Template Overview

The template package arrives in a Winzip (.zip) format. All of the files, the CSS, the images, etc will be included in this zip file package.

Getting Started

Once you have downloaded your zip file, you can extract the contents to a location on your computer (i.e. My Webs, etc.). Make a back-up copy of your original zip file incase you need to refer back to the original format at a later date. You can then begin working on your new template.

Common Tasks

Open Site: rather than open each file one-by-one, you should open the site using the menu command "File + Open Site". This will ensure that your includes pages and links are updated and working properly. Omitting this step will minimize most of the features provided in the template.
Edit "Site Name": open the "include page" file called site-name.htm to edit the text "Your Site Name". You may also customize the menus, site tagline, and other library files.
Add Pages: Add new pages by taking a "sample" page layout from any of the optional layouts provided - simply open the sample page and then "File + Save-As" to give it a unique file name.
Rename Pages: from the Folder List view, left-click the file to be renamed to highlight the file name - select F2 to change the file name text.

Cascading Style Sheets

There are three page layouts provided in this template package. Each is supplied with it's own unique CSS file to make your life easier. Rather than searching through one huge CSS file, we've separated each unique page layout into it's on CSS for you. Looking at the HTML view, you will see the CSS reference link located in the <head> section.

Example of CSS

.black {
color: #000000;
font-size: 90%;
font-family: Arial;
}

This example shows an example of a CSS class called "black". If applied to a section of text, this instruction tells the page to display the font as black (#000000), at 90% of the browser's text size, and using the font family Arial.

Note: We use percentage sizes for our fonts as this is the recommended best practice. It's allows people with visual impairments to change the text size via their browser. For instance, in Internet Explorer, go to the main menu and pick "View" + "Text Size" to change the font presentation. This cannot be achieved if the fonts are fixed (i.e. 10pt, 12pt, etc.).

If you want more information on CSS - these are some excellent free resources:

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