Template 1

What this is...

This is a FrontPage Template in variable width format, so it will adjust itself to full width viewing on your visitors monitors. In order to use this design for your own web, you will need to open FrontPage and select:

FP2000: File, New, Web - then select the twc-xxx CSS Template from the popup listing.

FP2002: File, New, Page or Web, New from Template - Web Template - then select the twc-xxx CSS Template from the popup listing.

What you will have afterward is an exact duplicate of the web you are previewing here, and you will simply replace our information with your information, rename the pages for button/banner purposes, and add or delete pages as needed.

Converting an Existing Web

Unfortunately, there is no way to convert an existing web to a new web template with FrontPage 2000 or 2002. You may, however, simply copy and paste your existing web's page content into each page in the new web you have created with this template.

The bottom line? Templates are NOT themes - they can't be "applied" like a theme can. Then again, they look SO much more professional than a theme that it's well worth the extra effort!

What's the Easiest Way?

We find that it is usually easiest to simply copy your content from your online web, page by page, from the browser, then paste into FrontPage in "Normal" view. You'll have to double-check, of course, but this method normally carries forward all your information - hyperlinks, form information, etc.

When saving, be sure to set the images/ directory to the directory in your new web you wish to contain your images.

External CSS Sheet

This template uses a Cross-Browser Compatible external cascading style sheet to control fonts and colors. To modify, open the file "style.css" from your Folder List in FrontPage. Please note: if you are unfamiliar with CSS, you should make a backup of the original file before attempting modifications.

About CSS Compatibility

While there are many CSS attributes that aren't recognized by all browsers, we concentrate on making our tags as browser-friendly as possible for the design in use. If you are concerned about the appearance of your end web in all browsers, we urge you to check the the template designer to ensure that current browsers in use can properly display the finished web.

As for this template? We have tested and it works great in Netscape 6 & 7, as well as MSIE 5 & 6.

Menu System

This template uses standard FrontPage Navigation. The lower "Main Pages" menu, containing the link to Home and Secondary page levels, is set to "Child Pages Under Home", with "Include Home Page" checked.

The secondary level menu varies from page to page, depending on which page you are on. This page, for example, is a child page to the "Introduction" page, so, on *this* page the second level is set to "same level", so it can locate other links on the same level.

If you are unfamiliar with FrontPage navigation, please take the time to look at how the various menus are set up. In Normal view, simply right-click over the menu, and select Link Bar Properties. That page will show you what we have selected for the various levels.