Editing your Template

Load the page locally into your browser as you are making these changes and watch your new page take shape.

1. Select an open a template that you wish to edit.

2. Between the title --TITLE-- tags replace the existing text with the title of your page. (This is the title that appears in the title block of your browser.)

3. Replace the existing body string --BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0033ff" VLINK="#555555" ALINK="#0033ff"-- with the one compiled from the Hex Picker.

4. Replace the text, ' Your Catalog, etc. (Your Title)', with the text title of the page.

5. Replace with in each --TR-- segment as follows:

   • The A HREF contents should be the path to the linked document (Catalog or Description Page)

   • The IMG SRC="#image.jpeg should be changed to your image's file name

   • alt="[Your Picture's Name]" - Change 'Your Picture's Name' to the actual name of your picture.

6. Change the Category# or Description# text to your actual text for that category or item.

7. On Description Pages replace existing text with your actual information. ie Product Name, full description, Price, and fill in the 'Who to contact block', ie Your Name, Your Company Name, etc.

8. Substitute your file path information to all A HREFs at the bottom of the page and adjust the link's text to suit your own.

9. Test all anchor links to make sure that your navigation is correct.

Follow these simple directions changing a catalog and its corresponding description pages and you will have an easy to navigate, interactive catalog.

An example of what a basic Category layout looks like can be found at Layout.

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