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How do I create new web pages from the original template?

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After you make all the changes in the original template that you need to make, ie. hyperlinks, graphics, button text, alt tags, metas, etc. (each template is different and designer's needs so I cannot be specific), then do a File > Save As and save the file in the same directory on your hard drive with a new name. For example ...

File > Save As > about.html
File > Save As > info.html

Important: Keep in mind that everything on your original template that you changed will be on each of the new pages you create from it. So if you don't want it on each new page, don't put it on the original template. Add it later to the newly created page.

When you save files, you want to be sure of two things during the process:

1) Change the Page Title: It is the page title that is displayed on the browser window title bar.  You can change the page title easily in your source code. The title is in the head of the document between the begin title tag and end title tag.

2) The saved "file name" should end with .htm, .html, (.shtml or .php for advanced web designers). The file name should not have any spaces, uppercase letters or special characters (ie. underscore, slashes, question marks, quotes, etc.). We advise not to use the underscore because some older browsers have issues with this character, and it is more difficult for your visitors to type it into their browsers correctly. Keep your file names as short as possible too.

Use these same guidelines when you are creating subdirectories,(ie. "images" directory, "scripts" directory, etc.). A good rule of thumb in naming pages is "anything after the .com should be short, lowercase and without special characters".



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