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Please Note: this template has been specifically designed to work with Site Build It's new HTML Upload feature.  You can now use the power of Site Build It with your favorite templates.  Please see the specific instructions below.

Instructions

• Finding Your FrontPageTools Web Template

• Opening Your Template in FrontPage 2002/2003

• Special Template Features

• Using with Site Build It

• Support

Finding Your FrontPageTools Web Template

This program has automatically unzipped your template.  Your template was copied into the following template directory on your hard drive:

C:\FPT\Templates\

If you modified the installation to a different directory, please make a note of your different location.

If you have any problems with this template, please contact support@colligan.com.

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Opening Your Template in FrontPage

To open this template in FrontPage:

1) start FrontPage
2a) FrontPage 2002 users: go to the menu and click File, then Open Web
2b) FrontPage 2003 users: go to the menu and click File, then Open Site
3) FrontPage will then open a dialog box.  At the top of the dialog, next the the words "Look in:" is a drop-down box.  From there you can browse to the location where the template was copied. 

4) once you've browsed to the directory, click the "Open" button on the bottom right-hand side of the dialog box

Note: if a dialog box pops up and asks "FrontPage needs to add information to your folder in order to help manage your Hyperlinks and other site content..." Choose Yes.

If you have any problems with this template, please contact support@colligan.com.

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Special Template Features

This template has been enable with an auto-menu system which is both easy to use and compatible with Site Build It's HTML Upload feature.  If you are not planning on using this menuing system or Site Build It, you can delete the menus from the pages and implement another method.

Changing Menu Links
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In the "support-files" folder you will find a file called "settings.js".  In FrontPage, double click on the file and it will open within a text editor.  

You can simply change the names on the links within this file.  You will find instructions in this file.

By modifying "settings.js" the links are updated automatically to all pages of the current template.

Modify all text and/or graphics to fit your needs. Don't forget to save your work!

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Using with Site Build It!

Site Build It (SBI) has introduced a new feature which now allows you to upload HTML pages to your Site Build It web site.  This template has been specifically designed to work with Site Build It's (SBI) new HTML Upload feature.

For more information on using the Site Build It (SBI) HTML features, log into your SBI account, under "site central" click on the "Upload Your Own HTML Page" button, then read the instructions under "STEP 1: Prepare Your Page for SBI!" Making special note of the "Before You Build Your Page -- Special Rules."

Some of the SBI HTML Special Rules

• All HTML files must use the ".html" extension (not ".htm").
• You must place all your images in a folder called image-files. Supported file types: .gif, .jpg, .png
• You must place all media files in a folder called media-files. Supported file types: .mpg, .qt, .avi, .rm, .mp3, .wmf
• You must place all supporting files in a folder called support-files. Supported file types: .js, .css, .swf, .pdf
• You are not allowed to create any other folder names other than the three listed above.  You also cannot nest folders (ie. create sub-directories under any of the 3 allowed directories).

General Guidelines for Editing SBI Upload Templates in FrontPage 2002/2003

• Do not create or delete any directories.  All the supported directories have already been created.  FrontPage will automatically create an "images" directory - you should ignore this directory and continue to use the SBI compatible "image-files" directory instead.
• All files must end in .html
• All files must be in root directory unless otherwise specified above in the SBI HTML Rules
• Do not use explicit urls (i.e. http://www.yourdomain.com/file.html), only reference URLs (i.e. file.html)
• Do not use Dynamic HTML (DHTML) effects
• Do not use any FrontPage Web Components

This template has already been formatted to meet the SBI HTML rules.  If you follow the FrontPage 2002 or 2003 settings below and the General Guidelines, you should have no trouble implementing your template with SBI.

FrontPage 2002 Settings

By making the following settings in FrontPage 2002 you will have an easier time when editing your web site for the SBI.

• Open FrontPage 2002
• From the menu click on Tools then Page Options.
• Click on the HTML Source tab
• Ensure the "Preserve Existing HTML" is selected
• Next, go to the Compatibility tab on the far right and make the following settings:

Browsers: Both Internet Explorer and Navigator
Browser Versions: Custom
Servers: Apache Server
Ensure the "Enabled with Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions" is not checked.

Under "Available Technologies..."  The bolded items should be checked, the rest should not be checked.

FrontPage 2003 Settings

By making the following settings in FrontPage 2003 you will have an easier time when editing your web site for the SBI.

• Open FrontPage 2003
• From the menu click on Tools then Page Options.
• Click on the Authoring tab
• Ensure the "Preserve Existing HTML" is selected
• Next, go to the Compatibility tab on the far right and make the following settings:

Under "FrontPage and SharePoint technologies:"  The bolded items should be checked, the rest should not be checked.

FrontPage and SharePoint technologies:
     Custom

What to expect when uploading HTML pages to SBI

• SBI is designed to optimize one page at a time.  You will be asked to upload each HTML page from your web site one at a time.
• Make a note of where your web site is.  SBI uploads each file one at a time and you will need to know where your web site is on your drive.  If you edit the template directly from where it was installed, then it will be located where stated in the finding your web template section of this readme.
• After a page is uploaded, you will be asked to upload all the images, support files and media referenced in that page.  These files will be in the image-files, support-files or media-files directories in your web site.
• You will only have to upload each image only once for the website.  When an image is already loaded there'll be a "good" in the status column.
• As you upload the pages to your website you'll be going through the same set of steps for each page.  It seems repetitive, but makes sense once you have uploaded a few pages.
• When using the analyze feature in SBI, make the suggested changes to the page in FrontPage, then re-upload the updated HTML page to SBI.  This way your local copy of the web pages will always be the most up to date.

If you have any problems with this template, please contact support@colligan.com.

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Support

If you have any problems with this theme, please contact our support department at support@colligan.com.

As always, thank you for your support.

Paul and the Team
http://www.frontpagetools.com

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