VisionGate Fusion Tutorial Guide

*** VISION GATE'S "FUSION" USER GUIDE! ***

WELCOME MESSAGE ...

This User Guide is designed to give you an instant overview of VisionGate's membership/subscription, content-publishing software called FUSION!

By simply reviewing this web page, and watching our video tutorials, you will quickly become acquainted with our software and how it's laid out inside your Website Control Center.

After reviewing this tutorial, you should feel confident about designing your new web site with our software.

As always, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions
or require any assistance.

To Your Success,

Mark Braunstein, Founder
VISION GATE FUSION

GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR NEW VISIONGATE
FUSION ACCOUNT ... "FIRST THINGS FIRST!"

Follow these steps to successfully setup and launch your new web site with VisionGate Fusion software.

STEP 1	Check Your eMail! After you make your initial purchase of our software, VisionGate will send you an eMail with your new account information. This eMail will provide you with the exact information you need to setup your VisionGate Fusion web site account, access your CPanel to setup your eMail accounts, access the web site server via FTP and change your DNS web site servers to point to our hosting servers at VisionGate Fusion. Let's review this eMail together, shall we? WATCH THIS VIDEO
STEP 2	Configure Your eMail Inside The "CPanel" Area! Again, before you start building your VisionGate Fusion web site, let's setup all the incoming eMails you want so you can start receiving eMail while you build your web site with our software. WATCH THIS VIDEO
STEP 3	Install Your VisionGate Fusion Software! This is the first step in setting up and building your new web site with VisionGate Fusion software. WATCH THIS VIDEO
STEP 4	Website Control Center Tour! Again, before you start building your VisionGate Fusion web site, let's take a quick tour around the Website Control Center, so you know where to find key features that will help you build and manage your web site with us. WATCH THIS VIDEO
STEP 5	Configure Your 1ShoppingCart Account To Sell Membership Subscriptions! Here's how you'll configure your shopping cart account to sell membership subscriptions through your VisionGate Fusion web site. WATCH THIS VIDEO
STEP 6	Customize your Guest, Member & Subscriber-Level Home Page Content! You can easily change the content on these pages any time you like. WATCH THIS VIDEO
STEP 7	Change Template Color Themes! Your VisionGate Fusion account comes with a number of different template designs already installed, which you can choose from. Here's how to change them to your liking. WATCH THIS VIDEO
STEP 8	Add Your Own Custom-Designed Web Site Templates! If you have your own design in mind, and you have the skills or the assistance of a professional webmaster, here's how you can create and install your own custom designed templates within your VisionGate Fusion software account. WATCH THIS VIDEO (COMING SOON)
STEP 9	Create & Link To Specific Web Pages Within Your VisionGate Fusion Web Site! Here's how you will link to specific system-related web pages as well as custom "Site Pages" you create within the "Site Pages" section (which is found under the main CONTENT link header of your Website Control Center). WATCH THIS VIDEO • CLICK HERE FOR URL LINKS
STEP 10	Customize Specific System-Generated eMail Notifications & System Web Pages! When you have time, you can customize a large number of system-generated web pages like eMail notifications, login, logout, "sorry, members only access" pages and a lot more within our system. This is a very powerful feature of our software. WATCH THIS VIDEO (COMING SOON)
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TIME TO GO LIVE When you're satisfied you have enough content in your membership web site, it's time to set a "Go Live Date" and start marketing towards that launch date. For more information about marketing your membership web site, check out MemberSiteSecrets.com!

... if you have any questions about any of these sections, please contact us.

6.1 When you wish to view your work or leave the Admin Panel area, simply click on the Exit link and voila, you're back on the main page of your account.

I. YOUR CONTROL CENTER ...

When you first enter the Admin Panel, you are greeted with this screen. Here, VisionGate will post recent news items along with your Favorites.

1.1 YOUR FAVORITES

You can add "quick-links" to your "favorite" departments within the Control Panel so you can quickly manage or "jump-to" those specific departments you frequent the most to maintain and manage your website account using VisionGate's FUSION software.

ADDING FAVORITES: To add a "favorite" department to the home page of your Control Panel, just click on the "Settings & Configuration" icon located next to a specific department you wish to turn into a "Favorite" and it will change to a "Favorite" icon (as seen below. Instantly, this section will appear in your Favorites' section (as shown above) on the home page of the Control Center.

Adding A Favorite	Removing A Favorite
Click on a specific icon you wish to make into a Favorite to be listed on the home page of your Control Center.	Click on the icon again to remove it from the list of Favorites. You can turn it back into a Favorite at any time.

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REMOVING FAVORITES: To remove a department from the Favorite's section, simply click on the "Favorite" icon again, and it will return to its original "Settings & Configuration" icon. You can add and remove departments to your Favorite's listing as often as you like. There is no limit.

1.2 VISIONGATE NEWS

Every so often, VisionGate will post news items related to the development of its software. Stay tuned to this section for recent updates, announcements, etc. It's just one way of staying in touch with our clients. If you ever wish to contact us, please do so. We'd be glad to hear from you.

II. COMMUNITY COMPONENTS ...

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2.1 Forums Manager — (Add, edit, delete forum categories and manage online forums.)

	Manage Categories — Add, edit, and/or delete the categories into which your forums can be grouped. All forums must be assigned to a category, so at least one category must exist before you can add a new forum.
	Manage Forums / Edit A Forum Add, edit, and/or delete your forums.
	Manage Ranks Add, edit, and/or delete your ranks. Ranks are assigned to users based on how many new topics they've posted. If you do not define any ranks, the ranking system will not be used.
	Manage Word Filter If you are using the word filter on any of your forums or to filter text appearing on your home page from the forums, this feature allows you to add, edit, and/or remove words from this list.
	Manage Options Use this feature to change various global forum options.
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2.2 Newsletter Manager — (Create, edit and send out a newsletter to all your members.)

	Generate Newsletter (Steps 1, 2, and 3) Begin the multi-step process of generating a new newsletter.
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2.3 RSS/Atom Feed Reader — (Add/delete a new RSS or ATOM feed to your website.

	Add A New Feed This feature allows you to add a new RSS or ATOM feed to your website.
	Manage Feeds This feature allows you to edit or delete feeds from your website.
	Recapture All Feeds This feature allows you to recapture all of your current RSS/ATOM feeds. This means that the feeds will be downloaded and added to the system. Please be patient as this process can take a while, depending on how many feeds you have.
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2.4 RSS/Atom Syndication System — (Manage RSS content.)

Manage RSS Channels
This feature allows you to add, edit, or remove RSS channels from your website. You can have as many as you want by specifying the component and categories/sub-categories.

Rebuild All Channels
Use this feature to rebuild all of your current channels, regardless of when they are set to be rebuilt automatically.

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2.5 Ticket Support System — (Setup, edit, reply and manage your Client Support Tickets.)

	Manage Tickets Use this feature to view, edit, delete, and manage tickets.
	Manage Support Departments Use this feature to add, edit, or delete your support departments.
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2.6 User Manager — (Add, modify, search for, view and/or delete users.)

	Add A New User Use this function to create a new user.
	Manage Existing Users This feature allows you to modify, search for, view, and/or delete users.
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III. CONTENT COMPONENTS ...

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3.1 Articles Editor — (Add, edit, broadcast articles, categories and other article options.)

	Add An Article Using Basic Plain Text Method Create an article using a regular text area (not the WYSIWYG editor).
	Add An Article Using the WYSIWYG Editor Create an article using the advanced WYSIWYG editor.
	Add An Article By Uploading A File Create an article by uploading a plain text or HTML file that you've already created.
	Manage Existing Articles Edit or delete articles you've already created.
	Review Pending Articles Review and/or edit any articles which may be pending because they were submitted by content providers.
	Review Pending Comments If you have set your comment options to require approval before they are posted, use this option to review any pending comments. You can approve and/or delete comments.
	Review All Comments This feature allows you to view and/or delete all comments (including pending and non-pending).
	Manage Categories Add, edit, or delete article categories.
	Manage Sub-Categories Add, edit, or delete article sub-categories.
	Broadcast An Article This feature allows you to broadcast an article to your users via email.
	Manage Article Options Review and change various article related options such as how many items appear on the home page listing, how many items appear on category pages, how items are sorted, etc.
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3.2 Downloads Manager — (Add, edit and delete downloadable files and categories.)

	Add A File Create a new file download.
	Manage Existing Downloads Edit or delete downloads you've already created.
	Review Pending Downloads Review and/or edit any downloads which may be pending because they were submitted by content providers.
	Review Pending Comments If you have set your comment options to require approval before they are posted, use this option to review any pending comments. You can approve and/or delete comments.
	Review All Comments This feature allows you to view and/or delete all comments (including pending and non-pending).
	Manage Categories Add, edit, or delete file categories.
	Manage Sub-Categories Add, edit, or delete file sub-categories.
	Manage File Options Review and change various file related options such as how many items appear on the home page listing, how many items appear on category pages, how items are sorted, etc.
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3.3 Events Calendar Manager — (Add, manage and delete events in the calendar system.)

	Manage Events Add, edit, and/or delete existing events.
	Review RSVP Lists Review lists of those users who have RSVP'd for events.
	Manage Categories Add, edit, or delete existing event categories.
	Review Pending Events Review and/or approve pending events submitted by Content Providers.
	Event Calendar Options Review and/or modify options for the Event Calendar component.
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3.4 Link Directory Manager — (Add, edit and delete links within your links directory.)

	Add A New Link Add a single new link to the links directory.
	Manage Existing Links Edit or delete links you've already created.
	Review Pending Links Review and/or edit any links which may be pending because they were submitted by content providers.
	Review Pending Comments If you have set your comment options to require approval before they are posted, use this option to review any pending comments. You can approve and/or delete comments.
	Review All Comments This feature allows you to view and/or delete all comments (including pending and non-pending).
	Manage Decency Ratings This feature allows you to manage your custom link decency ratings.
	Manage Categories Add, edit, or delete link categories.
	Manage Sub-Categories Add, edit, or delete link sub-categories.
	Manage Link Options Review and change various link related options such as how many items appear on the home page listing, how many items appear on category pages, how items are sorted, etc.
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3.5 Site News Editor — (Post, edit and manage news items displayed on your site.)

	Add Site News Using Basic Plain Text Method Create site news using a regular text area (not the WYSIWYG editor).
	Add Site News Using the WYSIWYG Editor Create site news using the advanced WYSIWYG editor.
	Add Site News By Uploading A File Create site news by uploading a plain text or HTML file that you've already created.
	Manage Existing Site News Edit or delete site news items you've already created.
	Review Pending Site News Items Review and/or edit any site news items which may be pending because they were submitted by content providers.
	Review Pending Comments If you have set your comment options to require approval before they are posted, use this option to review any pending comments. You can approve and/or delete comments.
	Review All Comments This feature allows you to view and/or delete all comments (including pending and non-pending).
	Manage Categories Add, edit, or delete site news categories.
	Manage Sub-Categories Add, edit, or delete site news sub-categories.
	Broadcast A News Item This feature allows you to broadcast a news item to your users via email.
	Manage Site News Options Review and change various Site News options such as how many items appear on the home page listing, how many items appear on category pages, how items are sorted, etc.
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3.6 Site Pages Editor — (Create, edit and delete "featured content" pages for your site.)

	Add A Site Page Using Basic Plain Text Method Create a site page using a regular text area (not the WYSIWYG editor).
	Add A Site Page Using the WYSIWYG Editor Create a site page using the advanced WYSIWYG editor.
	Add A Site Page By Uploading A File Create a site page by uploading a plain text or HTML file that you've already created.
	Manage Existing Site Pages Edit or delete site pages you've already created.
	Review Pending Site Pages Review and/or edit any site pages which may be pending because they were submitted by content providers.
	Manage Categories Add, edit, or delete site page categories.
	Manage Sub-Categories Add, edit, or delete site page sub-categories.
	Manage Site Page Options Review and change various site page related options such as how many items appear on the home page listing, how many items appear on category pages, how items are sorted, etc.
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3.7 Site Policies Editor — (Edit your site's policy pages like Terms/Conditions, Privacy, etc.)

	Manage Site Policies This feature allows you to add, edit, delete, and disable your site policy pages.
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IV. COMMERCE COMPONENTS ...

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4.1 Sales Pages Editor — (Create, edit and delete special "sales" pages for your website.)

	Manage Sales Pages This feature allows you to add, edit, and delete your Sales Pages. It also displays a conversion count for each page.
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4.2 Subscription Manager — (Create, edit and add up to five (5) levels of membership.)

	Manage Subscription Plans This feature allows you to add, edit, and delete subscription plans.
	Subscription Settings This feature allows you to modify various Subscription settings.
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4.3 WHM Hosting Interface — (This service is not yet available. Stay tuned. Thank you.)

V. SETTINGS COMPONENTS ...

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5.1 Access Levels Manager — (Control Panel options for this component are coming.)

5.2 Debugging Tools — (This service is reserved for VisionGate Support Staff only.)

5.3 General Settings — (Change your website name, time zone, security settings, etc.)

	Website Name and Contact Information Change your website name and contact information everywhere it appears on your website.
	Localization Settings Change your server time zone and how VisionGate should format numbers and dates.
	Security Related Settings Change security related settings such as requiring email confirmation after registration, whether or not to enforce passwords which are hard to guess, how long to auto-suspend repeat and failed login attempts, etc.
	Website Operational Modes Change how your website operates by placing it in Demonstration Mode or Maintenance Mode. You can also temporarily turn off registration, or limit logins to only those members with Webmaster access.
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5.4 Payment Gateway Settings — (Setup a payment system to accept client payments.)

	Authorize.Net Integration This feature allows you to define your Authorize.Net settings for use by all of the various Commerce components. You only need to supply this information if you are using Authorize.Net as your exclusive payment gateway service.
	Paypal Integration This feature allows you to define your Paypal settings for use by all of the various Commerce components. You only need to supply this information if you are using Paypal as your exclusive payment gateway service.
	1ShoppingCart Integration This feature allows you to accept recurring payments for your membership subscription plans through your 1ShoppingCart (or Private Label) shopping cart system. This payment option will only work if you have a merchant account (i.e., Authorize.net, etc.) connected to your 1ShoppingCart (or Private Label) shopping cart system account.
	Define Payment Gateway This feature allows you to define which payment gateway service you would like to use.
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5.5 Registration Settings — (Modify registration settings, form fields, error messages, etc.)

	General Registration Settings Modify some basic registration settings.
	Manage Registration Form Fields Manage required, default, and custom form fields, including the order in which they'll appear on the form.
	Manage Policy Pages This option allows you to specify any number of Site Pages which will be displayed to visitors before the registration form. Visitors must agree to each policy page before they're allowed to continue.
	Manage Form Error Messages If a user does not enter the correct information into the registration form (per the rules you have defined for the fields), error messages will be displayed. This function allows you to edit these messages.
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5.6 System Text Manager — (Modify your site's text messages both email/web based.)

	Manage System Text Manage the text which is displayed throughout your website, including component names, default emails, etc.
	Search System Text Search for the particular system text you are looking for. Simply enter a few terms, or cut and paste the exact text.
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