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Short lessons for starting, editing, and sharing your website.

Video: one page different from the theme

Set a theme for the whole site, then give one page its own background. About 6 minutes.

video theme preset one page background
Where to find help The six places NHD lists for guides, videos, the FAQ, and extra resources. help faq guide playlist resources padlet 2026-2027 user guide (full PDF) The complete August 2026 NHDWebCentral user guide, from registration through the 2026-2027 changes. guide pdf 2026-2027 instructions full Register an individual website Create an account, sign in, and start a website when you are working alone. register individual account username birthdate site key start now Video: Registering as an individual website The full companion video for creating an account and starting a website on your own. About 5 minutes. video register individual account Watch: birthdate and parent permission The opening of the individual registration video: birthdate, and permission when you are under 13. video clip birthdate under 13 parent permission register Watch: username, sign in, and Start Now The rest of the individual registration video: a unique username, signing in, and Start Now. video clip username sign in start now site key Your website landing page What the six controls do: Edit Site, View Site, Allow Link, the site key, the size bar, and Remove Site. landing page edit site view site allow link site key size limit remove site Register a group website Student One creates the site and Allow Link. The other students join with the site key within 24 hours. register group student one allow link site key link to existing Video: Registering as a group website The full companion video for Student One creating a site and the rest of the group joining. About 8 minutes. video group register allow link Watch: Student One creates the group site The first part of the group video: one student registers, starts the site, and turns on Allow Link. video clip group student one allow link site key Watch: the rest of the group joins The second part of the group video: students 2 through 5 register and enter the site key. video clip group link site key remove site Use an account from a previous year Sign in to an account you already have and start this season's website, or recover the password. sign in existing account forgot password previous year season Video: Start a website from an existing account The full short video for signing in to an account you already have and starting this year's website. About 1 and a half minutes. video existing account sign in password Instructional video playlist All 11 National History Day videos for NHDWebCentral, in the same order as the user guide. playlist video youtube list Video: full website walkthrough The long build-a-site video from the resources sheet. About 28 minutes, from a blank page through a basic website. video walkthrough full build Watch: colors and a second page In the full walkthrough, the early section sets body and background colors, then adds another page. video clip walkthrough background color page thesis Watch: navigation, sound, and video In the full walkthrough, a later section adds a navigation bar plus video and audio side by side. video clip walkthrough navigation mp3 mp4 audio The three parts of the builder Edit Site opens a toolbar, a toolbox of blocks, and the page canvas. Judges see the desktop view. builder toolbar toolbox canvas edit site save desktop Video: Navigating the website builder The full tour of the toolbar, the file library, pages, and the blocks panel. About 11 minutes. video builder toolbar navigate Watch: toolbar, pages, and files The first part of the builder tour: desktop, tablet, and phone views, Manage Pages, and the file library. video clip toolbar pages file library desktop mobile Watch: blocks, Auto-Nav, and page buttons The later part of the builder tour: dragging a block, Auto-Nav, and a button that links to another page. video clip blocks auto-nav navigation button Toolbar buttons What each builder button does, including save, undo, preview, clear page, and the two buttons you can ignore. toolbar save undo preview clear page file library help palette Text, titles, and quotes Title, subtitle, header, section, text, and the primary and secondary source quote blocks. blocks title text quote primary source secondary source font Video: Using building blocks The full video for dragging blocks onto the page. About 9 and a half minutes. video blocks drag build Watch: drag the first blocks The building-blocks video starts by opening Blocks and placing text pieces on the page. video clip blocks title text drag Images, sound, video, and buttons Image with source credit, MP3, MP4, PDF, process paper, navigation buttons, links, and custom code. image source credit mp3 mp4 pdf process paper bibliography button link Columns, space, and the image carousel Two to four columns, flexbox, a divider, a spacer, and a carousel of several pictures. columns layout flexbox spacer carousel image slider Change a block after it is on the page Select a block to open its style editor, then move, duplicate, delete, or link it. edit style duplicate delete move link font decorations Add and name a page Create, rename, copy, or delete a page. Keep the page name short and without spaces. pages manage pages page name title duplicate template Build the Auto-Nav menu Drag Auto-Nav onto the page, set the order once, and reuse it. Hide a page or make a subpage. auto-nav menu subpage hide page pages link Previous, Next, and Enter Site buttons A navigation button with a clear label, linked to one page with the chain icon. navigation button next previous enter site link chain Video: Advanced features overview The playlist video that follows the building-blocks lesson. About 15 minutes. Use it with the page, menu, and theme lessons. video advanced pages theme menu Create your own color theme The palette icon sets font, background, container, and menu for the whole website. Save when you finish. theme palette font background menu color Use a preset theme Pick a ready-made theme in the Site Theme Manager, then save. You can still restyle one page. preset theme palette one page background Video: one page different from the theme Set a theme for the whole site, then give one page its own background. About 6 minutes. video theme preset one page background Watch: set a theme for every page The first part of the one-different-page video: palette, font, background, and menu, then save. video clip theme palette preset Watch: a picture background on one page The second part of that video: select the page body and set a background image without changing the other pages. video clip background image one page decorations Put text over an image Select the text box. Font changes the words. Decorations changes the box behind them. text over image font decorations title shadow Video: text over an image The full short video for placing words on top of a picture. About 3 and a half minutes. video text over image title font Video: start building the home page A 15 minute walkthrough of a first page: text, images, audio, video, PDF, background, and theme. video homepage walkthrough blocks theme Watch: the first blocks on a blank page The start of the home-page walkthrough: blocks for a title, text, quotes, and images, plus space between them. video clip homepage title blocks auto-nav Watch: files and the required home page pieces A later part of the home-page walkthrough: image credit, audio, the thesis, and saving before preview. video clip homepage thesis image mp3 source credit save What changed for 2025-2026 Blocks were grouped, the image carousel replaced the slider, and link and file blocks open a helper. 2025-2026 carousel blocks templates link button new Video: new features for 2025-2026 Reordered blocks, the image carousel, and the helper that opens when you add a file or a link. About 6 minutes. video 2025-2026 carousel new features Watch: block groups and the carousel The first part of the 2025-2026 video: text blocks together, then the image carousel. video clip 2025-2026 carousel blocks Watch: the helper on a new link or file The later part of the 2025-2026 video: a menu opens when you drop an image, media file, or navigation button. video clip link navigation button upload helper What changed for 2026-2027 You can see who saved, only one person can save a page at a time, and page notes stay with the group. 2026-2027 save group page notes easy layout Share the website address Give someone the address under the site key. Allow Link is for a person who needs their own account on the site. share url site key allow link view The size bar and Remove Site The green bar is remaining room for files. Remove Site deletes the website and cannot be undone. size limit storage remove site delete clear page
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