PROPERTIES EDITOR ~ Page Properties ~ Basics
To activate the Page Properties aspect of the PE, click anywhere on your page background. Be sure you don't click on a graphic or other element - if you do you won't get the PE menu for Page Properties.
Basics Tab
File Name - The first page (usually the home page) in your site should have the file name Index. Subsequent pages can be named to fit the topic of the page. You give the page its File Name when you Save the page.
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Page Title - The title of the page should be a short description of what the page is about. Let's say your site is about a resort named Sally's and the page you are working on gives details about the accommodations.
The page title could read: Spacious Suites at Sally's Tropical Resort in Palmville, Somewhere.
Open your browser to a site, any site. In the top left corner you will see the title of the page you are viewing. When visitors bookmark a page that title is what will show when they look at their bookmarks.
You are also giving the search bots some food by offering them something besides Page 1 or About.
Properties Editor in Undocked State
Page Width - Many viewers still use an 800 x 600 resolution. Page widths over 800 will require those viewers to scroll left to right as well as the normal up and down. For most people this is an inconvenience and they leave. Keep in mind when you start adding elements (text and graphics) that their total combined width can't exceed whatever width you have set for your page. If you do, the page will expand, creating the horizontal scroll and/or will throw your elements out of alignment. A page set to 760 wide will print out on a standard sheet of paper.
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Link Color - This is what alerts your viewer that by clicking on the word they will be taken to additional information, another site, etc. The standard color for links is blue. You can, however, make the link any color you choose.
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Visited Link Color - Once a link is visited the color of the link changes to let the viewer know they've been there. The standard color for visited links is purple. Here again, you have the option of making the visited link color whatever you choose.
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Password - Any page in your site can be password protected. It will only be available to those people you supply with the password.
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BACKGROUND:
COLOR - "Tic" the Color box and choose a preset color from the dropdown box or click on Other to select a custom color.
PATTERN - "Tic" the Pattern box and choose a preset pattern from the drop down box.
IMAGE - "Tic" the Image box, then Browse to select an image or background pattern of your choice.
**QUICK SITE BUILDER ONLY**
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FOOTER -The footer information is unique to Quick Sites and not applicable if you are using SiteBuilder. It will show on the bottom of your published pages or when you are in preview mode, but does not show in edit mode.
STYLE - Click on the dropdown menu to select a style for your footer. To eliminate the footer (recommended) choose No Footer which is at the bottom of the dropdown menu. You can then make your own footer and copyright information and eliminate the "canned" footer which is a link to Homestead.
ADD COPYRIGHT - Add copyright information
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