Purpose of Document Page Type
The purpose of the Document page is to provide a word processor-like production area for your web pages. The Document page provides many of the formatting capabilities of a word processor such as MS Word.
Capabilities of the Document Page Type
The Document page type has a wide assortment of capabilities including hyperlinks, inserting and importing, formatting of text, etc.
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Capability / Page Type |
Document |
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Insert Links to Your Website |
yes |
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Insert Links to Any Website |
yes |
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Redirect to Any Website |
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Insert Photo/Images |
yes |
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Insert Rows/Columns |
yes** |
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Import Views/Reports |
|
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Import Word Files |
yes |
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Import HTML Files |
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Import Excel Files |
|
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Import TXT Files |
yes |
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Import RTF Files |
yes |
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Add Text |
yes |
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Titles / Subtitles |
yes |
|
Format (font, size, color, etc.) |
yes |
** In a Document page a table can be added.
Create a Document Page
- From within Website Designer, make sure you have the "Menu" tab selected (rather than the Pages tab).
- From the Menu menu select "Insert menu item (New)"
- Select the "Blank - Document page" by double clicking on it or highlighting/selecting (click once with left mouse button) it and clicking on the Insert button.
- Enter information into "Page Information" window and click OK button.
- Your new Document page is now on the navigation menu.
Page Layout for a Document Page Type
The recommended way to lay out your Document page type is to use a table or tables. By using tables, your page displayed in a browser (Internet Explorer, FireFox, etc.) will follow more closely what you intended in Website Designer.
By using a table, you can create a one column or multi-column format for your website pages. Using a multi-column format allows you to insert photos (or other content) on the right or left side of the website page.
Insert One Column Table:
- Once you create a Document page type as outlined above, select an insertion point for your table by clicking with the pointer/cursor at the approximate vertical position on your Document page.
- Go to the Table menu and select "Insert" and then "Table"...
- Set the Table Attributes to 1 column. You can put anything you like for rows. The extra rows can be deleted later.
- Enter all information into the table. Make sure no information is outside the table.
Insert multi-column tables by adjusting the number of columns in Step 3 above. You can also insert tables with different numbers of columns. See example below that has a 1-column table at the top and 2-column table below it. Additionally, you can insert tables inside tables. See this, as well, below.
Two-Column Example
Note that this Document page type includes:
- 1-column table for the page title (Enchanted Creek Golf Club)
- 2-column table for the content below the page title
- a 2-column table inside the right hand column of the 2-column table that positions the golf ball to the right of some text.
The above Website Designer Document page type as displayed in Internet Explorer:
For information on modifying or rearranging Menu Items, please refer to Modifying or Editing the Navigation Menu.