- Introduction
- Creating an HTML Page
- Opening Web Pages from Within a Web
- Navigating Web Pages
- Displaying Web Pages in the HTML Format
- Managing Web Pages
- Setting the Home Page
- Changing the Web Page Title
- Changing Web Page Properties
- Inserting Background Pictures and Watermarks
- Changing Background Colors
- Adding Background Sound
- Setting Page Size
- Previewing Web Pages in Snapshot
- Previewing Web Pages in a Browser
- Displaying Web Pages in SuperPreview
- Printing Web Pages
- Creating a Page Template
- Using a Dynamic Page Template
- Creating a Master and Content Page
- Saving a Web Page with Different Formats
- Expression Web Formats
- Animating Page Transitions
Creating a Page Template
Instead of using one of the built-in page templates that comes with Expression Web, you can create your own. There are two kinds of page templates: static and dynamic. A static template is a Web page you create and design, which is completely editable. After you save a static page template, you can access it in the My Templates tab of the Page Templates dialog box. A dynamic template is a Web page with editable areas like a static template, yet also contains non-editable areas with content that changes based on circumstances, such as actions taken by a user or the date.
Create a Static Template
- Design and display the Web page you want to create into a static template.
- Click the File menu, and then click Save As.
- Type a name for the template.
- Click the Save as type list arrow, and then click Page Template (*.tem).
The folder location changes to the Pages folder, where Expression Web stores page templates.
- Click Save.
- Type the title you want for the template.
- Type a description for the template.
- To save the template in the current Web site, select the Save Template in Current Web site check box.
- Click OK.
- If prompted, click OK to save embed files.
Create a Dynamic Template
- Design and display the Web page you want to create into a dynamic template. Be sure to leave areas open to create editable regions.
- Click the File menu, and then click Save As.
- Type a name for the template.
- Click the Save as type list arrow, and then click Dynamic Web Template (*.dwt).
The folder location changes to the Pages folder, where Expression Web stores page templates.
- Click Save.
- If prompted, click OK to save embed files.
Create and Work with Editable Regions for a Dynamic Template
- Display the Dynamic Web Template you want to change.
- Select the page area you want to vary from page to page.
- Click the Format menu, point to Dynamic Web Template, and then click Manage Editable Regions.
- Type a name for the area you selected.
- Click Add.
- To rename an editable region. Select the region name, type a new name, and then click Rename.
- To remove an editable region. Select the region name, and then click Remove.
- Click Close.