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Getting Started Index
If you have not yet created a new web, and you are reading
this on our example web,
please review the information on installing and creating a web.
Here is our menu of activities and frequently asked
questions. Please visit the
support page
for further information about customizing your theme.
For information and
tutorials on using Microsoft
FrontPage 2000/2002, please visit our web site for a detailed list
of help topics.
Your theme contains
many additional graphics. Many of your pages already contain theses
elements, to remove them, simply click on them, and press the delete
key on your keyboard.
We have
added may additional JavaScript components to your web template
pages, with graphics that match your theme. To remove the JavaScript
from your web page, click on it, and press the delete key on your keyboard.
You can replace the background images for the logo background or page
decorations with these images: here's how
- Right-click the table, and then click
Table Properties on the shortcut
menu.
- Under Background, select the
Use background picture
check box, and then click Browse.
- Select the background picture:
- Choose the name from the list of images below, Then click
Open.
- This will change the image from it's current background picture,
to the new one
To add a table header to your table or cell, and maintain the ability
to add text to it, follow these steps:
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create a new table with at least two rows
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the top row will be used for the table header, the
second row will be used for the content
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in the top cell, right click, select cell properties,
and where you see the background image box, click on browse
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find the file named "paragraph_header.gif"
in your images folder
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select this file, and click OK until you get
back to the cell properties box
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click on the style button located at the bottom
of the properties box, and select format > font
> from the font size drop down list choose a font size of 8pt,
or 10pt (8pt is the smallest font size available)
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click ok all the way out
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this image will now be used as the background image
for the top cell, so you can add text over top of it. You set the
font size for the table so it will display correctly in all browsers
and text sizes.
The pages
included with your web site template: (some templates have been
changed or updated, and pages may not be included in this documents
information at time of publishing)
index.htm |
this is the first page your visitors will see
when they enter your web site. |
home.htm |
This is the starting point for your web site,
all pages will be linked to your home page. |
about_us.htm |
This is a generic page detailing your company
or business. |
contact.htm |
This is where you contact information will go. |
feedback.htm |
This is a form page for gathering information
and feedback from your visitors. |
getting_started.htm |
This page. |
search.htm |
This is a form page used to search your local
web site. |
services.htm |
This is a generic page detailing the services
your provide. |
site_map.htm |
This is your table of contents, listing all the
pages in your web. |
support.htm |
This is a generic support page, listing information
about your support methods and services. |
We've also included many template pages to help you start an on-line
business, these include:
The following pages
are located in your cart folder |
catalog.htm |
this is the starting place for your catalog, displays
the categories for your products. |
categories1.htm / categories2.htm |
this page displays the items for each category. |
policies.htm |
this is a generic policies page which you can
modify with your company information. |
privacy.htm |
this is a generic privacy page, which you can
modify with your company information. |
shipping.htm |
this is a shipping information page for your customers. |
product_detail.htm |
this is a blank product detail page. |
it1.htm / it16.htm |
these are blank pages you can use to start building
your shopping cart. |
it1_zoom.htm / it16_zoom.htm |
these are the zoom image template pages, used
in your shopping cart zoom image feature. |
the following pages
are located in your cart_help folder |
add_items.htm |
this is the pop-up page used in the
cart help index
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adding_additional_pages.htm |
this is chapter of thecart
manual. |
cart_help.htm |
this is the
cart help index
page used for the Cart
Help pop-up window. |
cart_setup.htm |
this is a chapter of the
cart
manual. |
how_it_works.htm |
this is a chapter of the
cart
manual. |
KIS-Cart_PayPal_template_manual.htm |
this is the
manual
for setting up your shopping cart. |
pay_for_items.htm |
this is a pop-up page used in the
cart help index
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paypal_setup.htm |
this is a chapter of the
cart
manual. |
remove_items.htm |
this is a pop-up page used in the
cart help index
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setup_preparations.htm |
this is a chapter of the
cart
manual. |
view_cart.htm |
this is a pop-up page used in the
cart help index
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The navigation
structure of your web site:
This is the basic structure of your web site. The first
page your visitors will see is the index page, which is also your Flash
intro page. All other pages are "Top Level" pages, or connected to your
home page.
This is the navigational structure of your shopping
cart. All of these pages can be found in the "cart" folder of your web
site, and they are connected to the catalog page in that folder.
To create
a new web page from the templates included:
- On the File menu, point to
New, and then click
Page or Web.
- In the New Page or Web task
pane, under New from Template,
click Page Templates.
- Click the tab for the
template you want to use, and then click the template.
- you can choose a page template for your theme, which will use
the same name as your theme
- you can choose a page template for a product category page,
which uses your theme name_category
- you can choose a page template for a product detail page, which
uses your theme name_detail page
A
thumbnail of that template is displayed under
Preview.
- Click OK.
Microsoft FrontPage opens a new page based on the template.
To copy
an existing page, and create a new page.
If you gone to all the trouble of setting up a page just the way
you like it, and you want to create more pages just the same do the
following
- Save the page you are working on
- On the file menu, click on the Save as option
- In the highlighted box, change the name to the name you want for
your new page, or select a current page to overwrite it.
- Click OK
For information and tutorials on using Microsoft FrontPage
2000/2002, please visit our web site for a detailed list of help topics.
Frequently asked questions about theme packaging and installation
If you have already created a new web site, skip to our more advanced
tutorials at the bottom of the page. If you are viewing this information
from our example web site, then this is a great place to start if it
has been a while since you have create a web using FrontPage, or if
you have never created a web before.
- you will not see your web theme/template until you create a
new web (using the theme template). A common obstacle with creating
a web site using a FrontPage theme is that once the theme is downloaded
and installed correctly, the new theme can't be found anywhere. FrontPage
web sites are created, and you will only see your new theme in action
when you create a new web. (full instructions on how to do this below)
- theme is the term used to describe the overall color scheme,
fonts, menu graphics, bullets, and tables of your web site. It's also
a great way to give your package a nice name.
- template is the term used to describe the structure of
your web site, ( how many and what type of pages), most FrontPage
Themes have a web page template packaged with it. You can easily duplicate
a page in your web, complete with all the graphics and navigation,
exactly like the home page.
- all of our themes are packaged in a self executable file. By double
clicking on the file, it will install all the necessary files, into
the correct locations.
Installation
- Once the theme has been downloaded, double click on the file to
start the installation process.
- You will not be asked which directories to place the files, all
the files will be added to the appropriate Microsoft shared folders,
and system directories. Your theme will be installed to more than
one directory, to be shared by the MS Office family of programs.
- Your theme package is small enough to fit onto a blank 1.44mb
Floppy disk, please back up this file.
- your theme is now successfully installed into your system. The
installer program is set-up to recognize your operating system, so
the files will be installed correctly.
- now you will need to create a new web to see your theme in action.
Creating a new web
- On the File menu, point to
New, and then click
Page or Web.
- In the New Page or Web task
pane, under New from template,
click Web Site Templates.
- Click the web site template named for your theme
- In the Specify
the location of the new web box, type the
URL
for the new web site, or click Browse
to create a new site on your hard disk, network, or on the
Internet. the default location is c:\my documents\my webs
- remember the location of this installation, the next time you
start FrontPage, you may be required to located this web on your hard
drive if you haven't set "open last web automatically" in your FrontPage
options.
Note To create a
subweb, append the name of the subweb to the name of the
root web. For example: http://adventure-works.com/subweb.
- Choose one of the following:
- If you want to add the site to the current web site, select
Add to current Web.
- If you are creating a Microsoft FrontPage web on a secure port
of a Web server that supports
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), select the
Secure connection
required (SSL)
- Your new web site will start to generate. This may take up to
a minute depending on your PC setup, fragmentation of your hard drive,
and the file size of the web template.
Once you've installed your theme, you may wish to preview the help topics.
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