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How to use the Templates
The templates supplied are for the layout just as you see it on this page, but there are only a couple of places that you should edit in order to ensure that the layout of the page isn't affected by the edits.
Shown in the image above is the layout of the web page template - click on it to enlarge. I have circled the places that you will need to modify for your own page. These are:
- The window title
- The custom menus
- The content of the page
- The contact information for the page
- The web master contact link for the page
The Menus
The menus on the left of the page are a vital part of the web page that you are currently using. They allow uses to navigate around the IEE web site with ease (and in a "single click" manner). As you can see, there are already menus for local.iee.org and www.iee.org - these should be left during your edit, and space has been provided for your own branch menus.
The Contact Details
Because local.iee.org has many web masters, we require you to include author and modification information, as well as a contact for your page. The reason for this requirement is simple: Should any user of the web site wish to contact you, they need a direct link. Should any dispute arise over the content of the page, we would rather contact the author directly than just pull the page off the site. Any page that does not have this information can be pulled off of the web site by the local.iee.org IT officer.
You do not need to supply your Email address - you can create links to a form, which gathers user feedback and Emails it to the web master directly without the user ever finding out who it goes to. This is also acceptable practice.
Special note for WYSIWYG
If you are using a "What you see is what you get" editor, such as MS FrontPage, please be aware that how your page is displayed for the .shtml and .php templates in the editor will not be the final result once you have uploaded the page. The templates use style sheets to define how all the different types of text look, so you should not need to apply any formatting other than the basic types: heading (h1, h2, h3), paragraph (p), tables (table), etc.
You may also need to check the HTML with a text editor before you upload the file to make sure that the server commands remain in the correct place - however, in most cases the WYSIWYG editor will not move these lines and the page will look fine once you have uploaded it. You can use the template as a reference as to where they should go.
Editable Lines
"What you see is what you get" editor users should be able to just use the diagram above to change the relevant bits of their pages. For those who use a text editor to write their HTML, the set of links below will guide you to the lines that you can edit.
Click the relevant link below to see which lines you need to edit in your page. We recommend that you edit areas 1, 2, 4 and 5 as soon as you get the template to create your own branch template. Then you can duplicate the file and just edit the main content (area 3).