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Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder

Parallels Sitebuilder is a powerful tool designed by Parallels for creating and publishing your Web sites even without having proper skills in Web design.

To enable and configure Parallels Sitebuilder in your control panel:

  1. Go to Domain Settings > Web Options for your domain.
  2. Find the Sitebuilder Site field and click the red square icon to enable Parallels Sitebuilder for your domain.
  3. Pass through the Parallels Sitebuilder setup wizard. You will be prompted to configure which Parallels Sitebuilder plan will be used for your Parallels Sitebuilder resource. For this, click the pencil icon next to the Sitebuilder plan field. On the page that appears you will see the plan currently used for your Parallels Sitebuilder resource and the list of available plans. To get acquainted with plan details, click the magnifier icon next to a respective plan. To choose or change the current plan, choose one from the drop-down menu and click Submit.

    Alternatively, these settings are available from the Domain Settings > Sitebuilder menu.

  4. Parallels H-Sphere users who already have Parallels SiteStudio may test Parallels Sitebuilder without charge during the trial period set by their Parallels H-Sphere administrators. Otherwise, users who enable Parallels Sitebuilder will be charged immediately after they go through the setup wizard.

    During the trial period, a user may click a respective icon to accept or reject the Parallels Sitebuilder resource before the end of the trial period.

  5. Once Parallels Sitebuilder is enabled, you will see some other controls next to the Sitebuilder Site field. Click the Sitebuilder setup page icon to log into your Parallels Sitebuilder control panel (http://IP:8080/ by default). Here you can change the look of your site.
  6. To view a new site's design, click the magnifier icon next to the Sitebuilder Site field. The site will open in a new window. Build your site and click Publish to upload it to the Web.

To migrate existing sites from Parallels SiteStudio to Parallels Sitebuilder:

  1. Go to Domain Settings > Web Options for your domain.
  2. If you already have Parallels SiteStudio enabled for this domain, you will see the migrate icon next to the Sitebuilder Site field. Just click this icon and confirm to start the migration process and make your site available in the Parallels Sitebuilder control panel.
  3. After the migration is over, you will be brought back to the Web Options page.
  4. Now your site available in the Parallels Sitebuilder control panel. You may click the respective icon next to the Sitebuilder Site field to log into Parallels Sitebuilder, edit and publish your site migrated from Parallels SiteStudio.