The other bubble-burster is Publisher is just the wrong tool for this job.
And, he will have to learn a whole lot more about web design than he thinks
at present.
| Scottie,
|
| Replies in-line to make it easier to follow!
|
| Scottie B wrote:
| > Thanks Mike,
| > You are correct about the non-websafe fonts... I noticed this issue a
couple
| > of days ago. The website looks great at my office, but when I pulled it
up
| > at home, some of the fonts had been substituted, and some text did not
| > display correctly. I noticed an option to embed fonts, and was not sure
if
| > that would fix this problem. I am guessing it does not apply to this
issue.
|
| You guesses correctly! DTP is different from web publishing.
|
| > I suppose if I really wanted to keep certain stylish fonts, I could
create
| > those sections in Photoshop and include them as a jpeg.
|
| If you do that, it will take longer to load the pages and create another
| layer of "what might go wrong."
| On that subject...
| > I'm not sure where you are coming from about the logo and contact info
all
| > being one image file. My contact info is curently in a text box... and
when
| > I pull up the live website, I can copy and paste it just fine.
|
| You are using IE, I presume? Try Mozilla or Opera. They render the text
| as an image.
|
| Are you
| > suggesting another solution? Back to the original thread. If I only
had to
| > change the address at the top, you would be correct, it would only take
a few
| > seconds, and no big deal. But as I have it currently, I have my name,
| > address, fax number, phone number, and email address at the bottom of
each
| > page. If I have to change that ten times a day, for ten different
| > Realtors... every single day, then it is not an efficient solution, and
it
| > multiplies the chance for error (typos).
|
| Earth to Scottie, earth to Scottie. Time for a reality check. You are
| not, that is NOT in capital letters, going to have ten new clients every
| day for days on end - unless you are paying them a pretty price to have
| you do it for them. I hate to burst your bubble, but it isn't going to
| happen. Period. Think about this - if it this easy for a relative newbie
| to come up with this idea, don't you think that a few hundred thousand
| other people, who have been doing web sites for years, would already
| offer this? Really, think about what you are saying - you are going to
| sell at least 50 of these sites per week? I'm suspecting you are trying
| to pull off a ruse, though your questions seem sincere.
|
| I'm not familiar - in depth with real estate, but I sell ads to them.
| Every one I have worked with has a web site, either their own or through
| their Realtor. Many are very advanced, with goodies like a search to
| find a 3-4 bedroom house, with a one-acre lot, located within four miles
| of a school, in a particular community and in the price range of $90,000
| - 180,000, for instance. Yet you seem convinced you will need to
| establish a number system for people to line up to grab your service.
|
| Don't get me wrong - it's worth learning how to do what you want to do
| even if you don't sell a single job. I just hate for you to be dreaming
| about the vacation homes you will be buying from all the money you will
| make selling templates.
| I would actually like to have that
| > info on every page, kind of like I have it right now... but unless there
is a
| > good solution to make the edits... I might just limit that information
to one
| > page. I guess I will look for some previous discussion on the Master
Page
| > issues. I was starting to make some progress with it... but it sounds
like
| > there are reasons to avoid that solution. By the way... if any website
| > proficient designers/programmers have any interest in some freelance
work to
| > get this off the ground, feel free to contact me.
|
| Again, don't you think if there is a web designer proficient enough to
| do what you are attempting, he/she would be doing it?
|
| Nevertheless, I'll e-mail you a couple of ways to accomplish what you
want.
|
| Mike
| (Perhaps that is a subject
| > better suited to a different forum?)
| >
| > "Mike Koewler" wrote:
| >
| >
| >>Scottie,
| >>
| >>I will say one thing - you have great dreams. Good luck in your
| >>endeavors! There's some things you have not thought out, though.
| >>
| >>David is the expert on how Pub behaves; he has solved a lot of problems
| >>by urging posters to not use Master Pages. In your case, it would not
| >>work exactly as you wish, as the place where it fits on a page
| >>(vis-a-vis the top of the page)is not the same. But let me re-iterate,
| >>you are talking about a couple of seconds per page. Make a copy of your
| >>text frame, remove the present one on Page 2 and paste your copy there.
| >>Ditto for Page 3.
| >>
| >>You may want to look at a different program to do what you want.
| >>
| >>A couple of problems with your site: the entire bottom part - the logo,
| >>text and picture are all one image. If someone wanted to copy your
| >>e-mail address or other part of the text and paste it in a different
| >>file - say a possible contact list, they cannot. Also, you've used a
| >>couple of fonts that are not web safe - Monotype Corsiva and Copperplate
| >>Gothic Bold & Light. Wingdings also in questionable. Web safe fonts are
| >>those that are going to be on almost everyone's computer. If a viewer
| >>doesn't have the font you have used (and it is displayed as text), then
| >>a different font will be substituted. This can really mess up how a site
| >>looks.
| >>
| >>Mike
| >>
| >>Scottie B wrote:
| >>
| >>
| >>>Thanks Mike... but I was just trying to utilize the Master Page
| >>>functionalilty in Pub when you responded... and I have yet to get it to
work
| >>>(but just began). Maybe it would be useful if I provided an example of
one
| >>>of my intial web pages, see:
http://www.250ValleyRun.com . I am a
Realtor,
| >>>and already have other Realtors asking me to do this for them. I would
like
| >>>to start a business producing these websites for other Realtors... and
in the
| >>>big picture, I can envision creating thousands of websites per year. I
will
| >>>pay someone else to edit the templates, and load the photos... but I
want to
| >>>make it as simple as possible... which takes me back to my intial
thread.
| >>>How can I change the address "250 Valley Run Place" on page 1, and have
it
| >>>automatically update pages 2 and 3. Will I be able to do this with the
| >>>Master Page function? THanks in advance!
| >>>
| >>>"Mike Koewler" wrote:
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>>Scottie,
| >>>>
| >>>>This is where a Master Page (or multiple Master Pages) really come in
| >>>>handy. Unfortunately, Pub doesn't seem to like them.
| >>>>
| >>>>The good news is that it will only take a moment or two to make the
| >>>>changes. Unless you are going to pay people to let you design their
| >>>>site, you won't have to worry about the extra seconds you will spend.
| >>>>The reality is that anyone who wants a boilerplate web site can do it
| >>>>themselves with software they have, inexpensive software they can buy
or
| >>>>free software they can download, not to mention most web hosts offer
| >>>>some kind of basic templates customers can use.
| >>>>
| >>>>Anyone considering paying to have a professional design will not be
| >>>>satisfied with a generic, "insert your name and picture here"
approach.
| >>>>
| >>>>Mike
| >>>>
| >>>>Scottie B wrote:
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>>I plan to offer a service where I will create hundreds of simple
websites...
| >>>>>all from a single template. This might be a 3 to 5 page website at
the most.
| >>>>>Each website would have unique data which would appear on multiple
pages.
| >>>>>For example... let's just say that at the top of each page, I have a
text box
| >>>>>which says "Bob's Web Page". What I would like to do is go to the
text box
| >>>>>on page 1, and change "Bob's Web Page" to "Sally's Web Page", and it
would
| >>>>>automatically update all the other pages. Similarly, I might have a
photo
| >>>>>which would appear on page 1, and also on page 2 and page 5. It
would be
| >>>>>great if I could change the photo once, and it would update all
locations.
| >>>>>Currently, I am having to go to each page and edit each text box one
at a
| >>>>>time... also go to each picture box, and swap the photos one at a
time. I
| >>>>>hope this makes sense? I am relatively computer literate, and a
quick
| >>>>>study... but totally new to web page design, and have found Publisher
pretty
| >>>>>easy to use.
| >>>>
