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I
have been using Front Page since 2001. This year I learned to use
Dreamweaver and Fireworks which together let you design a more graphic site
while automatically slicing up large images to make fast loading web sites.
Both, as html editors,
"write code" beneath my layout which I can view in the HTML view. I
try to know as little as possible about any code but it is a simple one so
when necessary I can edit it.
Front Page allows me to work right on the host server so there's no real publishing involved beyond saving the page and making sure the hyperlinks work and the pages are properly named. I keep my images one folder, and files I offer for download in another. I have a folder for each main page of my site in which I keep their sub pages. I work with the folder list showing on the left which is as familiar to me as Windows Explorer on my hard drive. I use a Front Page theme which is good because I don't have to set colors on each page for background, links or borders. It's annoying if I want to use different colors on a single page but I do that by creating a table and then formatting within that table. Tables are what make layouts possible on a page. Without them you don't have the ability to postion graphics and text except within a table cell. |
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| ACCESSING YOUR
SITE 1.Browse to desired page in Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.Click Front Page icon (Browser edit button) Wait for page to open and sign in. 3.If necessary click View Menu & "Folder List" 4.Open more pages: Double click page name on left OR Hold down CTRL key & click link in Front Page |
CREATE FRONT PAGE TABLE In Table Menu click "Insert Table" Choose several rows and estimated column number Inserting graphics and typing text causes cells to expand naturally. At end of table tap tab key to add another row. All cell's are draggable for size, or select cell. Also in table menu select cell (or table) properties. Uncheck specified height & width. Return to table and drag cell dividers again. To divide certain rows or columns into more cells: In table menu click draw table Draw line For removing cell lines, use eraser from table tool bar or menu. |
HYPERLINKS: Select text, Right click & click "Hyperlink Properties. TYPES: Page to Page: Select page & OK (wait for underline to appear) Link to Web address: 1st browse to desired address in browser. Copy address to clipboard. In Hyperlink properties right click or CTRL-V to paste & OK. Link to File: (File 1st uploaded to server for Download) In Hyperlink properties DBL click folder with uploaded files. Click on file & OK. Link to Email address: 1st copy email address to clipboard. Click Email address on left. Paste after "Mailto:", OK |
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| PUBLISH PAGES As long as you have no index created on your Front Page Site, you can create pages on your host server and they will not show up until you link to them. When a page is ready to publish, simply create a link to it from an existing page. If you are replacing an exisiting page, rename the old page to old i.e. company.html becomes company-old.html. When Front Page offers to repair links to the new name say NO. Then rename your new page to be the same as the old WAS. i.e. company.html. |
UPLOAD PAGES FROM YOUR HARD DRIVE In Front Page,with your site open, click the File Menu and then "Open". Click the down arrow to the right of "Look In" or just click "My Documents" on the left to get to your hard drive. Click the file when you find it and open it. THEN: Click File menu & Save As. Open "Save In" down arrow and Click "My Network Places" Browse on your host server for the proper folder. click Save. Click "Change folder" & direct to images folder for uploading images. Click save & wait for upload. |
RESIZING PHOTOS FOR
THE WEB (Adobe Photoshop Elements) Open image in Adobe Photoshop Click View Menu & "Actual Pixels" Go to Image menu & click "resize Image" Change height estimating size desired Adobe automatically adjusts width to keep proportion. Click OK Image should appear roughly as you want it on your web page. Save the photo using the original name plus "resized" To insert, browse to the photo from Front Page Insert menu. Be sure to direct upload to images folder. |
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