newbie on FP 2003 questions on templates and multiple pages help !

[MUR T]

Hello All - I am not worthy ....

need some suggestions.

I am doing a 7 page website and I tried to make the index.htm page all setup
with banner and 7 links ( with interactive buttons) ... so the page is slow
-it looks like everytime I go between the pages it is re-loading every
button.jpg.

So far I have reduced the banner from 91K down to 7 k - nothing is too big
on the site.

so - now for the question - I would like to have the banner and link buttons
not have to download when my web page visitor move between pages.

Eg. If I move between two pages - lets say home.htm and services.htm - in
the footer bar on my browser I see every button and banner re-download into
the browser.

I must be missing something ( I thought that by trying to use templates and
or layouts I could avoid this ???????????) - Like I said I am a Newbie that
is hacking too much ...

I have tried some of the microsoft on-line audio courses ( very good) but
not getting the real sort of things I need ..etc.

at this time I have no content in the website yet , just the skeleton of the
website.

Ok - sorry any recommendations on ( layout size 700 x 400 ?)

also here is the site www.parkcityerrand.com

Sure appreciate the help ...cheers

 

[MUR T]

Hello Luther ... good stuff - thanks.

Yes - as you stated ( I had my browser on check for newer version of the
page on every visit) - I set it to automatic and it is much faster due to the
caching effect that u stated. ( thanks)

can I follow up with a question back .? ( I have been playing with
top-shared border
and this seems to be a way to put the same banner on every page on the site.
The links/ navigation can also be put in the top-shared border in the
limited way
without buttons.

Do you know a way to have the banner and interactive buttons be shared on
top of the page and also be used for all pages and any new page that is
added - ( like a template)?

Thanks for your reply ( glad you liked the image) - cheers

Mary

 

[gskywalkers]

I would use and include for this rather than the shared borders. You can see
how to do it at the following url.
http://scottyswebs.com/btemp6tables/includes.htm

 

[Ronx]

You cannot use shared borders with Interactive Buttons. Use a Dynamic Web
Template instead.
See http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp/b/buttons for explanation.

 

[Broncobil]

Mary... Ron is right; I too use Dynamic Templates on some sites. It is
especially useful for large sites. It is not too difficult; just read about
it a little in the help section.

For smaller, more simple sites, I prefer just making a table broken into
cells, much the way you have already done, then saving that first blank
page, with the images and links in place, and naming it "template" (not to
be published).

Then, for each page you build, use that "template" page and rename it (ie;
index; about; etc.). Then what you have is each page displaying exactly the
same.

In place of the "buttons", I would just use text and add a hyperlink.

Hope this helps you,

Luther Moon
yes... ask another question if you wish