Page Layout

These are the basic options for laying out the content on your page.

Single Column Document, this is the default HTML page layout. If your page just contains standard paragraphs and headings, this is the simplest. As an example, my FrontPage 97 Tips page, is just a plain old simple page.

Tables, tables are the most versatile HTML element. You can use tables to:

Align Items, the navigation buttons across the top of this page are aligned in a table

Position Items, this is an inherent quality of tables, whenever you place an item in one cell of a table, it is positioned relative to the other cells of the table.

Divide your Page into Areas, this page is divided into a left column, main body, and footer using a table.

Many of the New Page templates that come with FrontPage use tables (FrontPage Editor menu File/ New).

Frames, although a little more difficult to use, add some unique features:

Fixed Page Section, when you want a section of your pages to remain fixed, as the user switches from page to page. As an example, the Header of these pages (containing the GeoGuide and Section buttons) is fixed, by using frames.

Lazy Navigation, if you don't know what pages you are going to have, until you write them. An index in a frame, is an easy way to provide navigation to your pages. Whenever you write a new page, all you have to do is add one link to it in the index. As an example, this how I did my FrontPage 97 Help pages.

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