In addition to wizards, you can and should use templates when developing Web sites. They help create a typical Web site structure.

To create a Web site using one of the provided templates, follow these steps:

1. On the menu File(File) select command Create Page or website(New page or Web site).
2. In the panel that appears, select the command Website Templates(Web Site Templates).
3. The dialog box that opens Website Templates contains templates for creating Web sites (Table 11.2).

Table 11.2. Templates used to create Web sites

Select the icon of the template whose services you want to use with your cursor. At the same time, in the area Description(Description) A brief description of the selected wizard appears.

1. Specify the location of the new web) Enter the location and name of the Web site you are creating.
2. Click the button OK.

In accordance with the selected template, the FrontPage program generates the required Web site template and opens it in viewing and editing mode. You can start editing the created prototype of the Web site.

Template for creating a one-page Web site

The first in the list of proposed templates and wizards is the template One page website(One Page Web), designed to create a one-page Web site. When you use this template, FrontPage creates a folder structure for your Web site and adds one blank Web page to it.

To view the structure created with using a template Web site, display the panel in the program window Folder list(Folder List) by selecting from the menu View(View) command of the same name. The page included in the created Web site structure is saved in a file named index.htm. By default, this page is assumed to be used as the home page. Open this page by double-clicking the index.htm file name. The page will be opened in editing mode in the work area of ​​the FrontPage program (Fig. 11.36).

Rice. 11.36.

Comment

The structure of a Web site created based on the One-Page Web Site template can be changed later: add new folders and any required number of pages.

Blank Web Site Template

Use a template to create a blank Web site Blank website(Empty Web). When you use this template, FrontPage creates a Web site structure consisting of folders _private and images.

After completing the template formation, the created Web site opens in editing mode. In the folder pane, you can view the structure of the Web site. It does not contain a single page.

Comment

Sample Blank website(Empty Web) is convenient to use in cases where to create home page you are considering using a page with a more complex structure, such as one that includes a frame.

Template for creating a multi-page personal Web site

Using a template Personal website(Personal Web), you can quickly create a personal Web site. In it you can place personal information, photos of friends, reference information, and also, using links, view the most frequently visited pages on the Internet. In addition, this Web site is an excellent starting point for those who are beginning to explore the capabilities of FrontPage.

To create a personal Web site using a template, follow these steps:

1. On the menu File(File) select command Create(New), and then in the submenu that opens - the option Page or website(New page or Web site).
2. On the panel that appears Create a web page or site select team Website Templates(Web Site Templates).
3. In field Specify the location of the new website(Specify the location of the new web) dialog box that opens Website Templates Enter the location and name of the Web site you are creating. Let's name the Web site, for example, My Pers_Web.
4. Double click on the icon Personal website(Personal Web). The template creation process begins. After some time, the resulting Web site will open in the main window of the FrontPage program for viewing and editing (Fig. 11.37).

On the panel Folder list The files of the pages of the created Web site are located. Selecting the files one by one with the mouse cursor, look through the pages offered to you. Using the tools of the FrontPage program, you can modify them, change page names, add new pages to the Web site, and insert your own text.

Rice. 11.37. Personal Web site created using a template

Chapter 11 Creating a Web Site Using Wizards and Templates

Templates and Wizards

We got acquainted with the main window of the FrontPage program. Before you start developing a Web site yourself, let's take a look at the templates and wizards that FrontPage offers to speed up development.

Creating a Web site is a rather labor-intensive process that requires not only a lot of time, but also extensive knowledge in the field of development. The FrontPage program meets developers halfway by providing them with tools designed to reduce to a minimum the time spent on creating a project. Among them are a large number of templates and wizards for creating Web pages, frames, Web sites and styles.

What are templates and wizards and how are they different from each other? You've probably come across templates when working with other office products, for example, when working with Microsoft Word.

Sample- this is a set of document parameters for its repeated use, in other words, the skeleton of your document. Having chosen one or another template, you will subsequently use the tools that are already included in it. For example, by selecting the One-column Body template, you get a page on which information must be placed in one column in the center. Other templates have pre-allocated areas for placing text and graphics, etc.

When you use wizards, your development capabilities expand because master As it works, it asks you questions and creates a Web site or Web page based on your answers, placing headings and some information. Thus, when using wizards, you get a project that is close to your main tasks.

Web Site Wizards

To launch the Web Site Creation Wizard, follow these steps:

1. From the File menu, select the New command, and then in the submenu that opens, the Page or Web option. As a result, the New Page or Web panel appears in the main FrontPage program window (Fig. 11.1).

Rice. 11.1. The Create a Web Page or Site panel for working with new pages and Web sites

2. Select Web Site Templates in the panel. The Web Site Templates dialog box opens, in which you can select a template or wizard to create a Web site (Figure 11.2).

Rice. 11.2. Web Site Templates Dialog Box

The dialog box contains one Web Sites tab, which contains icons for templates and wizards offered by the system for creating Web sites. In table 11.1 describes the purpose of the wizards offered by the FrontPage program.

Table 11.1. Wizards used to create Web sites

Comment

In the Web Site Templates dialog box, FrontPage offers four wizards for creating a Web site. They are listed in table. 11.1. The rest of the list are templates.

3. Select the icon of the specialist whose services you want to use. A brief description of the selected wizard appears in the Description area.

4. In the Specify the location of the new web field, enter the URL of the Web site, that is, the name of the Web server on which you want to host the Web site, and the name of the Web site. Names must be separated by a "/" character. For example, http://localhost/Corporate. The following options are possible:

• The web server is installed on your computer. In this case, the server name is automatically substituted into the URL. The server can also be given the default network name of your computer, localhost.
• You are using your ISP's Web server, which is available on the Internet. In this case, the actual URL of the server is entered as the server name.
• Save the Web site on your computer. In this case, the physical path to it is indicated as the address.
• To establish a secure connection with the Web server using SSL protocol, in the Website Templates window, select the Secure connection required (SSL) checkbox.

5. Click OK. The wizard starts.

Advice

You can also double-click the selected wizard icon to launch a wizard or template.

Creating a Web site using the wizard is as follows. After starting the wizard, dialog boxes appear on the screen one by one for entering the parameters of the Web site being created. You must answer all the questions asked. To move between screens during the wizard, use the buttons located at the bottom and have the following purposes:

After answering all the wizard’s questions, you click the Finish button. The wizard creates a Web site and displays it in the main program window for viewing and editing.

Comment

You can proceed to the final stage from any wizard window by using the Finish button. In this case, FrontPage will create the Web site using the default settings.

Let's take a brief look at the capabilities of the wizards for creating a Web site:

• Corporate Presence Wizard. Creates a Web site representing the company on the Internet. The created Web site may include:

· Pages used by Web site visitors to view news about the company, as well as information about products and services provided

· A table of contents that makes it easier for visitors to navigate the Web site.

· Customer feedback form on a particular issue

• Database Interface Wizard. The Web site created using this wizard can contain the following pages:

· Database information viewing page

· Page for entering information

· A page that allows you to edit a Web site's database from a browser

• Discussion Web Wizard. Creates a Web site on the pages of which the user expresses his opinion on the matter. ongoing discussion. The created Web site may include:

· Discussion pages and a page that allows the visitor to determine whether his message has reached the Web site

· Contents of the Web site

· Streaming response form

· A search form that allows site visitors to find the information they are interested in on the Web site

• Import Web Wizard. Imports data from other Web sites into the Web site created in FrontPage. You can import an entire Web site or individual pages. You can import from your computer, from a computer located in your local network or from the Internet by specifying its URL

Wizard for creating a Web site to represent a company

Let's look at the work of the Corporate Presence Wizard, which creates a Web site to represent the enterprise on the Internet. To create a Web site using this wizard, follow these steps:

1. From the File menu, select the New command, and then in the submenu that opens, the Page or Web option.

2. In the Create a Web Page or Site panel that appears in the FrontPage program window, select the Web Site Templates (Web Site Templates) command.

3. In the Specify the location of the new Web site field in the Web Site Templates dialog box, enter the location and name of the Web site you are creating.

4. Double-click the Enterprise Web Site Wizard icon.

5. The master begins his work. Its first window appears on the screen, containing short description masters
(Fig. 11.3). Review the information provided and click Next.

Rice. 11.3. The first information window of the Enterprise Web Site Wizard wizard

6. At the next step of the wizard, you are asked to decide on the pages that will be included in the Web site (Fig. 11.4). The dialog box contains the following checkboxes:

Home (Note) - the home page of the Web site
What's New - Web site news page
products and services (Products/Services) - a page presenting the products or services offered by the company

Rice. 11.4. Dialog box for selecting Web site pages

Table of Contents - a page containing the table of contents of the created Web site. From this page you can go to all pages of the site
Feedback Form - a page in the form of a form on which visitors to a Web site can post their opinion about the products and services offered
Search Form - a page in the form of a form for searching words on a Web site. This form will allow the visitor to quickly find the necessary information

By default, all checkboxes are checked. Uncheck the boxes next to the pages that you do not want to include in the Web site you are creating. The home (Note) checkbox is not available for correction. This is understandable. After all, you can’t do without a home page. Once you have decided on your page selection, click Next to proceed to the next step.

7. The next wizard dialog box allows you to define the format of the home page of the Web site being created (Fig. 11.5). It contains checkboxes that, when checked, will reserve space on the page for the following information:

Introduction - for introductory information
Mission Statement - about the goals and objectives of the company
Company Profile - about the company profile
Contact Information - for contact information

Uncheck the boxes next to those sections whose information you will not place on the home page, and click the button Further.

Rice. 11.5. Dialog box for defining the home page format

Comment

When you create a Web site using the wizard, certain dialog boxes may be missing. Their presence is determined by the pages that will be present in your development and which you specified in the second dialog box of the wizard.

8. The next wizard window allows you to set the parameters of the page, which will contain the latest news from your Web site or indicate on which page of the Web site new information has appeared (Fig. 11.6). In this window there are three checkboxes, the installation of which leads to the placement of the following sections on the Web site:

Rice. 11.6. Dialog box for setting news page parameters

9. At the next step of the wizard, in the Products and Services fields (Fig. 11.7), you can set the parameters of the page containing information about the goods and services provided by the company. In accordance with the entered numbers, one page will be created for each advertised product or service. Enter the required numbers in these fields and click Next.

Rice. 11.7. Dialog box allowing you to set the number of advertised goods and services

10. In the dialog box that appears in the next step, you can specify the sections for which space will be reserved on pages advertising goods and services (Fig. 11.8). It contains two groups of checkboxes. The first group of checkboxes defines the parameters of the page presenting the products:

Product image - reserves space on the page to place a product image
Pricing information - reserves space on the page to place prices for the specified product
Information request form - leads to the creation of an information request form

The second group of checkboxes determines the parameters of the page advertising services:

Capabilities list - reserves space on the page for more detailed description services
Reference accounts - reserves space on the page for placing accounts
Information request form - indicates the need to create a request form for services to website visitors

Select the required checkboxes and click Next to proceed to the next step.

Rice. 11.8. Dialog box for setting parameters for pages containing information about products and services

11. The following dialog box allows you to set the fields of the questionnaire form feedback with visitors to your Web site (Fig. 11.9). This form is used to collect information and then transmit it to the Web site. Don't put too many fields on this form so as not to intimidate visitors who want to register on your Web site. Select the checkboxes next to the information you want about guests and click Next.

Rice. 11.9. The dialog box allows you to set the fields of the feedback form with website visitors

12. In the next dialog box, you need to specify the format of the data coming from the feedback form with visitors to your Web site (Fig. 11.10). The choice of one format or another will be determined by the way they are processed. You have two options to choose from:

Yes, use tab-delimited format - data is saved as a table. This option is used if the survey results will be processed using a database or spreadsheet Microsoft Excel
No - web page format (No, use web-page format) - data is saved in Web page format

Having set the required option, click Next to proceed to the next step of the wizard.

Rice. 11.10. The dialog box allows you to set the format of the data coming from the questionnaire form

13. At the next step, the wizard prompts you to set the parameters of the contents page of the Web site (Fig. 11.11). The dialog box contains three checkboxes:

Keep page list up-to-date automatically - checking this box allows you to automatically update information in the table of contents when the pages included in the Web site change
show pages not linked into web - the checkbox determines whether pages that do not have direct links from other pages should be shown in the table of contents
Use bullets for top-level pages - when this checkbox is checked, the list of top-level pages is displayed as bulleted list

Rice. 11.11. The dialog box allows you to set parameters for the page containing the table of contents of the Web site

Warning

Checking the box to automatically update the list of pages (Keep page list up-to-date automatically) when there is a large number of pages in
Web site and frequent updates may increase loading of the table of contents page.

14. By checking the boxes in the wizard window shown in Fig. 11.12, you reserve space for information that will be placed at the top and bottom of all pages of the Web site. The parameters are divided into two groups. The first group of checkboxes determines the information placed at the top of the pages. This is the company logo, page title, links to the main pages of the Web site.

Rice. 11.12. Dialog box for placing information at the top and bottom of Web site pages

The second group of checkboxes defines page parameters placed at the bottom of the pages, such as links to the main pages of the Web site, address Email Webmasters, copyright information, date last change pages.

Comment

Checking the boxes in this wizard window is used only to reserve space on Web pages. After completing the wizard in the FrontPage editor, you can place the necessary information in these places.

Select the required boxes and click Next.

15. Next in the wizard, it is proposed to place an Under Construction icon on the pages, indicating that the creation of this page has not yet been completed (Fig. 11.13). Select one of the two options provided and click Next to move to the next dialog box.

Rice. 11.13. You are invited to place the Under Development icon on your pages.

16. In the next two dialog boxes, you must specify information about the company for which the Web site is being created. In the dialog box shown in Fig. 11.14, you must enter the full and abbreviated name of the company, as well as its address. Other information about the company - phone number, fax number, Webmaster email address and company email address, enter in the window shown in Fig. 11.15.

Rice. 11.14. Dialog box for entering the full and abbreviated company name, as well as address

Rice. 11.15. Dialog box for entering telephone number, fax number and email address

17. At the next step, the wizard prompts you to select the design style of your Web site (Fig. 11.16). You can accept the default design and click Next. Later, you can change the design of the entire Web site, as well as any of its pages, using the Theme command on the Format menu. If you want to start designing the Web site you are creating in this moment, then click the Choose Web Theme button located in the center of the dialog box. The Select Theme window will open on the screen (Fig. 11.17).

Rice. 11.16. Dialog box for setting the design style of a Web site

Rice. 11.17. Dialog box for selecting a theme for web site pages

At the top of the Select Theme dialog box, the default option is All pages, indicating that the Web site theme you select will apply to all pages. Below this option is a list of themes provided by FrontPage. When you select a value from this list, in the Sample of Theme area you can view the proposed design of text, headings, lists, navigation bars, hyperlinks. If you check the boxes located below the list of topics, then:

Vivid colors - the colors used in the design will be more saturated
Active graphics - you can add active graphics to your design
Background picture - can be added to the page design background image
Apply with using CSS(Apply using CSS) - an external style sheet is added to the page design

After selecting the theme you like and checking the required boxes, click OK to close the Select Theme dialog box. This will return you to the wizard window. Click "Next.

18. In the next dialog box (Fig. 11.18), the wizard reports that he has finished collecting the information he needs and is ready to proceed to building a Web site. By default, in the wizard's dialog box, the Show Tasks View after web is uploaded checkbox is selected, indicating that after the wizard completes and the created Web site is loaded, a list of generated tasks for finalizing the site will be displayed on the screen . Leave this box checked, because immediately after the wizard completes the work, you will be able to view the list of work that you have to do and make sure that the wizard has completed all the main work for you.

Rice. 11.18. Final information window of the wizard

Comment

Before you click Finish, you can return to previous dialog boxes, review the information you entered, or change anything. To do this, you can use the Back button. After viewing the settings, you do not have to return to the last dialog box. To start the process of creating a Web site, click the Finish button in any window.

Click Finish to complete creating the Web site.

The wizard begins to create a Web site. If you checked Show Tasks after loading a website in the last dialog box

(Show Tasks View after web is uploaded), then after the wizard is completed, a list of tasks for finalizing the Web site will open on the screen in tabular form (Fig. 11.19). Tasks are sorted by the priority of their completion. The Associated With column shows the name of the page that needs work, and the Description column shows a description of the work you need to do.

Rice. 11.19. List of tasks to complete the creation of a Web site

Place the cursor on the task you want to start, click the right mouse button and in the appeared context menu select the Start Task command. The page you selected will open in editing mode. The cursor is placed in the place where modification is required. You can start editing the Web site created by the wizard.

First on the list of tasks is editing the home page of the Web site. Therefore, when you start the first task in the list, the home page opens in editing mode (Fig. 11.20). Let's look at the elements located on it. They will, as a rule, be present on other pages of the Web site.

• Page title (the home page has the title Home). Is a graphic object
• Web page background. Like the title, it is a graphic object

Rice. 11.20. Web site home page

• Horizontal and vertical link bars located at the top of the page above the header and in the left general area, respectively. The horizontal navigation bar contains links to Note (Home Page), Feedback, Table of Contents, and Search Form. The vertical panel of the home page contains links News, Products, Services, designed to go to pages with company news, as well as to pages advertising goods and services
• Horizontal dividing lines
• Contact phone numbers, postal address, email address, company name. This information located at the bottom of the page

Comment

Graphic images placed on Web pages can be created using software products such as Microsoft Photo Draw, Microsoft Image Composer, CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop etc.

Elements on a page, as well as the page itself, are characterized by properties that you can view and change using the element's properties dialog box. To open this window, you need to select an element, right-click and select the Properties command with the name of the element being modified from the context menu that appears. For example, to open the page header properties, you must use the Page Banner Properties, Link Bar Properties, Horizontal Line Properties, etc.

Let's look at the navigation structure of a Web site to represent a company on the Internet (Figure 11.21), as well as how its constituent pages are connected. To do this, go to the Transitions mode by clicking the button of the same name on the Views panel.

Rice. 11.21. Web Site Navigation Structure Corporate Web Site Wizard

As you can see from the structure of the Web site, the pages that you navigate to using hyperlinks in the horizontal link bar are located at the same level of hierarchy as the home page. At the next level in the hierarchy are the pages that you navigate to using the home page's vertical link bar. In turn, the pages of the second level (Products, Services) contain link bars to go to the pages of the third level of the hierarchy.

Discussion Web site

To create a discussion group Web site:

1. From the File menu, select the New command, and then in the submenu that opens, select the Page or website option
(Page or Web).

2. In the Create a web page or site panel that appears in the FrontPage program window, select the Web Site Templates command.

3. In the Specify the location of the new web field in the Web Site Templates dialog box, specify the location and name of the Web site you want to create, and then double-click the Discussion Web Wizard icon.

4. The master begins his work. Its first window appears on the screen, which contains a brief description of the wizard. Review the information provided and click Next.

5. In the second dialog box (Fig. 11.22) there are checkboxes. They allow you to specify the pages to be created on the Web site and the functions to be implemented:

New section form (Submission Form) - a form for entering comments during the discussion
Table of Contents - A table of contents used to organize and review previously submitted comments on a particular topic. A table of contents is included in a Web site if visitors are required to read and comment on questions from other participants.
Search Form - a form for information search according to a given criterion
Threaded Replies - when this checkbox is checked, comments on a general topic are combined, thereby providing the visitor with a sequential view of them
confirmation page - a confirmation page that allows the visitor to find out whether his message has reached the Web site

By default, all checkboxes are checked. If you want to opt out of any pages or features, uncheck the box, and then click Next to continue to the next step.

Rice. 11.22. A window that allows you to specify the pages of the created Web site

6. In the next wizard dialog box (Fig. 11.23) there are two fields. In the top field, enter the title of the discussion, and in the bottom field, enter the name of the folder in which the discussion group messages will be placed. You can leave the default folder name suggested by the wizard. Once you have completed entering your information, proceed to the next step by clicking Next.

Rice. 11.23. Dialog box for entering title

Comment

Please note that the folder name must begin with an underscore "_".

At the next step of the wizard (Fig. 11.24), you need to indicate which fields the form should initially contain for submitting comments during the discussion. By default, it is proposed to include the Subject and Comments fields. Subsequently, in addition to the selected ones, you can add other fields to the form. Once you have selected the required option, click Next.

Rice. 11.24. Dialog box for setting form fields

8. In the next wizard window (Fig. 11.25), you must indicate whether you want to limit the number of participants in the discussion group. By default, the No, anyone can post article option is set, indicating that anyone can participate in the discussion. Leave this value and click Next.

Rice. 11.25. Window to limit the number of participants in a discussion group

9. The following dialog boxes of the wizard indicate how to organize articles received on the Web site, whether to place a table of contents on the home page, set the fields of the search form, the theme of the Web site, whether to use a frame to design the pages, and if so, then its appearance . In these windows you can accept the default settings offered by the wizard. In the final window of the wizard, click the Finish button. The wizard begins to create a Web site. After completing the wizard, switch to the Folders operating mode by clicking the button of the same name on the Views mode panel.

Rice. 11.26. View a sent message

10. Web site in the browser. Select the Post a new article link on the home page. A form for entering a message opens. Enter the subject, your name and message into the form fields, then click the Post Article button. Depending on the security mode set in your browser, a security warning may appear on your screen. Click the Yes button in this window. A receipt confirmation appears in the bottom frame of the page.
Message Web site. In Fig. Figure 11.26 shows the table of contents page with the message sent.

Web Site Import Wizard

Let's look at the work of the Import Web Wizard. You can use this wizard if you want to copy a Web site you like on the Internet to your computer or modify a Web site. created without using FrontPage.

To import a Web site using the wizard, follow these steps:

3. In the Specify the location of the new web field of the Web Site Templates dialog box, specify the location and name of the Web site to be created, and then double-click the Import Web Wizard icon. .

Advice

You can also use the Import command from the File menu to launch the Import Web Wizard. The Web Site Templates dialog box opens and the Web Import Wizard icon is selected by default.

4. The wizard starts and its first dialog box, Choose Source (Fig. 11.27), appears on the screen, in which you must specify where the Web site is imported from. There are two options in the window:

• Directory on a local computer or network (From a source directory of files on a local computer or network) - when selecting this option, the file will be imported from a directory on the local disk or from the network. Select the Include subfolders checkbox if the copied directory contains subdirectories. You can use the Browse button to specify the full path to the Web site.
• 
  From a World Wide Web site - this option allows you to import a Web site from a WWW server. You only need to specify the URL in the Location field

Select one of the two options provided, specify the location of the Web site to import, and click Next.

Rice. 11.27. The first dialog box of the Web Site Import Wizard

5. The appearance of the next dialog box depends on the option set in the first step. If you import a Web site from a directory, the Edit File List window (Figure 11.28) will open, containing a list of all files, including the subdirectories you specified. When all files have been imported, click the (Next) button. If you want to exclude individual files from import, select them and remove them from the list using the Exclude button. To restore the list is incorrect remote file Click the Refresh button. When you have completed creating the list, click the button.

Rice. 11.28. Wizard dialog box when importing a Web site from a catalog

6. When importing a file from the Internet, the Select Download Amount dialog box opens (Fig. 11.29), in which you are asked to create a number of conditions for the number of copied levels in the page hierarchy and the maximum amount of information in kilobytes. If the Limit to text and image files checkbox is selected, only text and image files will be imported. Having specified the necessary parameters, click the button to proceed to the next step in the wizard.

Rice. 11.29. Wizard dialog box when importing a Web site from the Internet

7. The following dialog box is informational. Click the Finish button. The import process begins, preserving the structure of the imported Web site.

Comment

If there is no private directory in the Web site structure, in which FrontPage places confidential files, as well as an images directory for storing graphic files, they will be added to the created structure.

After the wizard completes, the imported Web site appears in the FrontPage program window and you can begin working with it.

Database Interface Wizard

The Database Interface Wizard is a new wizard introduced in FrontPage XP. It creates a Web site that allows you to work with the information contained in the database Access data, Oracle or SQL Server. To use this wizard:

1. In the Create a Web Page or Site panel, select Web Site Templates.

2. In the Specify the location of the new web field of the Web Site Templates dialog box that opens, specify the location and name of the Web site to be created, and then double-click the Database Interface Wizard icon. .

3. The master begins his work. Its first window appears on the screen (Fig. 11.30), in which you need to specify the database with which the Web site will be connected. The window contains options:

Create a new Access database within your web - this option specifies that the connection will be made to a new Access database
Use an existing database connection - when selecting this option, it becomes possible to select an existing database from the list located below the option
Use a sample database connection (Northwind) - connection to the test database Northwind

Let's look at how to connect to a new database. Leave the default option New Access DB Connection on the Web site selected and click Next.

Rice. 11.30. Wizard window for selecting a database

4. The next wizard window contains one field for entering the name of the database. Enter a name and click Next.

5. At the next step, the wizard suggests generating a list of database fields (Fig. 11.31). Information about the fields is presented in the form of a table containing three columns. The first column indicates the name of the field, the second - its type, and the third - the interface object through which the information of this field will be presented in the form. By default, the table contains three fields. Using the buttons located in the dialog box, you can add new fields to the table, edit and delete existing ones.

Rice. 11.31. Window for generating a list of database fields

Add - opens a dialog box (Fig. 32), with which a new field is entered into the database
Modify - opens a dialog box with which you can edit information about the field of the database being created that is selected in the table
Delete - deletes the selected field in the table from the database. Using these buttons, create table fields.

When entering a new field or editing an existing field, a window similar to that shown in Fig. 1 opens. 11.32. It contains the following interface objects:

Column name - field name
Column type - field type. Determines the type of information stored in the field. Can be a text field (Text), a long text field (Memo), an integer (Integer), a long integer (Long), real number(Float), double precision real number (Double), date (Date), logical (Boolean)
Form field input type - specifies the interface object with which the field information will be presented in the form. The list contains the following values: Text Box, Text Area, Option Button, Drop-Down Box
Number of options - the number of options in the radio button or values ​​in the list. This counter is available when the values ​​Option Button and Drop-Down Box are selected from the Form Field Input Data Type list.

Rice. 11.32. Wizard window for entering and editing information about a database field

6. Once all field information has been specified, click Next. The wizard begins to create a database based on the entered information. After the database is created, an information window will appear, in which you also click Next.

7. By checking the boxes at the next step of the wizard (Fig. 11.33), you specify the pages included in the Web site. The wizard offers three pages:

Result Page - page for viewing information contained in the database
Submission Form - a page designed to enter information into the database
Database Editor - a page that allows you to edit a Web site's database from the browser

Rice. 11.33. Generating a list of Web site pages

Rice. 11.34 Dialog box allowing you to create a password to access the page used to edit the database

Specify the pages to include in the Web site and proceed to the next step of the wizard.

8. If your Web site includes a Database Editor page, a dialog box appears that allows you to set a username and password to access the page. To restrict access to the page, in the Username field enter the name of the user who will edit the database structure, in the Password field - password and in the Confirm field - confirmation of the password. If you want access to this page without entering a password, select the Don't project Database Editor with a username and password checkbox. Once you have completed setting the parameters, proceed to the next step by clicking Next.

9. An information window appears indicating the list of pages that the wizard will include in the Web site. Click the Finish button in this window. The wizard completes the creation of the Web site and opens it in the FrontPage program window for viewing and editing (Figure 11.35).

Rice. 11.35. One of the pages of the Web site created by the wizard in editing mode

Templates for creating Web sites

In addition to wizards, you can and should use templates when developing Web sites. They help create a typical Web site structure.

To create a Web site using one of the provided templates, follow these steps:

1. From the File menu, select the New command, and then in the submenu that opens, select the Page or Web Site option.

2. In the Create a Web Page or Site panel that appears, select the Web Site Templates command.

3. The Web Site Templates dialog box that opens contains templates for creating Web sites (Table 11.2).

Table 11.2. Templates used to create Web sites

Select the icon of the template whose services you want to use with your cursor. A brief description of the selected wizard appears in the Description area.

4. In the Specify the location of the new web field, enter the location and name of the Web site you are creating.

5. Click OK.

In accordance with the selected template, the FrontPage program generates the required Web site template and opens it in viewing and editing mode. You can start editing the created prototype of the Web site.

Template for creating a one-page Web site

First in the list of suggested templates and wizards is the One Page Web template, designed for creating a one-page Web site. When you use this template, FrontPage creates a folder structure for your Web site and adds one blank Web page to it.

To view the structure of a Web site created using a template, display the Folder List panel in the program window by selecting the command of the same name from the View menu. The page included in the created Web site structure is saved in a file named index.htm. By default, this page is assumed to be used as the home page. Open this page by double-clicking the index.htm file name. The page will be opened in editing mode in the work area of ​​the FrontPage program (Fig. 11.36).

Rice. 11.36. A Web site created using the One Page Web Site template

Comment

The structure of a Web site created based on the One-Page Web Site template can be changed later: add new folders and any required number of pages.

Blank Web Site Template

To create an empty Web site, use the Empty Web template. When you use this template, FrontPage creates a Web site structure consisting of the _private and images folders.

After completing the template formation, the created Web site opens in editing mode. In the folder pane, you can view the structure of the Web site. It does not contain a single page.

Comment

The Empty Web template is useful when you intend to use a page with a more complex structure, such as a frame, to create your home page.

Template for creating a multi-page personal Web site

Using the Personal Web site template, you can quickly create a personal Web site. In it you can place personal information, photos of friends, reference information, and also, using links, view the most frequently visited pages on the Internet. In addition, this Web site is an excellent starting point for those who are beginning to explore the capabilities of FrontPage.

To create a personal Web site using a template, follow these steps:

1. In the File menu, select the New command, and then in the submenu that opens, select the Page or Web site option (New page or Web site).

2. In the Create a Web Page or Site panel that appears, select the Web Site Templates command.

3. In the Specify the location of the new web field of the Web Site Templates dialog box that opens, enter the location and name of the Web site to be created. Let's name the Web site, for example, My Pers_ Web.

4. Double-click the Personal Web icon. The template creation process begins. After some time, the resulting Web site will open in the main window of the FrontPage program for viewing and editing (Fig. 11.37).

The Folder List panel contains page files for the created Web site. Selecting the files one by one with the mouse cursor, look through the pages offered to you. Using the tools of the FrontPage program, you can modify them, change page names, add new pages to the Web site, and insert your own text.

Rice. 11.37. Personal Web site created using a template

Modification of a personal Web site

In Fig. Figure 11.37 shows the home page of a personal Web site created using the template. It contains a set of elements that you can use as they are offered by the wizard, or change them.

At the top of the home page is the Welcome! heading, which is an object called ad on the page (Page Banner). This object is used to display headers graphically on Web pages. The type of header is determined in the Page Banner Properties dialog box, which is opened by double-clicking on the header or the context menu command of the same name.

In the center of the home page (below and to the right of the dotted lines) is plain text, which can be changed. To figure out whether this is regular text on a Web page or some object, experiment. Move the cursor inside the home page and watch how the appearance of the cursor changes when placed on certain objects.

When the cursor is above the page title, above the date located below the title, the cursor takes the form of a hand holding the page.

Place the cursor on the text in the center of the page. The cursor does not change its appearance. You can safely delete the text and place the necessary information in its place.

To change the properties of objects over which the cursor takes the form of a hand holding a page, the corresponding dialog boxes are used. For example, to change the format of the date displayed on the page, you need to place the cursor on the date and double-click. The Date and Time dialog box will open (Fig. 11.38), using which you can set a different date display format.

Rice. 11.38. Date and Time Dialog Box

On the left of the page is link bar, also called the navigation bar. To set the properties of a link bar, use the Link Bar Properties dialog box, which opens by double-clicking on the link bar.

The names of the link bar buttons correspond to the names of the pages included in the Web site to which these links are used to navigate. You can check the actions of these links. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Place the cursor on the title of one of the pages in the navigation bar.

2. When the cursor changes to a hand holding a page, press the and, while holding it down, click the left mouse button. You will be taken to the page you selected.

You cannot select a label in the navigation bar and change the text placed on it. To change the names of the buttons on the link bar, you must give different names to the pages you navigate to using those buttons. For example, to change the name of a Hobby to a Hobby, you need to do the following:

1. Open the page called Hobbies in edit mode. To do this, do one of the following:

Double-click the interes.htm file icon in the Folder List panel
To navigate from the home page to the Hobbies page, use the link bar: hold down , click on Hobbies

2. Place the cursor on the page title and double-click.

3. In the Page banner field of the Page Banner Properties dialog box that opens (Fig. 11.39), enter a new title name instead of Hobby, for example, Hobby.

Rice. 11.39. Page Ad Properties dialog box

4. Click OK. The Page Ad Properties dialog box closes. The page will look like shown in Fig. 11.40.

Advice

Please note that not only the page title has changed, but also the name of the button on the link bar located on the left side of the page. Return to the home page and look at the link bar located on it. The name of the corresponding button has changed both on the home page and on all pages of the Web site. In a similar manner, you can change the names of the remaining buttons except the Home button.

In addition to the above method of changing the names of pages, and, accordingly, the names of buttons on link panels, there is another one:

1. Switch to the Navigation operating mode by clicking the button of the same name on the Views mode panel. The FrontPage workspace displays the navigation structure of your personal Web site, in which pages are represented as rectangles.

2. Place the cursor on the page whose name you want to change, right-click and select the Rename command from the context menu that appears. The page title becomes available for editing (Fig. 11.41).

3. Enter a new page title and press .

Rice. 11.40. View of a Web page after changing its name

Rice. 11.41. Changing page titles in Transitions mode

Both of the above methods used to change the text of the link bar buttons do not allow you to change the name of the button intended to go to the home page.

To change the name of the home page button in the Link Bar, you must use the Navigation tab of the Web Settings dialog box (Figure 11.42).

Rice. 11.42. Configure Web Site Dialog Box

To open this window, use the Web Settings command from the Tools menu. Then, in the Home page text box, instead of Home, enter the new link name and click OK. Check out how the link bars now look. Browse the pages of the Web site.

Advice

Using the Navigations tab of the Site Customization dialog box, in addition to the Home button on the Link Bar, you can change the names of the buttons that allow you to navigate through pages of a Web site at the same hierarchy level.

Fonts, text and hyperlink colors, and the background image of your personal Web site are determined by the default theme specified by the wizard. To change the theme of a Web site, use the Themes dialog box, opened by command Theme from the Format menu. For more information on Web site design themes, see Chapter 15.

Customer Support Website Template

The Customer Support Web template allows you to create a customer support Web site for your products. On the pages of the site, visitors will be able to familiarize themselves with the goods and services offered, ask questions that interest them, and post their comments and suggestions regarding the quality of the goods. In Fig. Figure 11.43 shows the structure of a Web site created using this template.

Rice. 11.43. Structure of a Web site created using the Customer Support Web site template

• What's New - information about what is new that is offered to the visitor
• Products - a page with information about the goods and services offered
• Typical questions(F.A.Q.) - page with answers to frequently asked questions
• Service Request - product customer support page. Contains a form in which the user can describe the problem he encountered and ask related questions
• Suggestions - a page where visitors can enter their suggestions using a form
• Catalogs/Manuals - a page that users can use to download to their computers software or documents from your Web site using FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
• Support Forum - page for participating in the forum
• Contact Us - page with contact information
• Search - a page containing a search form necessary information on the website

Template for creating a project Web site

The Project Web template allows you to create a Web site that can be used as a focal point and discussion center for a large project. On the pages of the Web site you can post information about project participants, the state of affairs, discuss the most important issues, etc. In Fig. Figure 11.44 shows the structure of a Web site created using this template.

Rice. 11.44. Structure of a Web site created using the Project Web site template

The Web site contains a large number of pages with the following purposes:

• Members - page with information about project participants
• Schedule - page containing the project plan
• Archive - page for accessing shared documents and files
• Search - a form for searching for information contained in documents on a Web site
• Discussions - a page containing links to discussion groups Requirements and Information base data (Knowledge Base), intended for conducting dialogue forums
• Contact Inf - page with contact information

Templates and wizards for creating Web pages

To view the templates and wizards that FrontPage offers for creating Web pages, select New from the File menu, then Page or Web from the submenu that opens. The New Page or Web panel appears in the program window, on which select the Page Templates command. The Page Templates dialog box shown in Fig. 11.45.

Rice. 11.45. The Page Templates dialog box allows you to select templates and wizards for creating a Web page

The Page Templates dialog box contains three tabs. The General tab contains the names of the main page templates. The Frames Pages tab contains the names of page templates that use frames. In this chapter, we will limit ourselves to looking at the templates on the General tab. A description of the Frame Page tab templates will be given in Chapter 20.

FrontPage offers many more Web page creation templates than Web site templates. As you move through the list of templates, a brief description of the selected template appears in the Description area of ​​the window, and an approximate view of the page created using it is displayed in the Preview area.

First in the list of templates is the Normal Page, which is a blank page template. To create a page using this template, you do not need to open the Page Templates dialog box. Just click on the New button on the standard toolbar. By default, the Normal Page template is always assumed.

In table 11.3 provides a list of templates and page creation wizards provided by FrontPage.

Comment

When describing page templates, the term is used design effects. This term refers to the use of graphic elements and text that have a different design style than the main text of the page.

Table 11.3. Templates and wizards for creating Web pages

Template Collection of photos

The Photo Gallery template creates a page designed to host graphic images(Fig. 11.46). This template was missing from previous versions FrontPage programs. The convenience of the Photo Collection template is that it is easy to add new graphic images and delete existing ones to a page created using this template.

To configure graphic images placed on a page created using the Photo Collection template, use the Photo Gallery Properties dialog box (Fig. 11.47). To open this window, place the cursor in the graphics area and do one of the following:

• Double click
• Right-click and select Photo Gallery Properties from the context menu

Rice. 11.46. Page created using the Photo Collection template

Rice. 11.47. Photo Collection Properties Dialog Box

The Photo Gallery Properties dialog box contains two tabs. The Pictures tab is designed to form a list of images placed on the page and indicate the order in which they appear. The Layout tab allows you to specify how graphics will be arranged on a Web page.

In the upper left part of the Pictures tab there is a list of graphic images displayed on the Web page. To the right of the list is the viewing area of ​​the image on which the cursor is positioned. The buttons above the list have the following purposes:

• Add (Add) - adds a new graphic image to the list and, accordingly, to the Web page. When you click this button, a menu of two commands appears. The Pictures from Files command opens the File Open dialog box, allowing you to add an image from a file. The Pictures from Scanner or Cameras command adds a graphic image from a scanner or digital camera to a Web page
• Edit - opens the Edit Picture dialog box (Fig. 11.48), allowing you to edit the graphic image
• Remove - removes a graphic from the list

The Move Up and Move Down buttons located below the list change the order of images in the list and, accordingly, on the Web page.

On a Web page created with the Photo Collection template, graphics are displayed as thumbnails, the size of which is set using the Width and Height fields in the Thumbnail area.

The Pictures tab contains two checkboxes that you can check:

• Maintain aspect ratio - indicates the need to maintain proportions in the miniature
• Set as Default Size - indicates that the set size should be used as the default value

The Caption field allows you to enter text for the graphic image that will be displayed on the Web page. The formatting of this text (font, color, size, style) is carried out using lists and buttons located above the field.

The Edit button on the Pictures tab opens the Edit Picture dialog box (Figure 11.48), which allows you to edit graphic images placed on a Web page.

Rice. 11.48. Change Picture Dialog Box

Counters Width and Height of the Picture Size area

(Picture Size) allow you to set the size of the graphic image in pixels. Below are the checkboxes for the following purposes:

• Maintain aspect ratio - when this checkbox is checked, the proportions in the image are preserved
• Set as Default Size - a checked box indicates that the specified size will be used as the default value

The Rotate Picture area buttons have the following purposes:

The Crop button located in the Change Picture dialog box allows you to place not the entire image on the Web page, but part of it. When you click this button, a frame with selection markers appears on the graphic image. By placing the cursor on the markers one by one, move the outlines of the frame, changing the size of the area limited by the frame so that it selects the desired area in the image. Then click the Crop button again. The cut out image will replace the original one.

In addition to those named, the dialog box also contains the following buttons:

• Previous - displays in the window the image that is in the list of the Pictures tab before the current one
• Next (Next) - displays in the window the image located in the list of the Pictures tab after the current one
• Reset - restores the original image

Layout tab of the Photo Collection Properties dialog box

(Photo Gallery Properties) (Fig. 11.49) allows you to set the way graphic images are arranged. The Choose a layout list contains options for the arrangement of images and their captions on the Web page. The Preview area allows you to preview how the page will look with the selected layout option. The Number of pictures per row list indicates the number of pictures in one row.

Rice. 11.49. Layout tab of the Photo Collection Properties dialog box

This section contains general information about nodes and their properties, administrator privileges and administering nodes with remote computers. The section contains the following subsections:

Web and FTP sites

Multiple Web or FTP sites can be created on a single Windows 2000 computer while working on an intranet or the Internet in any of three ways:

• Adding port numbers to an IP address.
• Using multiple IP addresses, each with a corresponding board network adapter.
• Assign multiple domain names and IP addresses to a single network adapter card using host header names.

The following example illustrates an intranet scenario in which an administrator has installed Windows 2000 Server with IIS on a company server, resulting in the creation of a single default Web site, http://CompanyServer. The administrator then created two additional website, one for each department: marketing group and human resources department.

But CompanyServer, And Marketing, And HumanResources hosted on the same computer, each will appear as a separate website. These departmental nodes have the same security settings as if they were on separate computers because each node has its own access settings and administrative permissions. In addition, administrative tasks can be distributed among employees of each department. additional information For information about hosting multiple hosts, see Assigning host header names, addresses, and ports to Web hosts in the About Determining Addresses by Names section.

If you are creating a large number of nodes, be sure to consider hardware limitations and upgrade as necessary hardware. For more details, see Vol. IIS Resource Guide Windows package 2000 Resource Kit.

Properties and property inheritance on nodes

Properties are values ​​that can be set on a Web site. For example, you can use it to change TCP port assigned to the default Web site from 80 to a different port number. Node properties are displayed in the properties window and are stored in a database called metabase.

During IIS installation, various properties are assigned default values ​​and displayed in the Properties window. You can use the default values ​​offered by IIS or customize these settings to suit your web publishing needs. Adjustment standard settings sometimes allows you to add new ones functionality, increase productivity and enhance security.

Properties can be set at the node level, at the directory level, or at the file level. Parameters set on upper level, such as node level, are automatically used, i.e. are inherited at lower levels, such as the directory level. In addition, the values ​​of these parameters can be changed individually at a lower level. If you change a property for an individual node, directory, or file, changing the underlying properties setting will not automatically override the value of a property that was explicitly set at a lower level. Instead, a message appears asking you to confirm whether to change the individual node, directory, or file property to match the new primary property value.

The values ​​of some properties are in the form of a list. For example, the default document value could be a list of documents that will be downloaded if the user does not specify a file name in the URL. Other examples of properties stored in list format are special error messages, TCP/IP access control, script mappings, and MIME mappings. Although these lists typically contain multiple elements, IIS treats the entire list as a single property value. If a user modifies a listing for a directory and then makes a global change to node-level properties, then the directory-level listing is completely replaced by the new node-level listing; Lists are not merged. Additionally, list format property values ​​are displayed only at the primary property level and at the site or directory level where those properties were changed from their default value. Lists are not displayed if they represent inherited defaults.

The following illustration shows the properties window where you set properties for all Web sites.

You can press the button Reference in the Properties window for information about setting individual properties.

Website Operators

Site Operators are a special group of users who have limited administrative privileges for individual Web sites. Operators can administer properties that affect only the corresponding nodes. They do not have access to properties that affect IIS, the server computer, or the network.

For example, an Internet service provider that has hosted many nodes various companies, may appoint a company representative as the operator of the company's website. This method of distributed server administration has the following advantages:

• Each operator can act as a site operator and can change the Web site configuration as needed. For example, an operator can set access permissions for a Web site, allow logins, change the default document and notes, set the expiration date for site content, and enable content ratings.
• The website operator is not allowed to change the website ID, configure the username and password anonymous user, throttle bandwidth, create or change virtual directory paths, and change application isolation.
• Because operators have more limited privileges than site administrators, they do not have the ability to view remotely file system and therefore cannot set directory or file properties (unless a path that follows the universal naming convention is used).

Instructions for specifying accounts Windows users, used by website operators, see Assignment of website operators.

Remote node administration

Since it is not always convenient to perform administrative tasks on a computer running IIS, you have two options: remote administration. If you connect to the server over the Internet or through a proxy server, you can use the HTML version of Internet Service Manager to change the properties of the site. When working in intranet You can use either the HTML version of Internet Services Manager or the one located in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Although the HTML version of Internet Services Manager offers many of the same capabilities as the Internet Information Services snap-in, there are property changes that require coordination with service Windows programs, cannot be done using the HTML version of Internet Service Manager.

Note. In previous versions, the Internet Information Services snap-in was called Internet Services Manager.

The HTML version of Internet Services Manager uses a Web site that is listed in the Administrative Web Sites list to access IIS properties. After IIS is installed, a port number between 2000 and 9999 is randomly selected and assigned to this Web site. This host responds to web browser requests for the names of all domains installed on the computer, provided that a port number is appended to the address. If Basic authentication is used, you will be prompted for a username and password when accessing the site. Only group members can use this node Windows administrators. Web site operators can administer Web sites remotely. For instructions on using the HTML version of Internet Services Manager and the Internet Information Services snap-in, see Remote Administration.

Note. Although the HTML version of Internet Services Manager has many of the same functional characteristics as the IIS snap-in, the HTML version is designed as a Web page. Right-click actions are not supported. Many familiar toolbar buttons or tab titles appear as links in the left frame. Because of these differences, many of the instructions in the documentation may not accurately describe the specific actions performed in the HTML version of Internet Service Manager.

Electronic documentation is also available when performing remote administration tasks. To obtain this documentation, launch your web browser and type http:// ServerName/webmast/iis/misc/default.asp, Where ServerName- the name of the computer on which IIS is running.

MIME mappings can be configured at the computer, Web site, virtual directory, directory, or file level. To configure MIME mappings at the machine level, use the Internet Information Services Properties window. To configure MIME mappings at other levels, use the HTTP Headers properties window.

Note. MIME mappings configured at the computer level automatically override settings made at lower levels.

To speed up execution laboratory work It is possible to copy data via the clipboard to create a page with frames clauses 2.3.1, 2.1.4 and 2.1.5 from a file with guidelines.

2.1.1 Create and design a website containing web pages. To do this you need to run the command File 4 Create 4 Single Page Web Site, select an option in the dialog box Single Page Web Site. Then switch to mode Transitions(tab at the bottom of the Front Page window ) , then double-click on the file name index.htm in the center of the screen. Then you should place the data shown in Figure 1 on the sheet: enter the text according to the sample, arrange the pictures. To create a logo for the name of the store, you can use the WordArt tool.

To customize the appearance of the home page, you need to use the command Format4Font, in which you need to select the font color and typeface. Next you need to save the page.

To create a page with frames shown in Figure 2, in the navigation area, select the index.htm file and run the command File 4 Create 4 Other page templates, in the dialog box that appears Page Templates select tab Frames page, then select a template Announcement and table of contents, and click on the button OK. After this, go to page editing mode, then you need to click on the button Create a page in every frame.

Figure 1 Example home page

To design the top frame page (Figure 2), insert a table of one row and three columns. Then place pictures in the columns of the table, then move the borders of the columns to the size of each of the pictures and align them to the center. Then right-click on the table and select the command in the context menu that appears Table properties.... In a group of elements Borders set the table border size to zero to make the border invisible.

To write menu items on the left side of a framed page, you should also use a table consisting of one column and four rows. Each menu item is recorded in a table row.

On the right side of the page with frames, you should enter text, formatting it accordingly.

After this you need to run the command File4Save,to save all new pages. Each page will be saved under its own name. The page being saved will be highlighted with a blue frame. For example, the top frame page should be named baner.htm, the left one should be mnu.htm, the right one should be text.htm, and the page with frames itself should be named start.htm. The result should be a page with frames, shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2 Example of creating a page with frames

After creating the page with the start.htm frames, you should begin creating other pages that will contain information on each of the menu items located in the left frame.

Note. Data contained on created web pages can be transferred using the clipboard commands from the electronic version of the FrontPage guidelines installed on computers.

Create new page, on which in the mode Constructor place the following information.

We got acquainted with the main program window, menu commands, standard toolbar, and looked at the available templates and wizards for creating Web pages and Web sites. Now you can start creating your own Web site.

In this chapter, you will become familiar with placing text information and headings on a Web page, learn about tools for formatting characters, paragraphs, and using lists to format information.

To create a Web site, we will use a template One page website(One Page Web). This template is useful for exploring the capabilities that FrontPage provides to the developer. This template forms the structure of the Web site and adds one blank page to it, on which information will be placed in the future. At the same time, the page does not have any special design or formatting requirements. We will post everything we need on this page ourselves.

To create a one-page Web site, follow these steps:

1. On the menu File(File) select command Create(New), and then in the submenu that opens - the option Page or website(Page or Web). As a result, a panel appears in the main window of the FrontPage program Create a web page or site(New Page or Web).
2. Select a value in the panel Website Templates(Web Site Templates). A dialog box opens Web site templates.
3. In field Specify the location of the new website(Specify the location of the new web) dialog box Website Templates Enter the location and name of the Web site you are creating. For example, let's give it the name My Test_Web.
4. Double click on the icon One page website(One Page Web). The template creation process begins. After some time, the created Web site (Fig. 12.1) opens in the main window of the FrontPage program, which you can modify. Panel Folder list(Folder List) displays its structure consisting of two folders _private And images and index.htm pages.

Rice. 12.1.

Comment

By default, FrontPage assumes that the first page placed on a Web site will be the home page. IN in the folder structure it is saved under the name index.htm.

Double click on the panel Folder list(Folder List) on the file name index.htm. This blank Web page will open in the FrontPage workspace. You can start placing objects in it.

Placing text on the page

The main purpose of a Web page is to introduce a Web site visitor to information that interests him. In order for information to be easily perceived, it should be presented properly: the design should not be depressing with its monotony, but should be pleasing to the eye. To do this, FrontPage provides the developer with tools for formatting characters and paragraphs, including setting various font parameters, spacing between characters, offsets, indents, displaying characters in small capital letters, in the form of upper and lower indices, etc. Using these tools, you can highlight the most important places on the page and make the information easy to read.