Implementation

The creation of a wrap-around graphics Web template requires the use of image editors, the FrontPage Theme Editor and tables to position the graphics in the shared borders. The following steps will be taken in the implementation phase:

• Mockup a Web page with the common border areas in an image editor.
• Create a source Web into which the Web template will be built.
• Creation of a supporting FrontPage theme to be integrated with the wrap-around graphics.
• Placement of the wrap-around graphics and theme elements into the shared borders of the Web template.

Major Elements

Our Web will consists of two major elements: 

1. FrontPage theme that defines the look of the navigation buttons, page banner image, separators,  background image and the text attributes for these items.
2. Web page with shared borders that contain the navigation components, wrap-around graphics and tables that hold these items in place. 

Note: Because of the lack of support for shared border background images in FrontPage 2000, Wrap-around themes are limited to type 'r' and 'n' wrap-around themes in FrontPage 2000. FP FrontPage 2002 can supports a type 'c' and type 'o' wrap-around themes.

Tutorial Web Sample

To better understand the next several sections of this tutorial it may be useful to download the sample wrap-around theme used in this tutorial from our Web site at http://www.frontlook.com/. Once there, press the downloads link to register and then go to the "Downloads" page. Download and install the "Super Themes Sampler". 

Once you have the Super Theme sampler installed, you can create the tutorial Web by selecting the "File->New->Page or Web..." in FP2002.

This will bring up the "New Page or Web" side panel. then select the "Web Templates..." item. From the "Web Site Templates Dialog" select the "STRedBlueBars" icon and then name the Web in the "Specify location of the new Web" text field and then press OK.  You should see tutorial Web in FrontPage.

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