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 Envision
Current version: 1.0
Last updated: 4/24/02
Installation
You probably have an .exe file that you downloaded. This is a program
that will install the template files into the correct places on your
computer.
First, make sure that FrontPage is closed.
To run the installer, double-click on the icon. Some dialog boxes
will pop up and take you through the installation process. If it seems
to go okay, you may then create a new web! Skip the rest of these
installation instructions to find out how to use the template.
If the installation fails, there are a few things you may try. First,
if the installer is on your desktop, create a new folder on your desktop
and drag the icon into the new folder, then try running it from there.
If this doesn't work, you can try extracting the files and placing them
manually. Right-click on the installer and select "Extract to folder..."
Extract to this temporary directory. Note: If you are using a
non-English version, please see this
info page at PixelMill.
In the fp2000 folder you'll find three folders called Pages, Themes,
and Webs.
Open the Themes folder and there should be another folder called
envision. Copy this folder to this location:
C:/Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Themes
In the Webs folder there should be another folder called
envision.tem.
Copy this folder to this location:
C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Templates/1033/Webs
If you are unable to extract the files, then
contact support.
Using the Template - Basics
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After installation, open FrontPage.
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In FP2002, go to File > New > Page or Web. (In FP2000, go to
File > New > Web.) In FP2002, click on "Web Site Templates"
in the right column.
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Choose the Envision template from your
list of templates.
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In the right column, make sure that the location of your new
web is correct. The usual default is a subfolder inside of
your "My Webs" folder. You may choose a different name for
the subfolder. You may also create a new web directly on
your server by typing in the URL of your web site.
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Click OK and FrontPage will make your new web.
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When FrontPage is finished working, you should see the pages
of your new web site in the Folder List. (If you can't see
the Folder List, go to View > Folder List.) Double-click on
any of these pages to open it and edit it.
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While you are working on the web site, go to File > Preview
in Browser to see your pages as they will appear in a
browser. Try not to depend on the "Preview" tab in
FrontPage. You may leave the browser window open and refresh
it as you make and save changes.
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To make more pages, simply take existing pages and go
to File > Save As. Save the page as a new file name, and
click "Change" to change the page title. (Notes: The page
title is what shows up in your link bars and page banners.
The file name should NOT have spaces or special characters
in the name, but should look like either mynewpage.htm or
my_new_page.htm.) Then, switch to Navigation View and drag
the page into your navigation structure to add the page to
the correct link bars. (Learn
more.)
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To delete pages, simply right-click the page in your
folder list and choose "delete."
- To publish your web site, go to File > Publish Web. Type
in the location of your server, for example, http://www.yoursite.com.
If you want to publish your web temporarily and "hide" it behind
your existing site, publish it to a subfolder of your web, for
example, http://www.yoursite.com/testfolder. Click Publish. You may
need to enter your username and password. See our
Server Issues article if after
publishing, some things don't look right on your published site.
>> Envision has a matching PowerPoint template as well as other types
of components. See our
catalog!
Using the Template - Specifics
Below are some specific issues and questions that you may have about
the Envision web template. Please also look in our support index for answers
to more general questions. We've tried to organize the support issues in
a "top-down" format -- i.e., starting with the index page and the very
top of the page, then continuing throughout the rest of the web site. If
you find an issue that you think should be on this page or in our
support area, please let us know!
Compass Flash movie
The compass flash movie is an embedded Flash movie. You will not be
able to edit it. If you want to get rid of the movie, you may replace it
with either "cornerpic.jpg." These may then be modified in your own
image editing program. If you're looking for a different type of
animation, please see our available
components for Envision.
The "your logo here" image may be replaced with your own logo. The
easiest way to do this is to replace the image with one that is the same
dimension (190x61 pixels) by dragging your image file
(named "yourlogohere.gif") into the images folder of your web and
replacing the existing one. This will replace the image across your web
site. If your logo file has different dimensions, you will have to edit
each page. The most time-efficient way to do this is to: Select all the
pages in your folder list, right-click on the select files, and choose
Open to open all the page. On the first page, delete the "yourlogohere"
image, add your image and save the page, then click on the image and hit
Ctrl-C to copy it. Then, go into each of your pages, click on the old
yourlogohere image and hit Ctrl-V to paste in your new logo. You may
either save and close your pages as you go, or keep them open and go to
File > Save All to save all of them at once.
Horizontal Navigation Bar
The horizontal navigation bar displays your "Child pages under
home," including the Home page. If you are unfamiliar with
how FrontPage nav bars work, please visit this
tutorial on Using Navigation View.
You can then learn how to edit the buttons (changing the names, adding
more buttons, etc.) in our tutorial on editing link
bars.
Left Navigation Bar
This link bar also displays your "Child pages under Home,"
but you may want to change the properties so that they display "Child"
or "Same Level" pages.
If
you are unfamiliar with how FrontPage nav bars work, please visit this
tutorial on Using Navigation View.
You can then learn how to edit the buttons (changing the names, adding
more buttons, etc.) in our tutorial on editing link
bars.
Page Title
This is a
FrontPage-generated image. You can change the text by changing the
page title in your Navigation View. To learn more about how to do this,
please look at our tutorial on inserting
and editing Page Banners.
Two-Column and One-Column layouts
This template comes with two pages that you may use as "templates."
One layout has two columns in the content area with info boxes, the
other layout simply has one main content area column. Take the page that
you want to use and go to File > Save As to save as a new page.
Info boxes
The info boxes must be edited on each page. If you want to get rid
of an info box, you can easily do this by deleting the table that makes
up an info box. Click inside the info box, go to
Table > Select > Table, and then hit backspace to delete the box.
To create more info boxes, duplicate
an existing box. Click in the info box
title area, go to Table > Select >
Table, then Edit > Copy and Edit >
Paste.
Footer
At the bottom of the page is an area that you may use to put
copyright information or other footer information. You will have to edit
this on every page - sorry! We will try to address this in a later
version of Envision. |
