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Using Frames

Extra Hints and Alternatives

     This How to..is an aid designing a Web Page Using Frames in MS FrontPage 2003

The Instructions refer to the Laptop machines in Building 9.107 at Sunbury.  Other machines may have different Operating Systems and /or versions of the software

     Please note there are a variety of other ways to create web sites , some of these are detailed in the column on the far left.

 

This  How to ..  is designed to introduce a variety of techniques and processes.
   Short cuts always exist but the long way takes in more scenery.

1

 

 

Using the Pull down   New
page Icon select "Page..."

2

In the Page Templates Dialogue Box Select the Frame page tab

3

Select banner and contents and Select OK

4

The window is now in three parts , a top for a title, a side bar for navigation and the larger area for Content.

Pick New page for each part

5

Save each part.

Call the top part, top.htm and give it The Top as a page title.

side part as sidebar.htm and a title of Navigation

the central area can be saved as start.htm and titled "Content"

Last the frame itself can be saved . If this is a new site it can be called index.htm (when saving the program may ask you to overwrite an existing file called index.htm )

Tilted as Web Site of ...(your name)

6

Each part can be viewed as a complete web page for editing purposes, or as the Frames

7

Add some text and an image to the top part, some links to other pages in your sitse (may need to build these your self) or links to the Internet

8

Add some text and images to the Content part

9

save your work and Preview in the Browser. 

Zip and up load to WebCT

A New Web Site

If you want to start working in a new website follow these steps.

1.

Click on the small triangle next to the New Page icon

2

select Web Site

3

Pick One Page  Web Site

4

A web site should open with a folder view and a list containing an "index.htm" file, ready for you to create new files, including files with frames.

NB

FrontPage saves web sites by default to a folder called "My Web Sites", in the My Documents folder of the computer.  To  move your site to your USB drive you can move this  folder using Windows Explorer.