Operation Manual

36 Web Site Design and Construction
You can add as many master pages as you need, although in a basic
Web site you may get by with just one master page. The template site
we’ve been working with starts with two master pages.
 In the H
ANDSON site, display the Home page and click the
navigation bar at the top of the page. Notice that this doesn’t select
the bar. Why not?
To edit the elements on a master page, you need to switch the working
view to that master page. You’ve probably noticed that master pages
are represented as icons on the Site tab, and you can view and/or select
them using the same techniques (Page Locator, Site tab, Site Structure
dialog, etc.) described earlier for pages.
 As a shortcut to switch between the master page and page layers
(for the current page), click the
Page/Master Page button
on the HintLine (or right-click and choose Master Page).
Most of the visible text disappears, leaving decorative elements, a
banner heading, and the navbar. The Page Locator informs us we’re
viewing “Master 2,” and the corresponding icon at the top of the Site
tab now has an “eye” icon as confirmation.
You’ve probably noticed that each page entry in the Site Structure tree
includes a numeral—now it should be clear that the number indicates
which master page that particular page uses. Four of the five pages use
Master 2, and one of them (“Services”) uses Master 1. What’s the
difference between these two master pages?
 Double-click back and forth between the Master 1 and Master 2
icons on the Site tab and you’ll see that Master 1 has an extended
gray background region on the right side. If you inspect the layout
of the “Services” page, you’ll see how this different background
works with the page-layer elements.
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