{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\froman\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f2\fswiss\fcharset0 Courier New;}{\f3\fmodern\fcharset0 Courier New;}} {\colortbl ;\red255\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1507;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\lang1033\f0\fs48 Customizing Templates\par \fs16 Revised February, 2004\par \pard\li270\b\fs28 1. \f1 Background and text color\b0\fs24\line Each page in the template can have its own separate color scheme. The default (standard) color scheme is black text on a light background, but it's easy to change it on any page. Simply replace the \f2\fs20
\f1\fs24 tag on that page (5th line of the HTML text) with: \f0\par \f1\fs8\par \f2\fs20 \f1\fs24 \f0\par \f1\fs8\par \fs24 where \f2\fs20 #XXXXXX\f1\fs24 are codes that determines the color of the background color (BGCOLOR) and text, respectively. The color change applies only to that page. Here are a few examples of some codes for familiar colors that can be used for background color or text color. See \f3\fs20 http://www.bagism.com/colormaker/ \f1\fs24 for the codes for more colors.\f0\par \f1\fs8\par \pard\li720\f2\fs20 000000 = black ffffff = white 404040 = dark gray\par 808080 = medium gray B0B0B0 = light gray ff0000 = red\par ff8080 = pink 00ff00 = green 80ff80 = pale green\par 0000ff = blue 8080ff = pale blue ffff00 = yellow\par ffff80 = pale yellow ff00ff = magenta 00ffff = cyan\par 800080 = purple 401000 = brown ff7000 = orange\par \pard\f1\fs10\par \pard\li270\b\fs28 2. Background Patterns\b0\fs24\line You can specify a graphic (GIF or JPG file) to be used as a background pattern for any page. Simply place the graphic file in your HTML folder and replace the \f2\fs20 \f1\fs24 tag at the top of the HTML file with: \f0\par \f1\fs8\par \f2\fs20 \f1\fs24 \f0\par \f1\fs8\par \fs24 where "xxxx.gif" ("xxxx.jpg") or is the name of a graphic file in gif (or jpg) format that is to be used as the background pattern. The graphic will be "tiled" to fill the page. The background appears only on that page; however, you can use one background graphic file on several pages just by changing the \f2\fs20 \f1\fs24 tag on those pages to refer to the same graphic file. There are several examples of suitable background graphic files in the Background patterns folder on the CD.\f0\par \pard\f1\fs10\par \pard\li270\b\fs28 3. Alternative Navigation arrows\b0\fs24\line You can change the navigation arrows. Open the "Alternative navigation arrows" folder on the CD and open one of the folders of alternative arrow graphics.Copy each of the three arrow graphics "bf.gif", "bb.gif", and "bh.gif" to the folder containing your HTML files, replacing the existing three arrow graphics. This change applies to \i all \i0 the pages in that folder. You can also design arrows in a drawing program or download arrows from the Internet (search on "arrows" or "buttons"); simply save then as GIF files and change the names to "bf.gif" (for the "forward" arrow), "bb.gif" (for the "back" arrow), and "bh.gif (for the arrow that returns to the index).\f0\par \pard\f1\fs10\par \pard\li270\b\fs28 4. Adding graphics\b0\fs24\line The general HTML template for a graphic is \f3\fs20 . \f1\fs24 You simply put the graphic file in the same folder as the HTML files and put the file name of the graphic between the quotes. If you want the graphic centered on the page, use