getting started - questions for new site

[Bill]

Just installed 2003 FP and am trying to put together a site similiar to
www.lionelrichie.com I have intermediate experience with FP and hard
coding basic sites but am hoping someone can answer the following: (1)
on the home page how do you create the link bar on the left with what
looks to be text roll over? (2) are css pages used here or necessary?
Is there anything (CSS pages) in FP similiar to these? (3) all the
subsequent pages after home have the same look - the link bar is now
horizontal instead of vertical just below the picture. Can this also be
done in FP? If so how please? The components I have played with just
don't have the same look. Thanks in advance - Bill

 

[JDR]

Bill,

On the Lionel Richie site, the home page is basically graphics, the links
are swap-image mouseovers.
This is easily done in FP using Behaviors / Format > Behaviors

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Yes, the site uses css, here is an example of their css:

<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
<!--
DIV.background2 { background-image:url(assets/bg15.jpg);
background-color:#ECE9E6; background-repeat:repeat;
background-attachment:scroll }
BODY,td { color:black; font-size:11px; font-family:verdana, arial,
sans-serif }
H1 { font-size:10px; font-family: arial, sans-serif }
DIV.content {line-height: 10px; font-size: 10px }
DIV.small { line-height: 10px; font-size: 10px }
A:link { color: #A74D0F }
A:active { color: #A74D0F }
A:visited { color: #A74D0F }

-->
</STYLE>

This also can esily be added within Frontpage

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Yes, you can place your navigation anywhere you want using css, or tables.
Ideally you would creat ean included file called Nav.asp or Nav.htm and
include it on all pages, this way you only have one Nav file to edit.

This also is easily done in FrontPage

1- Creat Your Nav File
2- Open your page you wish to insert your included file
3- Insert > Web Component
4- Under Componet Type: Select Included content > Page > Finish