Setting up a Frontpage site

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Setting Up a Frontpage Site

Setting Up a FrontPage Web Site:

First and foremost you will need a FrontPage account. Call the help desk and request one. The help desk number is 632-3151.

Open FrontPage
Go to File, New and then choose Web.

Click on “One Page Web”.

Go to the tool bar on the left hand side and click on the “Navigation” button.

* Now we are ready to add pages, and you may add as many as you like. For the sake of this tutorial I will add 3 pages.

Click on File, New and then Page, (notice that it links the pages to your home page).
You will have to repeat this step for each new page. Once you’ve done this three times, your screen should look like this:

Now we need to rename the pages. Right click on “New Page 2” and chose Rename. Name it what ever you like. I will rename mine “Dogs”. Now repeat the process for each page by right clicking on each page and choosing Rename.

Ok, the basic site is set up. Next we need to add content.

Double click on the Home Page icon. You should come up to a blank page.

This part works like Microsoft Word. You will need to type in the text that you would like to have on your home page. Remember this is the first page people will see when the visit your site.

I typed in a few lines of content:

I know, you’re not impressed yet. Hang on, it will get better. Let’s add a graphic. That will add interest to our site.

I will place the cursor where I would like to add a graphic. Now choose Insert (from the tool bar), then choose Picture, now choose from File.

Click on the file button that has a magnifying glass over a folder. You will find this button on the lower right hand side of the window.

Browse until you find the file (picture you are looking for). And then click Ok.
I chose a picture of me. Feel free to share it with your loved ones!

Now let's fix the text to wrap around the graphic.

Right mouse click on the picture you selected.

Choose Picture Properties.

Click on the tab on the top right called “Appearance.”

Under Layout, choose the drop down menu beside Alignment. Change it from Default to Left. You can also add a border thickness if you wish. I added the number 3. Wow, look what happened when I click Ok!

Feel free to change your font size or font colors. Remember, it works like Word!

Are you ready to make it pretty? I thought so.

Find a blank part of the screen and right click. Choose “Theme”. Pick a theme from the choices listed on the left side of the window. You can always change to a different theme if you are not satisfied with your initial selection.

I chose “Artsy”. Now click OK. Answer ”Yes” to the question.

Just about done. Lets add our links to our other pages.

Right click once more on a blank part of the page. And choose “Shared Borders.”

Click the buttons:
o       All pages
o       Top
o       Left (with this one, also click the button to include navigation buttons)

Click OK.

Now we need to fix up our navigation buttons.

Go to the links that say Dogs, Cats and Birds. Now double click on any one of the links.

Click on these radio Buttons. “Home Page”, “Parent Page” and “Child Level.”
At the bottom of the page click on “Vertical” and “Buttons”.

Now we’ll add a header and we are almost done.

First, make sure the cursor is in the top border of the page. Now go to “Insert” and choose “Page Banner.”

Choose Picture and type in the text you would like to appear.

Click Ok.

To center my banner, I will click on it one time and then click on the center text icon on my tool bar (just like in Word) .

Now to finish your other pages you can click back on the navigation view of the tool bar and choose the page that you wish to workon. Remember the navigation button is on the far left. Then just double click on the page you would like to edit.

Once you are done, click on “File” and “Save.” If it asks you to save embedded files click OK.

Now let’s publish it.

Choose “File” and “Publish” web.

Now you will need to specify the location of your web. The location will be:
www1.fccj.org/username

Click on “Publish.”
Now enter your user name and password. (your profs id) and click OK.

Once it is finished you can preview your website. You can do this by clicking the “Preview” tab on the bottom of your window.

From this point on you can edit your website, save the changes and hit Publish. It’s that easy.

Remember if you have any questions, don’t call me! Just kidding. Give us a call at 997-2939.