OPENING YOUR OUTFRONT WEB TEMPLATE -------------------- In FrontPage 2000 OR 2002, do File > Open Web At the top of the "Open Web" dialog, click the down arrow on the "Look In" drop down box. Select The "C" Drive. Open the newly created "OutFrontWebs" folder. Double click on your new web template to open it. Publish wherever you wish, or leave the web template where it is. -------------------- CHANGING BUTTON AND BANNER NAMES The names that appear on navigation bar buttons and page banners are dynamically generated by FrontPage based upon the names that appear on the page icons in the Navigation View flow chart. You can change the names to suit your needs provided the names are brief enough to fit on the button graphics. TO CHANGE THE NAMES THAT APPEAR ON NAVIGATIOIN BUTTONS: 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, and selecting "Apply Changes." -------------------- ADDING PAGES It's easy to create new pages and add them to the navigation bars. You can expand the navigation bars to accommodate as many pages as you need. 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. Drag it onto the Navigation View flow chart. In the Navigation View, rename the page to suit your needs. Customize the content and save. -------------------- DELETING PAGES You can delete a page from your navigation bar without deleting it from your web by clicking on the page to highlight it in the Navigation View, pressing the "delete" button, and selecting "Remove this page from all navigation bars." To delete the page entirely, select that option instead. -------------------- INCLUDE FILES Note that some elements elements that occur on all pages of this site exist as include pages. You can find these include pages in the "includes" folder of this web. Here are the include pages currently in use on this web. Header information such as site name What's New box Footer information -------------------- Swish Templates -------------------- Download Swish at http://www.swishzone.com Free to try and only $30 to purchase. -------------------- EDITING YOUR SWISH TEMPLATE: STEP 1. Open Swish and from the top menu bar select 'File/Open'. Then browse to the directory containing your downloaded Swish template to open it. -------------------- STEP 2. Modify Movie Dimensions, Frames Rate and Background Color In Swish, Click on the 'General' tab to select it. This is where you will change the dimensions (movie width and height), frame rate and background color of your movie if so desired. Note: Consult your Swish Help Files if you are unsure of any of these settings. The movie width and height can be easily changed. However, you will then need to adjust the movie objects to fit into the new movie size. If you have purchased a movie without .jpg or .gif files, it is easier and recommended that you change the size of your movie within the exported code in your HTML page. Movies that have used Dingbat fonts only (as opposed to .gif and .jpg images) for graphical interest will adjust accordingly. You can set the exported code to fit into a table cell of your html page. If you are using the movie full screen, you can set the height and width of the exported code to 100% to allow your movie to adjust to all browser sizes. The dimensions of movies using .jpg and .gif images can also be adjusted. However, if you increase the size of a movie with .jpg and .gif images - the images may become pixelated and lose some of their quality depending on the amount you increase the dimensions of the images. -------------------- STEP 3. Changing or Adding Template Images Click on the Content tab. If sound files or images files (.gif, .jpg, .png) have been used in your movie - this is one place where they will be listed. If you wish to use your own images, for example a different background than has been included, you will import them into your movie here by clicking on the 'Import' button and browsing to the files you wish to use. Insert the new images into the timeline by selecting 'Modify/Insert Image' in the tool bar. If images have already been used in the template and effects have been applied to them - you will want to copy the effects and paste them into the timeline where your images appear before deleting the old images. Right click on the effect you wish to copy and select 'Copy Effect'. Then right click on the timeline where your new image appears and where you want to duplicate the effect and choose 'Paste Effect'. If there are more than one effect applied to an image in the timeline - you will want to duplicate this process until all effects are copied and pasted into the new image's timeline. Move the effects by dragging them over to the frame in which the effect should appear. The old image and effects timeline will be your guide as to which frames the effects should be applied to. -------------------- STEP 4 Modifying Template Text The far left area of the Swish screen displays the scenes and objects included in your movie. To modify the template's text - select a text object by clicking on it, such as "YourCompany.com" or "You Blurb" etc. Once you have selected the object, click on the Text tab to bring up your text properties dialog box. Here you can change the font name, size, color etc. The effects have already been applied and all you need do is personalize the generalized text (i.e. YourCompany.com) to fit your movie by changing the wording, font, and color. You can change the applied effects by right clicking on the effects in the timeline and selecting 'Transform' and 'Properties' from the pop up menu. Consult the Help files within Swish as to applying different effects. -------------------- STEP 5 Modifying Hyperlinks (if applicable) You may have purchased a template that includes a hyperlink menu or one that includes a "Skip Intro" link. You can easily remove these links if you like by clicking on the text obeject in the far left window of Swish and hitting delete. Modify the text of each link by following the procedure described in Step 4. To modify the URL that the link is pointing to, select the text obeject (i.e. "Home" or "Skip Intro" etc.) and then select the 'Actions' tab. Here you will see what the object is linked to. Highlight the current URL and type over it with your new URL. To add additional links, create a new text object and select the 'Actions' tab. Then click on the 'Add Event' button to select an event such as "On Press", "On Rollover" etc. Once you have chosen an event - click on the 'Add Event' tab once more to select "Go to URL." Type in a URL and select a target. -------------------- STEP 6 Publishing or Exporting Your Movie When your movie is exactly how you want it to appear, it is highly recommended that you preview it in a browser. Previewing in a browser throughout the process will give you a good indication as to how the movie will appear to your visitors. If all is well you can then export or publish your movie to be placed within your web. Consult the Help files in Swish regarding the options available. NOTE: As mentioned in Step 2, you are able to modify the movies dimensions in the General tab. However, it is recommended that you modify the code exported by Swish in your HTML page. Movies with small dimensions are also smaller in file size. The ability to adjust them within the code allows you to keep the file size small - yet increase the size of your movie. Once again, you should be cautious when using this method if the movie contains graphics file such as .jpg and .gif. -------------------- Have fun! Play with your template and learn from it if you like. Templates are a great way to learn new effects as well as create a quick and easy pre-made movie for your site.