Once you have downloaded your template and unzipped the file to
your hard drive, you'll need to get it working in your HTML
editor.
Dreamweaver
The first thing to do when you've opened up Dreamweaver is to define
your site - go to Site>New Site from the top menu of Dreamweaver
and give your store template a name and browse to the folder you
extracted the template to.
You'll find the package has some sample pages, the store .asp
or .php pages and a file called Main.dwt in the Templates folder.
To make
site-wide changes to the design, adding your company name, changing
the menu etc. you'll need to work from this file. Once you've
made
the changes, save the file and you'll be prompted if you want to
update all the files using this template - agree to the prompt
and
you should be able to see the modifications you've made.
Frontpage
Once you've opened Frontpage choose File>Open
Site from the top menu. Browse to the location where you extracted
your template to.
You may want to make a back up of the original before making any
change.
You can then get to work on making the changes
- some of the ASP templates use a theme and Frontpage
navigation and there are others that rely entirely on include
pages.
To change the names on navigation buttons for those using a theme:
- Switch to FrontPage Navigation View.
- Right click on the page icon that represents the link you wish
to change.
- Type a new name.
- Right click in the blue area to "Apply Changes."
To add a page to the nav bars:
In navigation view, select and open a page that exists on the same
level of the chart as the page you wish to add.
- Save it as a new page. Switch to Navigation View.
- Drag it onto the Navigation View flow chart.
- In the Navigation View, rename the page to suit your needs.
- Customize the content and save.
A Getting Started doc is available here for the Frontpage
and Dreamweaver templates.
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