How to create a Client Microsite

New and existing customers can create a Client Microsite with Venn. This article details how existing Venn customers can create a Client Microsite themselves through the Vennture Dashboard. If you are a new customer interested in our Client Microsites, then contact our team here.

What you'll need before you start:

• A coloured copy of your agency logo (PNG, WebP or SVG with a transparent background)
• A coloured copy of your client’s logo (PNG, WebP or SVG with a transparent background)
• Your client's brand guidelines (Colour hex codes and fonts)

Creating a new Client Microsite

To Create a new Client Microsite, first navigate to the Vennture Dashboard (this is the Dashboard you would normally go to to access the CMS, Recruit and Media Hub Apps).

On this Dashboard, you find a featured Products area, which includes Client Microsites. Hover over the Client Microsites feature and click 'Get Started.'

This will lead you to a Client Microsite Landing Page that showcases the Client Microsites and their benefits to your business. To proceed with building your microsite, click 'Build your site'. Clicking this button will take you through our Client Microsite builder tool and will take you through the following step-by-step process:

1. Select your theme: We have a number of pre-designed themes for you to select from. We have built these with selected modules based on our experience of creating impactful websites for clients over 15 years. If you want additional modules added, then you can do this within the Vennture CMS once the website has been created.

2. Add Logos: Add your agency and your client's logo. We recommend using a mono-coloured logo with a transparent background to fit seamlessly into your theme without clashing with your logos. Be mindful that if you've chosen a dark theme, use a light version of your logo and vice versa.

3. Add your colours and fonts: Here, you will be able to choose colours and fonts for the following areas of the website:

• Heading Font/Colour: This is the font and colour of the headings included on the website.
• Body Font/Colour: This is the font and colour of the text of any content included on the website.
• Main Brand Colour: This is the main accent colour of the website, used for buttons, scrollbar and page links.
• Secondary Brand Colour: This is the complementary colour, mainly used within the Job Search and elements such as icons.
• Button Text Colour: This is the colour of the buttons on the website.

The image shown to the right of the screen on the builder tool will automatically update for your selections so you can see how your new Client Microsite will look.

4. Confirm your choices: Use this screen to confirm all the information you have entered is correct.

5. Next Steps and Fill out your details:

• Next Steps: This sets out what will happen once you submit the Microsite to our team. 
• Fill out your details: Include your details here so the team can contact you once your site has been created. Please also include your desired domain for the new site here.

6. 'Send my Order': Once you are happy with all your details, click 'Send my Order', and our team of experts will begin building your Client Microsite.

7. Receive your Client Microsite: Once built, our team will send you an email to confirm your website has been created, and you will be able to see it within your Vennture drop-down.

8. Populate your site: When you have your site, you are then able to use the CMS, Recruit and Media Hub in the same way you do for your main agency website. This could be to populate the Client Microsite with the relevant content or add any additional pages/modules you require.

9. Go Live: When you have populated your Client Microsite and are ready to go live, select the 'Go Live' icon in the left-hand menu in the CMS. 

10. Update the DNS records on your domain. Our team will then generate your DNS records and share these with you via email.

These records are updated when your domain is registered, e.g.:

• GoDaddy
• 123reg.com
• Ionos
• Namecheap.com
• 1and1
• Fasthosts

You will need to log in to the admin portal of your domain provider's website to add the below records to your domain:

*Please replace 'subdomain' above with your microsite's subdomain

*Please replace 'subdomain' above with your microsite's subdomain

If you need further assistance with updating your records, the domain providers have helpful guides online that will walk you through the process and tell you exactly where to go to make the changes.

https://uk.godaddy.com/help/manage-dns-records-680

https://www.123-reg.co.uk/support/domains/

https://www.ionos.co.uk/help/domains/dns-settings/

https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/319/2237/how-can-i-set-up-an-a-address-record-for-my-domain/

11. Great news: once your DNS switch has been completed, your new Client Microsite is live. Showcase your Client Microsite on socials and in marketing collateral.