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To make things even more interesting, your Child
page may have become a Parent page. See nav view
6. If it has, it would be a good idea to implement
a separate nav bar for its Child pages. This was
referred to earlier as secondary navigation. See
the General Information
page.
In the case of a second level nav bar you will
actually be dealing with pages on the third line
of the structure. Usually, you will want to select
Same Level in the Navigation Bar Properties dialog
box.
Avoid selecting Parent page beneath Home page
on the right side of the Navigation Bar Properties
dialog box. It will create a link that says "Up"
which has no meaning to most Internet users.
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8. If you wish, you can select the nav bar and change
the font size and/or weight (bold or normal). Link colors
will be determined by the link colors you have chosen
for the rest of the site.
This is a good way to add navigation to the bottom
of your web page. FrontPage 2000 will always add brackets
around a vertical text nav bar. FrontPage 2002 offers
different styles to separate links, but your server
must have 2002 extensions installed for them to display
properly.
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Hint - If you have both a main nav bar and textual
navigation at the bottom of your page, modify
both while you are on the same page. The settings
will be the same with the possible exception of
Text / Buttons.
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9. To make more pages on the same
navigation level, open a page > go to File > Save
As > assign a new Page title by clicking on Change
> type in the new title > OK > type in a new
File name. Save. This will give you an exact copy of
the first page without altering the first page. Drag
the new page's file name into Navigation View along
side the About Us page (or whatever page you created).
FrontPage will automatically add the new page to the
navigation bar. To finish the new page, insert appropriate
content.
New Navigation Bar - Buttons
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You will need graphics for each stage of your
buttons. They should not have page names included
on them. FrontPage will insert names.
The only way to use buttons with FrontPage Navigation
is to utilize a theme. But don't despair. It is
a simple matter to modify a theme using your own
graphics, thus taking advantage of FrontPage's
ability to write JavaScript for rollover effects
or simply using graphics for your menu.
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Follow steps 1-5 above. On step 6, click Buttons instead
of Text. See step 9 for adding pages.
Modifying FrontPage Navigation in a Template
Several pages have been created for you in our FrontPage
templates. However, it is almost certain you will need
to make some changes to customize your template.
Changing Button Names
Button names are based on the Title
of the page. They must be kept short because FrontPage
will not wrap button names. They will appear on one
line and will need to fit within the space alloted on
the button. In Navigation View right click on the page
icon as seen in nav view 3; select Rename; type in a
new name; click in the blue-green area.
You will also probably wish to change
the file name of the page to avoid confusion. Right
click on the file name in the Folder List; select Rename;
type in a new file name, Enter.
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File names should contain lower case letters,
numbers, hyphens, and/or underscores. They should
not contain spaces.
cat.htm, Cat.htm, and CAT.htm are not the same
file. Writing file names in all lower case letters
will help keep things in order.
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Adding a Page
See step 9 above.
Deleting a Page
In Navigation View, right click on the icon of the
page you wish to remove > Delete > Delete this
page from the Web > OK.
- Navigation tutorial - general
information
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