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Chris posted an update in Yola on December 03, 2008 21:04:

Purchase your own custom domain - either the first time you publish or any time you update

When you publish or update your site now, you'll see an option to purchase your own custom domain. Publishing a website to a subdomain of SynthaSite (http://example.synthasite.com) will still be free, but many of our users have asked for an easy way to use a custom domain (in the form of www.example.com.)

Having your own domain can help your site stand out and help establish your online identity. Having a memorable site address will help repeat visitors remember your site and new users find it in search engines.

A custom domain is only $14.95/year - you'll own the domain, and we'll automatically configure it to work.

When you publish or update your site, you'll now see the following option:


If the domain you want isn't available, keep trying out variations! For instance, I tried to get my first name.com and it was taken, but my full name was available. Simply enter a new domain in the box, and we'll check to see if it's available for you.

As always, please don't hesitate to let us know if you have any questions.

Chris started following the update "Promote Your Website" in Yola.

Chris started following the idea "New SynthaSite Features: 2 December 2008" in Yola.

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Chris replied on November 26, 2008 19:56 to the praise "Page Rank" in Yola:

John, thanks for your tips! Best of luck with your site!

Chris started following the question "Transfering to another host" in Yola.

Chris replied on November 25, 2008 22:02 to the praise "Page Rank" in Yola:

Awesome, congratulations John!

Can you share any tips for the rest of our users (and our employees?)

For instance, did you submit your SynthaSite sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools?

Chris replied on November 25, 2008 18:52 to the idea "How to easily add comments to your SynthaSite pages" in Yola:

Hi NSHS, would you mind sharing your site here so I can take a look at it? It seems to be working as I mentioned above on one of my test sites.

Since we didn't build the widget I obviously don't know everything about it, but my experiences have been good so far.

Does anyone else have any positive or negative feedback?

A comment on the idea "How to easily add comments to your SynthaSite pages" in Yola:

Hi HSHS - your users won't be able to see the "delete" button that you see next to the comments. – Chris, on November 25, 2008 18:06

Chris replied on November 25, 2008 05:01 to the question "Do we get any emails when you buy a domain through synthasite?" in Yola:

Hi Glyn - can you be a little more specific about what exactly you're looking for?

Chris replied on November 25, 2008 04:58 to the question "How can i make my search box look better? i.e. like yours?" in Yola:

Hi withasterisk - what page are you referring to that you're trying to get a similar search box from? The easiest way to add a Google search box to your page is to drag the "Widgetbox Gallery" icon onto your page. The very first widget that you see will be a Google Search widget that we made - just click it and you'll have one!

Chris replied on November 25, 2008 01:02 to the question "How to add a comment box?" in Yola:

Ed, thanks for posting the link! I haven't looked back through yet to link all of the posts together...

kristinecirce, Good luck!

A comment on the idea "How to easily add comments to your SynthaSite pages" in Yola:

Thanks, Ed. If you do try it out, please let me know what you think. – Chris, on November 25, 2008 00:20

Chris set one of Chris' replies as an official response to "how do people leave a comment on a blog that i created?" in Yola

Chris replied on November 25, 2008 00:06 to the question "how do people leave a comment on a blog that i created?" in Yola:

Hi Shaunee - Information about comments on blogs can be found on an idea I just posted here: http://getsatisfaction.com/SynthaSite...

Good luck with your blog!

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Chris replied on November 25, 2008 00:03 to the idea "How to easily add comments to your SynthaSite pages" in Yola:

I wanted to add that the code above can also be used in blogs.

Please follow our blogging tutorial (http://www.synthasite.com/tutorials/b...) to see our instructions for adding comments to your blog. If you'd like, you can use the code I included above rather than the Disqus code - try out both services and see which one fits your needs best!

Chris shared an idea in Yola on November 24, 2008 23:55:

How to easily add comments to your SynthaSite pages

We’ve had several people ask recently how to add comments to your website. While we don’t yet have an integrated solution, the folks over at http://js-kit.com have a great solution that’s easy to implement. There’s no intricate setup needed on your part, and the comments will automatically take on the appearance (such as text color) of the rest of your site.

To allow your users to add comments to your page:
1. Open your site in the SynthaSite site builder
2. On the page that you want to add comments to, drag the “HTML” icon onto the correct location in your page – the html widget will pop up.
3. Copy the following two lines of code onto that page and click “OK”:


<div class="js-kit-comments" permalink=""></div>

<script src="http://js-kit.com/comments.js"></script>


The comments will be tracked automatically by js-kit and be tied to that page’s URL – if you add it to other pages, those pages will have their own set of comments. When you create the page, js-kit will know that you’re the owner – only you will have the ability to moderate posts.

This easy solution should meet the needs of most people I’ve seen asking, but I look forward to seeing your feedback!