Setup

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Download & Installation
  1. Download the Simplicity.exe and run UNZIP to save it to your hard drive. The default location is C:\FrontPage Tools (this can be modified)
  2. In FrontPage, click File > Open Web, then browse to C:\FrontPage Tools folder, and select the Simplicity web.
  3. Use existing pages in web by renaming them to suit your needs, for example rename setup.htm to clients.htm, then go into the Navigation View to modify the Navigation Bar.

 

How to Modify the Company Name, Tagline, and the Top Navigation Labels
  1. Open top.htm (located in the INCLUDES  folder)
  2. Click in the text box that you want to change
  3. Type you company name, tagline, or navigation

 

How to Modify the Top Navigation Links
  1. Open top.htm (located in the INCLUDES folder)
  2. Right-click the Hotspot you wish to modify
  3. Type or browse to create the new hyperlink

--or--

  1. Open top.htm (located in the INCLUDES folder)
  2. Go into the HTML view
  3. change the url e.g. from ../search.htm to ../somethingnew.htm

 

Left Navigation Customization

Rename the Navigation Bar
  1. View > Navigation
  2. Select the page you would like to rename
  3. Right click > Rename
  4. Right click in anywhere in Navigation View and click Apply Changes
 

Adding pages to the Navigation Bar

  1. View > Navigation
  2. From the Folder List, drag the page into the navigation hierarchy
  3. You can verify where you dragged the page by right clicking the page in the Folder List and choosing Find in Navigation
  4. Make sure to name the page appropriate so it "Fits" in the Navigation Bar
  5. Right click in anywhere in Navigation View and click Apply Changes
     
How to Modify the Section Text
  1. The main 3 sections use plain text, and can be modified to your liking
  2. If you would like fancier text, you can modify the section_text.psd file located in \IMAGES\EDITABLE folder
     
How to insert Banner Ad
  1. Open top.htm (located in the INCLUDES folder)
  2. Insert code into commented area above Header Navigation
How to Configure your Contact Form
  1. Make sure that your website is hosted on a web server that is configured with FrontPage Server Extensions (Ask your Web Hosting company)
  2. Right-click the form (anywhere inside the dotted lines) and click Form Properties
  3. Enter your email address and text file, or database that you want the information to be sent to.
Different Color schemes
There are 3 differrent color schemes available with this template blue, green, and purple. You can control the colored links by modifying the table or cell properties. 
  1. Go to properties of the Table or Cell
  2. Click the Style button
  3. Select a class.

 

 
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