Introduction to Modules

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07/24/2014

Modules are a key design feature for the public Web site associated with every Microsoft Office Live Small Business account. Modules are available as part of the Page Editor Web design tool.

Advanced Design feature activation affects both the list of modules available and the features available in some of the modules. For information about activating the Advanced Design features, see Activate and Deactivate Advanced Design Features

There are three types of modules:

Modules with all features available at all times.
Modules that are available at all times, with some features that are activated with Advanced Design.
Modules that are only available with Advanced Design.

The table below lists the modules and categorizes them by type.

Module	Description	Type
Contact us	Add a Contact us module to make it easy for visitors to your customer's Web site to get in touch with the customer using e-mail. You can have the e-mail sent to one address, several addresses at once, or a different address for each form.	Always available
HTML	Add an HTML module to add special effects, video, links to affiliate sites using their images, background music, and more.	Always available
Map & directions	Add a Map & directions module to provide a map and directions to your customer's business on the Web site, so that visitors can find them more easily.	Always available
Slide show	Add a Slide show module to visually showcase your customer's products on their Web site. You can add up to 50 pictures to each slide show album. You can specify the length of time that each image appears in the slide show, or you can allow visitors to move through the pictures at their own pace.	Always available
Live Spaces Blog	Add a Live Spaces blog module to display postings to a particular blog address.	Always available
Stock list	Add a Stock list module to show the latest trading information for a particular stock as a service to Web site visitors.	Always available
Weather	Add a Weather module to give Web site visitors the weather report anywhere in the world.	Always available
Form Designer	Add a Form Designer module to collect data for a list in one of the business applications.	Always available Extra features with Advanced Design
List Publisher	Add a List Publisher module to display data from a list in Contact Manager or one of the business applications.	Always available Extra features with Advanced Design
Site Information	Add a Site Information module to display the value of the site title, site slogan, or footer text site-wide text variable.	Advanced Design
Custom Navigation	Add a Custom Navigation module to change the design and contents of the site-wide left navigation bar.	Advanced Design
Custom Header	Add a Customer Header module to change the design and contents of the site-wide header.	Advanced Design
Custom Footer	Add a Custom Footer module to change the design and contents of the site-wide footer.	Advanced Design

Introduction to Modules

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