Overview

This article offers an easy start guide to help you set up the homepage of your new site in SLS2 (School Loop System-Version 2). Before you start:

• Review our Updates and Issues page for release updates and bug reports.
• Make sure you have the webmaster rights. Any Site Webmaster or Senior District Webmaster can assign these rights to you.

Process

Start by following these steps to access the Site Center:

1. Log into your SL account with the webmaster rights. 
2. Navigate to the Toolbox > Site Center. If you do not see this option under the Toolbox, it is likely that you do not have the webmaster rights. Learn more about the rights issue that may prevent your access to the Site Center.
   
   

Selecting the Homepage Template

Once your district has set up SLS2 (School Loop System-Version 2), you should see this button when you log into your Site Center:

Click the Select Homepage button and follow these steps:

1. Select a template.
2. Click on the Select button on the top right, as seen in the screenshot below.
   
   

You have choices when it comes to your homepage template. To help you with those choices, we've created an Easy Start Guide for selecting a template. You can change your homepage after you make your selection, however, please note that your home page content will be lost if you apply a new template.

If you would like to try out different templates, you should test them before adding a lot of content to the homepage. Learn more about changing templates. 

Configuring the Homepage

Configure your homepage further using these steps:

1. From the Site Center, select the homepage on the site map.
2. Click the Edit button.
   
   
   
   
3. This will open a menu with options to configure the color palette of your site, the header and footer, and the body of the homepage. 

Choosing the Color Palette for the Website

1. Click Colors in the menu on the left.
2. Select a color scheme. You may change color as often and whenever you want.
3. Click Apply.
   
   

Changing Header and Footer

1. Click Header and Footer on the left menu.
2. Your view will change to show only the header and footer at this point.
3. Click on items on the page as seen below to configure the header and footer as needed. 

Adding and Configuring an Image Carousel

This section requires working with modules, review our Easy Start Guide for working with modules to get a head start, and follow these steps:

1. From the Site Center, select the homepage on the site map.
2. Click the Edit button.
3. Click on an empty space on the homepage.  
4. Insert an image Carousel Module to improve the look of your homepage.
5. Add new images to the carousel by dragging, and dropping one or several images.
6. To remove the image carousel, select the Carousel module, and then click the trash can icon on the toolbar, as seen below.

Congratulations! You have completed the initial setup of your website, and you are now ready to start creating and editing your site pages.

Further Developing the Site

Your Site Center provides a variety of tools to manage and customize your site pages. You can also add modules to your pages to enrich your site.

Publishing the Site

You have built your site, now follow these steps to publish it!

1. Go to the Site Center.
2. Click the Tools tab.
3. Click the Publish button. 
   
   
   

   Note: When you click the Publish button, your site becomes live immediately. 

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