Introduction

This is a sample introduction file. It is a plain text file with the filename "Introduction.txt". This is the default filename the webpage looks for, so any updates you want to make to what people see in this section of the page when they first come to this page should be made to a file with this name. The title above this text is the file name with the ".txt" stripped out. Word (".doc") files are unusable for display on a website as there are too many control codes and non-standard characters embedded in the files.

Changes:

Changing the page title can be done by editing the "header.php" file. This is also where you can add metatags for search engine optimization, etc.

Changes and additions to the menu to the right, should be made to the file named "menu.html" in the main directory. To add items to the menu, duplicate the "NewMenuItem" folder and rename it as you wish. Then edit the "menu.html" file to add that directory as a target and copy the edited file into all of the subdirectories. The appropriate html for adding an item is to insert it somewhere in the list before the "</dl>" with the following format:
<dt>
<a href="YourDirectoryName/index.php">YourMenuOptionTitle</a>
</dt>
You will need to insert that code into each of the menu.php files in the other directories as well. In the version you're saving in the new directory, you will want to replace the <dt> you just inserted with the code <dt class="location">, as this is the code needed to make the font larger on that menu option when you're on that page.

Changes to what appears above this text should be made to the file "home.css" under the headings of "body" for the corner splash artwork, or the "logo" div sections. The home.css file for all the subdirectories is in the directory "subfiles". You will want to keep the changes synched to the home.css file in the main directory, but be careful to keep the relative pathways pointing the right way. If you don't understand what I mean, contact me for clarification.

Changes to the way the menu looks should be made to the "div#menu" and "* html div#menu" sections of the home.css file. The sections that start with "* html ..." are in place to handle certain quirks in the way IE for Windows does things differently than every other browsers does.

Changes to the way the text on this section of the page looks should be made in the "div#contentbody" section of the home.css file. As for the headline, while I defined several kinds of headlines in the home.css file for possible use, the one I chose was "h2".

All that said, unless you are doing a site redesign, you should probably not make any changes to the "home.css file.

Peace,
Bob Daverin
www.EagleUnltd.com

p.s. This file is duplicated in each "articles" directory in each new subdirectory.