Guides & Standards - Style - Web Template

Get the template file from the Web server

1. If you do not have access to the main Web server (www.wright.edu) and an FTP (file transfer protocol) client, bring up the appropriate template in your browser and select File | Save As from the menu bar.

2. If you do have access to the main Web server, open an FTP session using the hostname www.wright.edu. Change directory to /www/wsu/web/guides/. Download the file template.html (make sure to download the file in ASCII mode).

3. Departments may request a customized departmental template, which includes a banner graphic with your department name. Send e-mail to webteam@wright.edu with your department name (exactly as it should appear on the banner) and a departmental contact e-mail address (must be a staff or faculty member or a "generic" departmental e-mail address which is directed to a staff or faculty member).

Modify the template in an HTML editor

We suggest using Contribute, which is available for a small fee through CATS.

Note: Templates use a style sheet, maintained by the WSU Web Team, to define font face, size and color. To maintain consistency, do not modify the font sizes or colors within your HTML document or FrontPage's font drop down menu. For heading size fonts, use H2, H3, etc. to create boldface, larger type. For example, if you use an <H2> or <H3> tag, it will appear as follows.

What you see:

This is an example of H2

HTML Source Code: <h2>This is an example of H2</h2> 

What you see:

This is an example of H3

HTML Source Code: <h3>This is an example of H3</h3>


1. Create a new Web in Front Page.

   • Select File | New | Web from the menu bar

   • Choose "One Page Web"

   • Specify the location (on your computer) of the new Web

2. Import the template_file into the new Web

   • Select File | Import from the menu bar

   • Choose Add File from the Import Box

   • Locate the template_file and choose OK

3. Open the template_file in Front Page

   • Double Click on the template_file in the Folder List

4. If you saved the source code from your browser rather than using an FTP client, you will need to replace the date last modified code on the bottom of the page. Omit this step if you downloaded the template using an FTP client.

• Click on the HTML view of your page (tab is at bottom left of window).

• At the bottom of your page, replace the line:

  This page was last updated Thu. Jan-10-02, 10:29 , by (initials).

  with

  This page was last updated <!--#config timefmt="%a. %b-%d-%y, %H:%M"--><!--#echo var="LAST_MODIFIED"-->, by (initials).

• Substitute your initials for "initials"

5. Change the Title

   • Right click anywhere in the page view

   • Select Page Properties

   • Change the title - the title does not appear on your Web page, it appears in the browser, title bar (in Netscape, it's the blue bar at the top of the browser window).

6. Customize the Meta Tags

   • Right click anywhere in the page view

   • Select Page Properties

   • Choose the Custom Tab in the Page Properties box

   • Similarly modify the DESCRIPTION and KEYWORDS
     
     Example of DESCRIPTION: <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Describes how to use the WSU templates to create a student, faculty, staff, and departmental Web page.">
     

   • More information on Meta Tags

7. Change text alternative for banner 

   • Right click on the right end of the graphic

   • Select Picture Properties

   • Under Alternative Representations change text "WSU Academics" to your page title

   Departments may request a customized banner graphic with your department name displayed. Send e-mail to webmaster@wright.edu with your department name (exactly as it should appear on the banner).
   OR
   If you have access to the main Web server and you have PhotoShop 5.x or above, departments may create a banner on their own.

8. Add and modify page text

   • Add and modify text as you would in any word processing application

   Note: if you want to create a line break without inserting a blank line, hold the Shift key while pressing the Return key
   
    

9. Change contact information. 
   

   • contact information

   • e-mail address and link

   • campus location

   • telephone and fax numbers

   • office hours
     
     

10. Change links and department/initials of person who last updated the site in footer area to appropriate ones.  Keep the link to "WSU Home" on the initial page of your site. 
    
    

11. Create New Links

• Highlight the text you wish to make a link

• Select Insert | Hyperlink from the menu bar

• Specify the location of the page you are linking to in the URL field

More information on using Front Page 2000