Create Your Own My Learning Log Site

My Learning LogHow to Create Your Own E-Learning Site

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How to Create Your Own MLL Site onMy Learning Log

In this topic, you’ll learn how to…

1… set subscription rates (admin)



2… sign up for a sub-domain site




3… view the features of your site





4… customise your site





4… customise your site

5… cancel your site subscription

1. Setting the Subscription Rates

This section is for Administrators on the main MLL site

only

Log in to the main site Admin section

The aim of this section is to create a new subscription rate for a MLL site

Click “Orders and Site Subscriptions”

Then click “Site Subscription Options”

Now click “Insert Subscription Option”

Enter the type of site the option is for

… the full subscription rate

The amount entered is in GB pounds

… the rate & length of the trial period

… and whether there is a sales split

A sales split means that revenues on a Membership site are shared with MLL. By

default, the sales split is 50:50

Now click “Submit”…

Note: you can update sales splits later

To change a sales split later, go to the User

Website Subscriptions and click a subscriber’s details

here…

Here is the default split…

… which you can change to a new split

Now click Submit

The new subscription option is added

This is how it appears on the site

Use these links to change your details

If you click Delete, you’ll

first get a warning box

2. Signing up for a sub-domain site

This section is for anyone who wants

to take out a My Learning Log sub-

domain site

To sign up for a site, start by logging in

Go to either the Membership page

… or the Corporate page

Read through the details so

you know which site is best for you

Now go to the bottom of the page…

… select an option and click here

This will take you to this page

… where you can add your site’s name

Your subdomain name forms the first part of your

site url

… your site’s title

This title will appear at the top

of all your site pages

… and your contact details

Now click Submit Details

Note: this sets your site up. It doesn’t take

any payments from you.

Your details are confirmed…

… and a new link appears here

… showing your submitted details

The site is added in the Admin

… but suspended for the present

Now go to this page…

Check the details and click the T and C

Then click the Checkout link

This will take you to our PayPal site

Check the subscription details here…

… and decide how you want to pay

If you are using a credit/debit card…

… enter your card and

billing details

… contact info and security check

Alternatively, enter your PayPal details

… and click Login

This will take you here…

… where you should review your method for automatic

payments

Click here to change your method…

… and you’ll go to this page…

… where you can select a different

payment card

If all is OK, go back and click Agree

… and your purchase is complete

You can now see your PayPal account

… and verify the payment made

You can click here for the details…

… which will take you here

… where you can check all the details

and Cancel if you want

Now return to our PayPal page…

… and click here to return to MLL

Back on MLL, you can now click here…

… and update any of your information

… such as your site’s strapline

… which will be confirmed

You can also add your site logo here…

Make sure your images are first re-

sized to 50px x 50px

Select the logo from your computer

… and add it to your details

Your sign-up triggers 3 emails. First...

… confirmation to us that you

have taken out a new automatic payment profile

Second, to your PayPal email address

The first part of the email

confirms the details of your

automatic payment profile

… with details of the payment

The second part confirms the

details of your trial period and next payment

And, third, from us to your MLL email

On our email is a link to your new site

… a link to your new site’s admin

… and a link to your sub-domain page

You can now click the link to your site

… and your site’s admin login page

In the MLL Admin, your site is now live

… and the sign-up table is removed

Your new site is ready to be used!

3. Membership vs Corporate Features

These are some of the common

features between the main site and

sub-domains

Your site has these Main Menu pages

The Home Page


The Home Page The About Us Page



The Features Page



The Features Page

The Contact Us Page

Your site has these News Items

The Last 5 News Items on the

Home Page



Home Page

News Archives for the Year



Home Page


News Archives for the Month



Home Page


News Archives for the Month Individual News Items

Your site has these Standard pages

The Courses A to Z Page


The Courses A to Z Page Help/FAQs Pages



Testimonials Page



Testimonials Page “You and MLL” Pages

Your site has a Course Catalogue

Course Subject Area Pages


Course Subject Area Pages Course Category Pages



Course Introduction Pages




In Brief Pages




In Brief Pages

In Depth Pages

Your course has Learning Log Pages

My Learning Log


My Learning Log My Profile



My Courses



My Courses My Contacts



My Courses My Contacts… My News

The Differences:On Membership

Sites…

Your site allows users to subscribe

They do this by clicking on “Subscribe”

… and paying in the normal way

This subscribes them to every course

To add your subscription rate, go here

… and log in to your admin

Click here…

… and then here

Fill in the details

Click Submit and add it to the table

You can also charge for your courses…

…by selecting the Paid option here

All of your sales appear here…

… and can be checked regularly and reconciled with an automatic

invoice every quarter

For full details on receiving payments, view the “Add and Sell Your Courses”

presentation

The Differences:On Corporate Sites…

1. There is limited access…

On Corporate sites, you

cannot view any page

without being a verified user

When a new user registers…

They are told they must be verified

You receive a New Site User email

This allows you to check here

An unverified user’s status is

initially “inactive”, as

here

You can then change the user’s status

… and make them active users

If you do, they then get this email…

… and have full site access

2. You can set courses to “self-assign”

… which will allow users to subscribe

… or “admin-assign”

… which requires admin enrolment

4. Customising your site

To customise your site, go to admin

The aim of this section is to update your site in the way you want

1. First, update your contact details

… by clicking Site Tree > Contact Us

On Behaviour, add your email address

This will ensure all

user messages

come to you

Now, your users can contact you…

They get confirmation of the message

The email comes to your inbox

… and an email goes to them

2. Now update your Home Page

… by clicking Site Tree > Home Page

… and change the text to suit you

This is how it looks on the site…

3. Next, update the About Us page

… by clicking Site Tree > About Us

… and change the text to suit you


4. Update or add a new news item

… by clicking Site Tree > News > +

… and add your own news or blog


5. Add metatags to your Home Page

… your About Us page

… your Contact Us page

… and all your course pages

6. Update your right-hand boxes

… on standard pages

… and course pages

7. Add testimonials about your site

… add to the list

… and show on your site

5. Cancelling your site subscription

This section will show you how to

cancel a sub-domain site subscription

First, log in to your PayPal account

2. Check your recurring payments

Click Profile > My Money

This will take you to this page

Now click “Update”

… to go to My Pre-approved Payments

Now click the active payment

This takes you to this page…

Now click “Cancel”

You’ll receive this warning box…

Clicking “Cancel” takes you here

3 emails are now activated…

The first notifies us

of the cancellation

The second goes to your PayPal email

And the third goes to your MLL email

If you cancel a Membership site…

… you will no longer be able to run it from the Admin

It will remain live for subscribers

… but further subscriptions

will be blocked

The site will be suspended…

… after all paid-for

subscriptions have been honoured

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