User Guide

Page Names
A single page can have three different names associated with it—each with its
own purpose: a filename, a page title, and a navigation name. A filename iden-
tifies a file to a computer. A page title, which can be set using the General tab
in the Page Properties dialog box, is primarily used to describe a page’s con-
tent or purpose to a person, usually in the title bar of a browser or in a
Favorite or Bookmark. (You can also view a page’s title in the HTML pane of
Page view.) A navigation name is the name a page displays in FrontPage’s
Navigation view. This name is displayed in the buttons of navigation elements.
For example, the home page has a filename of index.htm, a page name of
“VOP: Home Page,” and a navigation name of “Home.”
Limit page titles around 50 characters and make them as descriptive as pos-
sible, using terms people might use in a search. Unlike filenames, page titles
can include punctuation.
Page Com-
patibility
Unlike printed material, you don’t have total control over how your pages will
be viewed in a browser. What users see when they look at your site depends
on what browsers they use, their monitors’ screen sizes and resolution settings,
how fast and clean their Internet connections are, how big their browsers’ win-
dows are, and how they’ve configured their browser options. (Some users
might turn off the option to automatically view graphics so that pages load
faster, for example.) Others might use older browsers that can’t interpret tables,
Dynamic HTML, cascading style sheets, or other newer web specifications.
Fortunately, FrontPage addresses many browser-related page design questions
by allowing you to choose which browsers, which versions of browsers, and
which technologies you want to developer for. (See Figure 1-7.) FrontPage
enables or disables certain technologies that may or may not work for the
specified browser based on your choice of browser, version, and server
settings. Observing the technologies that are either unchecked or grayed out
can save you design time because, based on your selections, you will know
which design features will work and which ones won’t before you waste time.
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