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• What is a FrontPage template? - FrontPage Web Templates help you to create a new web. Using a Web Template will create a web with a certain navigational structure in place already, with several pre-designed pages. Using the Web Template will help you to get started; it is then up to you to add your content and add/delete/move pages.

• What comes in a FrontPage template? - The FrontPage template packages come with a custom installer designed to install your template directly into the FrontPage template file system. You will also receive the template files, theme, graphics, sample pages, and support. See the product's "details" page for more included features.

• What is the difference between a theme, a page template and a web template? - Microsoft Themes define the look of navigation buttons, page banners, fonts, font colors, styles, horizontal rules, bullets, and a few other features. By applying a theme to your web, all of these features will be changed. Microsoft Page Templates, on the other hand, specify a specific page layout. They may incorporate Theme elements (for example, navigation bars), but have a pre-defined page design. It is then up to you to add your own content and create a web site with more pages. Microsoft Web Templates help you to create a new web. Using a Web Template will create a web that has a certain navigational structure in place already, with several pre-designed pages. Using the Web Template will help you to get started; it is then up to you to add your content and add or delete pages.

• I am using a non-English version of Windows/FrontPage. Where are my themes/templates? - Templates are by default installed into the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033 folder. If you use a non-English version of Microsoft Office and FrontPage, you may not have a "1033" folder. Look for the ID number that corresponds to your language on the Microsoft web site at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q221435. For example, French is 1036 and Spanish is 1034.

  Close FrontPage, then open the 1033 folder. If your product came with a web template, click into the Webs folder. You should see a folder there with the template files for your product. Move this folder into your Microsoft Office\Templates\xxxx\Webs folder.

  If your product came with a page template, do the same thing by clicking into the Pages folder and move it into your language's Pages folder.

  Now, open FrontPage again and go to File > New > Page or Web. In the right column, select Web Site Templates (or Page Templates if you are going to use a page template). The template should now appear in your list of web templates.

• I added a new page to the web. Where are my navigation buttons? - You will need to add your new page to the navigation structure. Go to Navigation View, and drag your page from the folder list into the nav structure. Also, you may need to edit the nav/link bar properties to reflect the correct level of pages that you are trying to link to. You may also need to use "Recalculate Hyperlinks" from the Tools menu in FrontPage.

• When looking at my web in the FrontPage Preview screen, the roll over effect on my buttons is missing. What is wrong? - If you are in Preview mode of FrontPage, this is normal. Preview mode does not show rollover effects. If you go to File/Preview In Browser and view your page in a normal browser, the rollover effects should work. Otherwise, go to Format/Theme and make sure that the "Active Graphics" box is checked.

• How can I change the buttons or text on my navigation buttons? - The navigation/link bars are generated by Microsoft FrontPage. In 2000, the navigation bars are generated based on your navigation structure. Please view our tutorials on navigation bars. You may change the text on a button by changing the Page Title in navigation view. In 2002, you may create custom link bars. You may also choose the style of the buttons -- you may use the page's theme, or a different theme, or text styles.

• My navigation buttons show up fine in FrontPage, but not on my web after I publish to my server. What is wrong? - This is an issue with your server. Contact your ISP and make sure that the latest FrontPage extensions are applied to your domain.

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