The Template Store - Project Dreamweaver Template

Need a shopping cart to go with this template? You can make any website an online store. Click here for more information.

How did they do that?

Are the red boxes a little bold for your taste or needs? ...not bold enough? You can make them any color you like by changing cell background colors.

Or you can delete them if you don't need them.

Company Name

Address
City, State, Zip

Phone

email us

Templates

The template folder includes two Dreamweaver templates (.dwt file) and sample pages created from the templates (.htm files). The sample template folders also include image files that appear on the templates (.gif or .jpg files, located in the images folder).

Note: the index.htm page has been detached from the template (.dwt file) because it contains an optional movie in the header area. It will need to be modified individually, or if you choose to use a static company or site name image instead of a movie, you can create a new index page from the template and it will update as the project.dwt file is modified.

Editable Regions

Some areas of the .htm (page) files such as the header, footer, lower left column and right column, must be edited in the corresponding .dwt (template) files. When changes are made and saved there, those changes will be automatically made on all pages created from those templates.

The parts of the .htm file that can be changed are called Editable Regions. In this template they consist of the left box, page title, and , body.

You can make the right column or individual boxes in the right column editable regions if it better suits your site needs. Please see your Dreamweaver Help files for more detail as the procedure for creating editable regions varies from one version to the other.

Navigation

The rollover button navigation was created in Dreamweaver. New buttons with your page titles will need to be made in your graphics program and placed in the template. Insert > Interactive images > Rollover image.

All other navigation is text formatted with the Cascading Style Sheet.

Graphics

Blank button, company name, page title and box top graphics are included. These are found in the Images folder. Import the needed blank graphics into your graphics program (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Image Composer, etc.). If the program allows, place the button and page title images in layers, making additional layers for the titles. Display each layer of the graphics, one at a time, plus the needed title layer. Save the newly modified images as .gifs, and export into the template.

OR use the Fireworks editable .png files found in the PNGs folder. If you do not have Fireworks, a free trial copy is available from Macromedia. With the .png files the colors of the images can be easily changed.

Time Saving Tip: Give the new .gifs the same file names as the originals in the template, letting them override the original graphics in the images folder. This way they will automatically fall into place in the template. After the new graphics are in the images folder, rename the files to make more sense for your site.

The font used on the buttons and page title images was Tahoma, commonly found on Widows operating systems. The font used on the company name and box headlines was Anastasia. A slight drop shadow was added.

We are also available to modify the graphics for a nominal fee. Please contact us for details.

Coordinating bullet graphics are provided.

An optional Swish movie is included on the Home page. Swish 1.51 or higher is needed to modify the movie.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at sandy@thetemplatestore.com.