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Instructions
Adding Pages
It's easy to create new pages and add them to your web. Open a sample
page or another page you have created and select "save as" and
rename it. The new page should have the layout intact. Change the content
or graphics inside the new page.
Graphics
Blank button, company name, and box top graphics are included. These are found in the Images folder. Import the needed blank tab graphics into your graphics program (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Image Composer, etc.). If the program allows, place them in layers, making an additional layer for the words. Display each layer of the graphics, one at a time, plus the word 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.
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 box tops was Verdana, commonly found on Widows operating systems. A slight drop shadow was added. There is room on each button for two rows of words. The font used on the company name graphic was Agency FB. A bevel was applied and larger drop shadow used.
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.
Search
This template does not include a search
mechanism. We suggest looking into those offered at Atomz.
They have one at no charge for sites having less than 500 pages.
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Include Files
Note that some elements that occur on all pages of this site exist as
include pages. You can find these include pages in the
"includes" folder of this web.
The include pages are inserted into the main pages in order to allow
you to make global changes to your site or change many pages at the same
time. To do this you must right click on the area you would like to edit.
If it is indeed an include page you will see something like this in the
pop up menu:
Open file: c:\ location
and name of include page
Or - you can open the include pages via folders view. Once the file is
open - make the necessary changes and save them. All pages utilizing the
include page should update upon saving.
The include pages used in this template are the buttons,
company info, and footer.
If you have a large site you may wish to make more
areas into include pages for easier modification. See this tutorial for more
details.
Navigation
The JavaScript rollover effect was created outside FrontPage.
Instructions for modifying and adding buttons can be found in the
buttons.txt file.
All other navigation is text formatted with CSS (Cascading Style
Sheet).
Cascading Style Sheets
In folders view, double-click on organized.css. This will open the CSS
page. The code governing the links in the header and in the body will be
found there.
a.top:link
controls the navigation bar at the top of the page under the tabs.
a.left:link controls the navigation bar in the left column.
a:link controls the
body links.
To change the color of the links - simply make changes to the html
color coding such as #ffffff or #336699. Find the HTML color code for the
color of your choice and insert the number in place of the existing one.
If you should have trouble opening the style sheet or making changes in
FrontPage, you can open it in Notepad, make changes, and save to your web
folder.
For more information on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) consult the
following online resources:
Webmonkey:
Stylesheet Guide
Webreference:
CSS
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at sandy@thetemplatestore.com.
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