Setting Shared Borders and Navigation for the Home Page and the Majority of Pages in a Web
Site
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The home page is unique in terms of navigation needs. It is the only page in
the entire Web that needs to navigate in only one direction—down. Other pages in the Web need
navigation to the same level, up to the home page, and/or up to the the parent page, and
perhaps down to child pages. Also note that in most Web sites, the majority of pages are
located directly below the home page as child pages. This concept will be important later when
you set the Link Bar's properties. |
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Set the top shared border of all pages in a Web site to include Navigation
buttons. Click Format, Shared Borders and change the settings as shown below.
All pages need to include a bottom shared border, which generally holds a
horizontal divider line, copyright information, revision date, counters, a top-of-page button,
etc. Insert a 640-pixel width centered, borderless table, and type the desired information
inside the table.
 To add
additional white space above and below a horizontal line, insert a 2-row,
640-pixel, borderless, centered table. Insert a horizontal line in the
second row. In the blank row above the horizontal line, add a hard space
(Ctrl+Shift+Space).
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After you create a top shared border, insert a 640-pixel width centered,
borderless table, and cut and paste the Link Bar inside the table. Center the Link Bar and
then set the Link Bar Properties. In most Web sites, the majority of pages are located
directly below the home page as child pages; therefore, the choices below make good sense.
NOTE: A Link bar will not appear until you drag the desired pages into
place in Navigation view to create a navigational structure. |
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