Getting Started

* Some graphics in this template may not be visible until you preview in a web browser.

*You should never delete the home page (default.htm) as this may cause problems with the navigation system.

Using The "Include Pages"
Adding New Pages
Deleting Unused Pages
Using The Navigation System
Using Info Boxes
Adding Your Free Google Site Search
Modifying The Theme CSS
Modifying The Swish Banner

Using The "Include Pages":

This template uses a top "include page" and a bottom "include page". You may edit the files "top.htm" & "bottom.htm" once, and the changes will be instantly updated on every page in the site which has the pages included in them. It also comes with info box includes, and a search form include which can be used on any page. You may edit these in the same manner.

Adding New Pages:

Select a template, copy & paste, then add the new page to the FrontPage navigation system.

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Deleting Unused Pages:

Right-click on the file you want to delete, then choose "delete".

Using The Navigation System:

All three of the navigation modules (Main, Sub, Same Level) are already included in each of the page templates. The only thing you need to do is remove the unneeded modules by selecting and deleting them.

Using Info Boxes:

The info boxes in this template are in the form of "includes". You will find them in the "includes" folder of your web site.

When you are adding a new info box, you need to make sure that you have edited the "include" page, or created a new "include" page using the info box template (located in the "includes" folder).

Next, you want to copy an existing info box (from an existing regular page), then paste it underneath another info box. If you can't get the cursor into the right place, try selecting an info box, then press the right arrow key, then paste the info box.

To delete an unused info box, select the info box, then press the "delete" key.

Adding Your Free Google Site Search:

1. Open the file "search_form.htm" in the includes folder.

2. Right click the form input box and choose "Form Properties".

3. Choose the "Advanced" button.

4. Replace "http://www.solutionx.us" in both fields with your own domain. You must include the "http://" in your domain name.

5. Make sure that your site has been indexed by Google. The search will not return results until your site has been indexed. Click Here to add your site.

Modifying The Theme CSS:

1. Create or open a web that uses this template.

2. Choose "Format | Theme" from the FrontPage menu bar.

3. Click on "Modify" on the theme window that opens up.

3. Click "Text".

4. Click "More Text Styles".

5. Double click on any of the tags which are now available to modify.

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Modifying The Swish Banner:

The Lens-Flare text effect banner appears at the top of each page, and can be used for any desired text. It is a Flash movie (.swf), and was developed using Swish. The Swish source file (.swi) is included in this template for your own modifications. If you do not have a copy of Swish, you may download a free 30-day trial at www.swishzone.com .

*If you would prefer SolutionX to make the modifications for you, just email us at development@solutionx.us with the text you would like to use. A $10 fee will apply.

If you are going to do the modifying yourself, here are the step by step instructions. Please note that this will require a working knowledge of Swish.

1. Open the file "banner.swi" located in your site's "images" folder.

2. Single click on the "scene" named "lens".

3. Use "Insert" | "Text".

4. Type "My Company" in the new text layer and change the font to "Arial Black" | "80pt" | "Italic".

5. Look in the preview window to see if the text fits inside the movie. If it does not, start making the text size smaller and smaller until does fit.

6. Now set the two bottom text layers that say "YOURCOMPANY" to "My Company Name" and change the font size and weight to match the text layer you just edited. "Arial Black" | "80pt" | "Italic".

7. Change the text layer "www.YOURCOMPANY.com" to "www.mycompany.com", and check to see if all of the text fits in the movie. If not, lower the size of the font, or change the horizontal spacing until it fits.

8. Save the Swish movie before you start the main steps. "File" | "Save".

9. Select the new text layer that you added yourself.

10. Choose "Modify" | "Convert" | "Convert To Shapes".

11. You will now see all of the letters that were in the text layer, in individual shapes. Next we are going to set the color on each of these letters.

12. Set the fill color of the letters "M,y" to "R,G,B - 60,BE,87".

13. Now go back through each of those letters and set the "Line" to "White" with a width of "2".

14. Set the remaining letters (C,o,m,p,a,n,y) "Line" to "R,G,B - 60,BE,87" with a width of "2".

15. Save the movie again.

16. Now look in the "Timeline Explorer" window and notice the "transform" and "Fade out" effects on the original "YOURCOMPANY" shape layer.

17. Copy both of those effect, one at a time to the same frame in the new shape layer. Your new shape layer should now be an exact copy of the original shape layer, but with different letters.

18. Delete the old "YOURCOMPANY" shape layer.

19. Move the new "My Company" shape layer down below the "LENS" layer. Use the down arrow in the "outline" window to do this.

20. Choose "File" | "Export" | "Swf" and export as "banner.swf" to your web site's "images" folder, to replace the old movie.

Did You Know?

You may create a task list of things you need to modify on your site. Just choose "Edit | Tasks | Add Task".

If you have a page open in FrontPage while you add a task, that page will automatically be associated with the task.

When you start the task later on, the page will open on it's own, and FrontPage will keep track of your changes.

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