Using CenterStage

How to Use CenterStage
Using CenterStage is very easy. Here is a short tutorial on how to use this site and how to navigate through it.

Signing Up
If you haven't already, you will need to sign up to use the features of this website. You do not need to be a member of CIA to have a profile. THAT'S THE BEAUTY!! Signing up with CIA's CenterStage will allow you to:
- Get emails directly sent to your personal email whenever the site has been updated, there are special services or activities, join groups, participate in forums, blogs & socialize/fellowship online with Christians.
- You can upload videos & photos. - Create a Unique Profile Image.
- Meet New Friends - Send email's to anyone on this network.
- & Much more...

Setting Up Your Profile
Once You have logged in, the default format will show up. It will look exactly like the main page, with the profile information. It will show the church you attend, your comment wall in the center or body of the site. On the left hand side you will see your info and default pic.
You will notice right under that, you have two links: "Change My Photo or Theme".
You can choose to change your default photo anytime. Notice that at no time your picture will be part of your "photos".

Changing your theme will be one of the biggest parts of how your profile looks. Clicking on "Theme" will take you to a separate page where it will say "Edit the Appearance of Your Page". Below that you will see plenty of different templates you can choose from. Don worry about if you don't like the colors because you can change all of that. In this tutorial, we will show you how.

Clicking on any of these will bring up a little box that says "Any CSS you've added on the Advanced tab will be removed if you change themes". You don't need to worry about this is this is your first time setting up your profile, but for future references, if you decide to change your profile theme, be advised that anything you have put on your page such as widgets, games, etc. will be erased (this does not include videos,photos, blogs, etc. This is only stuff on your immediate page.)

After you click on a theme, you can press "OK" on the pop up button and scroll down. You will notice that there are some options here with a small preview window. We will let you know that the preview window does not show you everything. We suggest that after you choose a theme, you press "Save" all the way at the bottom right. Doing so will take you directly to your new page. If you don't like the colors, you can change it up.

Click on "Change Theme" under your profile pic again and it will take you to where you were before. Scroll down.
You will notice that you can change: - The fonts your profile is using ( it will show you a preview of it right next to the pertaining drop down window)
- The colors of the fonts. It shows you the Title and if you look on the small preview window to the right, it will show you where on the page it is located. - You can also change the images on the header background, sides & body background.
If you dont understand how to do this, you can email CIAadmin on this network and we will send you a how to on that.

You can also rearange your profile by clicking on the header of each section, holding down your left mouse button and dragging it where you want it. You can experiment with this. Some things you can't move, but on the most part you can.

Changing the Top title
Just click on the top title "Your Name's Page"and you can put whatever you want there. It can be changed whenever you like.



More info to come... still under construction.