Tutorials
For your convenience, we've
listed our tutorials in the order
you would need the information when
working with FrontPage 2003 DWTs for
the first time.
Quick Q&A's
The DWT technology eliminates the
need for pre-made HTML pages, as the
Dynamic Web Templates simply
"attach" to your own HTML pages,
giving them all the design
attributes. For this reason, it is
unnecessary for us to bog you down
with countless content pages you
have to rewrite or delete, so we are
skipping that step! The DWT package
contains: a DWT for each design
layout provided (see "Features" of
each design), all graphical files
needed to use the design, all flash
files (if any) needed for the
design, and a thorough ReadMe.html
file with complete instructions.
No problem. We've made a
complete content DWT Web Package
for you to start with, and it is
available FREE of charge. (It's
also an excellent way for you to
play around with DWTs prior to
making a purchase decision!) You
simply follow the instructions on
the Introduction Page of the linked
template in this section to install
your web package - THEN, you may
attach any DWTIG Compliant DWT to
replace the design in use.
Our Dynamic Web Templates (DWTs)
are packaged in an .exe file, which
will unzip the DWT files to a new
directory on your drive: c:\Program
Files\ TWC Graphics Design\<DWT
Folder Name>. You will simply
download the .exe after licensing a
DWT to any location on your hard
drive; double-click to begin the
unzip, and accept the defaults.
You don't. You "ATTACH" the
Dynamic Web Template to an existing
web, or you start with a new
one-page web and attach it to the
new web pages. To place the files
in the appropriate location to
attach the DWTs, open the web you
wish to attach in FrontPage 2003.
Open the Folder List (View, Folder
List) if it is not already open and
ensure that the top level directory
is selected (left click over it to
highlight it). From the FrontPage
menu, select File, Import - then
click "Add Folder." Navigate on your
hard drive to c:\Program Files\TWC
Graphics Design\ - then select the
folder for the design. Once imported
to your web, you will be able to
attach the DWT.
Certainly! Open a new page in
FrontPage 2003 (click the "blank
page" icon to Create a New Normal
Page in the upper left toolbar).
Select Format, Dynamic Web
Templates, Attach Dynamic Web
Template... Locate the DWT you wish
to attach in the pop-up window, and
select Open.
With the new web open in
FrontPage, go to View, Navigation.
See that
"organizational-chart-looking"
diagram of the files? That's where
you will change button/banner
names. Simply right click over the
box with the name you want to
change, select "Rename", and type in
what you want to appear on the
buttons & banners.
Please preview the DWT design in
question, and read up on that. In
general, if you can easily change
the colors, then it will be stated
in the Features listed with design
in the catalog. Many of our designs
are graphical, and the colors can
NOT be changed unless you are very
adept with a graphics program.
Sure - you can do virtually
anything with our DWTs you can do
with any web. The only thing to
make note of is the image will need
to be sized appropriately so that
your page doesn't "run off to the
right" in lower resolutions!
From one of our customers: "I'm
using XP. To name the banners in
Chinese, I go to CONTROL PANEL =>
REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE OPTIONS =>
LANGUAGE => ADVANCED => select
Chinese from the dropdown menu for
"select a language to match the
language version of the non-Unicode
programs you want to use". Voila! I
did it."
Our DWTs are DWTIG Compliant, and
may be used with any platform
supporting DWTs according to
instructions provided either by the
DWTIG or by us. FrontPage DWTs may
NOT be used with any prior version
of FrontPage. The FrontPage DWTs
MAY be used with Dreamweaver;
however, we have not yet compiled
the instructions.
Ahhhhh... Sounds like you've
skipped the most important step!
The .swi file you opened and revised
is a raw file useable in Swish
ONLY. It has nothing to do with
what shows up on the internet.
Likewise, with Flash files, there is
a raw .fla file that is useable in
Flash only, and IT has nothing to do
with what shows up on the internet.
The format of the movie that appears
online is .swf. In order to make
your Swish file show up in the
template and online, after saving
the .swi, select File, Export SWF -
then export the file with the same
name as the .swi to the root
directory of your web, overwriting
ours. That's all there is to it!
