily clear all our placeholder content out of the way. All you need to do is click file and then 'Clear Content'. Whatever is not part of the background will be deleted from your page. Careful not to delete anything you want to keep.
8. Select All
Sometimes you add a text or an object to your page you can't see because it's the transparent or the same color as your background. In those instances choosing the 'Select All' feature can help you identify all the objects on your webpage. To use the select all option click on 'Edit' and then 'Select All'. Everything on the page will be highlighted. If you're looking for a the best online website builder go to WebStarts.com and sign up to make one for free.