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gb

I feel really dumb. I've taken several FP classes but have just used my
knowledge (so to speak) to maintain our present website. Now I need to
redesign the site from scratch. Our current site was imported from NetObjects
Fusion into FP; the navigation & banner as being viewed as graphics and not a
structure recognized by FP. So I am now unable to use any of that structure
in a new design. Where do I begin?

For starters, I don't want to use the pre-designed themes, but would like to
design something more unique to our situation. Can I do that? I don't have
Paintshop or Photoshop, but have Pagemaker and Publisher. Do I need to format
the banner in one of those programs and save it somehow so I can import into
FP? I could use a navigation structure from the template, but think it would
be better to create a different color scheme than what is available. Can I do
that? What kind of measurements do I use for the banner & buttons? And then
once I get the basic index page structure organized, I suppose I'll need to
cut & paste from the old site?

I've got my instructional manuals, and FP 2003 For Dummies book, so I have
some resources. I just can't seem to get started. I have lots of questions --
HELP!

Thanks,
gb
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

For starters you will need a image/graphic application to create/modify images.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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Agents Real Estate Listing Network
http://www.NReal.com
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gb

So the programs I have won't work? If that is the case, then I'll need to use
the themes provided in FP. I still want to know how to get started.
 
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Dave B.

It is impossible to tell you how to get started, designing a site from
scratch is not really something that can be explained in a few sentences or
less. If I asked you how to assemble a car from boxes of parts what would
you say? Read the service manual.
You need to read the help files and plan the site, if you don't have the
ability to do those things you might need to get someone more knowledgable
involved in the project.
 
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Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

If you're using Publisher 2003 you actually could use it to create images
for the web by saving you're grouped layout as a jpg...but this is not
optimum. You'd be much better off using an image editing program and there
are tons out there (you don't HAVE to buy Photoshop).




| So the programs I have won't work? If that is the case, then I'll need to
use
| the themes provided in FP. I still want to know how to get started.
| --
| gb
|
|
| "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
|
| > For starters you will need a image/graphic application to create/modify
images.
| >
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe
| > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| > ==============================================
| > Agents Real Estate Listing Network
| > http://www.NReal.com
| > ==============================================
| >
| >
| > | > >I feel really dumb. I've taken several FP classes but have just used my
| > > knowledge (so to speak) to maintain our present website. Now I need to
| > > redesign the site from scratch. Our current site was imported from
NetObjects
| > > Fusion into FP; the navigation & banner as being viewed as graphics
and not a
| > > structure recognized by FP. So I am now unable to use any of that
structure
| > > in a new design. Where do I begin?
| > >
| > > For starters, I don't want to use the pre-designed themes, but would
like to
| > > design something more unique to our situation. Can I do that? I don't
have
| > > Paintshop or Photoshop, but have Pagemaker and Publisher. Do I need to
format
| > > the banner in one of those programs and save it somehow so I can
import into
| > > FP? I could use a navigation structure from the template, but think it
would
| > > be better to create a different color scheme than what is available.
Can I do
| > > that? What kind of measurements do I use for the banner & buttons? And
then
| > > once I get the basic index page structure organized, I suppose I'll
need to
| > > cut & paste from the old site?
| > >
| > > I've got my instructional manuals, and FP 2003 For Dummies book, so I
have
| > > some resources. I just can't seem to get started. I have lots of
questions --
| > > HELP!
| > >
| > > Thanks,
| > > gb
| >
| >
| >
 
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