Getting Started - Deploy a Project in minutes
  Using this guide you will be able to deploy a SiteSampler project in a matter of minutes.  The steps below will guide you through a typical SiteSampler project deployment. Once you have the followed this guide, you will have been introduced to the core set of features in SiteSampler. To find out more about SiteSampler use the help link in the interface. This guide assumes that you have already created a demo account. The guide starts from the home page of SiteSampler. This is the page you are presented with directly after loggin in.
  1. Using the "Manage Account" drop down list (located in the upper area of the screen), choose the "Add Projects" option.

  2. You should see the Add Projects screen. At this screen do the following:
  • Choose any name (that has not been used) for the project and fill in the project name field.
  • Choose the methodology for the project (methodologies can be changed at any time). Choose "basic" for your first time.
  • Choose the number of tags for the project. ("tags" are javascript tags, only one tag is necessary). 
  • Click the submit button.
  1. You will receive a confirmation message on the next page. The message is located on the left side of the screen The page will also display the form for adding another project. If you incorrectly filled out anything you will receive a message stating what the errors are. Fix the errors and re-submit the form. You will receive a confirmation message stating that you have sucessfully added a project if there are no errors.

  2. The project you just added should be displayed in the "Manage Projects" drop down list at the top of the screen. Select the project you just added from the drop down list. This will take you to the project Home page. This page (screen) will display the current status of the project. Each listing in the table is representative of the tags you added when the project was created.

  3. Click on any of the tag ids that are linked in the table or choose a tag from the left hand side of the screen from the "edit tags" drop down list. Once you have clicked or chosen from the drop down list you will be taken to the tag settings for the tag you chose.

  4. Fill out the tag settings form appropriately. If you need an explanation use the help link in the upper right hand corner. If there are no errors when you submit the form then the tag was edited successfully. You will be alerted to any errors. Fix them and re-submit the form until successful.

  5. After successful editing of the tag, use the lowest drop down box on the left hand side of the screen and choose the "Download Tags" option. You will be prompted to save the file. Save it and remember where you save it. This file will contain the javascript tag for the project.

  6. Now, create an html page. open a text editor and create a new file called ss.html on your desktop. Paste the following text into the new file:

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>sitesampler test page</title>
    :::: SITESAMPLER TAG HERE :::
    </head>
    <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    This is a sitesampler test page
    </body>
    </html>

    Save the file as ss.html on your desktop once again.

  7. Open the tag file you created in step 7. Copy the tag (both the start and end tags). The tag will look similar to the following:

    <script language="javascript" src="url"></script>

    Go to the file ss.html and replace the text
    ":::: SITESAMPLER TAG HERE :::"
    with the tag text you just copied from the tag file.
    Save the file ss.html on your desktop.

  8. Open a web browser and load the page ss.html from your desktop. You must be online for this to work. However you configured the tag is what will determine what happens when you load the page that contains the tag.

  9. You can change the methodology of the tag at any time by using the change methodology located in the main section of the page (the part that is mostly yellow) in the upper right hand corner.
 		 
 
 
 
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