How to Add a Header to a Web Page With FrontPage

Use headers to place your logo, a navigation bar or other information on each page in your Web site. This tutorial uses Microsoft FrontPage 97.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Microsoft FrontPage

1. Start the FrontPage program and open an existing web.
2. Choose Show FrontPage Editor from the Tools menu, or click on the FrontPage Editor icon on the toolbar.
3. Click on the File menu and choose New to create a new Web page.
4. Choose Page Properties from the File menu and select the Background tab.
5. Click on the Get Background and Colors from Page radio button. Click on the Browse button to choose the page you'll add the header to.
6. Locate and select the main Web page or the style sheet Web page (webstyle.htm) if you used one. If not, choose the main page (index.htm). Click OK.
7. Add your logo, navigation bar and any other information that will appear on each page.
8. Save the page as "header.htm" when finished.
9. Preview the page in a Web browser by choosing Preview in Browser from the File menu. From the dialog box, choose which browser to use and what settings.
10. To add the header to another page, first open the page the header will be attached to.
11. Position the cursor at the top of the page.
12. Click on the Insert menu and choose WebBot Component.
13. Choose Include from the dialog box and click OK.
14. Click on the Browse button to locate the header.htm file. Click OK. The header will appear at the top of the page.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure to include the same header and footer on each page.
• Be sure the header style matches the style of the remaining pages. Keep colors, logo design and style uniform throughout your Web site.
• To learn how to make a text-only navigation bar, see "How to Create a Text Navigation Bar in FrontPage," under Related eHows.